Brent J. Emigh

Graduate Student, M.Sc Medical Physics, McMaster University
BSc(Hons) - Medical and Health Physics, McMaster University

Medical School

Mailing Address

As a result of its ability to remove significant material volume while maintaining minimal collateral damage, it is predicted that ultra-fast lasers can replace traditional bur drills used for precise bone tissue removal in orthopaedic surgeries. This project involves the investigation of different laser hard tissue ablation protocols and their effect on the efficiency and accuracy of bone removal. A femto-second pulsed Ti:Sapphire and pico-second pulsed Nd:YAG laser, along with porcine vertebrae, will be used to characterize the quality of ablation. Further Research.

• Brent Emigh, Ran An, Eugene M. Hsu, Travis H. R. Crawford, Harold K. Haugen, Gregory R. Wohl, Joseph E. Hayward, and Qiyin Fang, “Porcine cortical bone ablation by ultrafast pulsed laser irradiation,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, 17(2):028001, 2012 (PDF)

• 2009 - The David and Grace Prosser Scholarship (OGSST)
  
• 2011 - McMaster University Department of Radiology Research Day - Graduate Student First Prize
  
• 2011 - McMaster University Department of Oncology Research Day - Second Prize
  
  

• 2007 - Canadian Undergradute Physics Conference, Vancouver BC - Oral Presentation
  • Mechanisms of Visual Deficits in Amblyopia: A Magnetoencephalography (MEG) study
• 2008 - Canadian Undergradute Physics Conference, Toronto ON - Oral Presentation
  • Estimating Effective Doses in Pediatric Upper Gastro-Intestinal Contrast Examinations
• 2009 - The Society of Pediatric Radiology - 52nd Annual Meeting, Carlsbad CA - Poster Presentation
  • Effective dose estimation in pediatric upper gastro-intestinal examinations using MOSFET technology
• 2011 - SPIE Biophotonics West - Bone Optics and Diagnostics, San Francisco, CA - Oral Presentation
  • Experimental evaluation of bone drilling using short-pulsed laser ablation
• 2011 - Radiology Research Day - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON - Oral Presentation
  • Experimental evaluation of bone drilling using short-pulsed laser ablation
• 2011 - Oncoloy Research Day - McMaster University, Hamilton, ON - Poster Presentation
  • Experimental evaluation of ultrashort pulsed laser drilling for bone tumour excision