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Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Spring 2009

Thursdays 2:50-4:00 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium unless otherwise noted
(followed by Med Phys Program happy hour 4-5 PM)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 8 Vorakarn Chanyavanich MS, Joseph Lo PhD, Ehsan Samei PhD
Duke Med Phys Program 		Medical Physics as a Profession 2: Job Hunting
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Jan 15 Jim Dobbins PhD, Xiang Li, Greg Sturgeon
Duke Med Phys Program 		RSNA Revisited
  • Xiang Li - Pediatric Chest MDCT: Unique Method for Patient-specific Organ and Effective Dose Estimations
  • Greg Sturgeon - Series of Anatomically Detailed Computerized Phantoms for Pediatric CT Research
  • Jim Dobbins - Automated Registration of Chest Tomosynthesis Projection Images Using Fiducial Markers to Correct for Effects of Patient Motion During Acquisition
Jan 22 Vorakarn Chanyavanich MS, Joseph Lo PhD, et al
& med phys faculty, staff, students 		Medical Physics as a Profession 3: Interviews and Negotiations
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Jan 29 Scott Huettel PhD
Duke Radiology 		Neuroeconomics: Using neuroimaging to understand economic decision making
Feb 5 Misc personnel
Duke Radiology & BME 		SPIE Preview
  • Ned Light: Real-time 3D Doppler ultrasound guidance of autonomous surgical robot for removal of magnetically vibrating foreign bodies: feasibility study
  • Brooks Lindsey: The ultrasound brain helmet: feasibility study of multiple simultaneous 3D scans of cerebral vasculature
  • Maciej Mazurowski: A comparative study of database reduction methods for case-based computer-aided decision systems: preliminary results
Feb 12 Jennifer O'Daniel PhD
Duke Rad Onc 		Rapid Arc commissioning and QA
Feb 19 Joe Deasy PhD
Washington Univ. in St Louis Rad Onc. 		Informatics Challenges in Radiation Oncology: Making New Technology Work for the Patient
Feb 26 Cohen, Ranger, Samei
Duke Radiology & Med Phys Program 		SPIE & RSNA Review
  • Adam Cohen - Measurements and Model of Polarization in CZT
  • Nicole Ranger - Extension of DQE to include scatter, grid, magnification, and focal spot blur: a new experimental technique and metric
  • Ehsan Samei - To compress or not to compress? That is the question: revisiting the need for breast compression in FFDM and DBT
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Mar 5 Misc. students
Duke Med Phys Program 		Open House - Student Poster Session
  • Maryann Abogunde: Small Animal Dosimetry in Cesium and X-ray Irradiators
  • Sherry Leeper: Dosimetric and HU Comparison of Six Cone-beam CT Acquisition Techniques for Adaptive Therapy Planning
  • Xiang Li: Patient-specific dose estimation for pediatric CT
  • Francisco "Paco" Robles: Parallel frequency-domain optical coherence tomography scatter-mode imaging and dual window processing
  • Ross McGurk: Impact of dynamic lung density in the irradiation of moving tumors in the lung using step-and-shoot IMRT: a NCAT based 4D Monte Carlo simulation study
  • Ashley Manzoor: Imaging real-time drug delivery of thermosensitive liposomes in-vivo
  • Kristy Perez: Novel Patient Optimized Acquisition Trajectories for Dedicated Breast SPECT Imaging
  • Josh Wilson: Development of a PET protocol to equalize noise for PET/CT leg acquisitions
(Special Location: CIEMAS Atrium)
Mar 12

Maryellen Giger PhD, president of AAPM, Professor of Radiology at Univ  of Chicago
John Bayouth PhD, Assoc Professor and Director of Medical  Physics, Dept of Radiation Oncology
at Univ of Iowa.

