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Luc Beaulieu

@lubeau.bsky.social

Professor of medical physics, father, husband, technology lover, blog writer

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An Insider Look at One’s Own Publications: Research Trajectories, Long-Term Impact and Mentorship The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley Reaching 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts (not counting peer-reviewed conference proceeding ma…

If you’re interested in research trajectories, mentorship, or how scientific impact accumulates over time, you may find this personnal perspective worth a read.

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Retrospective evaluation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy multicriteria planning using physical dose versus radiobiological criteria for prostate cancer Scientific Reports - Retrospective evaluation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy multicriteria planning using physical dose versus radiobiological criteria for prostate cancer

Our latest research work performed at Université Laval and @crchudequebec.bsky.social "Retrospective evaluation of high-dose-rate brachytherapy multicriteria planning using physical dose versus radiobiological criteria for prostate cancer" is available in Nature Scientific Reports: rdcu.be/eZS87

20.01.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our 2023 manuscript "Simultaneous catheter and multicriteria optimization for HDR cervical cancer brachytherapy with a complex intracavity/interstitial applicator" (DOI: 10.1002/mp.16874), is part of the 10% most viewed paper in Medical Physics for the 12 months following publication!

16.04.2025 22:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

turns out the United States was an incredible moneymaking engine that ran on wokeness

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We have also done the 0.5 mm.

13.03.2025 23:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Arxiv was the pre-submission version. This is the peer-reviewed version!

12.03.2025 16:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Here is a new manuscript from our team detailing all of the correction factors for use of a plastic scintillation dosimeter in small fields dosimetry: aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

11.03.2025 22:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Génie | Des algorithmes pour traiter le cancer Allier le génie et la santé permet d’importantes avancées dans le monde médical. Le professeur Luc Beaulieu, de l’Université Laval, pilote un projet utilisant des algorithmes pour planifier des traite...

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01.03.2025 01:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.

"...o1-preview bypassed OpenAI's internal tests and, in a separate December incident, attempted to copy itself to a new server when faced with deactivation". Skynet anyone?

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It is this time of the year ...

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