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MEDICAL PHYSICS & HEALTH PHYSICS PROGRAM

The medical physics and health physics groups research the applications of radiation technology to the health-care, national defense, and nuclear energy industries. The Medical Physics and Health Physics Program presently offers the M.S. degree, which requires that the student complete a research thesis. The Program offers Specialization in Medical Physics within the PhD degree in Physics, which requires the student complete dissertation research in Medical Physics or Health Physics research.

Research Faculty

• John P. Gibbons , Ph.D. - Adjunct Associate Professor
• Kenneth R. Hogstrom, Ph.D. - Professor and Director
• Kenneth L. Matthews, II, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
• Brent Parker, Ph.D. - Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Erno Sajo, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
• Polad Shikhaliev, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor

Areas of Research Concentration

Medical Physics Research

• Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy
• Image-guided Radiotherapy
• K-edge Capture Therapy
• Prostate Brachytherapy Dosimetry
• Radioisotope Imaging Systems
• X-ray Imaging Systems

Health Physics Research

• Radiation Damage in DNA
• Aerosol Transport
• Radiation Detectors for Medical Physics, Health Physics and Security Application

Research Facilities

• Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
• CAMD Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• Animal Irradiation Facilities
• Nuclear Science Building
• Radiation Detector Development Lab
• Computing Facilities
• Shared Departmental Resources

Recent Student Theses

Graduation	Student	Advisor	Title	Abstract/PDF Link
2008	Oves, Scott	Hogstrom	Dosimetry Intercomparison using a 35-keV Synchrotron Beam	Link
2007	Hill, William	Matthews	Experimental Investigation of an Electronically Collimated Radiation Detector for Location of Gamma-Ray Sources	Link
2007	Vinci, Justin	Hogstrom	Accuracy of Cranial Coplanar Beam Therapy with BrainLAB ExacTrac Image Guidance	Link
2007	Beardmore, Allen	Rosen	Evaluation of MVCT Images with Skin Collimation for Electron Treatment Planning	Link
2007	Smith, Koren	Gibbons	Investigation of Superficial Dose from a Static TomoTherapy Beam	Link
2007	Lackie, Adams	Matthews	Directional Algorithm for an electronically-collimated radiation detector	Link
2006	Robinson, Jabari	Sajo	Verifcation of Direct Brachytherapy Dosimetry for a Single Seed Impact	Link
2006	Ashenafi, Michael	Boyd	TomoTherapy for post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT): Comparison with conventional electron beam technique	Link
2006	Richert, John	Hogstrom	Improved abutment dosimetry in segmented-field electron conformal therapy	Link
2005	Kelley, Laurie	Matthews	Performance evaluation of two CZT gamma ray imaging systems	Link
2005	Bernstein, Kenneth	Matthews	ROC comparison of Acquisition parameters for two PET/CT scanners based on lesion detectability in a torso phantom	Link
2005	Jarrett, Michael	Sajo	Experimental method development for direct dosimetry of permanent interstitial prostate brachytherapy implants	Link
2005	Nookala, Prashanth	Matthews	Modification of CT quality assurance phantom for PET/CT alignment and PET resolution	Link

 

Updated: Thu, 03-Apr-2008 11:11 AM