Ph.D. Abstracts submitted to Medical Physics
- Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy
Fredrik Carlsson - In-vivo optical imaging and spectroscopy of cerebral hemodynamics
Chao Zhou - Direct Statistical Parametric Image Estimation for Linear Pharmacokinetic Models from Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography Measurements
Charalampos Tsoumpas - Advacnces in Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedence Mammography
Nataliya Kovalchuk, Ph.D. - Quantitative Measurement of Tumor Hypoxia Response to Mild Temperature Hyperthermia Treatment in HT29 Tumors
Mutian Zhang - 3D Image Reconstruction for a Dual Plate Positron Emission Tomograph: Application to Mammography
Mónica Vieira Martins - Impact of Geometric Uncertainties on Dose Calculations for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer
Runqing Jiang - Biologically conformal radiation therapy and
Monte Carlo dose calculations in the clinic
Barbara Vanderstraeten - Development and Evaluation of a Dedicated Breast CT Scanner
Kai Yang, Ph.D. - A Generalized Least-squares minimization method for near infrared diffuse optical tomography
Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy - A Novel Approach to Evaluating Breast Density Using Ultrasound Tomography
Carri K. Glide-Hurst - Risk-Adaptive Radiotherapy
Yusung Kim - Use of Stationary Focused Ultrasound Fields for Characterization of Tissue and Localized Tissue Ablation
Brian Andrew Winey - Selective radiofrequency pulses in localization sequences for in vivo MR spectroscopy
Gunther Helms - The use of Monte Carlo methods to study the effect of x-ray spectral variations on the response of an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device
Laure Parent - Dosimetry for synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy: Monte Carlo simulations and
radiosensitive gels
Caroline Boudou - Large-Angle Ionization Chambers for Brachytherapy Air-Kerma-Strength Measurements
Wesley S. Culberson - Motion Correction Techniques for Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquired with the Elliptical Centric View Order or the Shells Trajectory
Yunhong Shu - Evaluation and Mitigation of Geometric Uncertanties in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy through Image Guidance
William Y. Song, Ph.D. - Development of the 256-slice CT scanner and its advantages in four-dimensional charged particle therapy
Shinichiro Mori - A new Computer Aided System for the detection of Nodules in Lung CT exams
Alessandro Riccardi - Mechanisms of Intrinsic Radiation Sensitivity: The Effects of DNA Damage Repair, Oxygen, and Radiation Quality
David J. Carlson, Ph.D. - The Modelling and Optimisation of P-type Diodes for Dosimetry in External Beam Radiotherapy
Simon Greene - Evaluation of dose-response models and parameters using clinical data from breast and lung cancer radiotherapy
Ioannis Tsougos - Dual Energy Techniques with Contrast Media in Digital Mammography: SNR and Dose Evaluation
Paola Baldelli - Dosimetric Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy with an Electronic Portal
Imaging Device
Sandra Vieira - Development of a Whole Body Atlas for Radiation Therapy
Planning and Treatment Optimization
Sharif Qatarneh - Monte Carlo dose calculations in permanent implant brachytherapy: study of a radioactive stent in intravascular brachytherapy and of radioactive seeds in prostate brachytherapy
Jean-François Carrier - Development of a scintillating fiber dosimeter
Louis Archambault - An EGSnrc investigation of correction factors for ion chamber dosimetry
Lesley A. Buckley - An in silico spatiotemporal simulation model of the development and response of solid tumors to radiotherapeutic and chemotherapeutic schemes in vivo. Normal tissues response to radiotherapy in vivo . Clinical testing.
Vassilis P. Antipas - Implementation and evaluation of scatter estimation algorithms in positron emission tomography
Charalampos Tsoumpas - Magnetic Field In Radiation Therapy:
Improving Dose Coverage In Tumors Of The Head And Neck By Reducing Lateral
Electronic Disequilibrium
Shada J. Wadi-Ramahi