1. Ferdos
Albayedh
Supervisor:
Dr.
James
Chow
Medical
Physics
4th-­‐year
Undergraduate
Thesis
–
Fall
2015

2. ! A
Brief
on
the
Topic
! Research
Hypothesis
! Aims
and
Objectives
! Proposed
Methodology
! Progress
Made
to
Date

3. (Cano
et
al.,
2014)
(Web2.clarkson.edu,
2015)
(Dorsey
et
al.,
2013)

4. ! Which
tissue
used
will
give
the
better
results
and
which
size
of
the
phantom
would
be
the
idealist
in
this
study?
(Interactive
Biology,
with
Leslie
Samuel,
2012)
(Visualsunlimited.photoshelter.com,
2015)

5. ! The
focus
of
this
project
is
to
determine
the
relationship
between
the
contrast
ratio
and
concentration
of
the
gold
nanoparticle
in
radiotherapy
(Ashworth
Creative,
2009)

6. Phantom
Photon
Beam
(E-­‐keV)
results
AuNP
Thickness
of
the
tissue
Radiation
dose
Calculate
Contrast
ratio
(AuNP
added
and
not
added)

7. • Literature
survey
and
background
review
• Study
design

8. ! Cano,
I.,
Chapman,
A.,
Urakawa,
A.
and
van
Leeuwen,
P.
(2014).
Air-­‐Stable
Gold
Nanoparticles
Ligated
by
Secondary
Phosphine
Oxides
for
the
Chemoselective
Hydrogenation
of
Aldehydes:
Crucial
Role
of
the
Ligand.
J.
Am.
Chem.
Soc.,
136(6),
pp.2520-­‐2528.
! Web2.clarkson.edu,
(2015).
Fine
Particle
Research
Group
(Goia's
Group)-­‐
Glutathione
Modified
Gold
Nanoparticles.
[online]
Available
at:
http://web2.clarkson.edu/programs/goia_group/
res_materials_modif_au.php
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Interactive
Biology,
with
Leslie
Samuel,
(2012).
How
do
we
breathe?
(Lungs
and
Pleura)
-­‐
Interactive
Biology,
with
Leslie
Samuel.
[online]
Available
at:
http://www.interactive-­‐biology.com/
3331/how-­‐do-­‐we-­‐breathe-­‐lungs-­‐and-­‐pleura/
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Ashworth
Creative,
(2009).
client
relationships
=
building.
stewarding.
harboring.
-­‐
Ashworth
Creative.
[online]
Available
at:
http://www.ashworthcreative.com/blog/2009/09/client-­‐
relationships-­‐building-­‐stewarding-­‐harboring/
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Demosthenes.info,
(2012).
demosthenes.info
archive
for
October
2012.
[online]
Available
at:
http://
www.demosthenes.info/archive.php?month=10&year=2012
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Visualsunlimited.photoshelter.com,
(2015).
X-­‐ray
of
a
hand
showing
the
gesture
for
the
word
peace
|
Visuals
Unlimited.
[online]
Available
at:
http://visualsunlimited.photoshelter.com/image/
I0000UuJkjkpIw8Y
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Dorsey,
J.,
Sun,
L.,
Joh,
D.,
Witztum,
A.,
Zaki,
A.,
Kao,
G.,
Alonso-­‐Basanta,
M.,
Avery,
S.,
Tsourkas,
A.
and
Hahn,
S.
(2013).
Gold
nanoparticles
in
radiation
research:
potential
applications
for
imaging
and
radiosensitization.
Translational
Cancer
Research,
[online]
2(4),
pp.280-­‐291.
Available
at:
http://www.thetcr.org/article/view/1547/html
[Accessed
22
Nov.
2015].
! Ahn,
S.,
Jung,
S.
and
Lee,
S.
(2013).
Gold
Nanoparticle
Contrast
Agents
in
Advanced
X-­‐ray
Imaging
Technologies.
Molecules,
18(5),
pp.5858-­‐5890.