Michael Velec, PhD

Affiliated Faculty, Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health (Techna)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-9792
Keywords: adaptive radiotherapy, deformable image registration, biomechanical models, dose-response models

Dr. Velec is a Radiation Therapist-Clinician Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Affiliated Faculty with Techna, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2014 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Techna Institute. His current research focuses on developing translating novel radiotherapy techniques and strategies into the clinic setting.

Dr. Velec ‘s primary research focus is on the development of high-precision, adaptive radiation therapy techniques through the use of deformable image registration and dose accumulation to tailor patient treatment plans and understand clinical dose-response relationships. 

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A simulation study to assess the potential impact of developing normal tissue complication probability models with accumulated dose.
Adv Radiat Oncol. 2018 Oct-Dec;3(4):662-672
McCulloch MM, Muenz DG, Schipper MJ, Velec M, Dawson LA, Brock KK
Baseline Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) Score in Western Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT).
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Jul 15;101(4):900-909
Murray LJ, Sykes J, Brierley J, Kim JJ, Wong RKS, Ringash J, Craig T, Velec M, Lindsay P, Knox JJ, Dawson LA
The rolling stones: An inappropriate surrogate for upper-abdominal image-guided radiation therapy.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2018 Apr 03;:
Chen J, Murray L, Dawson LA, Velec M
Validation of biomechanical deformable image registration in the abdomen, thorax, and pelvis in a commercial radiotherapy treatment planning system.
Med Phys. 2017 Jul;44(7):3407-3417
Velec M, Moseley JL, Svensson S, Hårdemark B, Jaffray DA, Brock KK
Predictors of Liver Toxicity Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 04 01;97(5):939-946
Velec M, Haddad CR, Craig T, Wang L, Lindsay P, Brierley J, Brade A, Ringash J, Wong R, Kim J, Dawson LA
Effect of deformable registration uncertainty on lung SBRT dose accumulation.
Med Phys. 2016 Jan;43(1):233
Samavati N, Velec M, Brock KK
Accumulated Delivered Dose Response of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Nov 01;93(3):639-48
Swaminath A, Massey C, Brierley JD, Dinniwell R, Wong R, Kim JJ, Velec M, Brock KK, Dawson LA
A hybrid biomechanical intensity based deformable image registration of lung 4DCT.
Phys Med Biol. 2015 Apr 21;60(8):3359-73
Samavati N, Velec M, Brock K
Utility and validation of biomechanical deformable image registration in low-contrast images.
Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 Jul-Aug;5(4):e401-8
Velec M, Juang T, Moseley JL, Oldham M, Brock KK
Dose escalated liver stereotactic body radiation therapy at the mean respiratory position.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Aug 01;89(5):1121-1128
Velec M, Moseley JL, Dawson LA, Brock KK

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