 Special Panel Discussion from SEAAPM Speakers
Mar 19 Bastiaan Driehuys PhD
Duke Radiology 		Introduction to Hyperpolarized Gas MRI
Mar 26 Mahadevappa Mahesh PhD
Johns Hopkins Univ. Radiol & Medicine/Cardiology 		Magnitude of Radiation Exposure to US population with  focus on CT (Special Location: Bryan Research Bldg auditorium)
Apr 2 Tim Oliver PhD
Duke Cell Bio. 		Seeing the Data in the Dark: Fundamentals of Confocal and Fluorescent Imaging in Biomedicine
Apr 9 Ed Coleman MD
Duke Radiology 		PET in Dementia

updated 2/7/2009

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Fall 2008

Thursdays 2:50-4:00 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium unless otherwise noted
(followed by Med Phys Program happy hour 4-5 PM)

Date Speaker Topic
Aug 28 PhD students
Duke Med Phys Program		 Doctoral Research Showcase I
  • A novel digital tomosynthesis (DTS) reconstruction method using a deformation field map - Lei Ren
  • Four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis: technique proposal and first experimental results - Jackie Maurer
  • In-vivo drug delivery and anti-tumor effects of hyperthermia-triggered doxorubicin release from thermosensitive liposomes - Ashley Manzoor
Sep 04 PhD students
Duke Med Phys Program		 Doctoral Research Showcase II
  • Dose Reduction in Pediatric CT - Xiang Li
  • Incorporating Functional Imaging Information to rpFNA Analysis for Breast Cancer Detection in High Risk Women - Kristy Perez
  • Development of a Tapering, Fillable Phantom: Applications for PET Image Quality Assessment - Josh Wilson
Sep 11 Jim Dobbins PhD & Ehsan Samei PhD
Duke Radiology		 Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Medical Physics Education
Sep 18 Martin Tornai PhD
Duke Radiology		 Summer Internships in Medical Physics
Sep 19
(see note)		 Walter Huda PhD
Medical Univ S Carolina, Radiology		 Radiation Risks: What the Radiologists Need to Know
(OPTIONAL, Special Location: 7:30 AM Duke North Hospital Rm 2003)
Sep 25
(see note)		 George Gopen PhD
Duke English Dept.		 Scientific Writing
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101)
Oct 02 Haijun Song PhD
Duke Rad. Onc.		 RT Clinical Practice Lectures: Installation of a Linac
Oct 09 Anuj Kapadia PhD
Duke Radiology		 Neutron Stimulated Emission Computed Tomography for Spectroscopic Imaging of the Human Body
Oct 16 Ehsan Samei PhD
Duke Radiology		 Medical Physics as a Profession
Oct 17
(see note)		 Medical Physics students Open House - Student Poster Session
(OPTIONAL, Special Location: TBD)
Oct 23 Fang-Fang Yin PhD (mod), John Kirkpatrick MD, Brian Czito MD
Duke Rad. Onc.		 Hot Topics in Medical Physics - Photon vs. Proton
(Special Location: Bryan Res Bldg auditorium)
Oct 30 Mike Zalutsky PhD
Duke Radiology		 Targeted Radiotherapy
Nov 06 Medical Physics students Summer Research Scholarship Presentations - Mary Ann Abogunde, Corey Clift, Ryan Davis, William Giles, and Chris Veale
Nov 13

Bruce Gerbi PhD
Head of Physics Section, Dir. Med Phys Residency Program, Dept of Therapeutic Radiology, U Minn.
Fang-Fang Yin PhD

