Overview
Background
Dr Prabhakar Ramachandran is the Director of Medical Physics at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (Ipswich Road). He has post-graduate degrees in Medical Physics, Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science. He earned his PhD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He holds accreditation in Radiotherapy QA from the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM) and in Radiation Safety from the Australasian Radiation Protection Society Inc (ARPS). He is also board certified by the American Board of Radiology. His research interests include real-time dosimetry, treatment planning, 4D-imaging, radiation dosimetry, and developing deep learning models for Gamma Knife radiotherapy.
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- Dr Prabhakar Ramachandran is:
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Research interests
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Radiation Dosimetry
Works
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2011
Journal Article
A study on the tumor volume computation between different 3D treatment planning systems in radiotherapy
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Rath, Goura Kishor, Haresh, Kunhi Parambath, Manoharan, Nalliah, Laviraj, Macherla Anjaneyulu, Rajendran, Molaiyan and Julka, Pramod Kumar (2011). A study on the tumor volume computation between different 3D treatment planning systems in radiotherapy. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 7 (2), 168-173. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.82917
2010
Journal Article
Unresectable basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy: A case report with review of literature
Joshi, Nikhil P., Haresh, Kunhi Parambath, Das, Prasenjit, Kumar, Rajender, Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Sharma, Daya Nand, Heera, Puthiyeduthu, Julka, Pramod Kumar and Rath, Goura Kishor (2010). Unresectable basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of the trachea treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy: A case report with review of literature. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 6 (3), 321-323. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.73341
2010
Journal Article
Dose volume uniformity index: a simple tool for treatment plan evaluation in brachytherapy
Prabhakar, Ramachandran (2010). Dose volume uniformity index: a simple tool for treatment plan evaluation in brachytherapy. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2 (2), 71-75. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2010.14405
2010
Journal Article
A study on the variation of bladder and rectal doses with respiration in intracavitary brachytherapy for cervix cancer
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Jagadesan, Pandjatcharam, Haresh, Kunhi P., Karuna, Singh, Julka, Pramod Kumar and Rath, Goura Kishor (2010). A study on the variation of bladder and rectal doses with respiration in intracavitary brachytherapy for cervix cancer. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2 (1), 24-27. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2010.13719
2010
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Impact of patient setup error in the treatment of head and neck cancer with intensity modulated radiation therapy
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Laviraj, Macherla A., Haresh, Kunhi Parambath, Julka, Pramod K. and Rath, Goura K. (2010). Impact of patient setup error in the treatment of head and neck cancer with intensity modulated radiation therapy. Physica Medica, 26 (1), 26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.05.001
2009
Journal Article
A technique for verification of isocenter position in tangential field breast irradiation
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Pande, Manish, Harsh, Kumar, Julk, Pramod K., Ganesh, Tharmar and Rath, Goura K. (2009). A technique for verification of isocenter position in tangential field breast irradiation. Medical Dosimetry, 34 (1), 16-19. doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.07.002
2009
Journal Article
Impact of different CT slice thickness on clinical target volume for 3D conformal radiation therapy
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Ganesh, Tharmar, Rath, Goura K., Julka, Pramod K., Sridhar, Pappiah S., Joshi, Rakesh C. and Thulkar, Sanjay (2009). Impact of different CT slice thickness on clinical target volume for 3D conformal radiation therapy. Medical Dosimetry, 34 (1), 36-41. doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.09.002
2008
Journal Article
Granulocytic sarcoma masquerading as Ewings sarcoma: A diagnostic dilemma
Haresh, Kunhi Parambath, Joshi, Nikhil, Gupta, Chaitali, Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Sharma, Daya Nand, Julka, Pramod Kumar and Rath, Goura Kishor (2008). Granulocytic sarcoma masquerading as Ewings sarcoma: A diagnostic dilemma. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 4 (3), 137-139. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.43150
2008
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea treated with PET-CT based intensity modulated radiotherapy
Haresh, Kunhi Parambath, Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Rath, Goura K., Sharma, Daya Nand, Julka, Pramod K. and Subramani, V. (2008). Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea treated with PET-CT based intensity modulated radiotherapy. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 3 (7), 793-795. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31817c9245
2008
Journal Article
Simulation of dose to surrounding normal structures in tangential breast radiotherapy due to setup error
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Rath, Goura K., Julka, Pramod K., Ganesh, Tharmar, Haresh, K. P., Joshi, Rakesh C., Senthamizhchelvan, S., Thulkar, Sanjay and Pant, G. S. (2008). Simulation of dose to surrounding normal structures in tangential breast radiotherapy due to setup error. Medical Dosimetry, 33 (1), 81-85. doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.03.003
2008
Journal Article
Execution of mantle field with multileaf collimator: A simple approach
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Haresh, Parambath P., Sridhar, Pappiah S., Laviraj, Macharla A., Julka, Pramod K. and Rath, Goura K. (2008). Execution of mantle field with multileaf collimator: A simple approach. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 4 (1), 18-20. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.39600
2007
Journal Article
Impact of different breathing conditions on the dose to surrounding normal structures in tangential field breast radiotherapy
Prabhakar, Ramachandran, Tharmar, Ganesh, Julka, Pramod K., Rath, Goura K., Joshi, Rakesh C., Bansal, Anil K., Bisht, R. K., Gopishankar, N., Pant, G. S. and Thulkar, S. (2007). Impact of different breathing conditions on the dose to surrounding normal structures in tangential field breast radiotherapy. Journal of Medical Physics, 32 (1), 24-28. doi: 10.4103/0971-6203.31146
2006
Journal Article
Radiation injury to the spinal cord in head and neck cancers: Does field arrangement have a role
Anusheel, Munshi, Prabhakar, Ramachandran and Mohanti, Bidhu (2006). Radiation injury to the spinal cord in head and neck cancers: Does field arrangement have a role. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 2 (2), 65-67. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.25852
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigation into assessment methods of heterogeneity within MR and MRS images of brain tumours treated with Leksell Gamma Knife and their predictive value for treatment outcome
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