Biography


Prof. James Chow

Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Toronto, Canada

Professor


Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Toronto, Canada

Professor (Cross-appointed)


Department of Medical Physics

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada

Medical Physicist


Princess Margaret Cancer Research Institute

University Health Network, Canada

Clinician Investigator


Acceleration Consortium

University of Toronto, Canada

Affiliate Investigator


Email: james.chow@uhn.ca


Qualifications

2007 Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (FCCPM) in Canada

2019 Fellow of Institute of Physics (FInstP) in the United Kingdom

2022 Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) in the United Kingdom

2022 Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) in USA.


Publications (Selected)

  1. Tai, D. T., Phat, L. T., Kien, T. T., Anh, N. N., Hai, N. X., Sandwall, P., ... & Chow, J. C. (2025). Enhancing patient positioning accuracy: evaluating daily cone beam computed tomography in the halcyon system. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, hyaf067.
  2. Van Thanh, N., Tuong, P. N., Tai, D. T., Loan, T. T. H., Sandwall, P., Bradley, D., & Chow, J. C. (2025). A comparative dosimetric evaluation of dynamic conformal arc therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy. Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 57(4), 103311.
  3. Tai, D. T., Tuyen, P. N., Tuan, H. D., Hung, H. T., Kandemir, R., Omer, H., ... & Chow, J. C. (2025). Scanning protocol influence on relative electron density-CT number calibrations and radiotherapy dose calculation for a Halcyon Linac. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 112760.
  4. Son, N. K., Phat, L. T., Tu, H. A., Long, N. H., Tai, D. T., Booker, P., ... & Chow, J. C. (2025). Evaluation of multi-leaf collimator accuracy in Halcyon system using logfile analysis. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 112741.
  5. Chow, J. C. (2025). Nanomaterial-based molecular imaging in cancer: advances in simulation and AI integration. Biomolecules, 15(3), 444.
  6. Chow, J. C. (2025). Quantum computing and machine learning in medical decision-making: A comprehensive review. Algorithms, 18(3), 156.
  7. Thanh Tai, D., Tuan, H. D., Xuan Hai, N., Ngoc Anh, N., Bradley, D., Sandwall, P., & Chow, J. C. (2025). Examining beam matching in the commissioning of a halcyon accelerator. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 199(2), 314-324.
  8. Chow, J. C. (2024). Quantum Computing in Medicine. Medical Sciences, 12(4), 67.
  9. Chow, J. C., & Li, K. (2024). Ethical considerations in human-centered AI: Advancing oncology chatbots through large language models. JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, 5, e64406.
  10. Chow, J. C., & Ruda, H. E. (2024). Impact of Scattering Foil Composition on Electron Energy Distribution in a Clinical Linear Accelerator Modified for FLASH Radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo Study. Materials, 17(13), 3355.
  11. Chow, J. C., & Ruda, H. E. (2024). Mechanisms of action in FLASH radiotherapy: A comprehensive review of physicochemical and biological processes on cancerous and normal cells. Cells, 13(10), 835.
  12. Chow, J. C., Wong, V., & Li, K. (2024). Generative pre-trained transformer-empowered healthcare conversations: Current trends, challenges, and future directions in large language model-enabled medical chatbots. BioMedInformatics, 4(1), 837-852.
  13. Chow, J. C. (2024). Biophysical insights into nanomaterial-induced DNA damage: Mechanisms, challenges, and future directions. AIMS Biophysics, 11(3), 340-369.
  14. Chow, J. C., Wong, V., Sanders, L., & Li, K. (2023, August). Developing an AI-assisted educational chatbot for radiotherapy using the IBM Watson assistant platform. In Healthcare (Vol. 11, No. 17, p. 2417). MDPI.
  15. Siddique, S., Ruda, H. E., & Chow, J. C. (2023). FLASH radiotherapy and the use of radiation dosimeters. Cancers, 15(15), 3883.
  16. Hung, H. T., Tuyen, P. N., Tai, D. T., Long, H. Q., Sulieman, A., Omer, H., ... & Lee, T. Y. (2023). Assessment of radiation exposure in a nuclear medicine department of an oncology hospital. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 16(2), 100564.
  17. Chow, J. C., Sanders, L., & Li, K. (2023). Impact of ChatGPT on medical chatbots as a disruptive technology. Frontiers in artificial Intelligence, 6, 1166014.
  18. Spina, A., & Chow, J. C. (2022). Dosimetric impact on the flattening filter and addition of gold nanoparticles in radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo study on depth dose using the 6 and 10 MV FFF photon beams. Materials, 15(20), 7194.
  19. Siddique, S., & Chow, J. C. (2022). Recent advances in functionalized nanoparticles in cancer theranostics. Nanomaterials, 12(16), 2826.
  20. Tai, D. T., Oanh, L. T., Phuong, P. H., Sulieman, A., Abolaban, F. A., Omer, H., & Chow, J. C. (2022). Dosimetric and radiobiological comparison in head-and-neck radiotherapy using JO-IMRT and 3D-CRT. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 29(8), 103336.
  21. Lan, N. T., Dai Viet, H., Tai, D. T., & Chow, J. C. (2022). Dosimetric comparison of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and field-in-field (FIF) technique for head-and-neck cancer. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 21(2), 153-158.
  22. Chow, J. C. (2022). Application of nanomaterials in biomedical imaging and cancer therapy. Nanomaterials, 12(5), 726.


Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: JBS-0697-2023

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4202-4855

https://radonc.utoronto.ca/faculty/james-chow

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=qBAri9kAAAAJ&hl=en

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