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Tracy Underwood, DPhil

Research Fellow
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Education

• DPhil in Medical Physics, University of Oxford, UK, 2013.
• MSc in Medical Engineering and Physics, King’s College London, UK, 2009.
• BA in Physics, University of Oxford, UK, 2007.

Honors

• JRI Best Medical Engineering PhD Prize 2015, Awarded by the UK Biomedical Engineering Association, Feb 2015.
• Medical Research Council Centenary Early Career Award, Oct 2012.
• Prize for the best MSc project in Medical Engineering & Physics, King's College London, Sep 2009.

Publications

• Underwood TSA, Giantsoudi D, Moteabbed M, Zietman A, Efstathiou J, Paganetti H, Lu HM, Can we advance proton therapy for prostate? Considering alternative beam angles and RBE variations when comparing against IMRT? IJROBP, accepted for publication Jan 2016
• Underwood TSA, Paganetti H, Variable Proton RBE: how do we move forward? IJROBP, accepted for publication Oct 2015
• Underwood TSA, Rowland B, Ferrand R, Vieillevigne L (2015) Application of the Exradin W1 scintillator to determine Ediode 60017 and microDiamond 60019 correction factors for relative dosimetry within small MV and FFF fields, Phys Med Biol 60:6669
• Underwood TSA, Thompson J, Bird L, Scott A, Patmore P, Winter H, Hill M, Fenwick J (2015) Validation of a prototype DiodeAir for small field dpsometry. Phys Med Biol 60:2939
• Underwood TSA, Winter H, Hill M, Fenwick J (2013) Mass-density compensation can improve the performance of a range of different detectors under non-equilibrium conditions. Phys Med Biol 58:8295
• Underwood TSA, Winter H, Hill M, Fenwick J, (2013) Detector density and small field dosimetry: Integral versus point dose measurement schemes. Medical Physics 40(8):082102.
• Underwood TSA, Dale RG, Bidmead AM, Nalder CA, Blake PR. (2011) Pulsed brachytherapy: a modelled consideration of repair parameter uncertainties and their influence on treatment duration extension and daytime-only ``block-schemes", Br J Radiol 84:449-56.
• Kumar S, Fenwick J, Underwood TSA, Deshpande DD, Scott AJ, Nahum AE (2015) Breakdown of Bragg-Gray behaviour for low-density detectors under electronic disequilibrium conditions in small megavoltage photon fields, Phys Med Biol 60:8187
• Kempton MJ, Underwood TSA, Brunton S, Stylios S, Schmechtig A, Ettinger U, Smith MS et al (2011) A comprehensive testing protocol for MRI neuroanatomical segmentation techniques: Evaluation of a novel lateral ventricle segmentation method. NeuroImage 58(4): 1051-9.
• Jones B, Underwood TSA, Dale RG. (2011) The potential impact of RBE uncertainty on charged particle treatment prescriptions. Br J Radiol 84:S61-69
• Jones B, Underwood TSA, Carabe-Fernandez A, Timlin C, Dale RG (2011) Fast neutron relative biological effects and implications for charged particle therapy. Br J Radiol 84:S11-18

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