David Jaffray Explained

David A. Jaffray is a Canadian medical physicist and Senior Scientist in the Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging at the Ontario Cancer Institute. He is also a professor and Vice Chair in the University of Toronto's Department of Radiation Oncology. He is the inventor, together with John Wong and Jeffrey Siewerdsen, of on-line volumetric kv-imaging guidance system for radiation therapy.

He was named as one of "Canada's Top 40 Under 40" in 2003 by Caldwell Partners.^[1]

On 21 May 2019, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced that Jaffray would be joining the institution as its "first chief technology and digital officer".^[2]

Publications

Jaffray . D. A. . J. H. Siewerdsen . June 2000 . Cone-beam computed tomography with a flat-panel imager: Initial performance characterization . . 27 . 6 . 1311–1323 . . 10902561 . 10.1118/1.599009 . 2000MedPh..27.1311J . February 21, 2021. free . Cited by 126

References

• CTV News – Treatment allows better targeting of tumours. Updated Sat. Nov. 13 2004 9:39 PM ET
• The Globe and Mail, David Jaffray: Image Maker

External links

• Research at University Health Network – David A. Jaffray, PhD, Senior Scientist, Division of Biophysics and Bioimaging, Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI)
• University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics – David Jaffray

Notes and References

1. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/topfortyunderforty/article266614/print/ Canada's Top 40 Under 40 – 2003 Recipients
2. Web site: MD Anderson names first chief technology and digital officer. 21 May 2019.