 Medical Physics Residencies
Nov 20
 Lynne Hurwitz MD
Duke Radiology		 Radiation dose considerations in adult cardiothoracic imaging
(Special Location: Bryan Res Bldg auditorium)

updated 8/26/2008

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Spring 2008

Thursdays 3-4 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium (followed by Med Phys Program happy hour)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 10 Georgia Tourassi PhD
Duke Radiology		 ROC vs. Accuracy: And the winner is?
Jan 17 Martin Tornai PhD
Duke Radiology		 3D Molecular Breast Imaging
Jan 24 Tracy Jaffe MD
Duke Radiology		 Imaging of abdominal pain in pregnancy
Jan 31 Joseph Lo PhD Breast Tomosynthesis: The Hype and the Hope
Feb 07 Ehsan Samei PhD
Duke Radiology		 Dose and Quality Optimization of Imaging Systems
Feb 14 Christina Li, Xiang Li, Ben Pollard
Duke BME & Med Phys Graduate Program		 SPIE '08: Sneak Peek of Student Presentations
Three-dimensional computer generated breast phantom based on empirical data (C. Li)
Towards assessing the diagnostic influence of dose reduction in pediatric CT: a study based on simulated lung nodules (X. Li)
The effect of increased ambient lighting on detection accuracy in uniform and anatomical backgrounds (Pollard)
Feb 21 Bruce Wieland PhD
Duke Radiology, President of Bruce Technologies Inc.		 Cyclotron Target Systems for Production and Distribution of PET-CT Radiopharmaceuticals
Feb 28 Bennett Chin MD
Duke Radiology		 Small Animal Molecular Imaging: Translational SPECT applications - From Molecules to Mice, to Humans, and back again
Mar 6 Medical Physics students Open House - Student Poster Session
Mar 13 No Seminar, Spring Break
Mar 20 Don Frush MD, Terry Yoshizumi PhD
Duke Radiology, Radiation Safety		 Hot Topics in Medical Physics - The CT Dose Controversy
Please read: NEJM article and AAPM response
Mar 27 David Townsend PhD
U of Tennessee Radiology & Medicine		 Fusion of Form and Function: 1 + 1 = 3
Apr 03 Charles Mistretta PhD
Vice Chair of Med Phys, U of Wisc.		 Accelerated Medical Imaging using Undersampled Acquisitions and Constrained Reconstruction
Apr 10 Sua Yoo PhD RT Clinical Practice Lectures: Varian Gating System

updated 1/24/2008

Seminars

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Fall 2007

Tuesdays 11:40-1:00, Hock Plaza Auditorium (refreshments at 11:20)

Date Speaker Topic
Aug 28 Mark Oldham PhD et al
Duke Radiation Oncology
MPP Rad Onc Director		 Opportunities in Radiation Therapy
also feat. Shiva Das, Jackie Wu, and Fang-Fang Yin.
Sep 4 James MacFall PhD et al
Duke Radiology
MPP Dx Img Director		 Opportunities in Diagnostic Imaging
also feat. G. Allan Johnson, James Provenzale, Joseph Lo and Paul Segars.
Sep 11 Tim Turkington PhD
Duke Radiology, Nuc Med
MPP Nuc Med Director		 Opportunities in Nuclear Medicine
Sep 18 Terry Yoshizumi PhD
Duke Radiology
MPP Med Health Phys Dir.		 Opportunities in Medical Health Physics
Sep 25 Art Boyer PhD
Director Physics Div
Scott & White Hospital 		Developments in Medical Physics Education
Oct 2 Ron Jaszczak PhD
Duke Radiology, Nuc Med		 Overview of Gamma Cameras and SPECT
Oct 9 No Seminar, Fall Recess
Oct 16 Elliot McVeigh PhD
Chair of Biomed Egr
Johns Hopkins Univ School of Med		 Applications of Interventional MRI
Oct 23 G. Allan Johnson PhD
Duke Radiology		 Small Animal Imaging- The Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy
Oct 30 Mark Oldham PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 3D optical imaging: applications in biomedicine
Nov 6 John Kirkpatrick MD PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Radiosurgery for CNS diseases
Nov 13 Georgia Tourassi PhD
Joseph Lo PhD
Duke Radiology		 Biostatistics for Boards and Beyond
Nov 20 Adam Wax PhD
Duke BME		 Detecting pre-cancerous cells in the human esophagus using angle-resolved low coherence interferometry
Nov 27 Mark Dewhirst DVM PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Development of an MR imageable drug carrying thermosensitive liposome - opportunity for drug dose painting in cancer therapy

