Hugo Bouchard
- Professeur agrégé
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Faculté des arts et des sciences - Département de physique
Complexe des sciences office B-4435
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BSc
2001
, Physique , Université du Québec (Canada)
MSc
2003
, Physique médicale , McGill (Canada)
PhD
2010
, Physique , Université de Montréal (Canada)
Affiliations
- Membre – CRCHUM — Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
Education Programs
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
- Fundamental and Applied Sciences
Courses
- PHY2300 Physique médicale
- PHY69802 Sujets spéciaux: physique médicale 2
Areas of Expertise
- Monte Carlo simulations
- Imagerie médicale
- Radiation therapy equipment
- Interactions of particles and radiation with matter
- Radiation detectors
- Scattering of atoms and molecules
- X-ray beams and x-ray optics
- X-ray imaging
- Charged-particle beams
- Physical radiation effects, radiation damage
- Biological and medical physics
- Metrology
- Modeling of radiation transport coupled to magnetic fields by the Monte Carlo method.
- Characterization of tissues by spectral computed tomography.
- Small field dosimetry.
- Simulation of the dosimetric response of detectors.
- Radiation detectors: ionization chambers, radiochromic film, diodes, scintillator, liquid ionization chamber.
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Canada Research Chair in Emerging Applications of Spectral Computed Tomography Projet de recherche au Canada / 2021 - 2026
Spectrométrie de masse par tomodensitométrie spectrale avec le MARS Projet de recherche au Canada / 2019 - 2022
Accurate Monte Carlo simulation of megavoltage beams coupled to external magnetic fields Projet de recherche au Canada / 2015 - 2022
Performance of an ultrasound probe prototype for motion management in lung radiotherapy Projet de recherche au Canada / 2017 - 2021
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M Simard, E Bär, and H Bouchard. Electron density and effective atomic number estimation in a maximum a posteriori framework for dual-energy computed tomogra- phy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
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M Simard, R K Panta, S T Bell, A P H Butler, and H Bouchard. Quantitative imaging performance of MARS spectral photon-counting CT for radiotherapy. Medical Physics, 2020
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M Simard, A Lalonde, and H Bouchard. Parametrization of multi-energy CT projec- tion data with eigentissue decomposition. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
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I Billas, H Bouchard, U Oelfke, D R Shipley, C A Gouldstone, and S Duane. Alanine dosimetry in strong magnetic fields : use as a transfer standard in MRI-guided radio- therapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
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A Lalonde, Y Xie, B Burgdorf, S O’Reilly, WS Ingram, L Yin, W Zhou, L Dong, H Bou- chard, and K Teo. Influence of intravenous contrast agent on dose calculation in proton therapy using dual energy CT. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(12) :125024, 2019
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M Simard, A Lapointe, A Lalonde, H Bahig, and H Bouchard. The potential of photon- counting CT for quantitative contrast-enhanced imaging in radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(11) :115020, 2019
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I Billas, H Bouchard, U Oelfke, and S Duane. The effect of magnetic field strength on the response of Gafchromic EBT-3 film. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(6) :06NT03, 2019
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A Lourenço, H Bouchard, S Galer, G Royle, and H Palmans. The influence of nuclear interactions on ionization chamber perturbation factors in proton beams : FLUKA simulations supported by a Fano test. Medical physics, 46(2) :885–891, 2019
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A Lalonde, M Simard, C Remy, E Bär, and H Bouchard. The impact of dual-and multi-energy CT on proton pencil beam range uncertainties : a Monte Carlo study. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(19) :195012, 2018
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E Bär, P Andreo, A Lalonde, G Royle, and H Bouchard. Optimized I-values for the use with the Bragg additivity rule and their impact on proton stopping power and range uncertainty. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(16) :165007, 2018
