Ph.D. Abstracts submitted to Medical Physics
- Experimental characterization of convolution kernels for
intensity modulated radiation therapy (in Spanish)
Juan Diego Azcona, Ph. D.
- Development of Renal Phantoms for the Evaluation of Current and Emerging Ultrasound Technology
Deirdre M. King
- Development of CT Scanner Models for Patient Organ Dose
Calculations Using Monte Carlo Methods
Dr. Jianwei Gu
- Helical Cone-Beam Computed Tomography using the Differentiated Backprojection
Dr.-Ing. Harald Schöndube
- Computerized Segmentation and Measurement of Pleural Disease
William F. Sensakovic
- Pattern Recognition Applied to the Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer from Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Breast Images
Jacob Levman
- Influence of sequence protocol variations on MR image texture at 3.0 Tesla: Implications for texture-based pattern classification in a clinical setting
Dr. med. univ. Marius E. Mayerhöfer
- Development of a Prototype Synthetic Diamond Detector for Radiotherapy Dosimetry
Gregory T. Betzel
- Efficient Controls for Finitely Convergent Sequential Algorithms and Their Applications
Wei Chen
- A Direct Compensator Profile Optimization Approach for Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment Planning
Kevin J. Erhart, Ph.D.
- Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Dosimetry from a MammoSite Balloon, FSD Applicator and a Newly Designed HDR Applicator for Treatment of GYN Cancers Using Monte Carlo Simulations
Zhengdong Zhang
- Computer-Aided Identification of the Pectoral Muscle in Mammograms
K. Santle Camilus
- Single Photon Counting X‑Ray Micro‑Imaging of Biological Samples
Paola Maria Frallicciardi
- Spectral Mammography with X-Ray Optics and a
Photon-Counting Detector
Erik Fredenberg
- Image Derived Input Functions for Cerebral PET Studies
Jurgen E.M. Mourik
- Optimal Reconstruction Algorithms for High-Resolution Positron Emission Tomography
Floris H.P. van Velden, PhD
- Prostate Intrafraction Motion Assessed by Simultaneous KV Flouroscopy at MV Deliver
Justus D. Adamson
- Evaluation of a Diffraction-Enhanced Imaging (DEI) Prototype and Exploration of Novel Applications for Clinical Implementation of DEI
Laura S. Faulconer
- 3D dose verification for advanced radiotherapy
Wouter van Elmpt
- Air-kerma strength determination of a miniature x-ray source for brachytherapy applications
Stephen D. Davis
- Development and Validation of Parallel Three-Dimensional Computational Models of Ultrasound Propagation and Tissue Microstructure for Preclinical Cancer Imaging
Mohammad I. Daoud
- Strategies for Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Robust Deformable Image Registration Using High Performance Computing and its Clinical Applications
Junyi Xia
- SPECT imaging with rotating slat collimation
Roel Van Holen
- Development and Investigation of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning for Four-Dimensional Anatomy
Yelin Suh, Ph.D.
- The use of computed tomography images in Monte Carlo treatment planning
Magdalena Bazalova
- Applications of the Biologically Effective Uniform Dose to Adaptive Tomotherapy and Four-dimensional Treatment Planning
Fan-chi Su
- Development of analytical particle transport methods for biologically optimized light ion therapy
Johanna Kempe
- Small Animal CT with Micro-, Flat-panel and Clinical Scanners: An Applicability Analysis
Dr. Wolfram Stiller
- Gamma camera based Positron Emission Tomography: A study of the viability on quantification
Lorena Pozzo
- Dynamic Phase Boundary Estimation Using Electrical Impedance Tomography
Umer Zeeshan Ijaz
- Development and Role of Megavoltage Cone Beam Computed
Tomography in Radiation Oncology
Olivier Morin
- 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
