Philippe Després is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics and member of the Cancer Research Center of Université Laval, as well as a Medical Physicist at CHU de Québec and a regular researcher at its affiliated Research Center. He was trained at Université Laval (MSc 2000, Physics), Université de Montréal (PhD 2005, Physics) and University of California, San Francisco (postdoc 2005-2007, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Imaging). He is involved in several projects encompassing hardware and software aspects of medical imaging modalities, notably low-dose X-ray imaging, advanced imaging techniques, and solid-state detectors for molecular imaging. He pioneered high-performance computing (HPC) approaches with commodity graphics hardware (GPUs) that led to innovative applications in image processing/reconstruction and radiation dose calculations, including a fast GPU-based Monte Carlo engine to simulate energy transport in matter (GPUMCD). As a HPC expert, he is also involved in data-driven research approaches, data infrastructures and FAIR-compliant research data management. In this regard, he is the Chief Data Officer at CHU de Québec – Université Laval Research Center, the Data Architect of the PULSAR health research platform, the Assistant Director of the Big Data Research Center at Université Laval, and the co-lead of the Sustainable Health axis of the Observatoire international sur les impacts sociétaux de l’IA et du numérique.
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Potential of iterative reconstruction for maxillofacial cone beam CT imaging: technical note.
Journal ArticleNeuroradiology, 62 (11), pp. 1511-1514, 2020, ISSN: 0028-3940.
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Evaluating the impact of real-time multicriteria optimizers integrated with interactive plan navigation tools for HDR brachytherapy.
Journal ArticleBrachytherapy, 19 (5), pp. 607-617, 2020, ISSN: 1538-4721.
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Dose to the bladder neck is not correlated with urinary toxicity in patients with prostate cancer treated with HDR brachytherapy boost.
Journal ArticleBrachytherapy, 19 (5), pp. 584-588, 2020, ISSN: 1538-4721.
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Impact of dead time on quantitative 177Lu-SPECT (QSPECT) and kidney dosimetry during PRRT.
Journal ArticleEJNMMI Phys, 7 (1), pp. 32, 2020, ISSN: 2197-7364.
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Validation of irtGPUMCD, a GPU-based Monte Carlo internal dosimetry framework for radionuclide therapy.
Journal ArticlePhys Med, 73 , pp. 95-104, 2020, ISSN: 1120-1797.
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Comprehensive SPECT/CT system characterization and calibration for 177Lu quantitative SPECT (QSPECT) with dead-time correction.
Journal ArticleEJNMMI Phys, 7 (1), pp. 10, 2020, ISSN: 2197-7364.
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DNA repair gene polymorphisms, tumor control, and treatment toxicity in prostate cancer patients treated with permanent implant prostate brachytherapy.
Journal ArticleProstate, 80 (8), pp. 632-639, 2020, ISSN: 0270-4137.
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A Phase 2 Randomized Pilot Study Comparing High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy and Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy as Monotherapy in Localized Prostate Cancer.
Journal ArticleAdv Radiat Oncol, 4 (4), pp. 631-640, 2019, ISSN: 2452-1094.
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A GPU-based multi-criteria optimization algorithm for HDR brachytherapy.
Journal ArticlePhys Med Biol, 64 (10), pp. 105005, 2019, ISSN: 0031-9155.
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pGPUMCD: an efficient GPU-based Monte Carlo code for accurate proton dose calculations.
Journal ArticlePhys Med Biol, 64 (8), pp. 085018, 2019, ISSN: 0031-9155.
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Active projects
- Centre de recherche en données massives, Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Centres de recherche reconnus, from 2016-06-07 to 2021-06-06
- Centre de recherche sur le cancer, Subvention, Institutionnel - BDR, BDR - Centres de recherche reconnus, from 1996-05-01 to 2022-06-13
- Design and implementation of new data governance model in the digital health era; PULSAR as a responsible innovation test bench, Subvention, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture, OBVIA - Appel à projets innovants (2020-2023) - Volet 2, from 2020-09-01 to 2022-08-31
- Déterminer la qualité de la polypharmacie chez les aînés : une approche basée sur l’intelligence artificielle, Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention de fonctionnement : Projets de recherche concertée sur la santé (avec le CRSNG), from 2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31
- High-Performance Computing in Medical Physics, Subvention, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Subventions à la découverte SD (individuelles et d'équipe), from 2018-04-01 to 2023-03-31
- NSERC CREATE in Responsible Health and Healthcare Data Science, Subvention, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Programme de formation orientée vers la nouveauté, la collaboration et l'expérience en recherche (FONCER), from 2019-09-01 to 2026-08-31
- Prédire l'évolution de l'hépatite C par la fédération de données et l'intelligence artificielle : enjeux éthiques, juridiques, sociaux et de vie privée, Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Subvention Projet, from 2019-04-01 to 2022-03-31
- Vers une infrastructure numérique robuste et des outils innovants en recherche axée sur les données en santé, Subvention, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, Chercheur-boursier Juniors 1 et 2, Seniors, from 2020-07-01 to 2023-06-30
Recently finished projects
- 2.4 A better understanding of light-matter interaction: bridging the gap between micro and macro scales, and develong new devices and approaches for the North, Subvention, Secrétariat des programmes interorganismes à l’intention des établissements, Fonds d'excellence en recherche Apogée Canada, from 2016-04-01 to 2020-03-31
- Gestion des données de recherche en sciences humaines: des outils et des ressources pour une, Subvention, Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, Programme Connexion: Subventions Connexion, from 2019-10-01 to 2020-09-30
- L'imagerie moléculaire quantitative au service de la médecine personnalisée, Subvention, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, Chercheur-boursier Juniors 1 et 2, Seniors, from 2016-07-01 to 2019-06-30
- Major Resource Support for the Particle Physics Group at Université de Montréal, Subvention, Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et génie Canada, Programme d'appui aux ressources majeures (ARM), from 2018-04-01 to 2021-03-31
- Optimiser les soins des patients atteints du cancer de la prostate résistant à la castration en utilisant une stratégie de triple traceur en imagerie moléculaire et en radiothérapie ciblée, Subvention, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, ONCOPOLE EMC2: Équipes multi-institutionnelles contre le cancer, from 2018-04-01 to 2021-03-31
- Reconstructions tomographiques avancées et imagerie multi-spectrale en tomodensitométrie : vers une caractérisaiton physico-chimique bonifiée des matériaux en sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement, Subvention, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies, Projet de recherche en équipe, from 2017-04-01 to 2021-03-31