updated 9/3/2007

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Spring 2007

Tuesdays 4:25-5:40 PM, Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 16 Joseph Lo PhD et al
Duke Radiology & BME		 RSNA Recap
Sujata Ghate "Sonohysterography: Do 3 Dimensional (3D) Reconstructed Images Provide Additional Value?"
Ana Maria Gaca "Radiation Dose from Abdominal MDCT in Pediatric Cases"
Sebastian Schindera "Multi-Energy 64-Slice Multidetector Abdominal CT: Effect on Radiation Dose, Image Noise, and Contrast Opacification"
Jonathan Jesneck "A Computer Aid for Diagnosis of Breast Mass Lesions Using Both Mammographic and Sonographic BI-RADS Descriptors"
Joseph Lo "Breast Tomosynthesis: Initial Clinical Experience with 100 Human Subjects"
Shane McGonegle "Pilot Evaluation of Low-Dose Craniofacial CT for Diagnosis of Craniosynostosis Using a Radiation Dose Reduction Simulation Tool"
Jan 23 Sua Yoo PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 CBCT-based treatment planning
Jan 30 Al Smith PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Ctr		 Proton therapy
Feb 6 Allen Song PhD
Duke Radiology & BME		 Use of MRI to detect small electrical activities: relevance to neuroimaging
Feb 13 Terry Wong MD PhD
Duke Radiology		 PET/CT: Basic Principles and Clinical Applications
Feb 20 Mohit Kasibhatla MD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Head & neck cancer and role of IMRT
Feb 27 Joseph Izatt PhD
Duke BME		 Optical Coherence Tomography
Mar 6 Med Phys & BME students
 SPIE Recap / Student Research Highlights
Sam Brady: Novel Mouse Dosimetry w/ MOSFET Technology in Orthovoltage X-ray Irradiator
Kristy Perez: Analysis of patient bed positioning in SPECT-CT imaging for dedicated mammotomography
Xiang Li: Developing a Monte Carlo Code to Simulate Organ Dose for Pediatric CT Patients
Amy Sharma: Elemental spectrum of a mouse obtained via neutron stimulation
Mar 13 NO CLASS, SPRING BREAK
Mar 20 Wesley Bolch PhD
Univ of Florida		 Customizing phantoms and organ models for medical dosimetry studies
Mar 27 Paul Segars PhD
Duke Radiology		 Medical imaging simulation and computer phantoms
Apr 3 Georgia Tourassi PhD
Duke Radiology		 "The Bosom Buddy": Interactive CAD for Mammograms
Apr 10 David Jaffray PhD
University Health Network, Ontario CA		 Image-guided radiation therapy
Apr 17 Timothy Oliver PhD
Duke Cell Biology		 Seeing the data in the dark: fundamentals of confocal and fluorescent imaging in biomedicine