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A Lalonde, C Remy, M Simard, and H Bouchard. Unsupervised classification of tis- sues composition for Monte Carlo dose calculation. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(15) :15NT01, 2018
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A Lapointe, A Lalonde, H Bahig, J-F Carrier, S Bedwani, and H Bouchard. Robust quantitative contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT for radiotherapy applications. Medi- cal physics, 45(7) :3086–3096, 2018
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C Remy, A Lalonde, D Béliveau-Nadeau, J-F Carrier, and H Bouchard. Dosimetric impact of dual-energy CT tissue segmentation for low-energy prostate brachytherapy : a Monte Carlo study. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(2) :025013, 2018
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E Bär, A Lalonde, R Zhang, K-W Jee, K Yang, G Sharp, B Liu, G Royle, H Bouchard, and H-M Lu. Experimental validation of two dual-energy CT methods for proton therapy using heterogeneous tissue samples. Medical physics, 45(1) :48–59, 2018
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C A Collins-Fekete, E Bär, L Volz, H Bouchard, L Beaulieu, and J Seco. Extension of the Fermi-Eyges most-likely path in heterogeneous medium with prior knowledge information. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(24) :9207–9219, 2017
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D Maneval, H Bouchard, B Ozell, and P Després. Efficiency improvement in proton dose calculations with an equivalent restricted stopping power formalism. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(1) :015019, 2017
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A Lalonde, E Bär, and H Bouchard. A Bayesian approach to solve proton stopping powers from noisy multi-energy CT data. Medical physics, 44(10) :5293–5302, 2017
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A Lapointe, H Bahig, D Blais, H Bouchard, E Filion, J Carrier, and S Bedwani. As- sessing lung function using contrast-enhanced dual energy computed tomography for potential applications in radiation therapy. Medical Physics, 44(10) :5260–5269, 2017
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E Bär, A Lalonde, G Royle, HM Lu, and H Bouchard. The potential of dual-energy CT to reduce proton beam range uncertainties. Medical physics, 44(6) :2332–2344, 2017
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A Lourenço, D Shipley, N Wellock, R Thomas, H Bouchard, A Kacperek, F Fracchiolla, S Lorentini, M Schwarz, N MacDougall, G Royle, and H Palmans. Evaluation of the water-equivalence of plastic materials in low-and high-energy clinical proton beams. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(10) :3883–3901, 2017
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A Lourenço, R Thomas, M Homer, H Bouchard, S Rossomme, J Renaud, T Kanai, G Royle, and H Palmans. Fluence correction factor for graphite calorimetry in a clinical high-energy carbon-ion beam. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(7) :N134– N146, 2017
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A Lalonde and H Bouchard. A general method to derive tissue parameters for Monte Carlo dose calculation with multi-energy CT. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 61(22) :8044, 2016
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A Lourenço, N Wellock, R Thomas, M Homer, H Bouchard, T Kanai, N MacDougall, G Royle, and H Palmans. Theoretical and experimental characterization of novel water-equivalent plastics in clinical high-energy carbon-ion beams. Physics in Me- dicine & Biology, 61(21) :7623, 2016
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A Lourenço, R Thomas, H Bouchard, A Kacperek, V Vondracek, G Royle, and H Pal- mans. Experimental and Monte Carlo studies of fluence corrections for graphite calorimetry in low-and high-energy clinical proton beams. Medical Physics, 43(7) :4122– 4132, 2016
M Simard, E Bär, and H Bouchard. Electron density and effective atomic number estimation in a maximum a posteriori framework for dual-energy computed tomogra- phy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
M Simard, R K Panta, S T Bell, A P H Butler, and H Bouchard. Quantitative imaging performance of MARS spectral photon-counting CT for radiotherapy. Medical Physics, 2020
M Simard, A Lalonde, and H Bouchard. Parametrization of multi-energy CT projec- tion data with eigentissue decomposition. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
I Billas, H Bouchard, U Oelfke, D R Shipley, C A Gouldstone, and S Duane. Alanine dosimetry in strong magnetic fields : use as a transfer standard in MRI-guided radio- therapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2020
