Clara Fallone

Medical Physicist, MCCPM

Division of Medical Physics

Waiting on Adjunct Professor appointments

PhD in Medical Physics

University of Alberta, 2021

BSc in Chemical Engineering with Biomedical option

University of Alberta, 2012

Contact information

Phone

Location

TBCC : ABE 88Y

Courses

  • Medical Physics Journal Club

Research and teaching

Area of focus

  • MRI, Brachytherapy

Publications

Peer-reviewed manuscripts:

  1. Fallone, C.J., Summers, C., Cwajna, W., and Syme, A. (2023). Assessing the impact of intrafraction motion correction on PTV margins and target and OAR dosimetry for single-fraction free-breathing lung stereotactic body radiation therapy. Med Dosim 48: 202-210.
  2. Fallone, C.J., Tessier, A.G. and Yahya, A. (2022). Fat unsaturation measures in tibial, subcutaneous and breast adipose tissue using short and long TE MRS at 3T. Magn Reson Imaging 86: 61-69.
  3. Fallone, C.J., Tessier, A.G., Field, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2021). Resolving the ω-3 methyl resonance with long echo time magnetic resonance spectroscopy in mouse adipose tissue at 9.4T. NMR Biomed 34: e4455 (11 pages).
  4. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2019). Effect of triglyceride glycerol CH signal on olefinic resonance quantification with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T. Biomed Phys Eng Express 5: 027004 (10 pages).
  5. Fairgrieve-Park, L., Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2018). Long TE PRESS and STEAM for measuring the triglyceride glycerol CH2 protons at 3T. NMR Biomed 32: e4021 (8 pages).
  6. Fallone, C.J., McKay, R.T. and Yahya, A. (2018). Long TE STEAM and PRESS for estimating fat olefinic/methyl ratios and relative ω-3 fat content at 3T. J Magn Reson Imaging 48: 169-177. Winner of the Oncology Graduate Achievement Award.
  7. Dorobantu, L., Fallone, C.J., Noble, A., Veinot, J., Ma, G., Goss, G. and Burrell, R. (2015) Toxicity of silver nanoparticles against bacteria, yeast, and algae. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 17:172.

Conference abstracts:

  1. MacDonald, R.L., Fallone, C.J., Chytyk-Praznik, K., Cherpak, A., and Robar, J. (2023). The feasibility of adaptive CT simulation-free radiation therapy. (in press). American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting. Poster presentation.
  2. Fallone, C.J., and Syme, A. (2023). Impact of intra-fraction motion correction on target and OAR dosimetry in single fraction lung stereotactic ablative radiation therapy. (in press). Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP)- Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) joint scientific meeting. Poster presentation.
  3. Fallone, C.J., MacDonald, R.L., Cherpak, A., and Robar, J. (2023). Characterizing the HU constancy of the Varian Ethos HyperSight CBCT and comparing it to conventional systems. (in press). COMP-CARO joint scientific meeting. Poster presentation.
  4. Fallone, C.J., Cherpak, A., Chytyk-Praznik, K., MacDonald, R.L., and Robar, J.L. (2023). Evaluation of Ethos HyperSight imaging performance compared to standard CBCT and FBCT. European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Congress (ESTRO) 2023 Abstract Book S554: PD0662. ESTRO. Poster presentation.
  5. Cherpak, A., Fallone, C.J., MacDonald, R.L., Chytyk-Praznik, K., and Robar, J.L. (2023). Treatment plan dose calculation using the novel HyperSight CBCT. ESTRO Abstract Book S1535: PO1809. ESTRO. Poster presentation.
  6. Fallone, C.J., Summers, C., Cwajna, W., and Syme, A. (2022). Assessment of intra-fraction motion and PTV margins for single-fraction lung stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR). Med Phys 49: 5710. COMP 68th Annual Scientific Meeting. Oral presentation.
  7. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2022). Inversion recovery for resolving the olefinic resonance in spinal bone marrow at 3T. In proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, number 1446. Oral presentation.
  8. Fallone, C.J., Tessier, A.G., Field, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2021). Comparing omega-3 content in adipose tissue of mice and rats fed a high omega-3 diet with MRS at 9.4T. In proceedings of the ISMRM Annual Meeting & Exhibition, number 3851. Poster presentation.
  9. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A.  (2020). Investigating using water inversion recovery (IR) to resolve the olefinic resonance from water in breast in vivo with magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T.  Med Phys 47:BReP-SNAP-I-29, e396. American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. Poster presentation.
  10. Fallone, C.J., Tessier, A.G., Field, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2020). Apparent transverse relaxation times of omega-3 and non-omega-3 fat methyl protons in mouse adipose tissue at 9.4T. Med Phys 47: PO-GeP-I-34, e515. AAPM 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. Poster presentation.
  11. Fallone, C.J., Tessier, A.G., Field, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2020). Optimized PRESS echo time for quantifying relative ω-3 fat content at 9.4T in vivo. In proceedings of ISMRM 28th Annual Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, number 2872.  Poster presentation.
  12. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2019). Determining relative T2 relaxation rates of breast and tibial bone marrow fat tissue with magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T. Med Phys 46:TU-E-221AB-07, e348. AAPM 61st Annual Scientific Meeting. Oral presentation.
  13. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2018). Assessing the glycerol proton contamination on fat unsaturation quantification using magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T. Med Phys 45:SU-L-205-01, e384. AAPM 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Oral presentation.
  14. Fairgrieve-Park, L., Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2018). Resolving the fat glycerol resonance (4.2 ppm) from the water signal in magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T. 2018. Radiotherapy & Oncology (volume 129 supplement 1), # 129, p. S46. Joint Scientific Meeting CARO-COMP-CAMRT. Poster Presentation.
  15. Fallone, C.J., Fairgrieve-Park, L. and Yahya, A. Utility of long-TE in-vivo MRS for aspects of fat quantification with the triglyceride glycerol CH2 resonance. Syllabus for 2018 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Workshop held in Utrecht, Netherlands (Oct 3-5, 2018).
  16. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2017). Improving in vivo fat quantification using magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Med Phys 44:4398. COMP 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Oral presentation.
  17. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2017). Improving in-vivo fat unsaturation quantification using olefinic to methyl ratios obtained with magnetic resonance spectroscopy.  MAGMA 30: S482-S483. European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) 34th Annual Scientific Meeting. Poster presentation.
  18. Fallone, C.J. and Yahya, A. (2017). Quantification of relative ω-3 fatty acid levels with localized magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3T. MAGMA 30: S481-S482. ESMRMB 34th Annual Scientific Meeting. Poster presentation.