updated 4/11/2007

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 Fall 2006

Thursdays 4:25-5:40 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium

Date Speaker Topic
Aug 31 Lo, Oldham, and students from Med Phys & BME Welcome and Student Poster Session
Sep 7 Tim Turkington PhD
MPGP Nuclear Medicine Dir		 Introduction to Nuclear Medicine Research
Sep 14 Joseph Lo PhD et al
Duke Radiology/BME		 Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging Research
Sep 21 Terry Yoshizumi PhD
MPGP Health Physics Dir		 Introduction to Medical Health Physics Research
Sep 28 Mark Oldham PhD
MPGP Radiation Therapy Dir		 Introduction to Radiation Therapy Research
Oct 5 Srini Mukundan PhD MD
Duke Radiology/BME		 Imaging the Bloodpool with Nanoparticles
Oct 12 Lawrence Marks MD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Evaluating new technology in radiation therapy
Oct 19 Roderic Pettigrew PhD
Director, NIH/NIBIB		 Redington Memorial Lecture:
Horizons at the Interface of the Physical / Life Sciences
Special place & time: Bryan Res. Bldg. Auditorium 4-5 PM, reception 5-6 PM
Oct 27 Geoffrey Ibbott PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Ctr Radiation Physics		 IMRT delivery as evaluated with the RPC's anthropomorphic phantom
Special time: Fri Oct 27 12:00-1:15. There will be no seminar on Thu Oct 26.
Nov 2 Cristian Badea PhD
Duke Radiology		 X-ray based morphological and functional imaging in small animals
Nov 9 Samei/Lo/Oldham Professionalism: Everything we wish somebody would have told us when we were grad students.
Nov 16 Mark Oldham PhD et al
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Selected presentations from American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology (ASTRO) meeting
Nov 23 No Seminar, Thanksgiving
Nov 30 Jim Dobbins PhD
MPGP Director,
Duke Radiology/BME		 Measuring Image quality

updated 10/09/2006

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 / BME 365.02 Spring 2006

Thursdays 4:25-5:40 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium

For spring 2006, we have been selected as one of the Duke Digital Initiative courses which explore the use of cutting edge instructional technology.

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 12 George Gopen, PhD
Duke English Dept.		 Scientific Writing
Jan 19 Rob Saunders, MA
Duke Radiology & Physics		 Impact of Resolution and Noise on Mammographic Diagnosis
Jan 26 Page McAdams, MD
Duke Radiology/Chest		 Digital Chest Image Quality
Feb 2 Sumin Zhou, PhD (organizer)
Junan Zhang, PhD
Devon Godfrey, PhD
Oana Craciunescu, PhD
Mark Oldham, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Selected talks from American Society for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology (ASTRO) and American Association of Phycisists in Medicine (AAPM):
• Some Variants of the Iterative Algorithm (Zhang)
• Online Digital Tomosynthesis (DTS): A Novel Technique for Improving Target Localization in Radiation Therapy (Godfrey)
• Imaging Tools with Potential to Characterize Tumor Changes and Estimate Response in Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Therapies (Craciunescu)
• Three dimensional imaging of tumor microvasculature and viable cell distribution using optical computed and emission tomography (Oldham)
Feb 9 Dominic Crotty, BS
Ada Chen, MA
Amy Sharma, BS
Duke BME/Radiology		 Selected talks from International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 2006:
• Experimental Spectral Measurements of Heavy K-edge Filtered Beams for X-ray Computed Mammotomography (Crotty)
• Gaussian frequency blending algorithm with Matrix Inversion Tomosynthesis (MITS) and Filtered Back Projection (FBP) for better Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Reconstruction (Chen)
• Rotating Slat Collimator Design for High-Energy Near-Field Imaging (Sharma)
Feb 16 Vaclav Vylet, PhD
Duke Radiation Safety		 Multiple Facets of Health Physics
Feb 23 Don Frush, MD
Duke Radiology/Pediatrics		 CT and Radiation Risk: the Radiologist's Perspective
Mar 2 Martin Tornai, PhD
Duke Radiology/Nuc. Med.		 New Approaches to 3D Molecular Breast Imaging
Mar 9 William Hendee, PhD
Medical College of Wisc.		 Creativity and Innovation in Action: Migration of the Products of Biomedical Research into the Marketplace
Mar 16 No Seminar, Spring Recess
Mar 23 Zhiheng Wang, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Gating Applications in Radiation Therapy
Mar 30 James MacFall, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Magnetic Resonance Monitoring of Hyperthermia Therapy
Apr 6 Shiva Das, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Functional Image-guided Radiotherapy
Apr 13 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology/DAI Labs		 Introduction to Clinical Decision Theory