A Lalonde, Y Xie, B Burgdorf, S O’Reilly, WS Ingram, L Yin, W Zhou, L Dong, H Bou- chard, and K Teo. Influence of intravenous contrast agent on dose calculation in proton therapy using dual energy CT. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(12) :125024, 2019
M Simard, A Lapointe, A Lalonde, H Bahig, and H Bouchard. The potential of photon- counting CT for quantitative contrast-enhanced imaging in radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(11) :115020, 2019
I Billas, H Bouchard, U Oelfke, and S Duane. The effect of magnetic field strength on the response of Gafchromic EBT-3 film. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 64(6) :06NT03, 2019
A Lourenço, H Bouchard, S Galer, G Royle, and H Palmans. The influence of nuclear interactions on ionization chamber perturbation factors in proton beams : FLUKA simulations supported by a Fano test. Medical physics, 46(2) :885–891, 2019
A Lalonde, M Simard, C Remy, E Bär, and H Bouchard. The impact of dual-and multi-energy CT on proton pencil beam range uncertainties : a Monte Carlo study. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(19) :195012, 2018
E Bär, P Andreo, A Lalonde, G Royle, and H Bouchard. Optimized I-values for the use with the Bragg additivity rule and their impact on proton stopping power and range uncertainty. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(16) :165007, 2018
A Lalonde, C Remy, M Simard, and H Bouchard. Unsupervised classification of tis- sues composition for Monte Carlo dose calculation. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(15) :15NT01, 2018
A Lapointe, A Lalonde, H Bahig, J-F Carrier, S Bedwani, and H Bouchard. Robust quantitative contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT for radiotherapy applications. Medi- cal physics, 45(7) :3086–3096, 2018
C Remy, A Lalonde, D Béliveau-Nadeau, J-F Carrier, and H Bouchard. Dosimetric impact of dual-energy CT tissue segmentation for low-energy prostate brachytherapy : a Monte Carlo study. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(2) :025013, 2018
E Bär, A Lalonde, R Zhang, K-W Jee, K Yang, G Sharp, B Liu, G Royle, H Bouchard, and H-M Lu. Experimental validation of two dual-energy CT methods for proton therapy using heterogeneous tissue samples. Medical physics, 45(1) :48–59, 2018
C A Collins-Fekete, E Bär, L Volz, H Bouchard, L Beaulieu, and J Seco. Extension of the Fermi-Eyges most-likely path in heterogeneous medium with prior knowledge information. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(24) :9207–9219, 2017
D Maneval, H Bouchard, B Ozell, and P Després. Efficiency improvement in proton dose calculations with an equivalent restricted stopping power formalism. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 63(1) :015019, 2017
A Lalonde, E Bär, and H Bouchard. A Bayesian approach to solve proton stopping powers from noisy multi-energy CT data. Medical physics, 44(10) :5293–5302, 2017
A Lapointe, H Bahig, D Blais, H Bouchard, E Filion, J Carrier, and S Bedwani. As- sessing lung function using contrast-enhanced dual energy computed tomography for potential applications in radiation therapy. Medical Physics, 44(10) :5260–5269, 2017
E Bär, A Lalonde, G Royle, HM Lu, and H Bouchard. The potential of dual-energy CT to reduce proton beam range uncertainties. Medical physics, 44(6) :2332–2344, 2017
A Lourenço, D Shipley, N Wellock, R Thomas, H Bouchard, A Kacperek, F Fracchiolla, S Lorentini, M Schwarz, N MacDougall, G Royle, and H Palmans. Evaluation of the water-equivalence of plastic materials in low-and high-energy clinical proton beams. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(10) :3883–3901, 2017
A Lourenço, R Thomas, M Homer, H Bouchard, S Rossomme, J Renaud, T Kanai, G Royle, and H Palmans. Fluence correction factor for graphite calorimetry in a clinical high-energy carbon-ion beam. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 62(7) :N134– N146, 2017
A Lalonde and H Bouchard. A general method to derive tissue parameters for Monte Carlo dose calculation with multi-energy CT. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 61(22) :8044, 2016
A Lourenço, N Wellock, R Thomas, M Homer, H Bouchard, T Kanai, N MacDougall, G Royle, and H Palmans. Theoretical and experimental characterization of novel water-equivalent plastics in clinical high-energy carbon-ion beams. Physics in Me- dicine & Biology, 61(21) :7623, 2016
A Lourenço, R Thomas, H Bouchard, A Kacperek, V Vondracek, G Royle, and H Pal- mans. Experimental and Monte Carlo studies of fluence corrections for graphite calorimetry in low-and high-energy clinical proton beams. Medical Physics, 43(7) :4122– 4132, 2016
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