updated 01/10/06

Seminars in Medical Physics MEDPHY 251 / BME 251 Fall 2005

Thursdays 11:45 AM-12:45 PM, Hock Plaza Auditorium

Date Speaker Topic
Sep 1 Ehsan Samei, PhD
DGS, Med Phys Program		 Introduction and welcome
Sep 8 Carey Floyd, PhD
MPP Diagnostic Imaging Dir.		 Duke research initiatives in diagnostic imaging
Sep 15 Fang-Fang Yin, PhD
MPP Assoc Director		 Opportunities in Radiation Oncology
Sep 22 Terry Yoshizumi, PhD
MPP Health Physics Dir.		 Duke research initiatives in medical health physics
Sep 29 Ed Coleman, MD
Duke Radiology, Nuc. Med.
Tim Turkington, PhD
MPP Nuclear Medicine Dir		 Duke research initiatives in nuclear medicine
Oct 6 G. Allan Johnson, PhD
Duke Center for In Vivo Micr		 MR Histology: Methods to obtain the highest resolution MR images to date
Oct 13 Walter Huda, PhD
SUNY Upstate Medical Univ.		 A proposal for a paradigm shift in CT dosimetry
Oct 20 Joseph Lo, PhD
Duke Radiology
 Careers in Medical Physics (round table discussion, panelists: Colsher, Dobbins, Franklin, Ranger, Reiman, Turkington, Yin).
Oct 27 Lawrence B Marks, MD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Role of imaging in the study of radiation-induced normal tissue injury
Nov 3 Mark Dewhirst, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Thermoradiotherapy: Evaluation of prognostic importance of 31-P MRS parameters in treatment outcome of soft tissue sarcomas
Nov 10 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology
 Biostatistics 101 for medical physicists
Nov 17 Ronald Jaszczak, PhD
Duke Radiology, Nuc. Med.		 Pinhole SPECT for small animal molecular imaging

updated 12/19/05

Seminars in Medical Physics BME 365.01 Spring 2005

Wednesdays, 3:45-5:00 PM Bryan Research Building, Rm 162 (atrium conference room)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan. 19 Nariman Majdi-Nasab, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Image feature analysis and computer-aided diagnosis in digital chest radiography
Jan. 26 Tim Turkington, PhD
Duke Radiology, Nuc Med		 PET/CT Instrumentation
Feb. 2 Nicole Ranger, MS
Duke Radiology		 Digital detector performance evaluation according to IEC
Feb. 9 Jonathan Jesneck*, Rob Saunders+
Duke BME* & Physics+		 SPIE Medical Imaging practice talks
Feb. 16 No Seminar, SPIE Medical Imaging Conference
Feb. 23 Ada Chen
Duke BME		 Impulse response analysis of breast tomosynthesis reconstruction algorithms
Mar. 2 Fang-Fang Yin, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology		 Current research areas in radiation oncology
Mar. 9 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Information-theoretic CAD for mammography
Mar. 16 No Seminar, Spring Recess
Mar. 23 No Seminar, Medical Physics Program Interview Day
Apr. 6 H. Page McAdams, MD
Duke Radiology		 Pulmonary lung nodules
Apr. 13 Jackie Podger
Duke Human Resources		 Things they never teach you in graduate school: Management development workshop
Apr. 20 Terry Yoshizumi, PhD
Duke Radiation Safety		 Intro to radiation safety / Current issues in radiation dosimetry
(original talk by Nariman Majdi-Nasab post-poned to summer or fall)

updated 3/15/05

Seminars in Medical Physics BME 265.07 Fall 2004

Thursdays, 11:40 am - 12:55 pm Bryan Research Building, Rm 162 (atrium conference room)

Date Speaker Topic
Aug 26 DAILabs Faculty New grad student orientation & DAILabs lunch social
Expectations and Guidelines for DAILabs Graduate Students
Sep 2 Donald Frush, MD
Duke Radiology		 CT: Use and....Abuse? [slides available for internal use, contact Joseph Lo]
Sep 9 Chee Liang Hoe, MS
Duke Radiology & Physics		 Journal club: "A Monte Carlo-based method to estimate radiation dose from spiral CT: from phantom testing to patient models" by G Jarry et al, Phys. Med. Biol. 2003 (48) 2645-2663
Sep 16 Carey Floyd, PhD
Duke Radiology & BME		 Neutron-stimulated imaging
Sep 23 Rob Saunders, MS
Duke Radiology & Physics		 Journal club: Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer (NAS Report)
Sep 30 James MacFall, PhD
Duke Radiology		 X-ray Computed Tomography: History and Technology [note new subject]
Oct 7 No seminar (midterm preparation)
Oct 14 Faculty
Radiol, Rad Onc, Rad Safety		 Discussion on Careers in Medical Physics
Oct 21 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology		 ROC Part I: What every imaging scientist must know about ROC
Oct 28 Anya Bilska-Wolak, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Evaluation of a mammographic computer-aid on an independent database of cases
Nov 4 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology		 ROC Part II: What an imaging scientist cannot afford not knowing about ROC
Nov 11 Mark Oldham, PhD
Duke Rad. Onc.		 Intro to radiation oncology
Nov 18 various authors
 Pre-RSNA practice talks

updated 12/13/04

Seminars in Medical Physics BME 399 Spring/Summer 2004

Wednesdays, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Bryan Research Building, Rm 162 (atrium conference room)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 14 Robert Reiman, MD
Duke Radiation Safety		 I-131 therapy: external radiation safety and regulatory issues
Jan 21 Cristian Badea, PhD
Duke Radiology		 A micro-CT system for functional phenotyping in the mouse
Jan 28 Robert Saunders
Physics doctoral candidate		 Characterization of breast masses for the purpose of simulation (SPIE practice)
Feb 04 Randolph McKinley
BME doctoral student		 Measurements of a quasi-monochromatic beam for x-ray computed mammotomography (SPIE practice)
Feb 11 Randolph McKinley
BME doctoral student		 Measurements of a quasi-monochromatic beam for x-ray computed mammotomography (part 2)
Feb 18 No seminar, SPIE Medical Imaging
Feb 25 Alan Baydush, PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology 		What can an imaging scientist do in radiation oncology?
Mar 03 Jonathan Jesneck
BME doctoral student		 Optimization of beam quality for selenium-based full-field digital mammography
Mar 10 Page McAdams, MD
Duke Radiology		 Digital tomosynthesis for improved lung nodule detection: initial clinical experience
Mar 17 Carl Ravin, MD
Duke Radiology		 Digital chest image quality
Mar 24 Jay Baker, MD
Duke Radiology		 Breast CAD: limitations and future directions
Mar 31 David Catarious, MS
BME doctoral candidate		 Overview and performance of a computer-aided detection system for mammographic masses
Apr 07 Adam Wax, PhD
Duke BME		 Detecting pre-cancerous cells using angle-resolved low coherence interferometry
Apr 14 Devon Godfrey
BME doctoral candidate		 Optimization and clinical implementation of matrix inversion tomosynthesis (MITS) for lung nodule detection
Apr 21/28 No seminar, final exams
May 19 Carey Floyd, PhD
Duke Radiology & BME		 Journal club: Dodd LE, Wagner RF, Armato SG, 3rd, et al. Assessment methodologies and statistical issues for computer-aided diagnosis of lung nodules in computed tomography: Contemporary research topics relevant to the Lung Image Database Consortium. Academic Radiology 2004; 11:462-475.
May 26 DIRD faculty DIRD Faculty/Student Meeting
Jun 02 Ada Chen
BME doctoral student		 Journal club: Wu T, Stewart A, Stanton M, et al. Tomographic mammography using a limited number of low-dose cone-beam projection images. Medical Physics 2003; 30:365-380.
Jun 16 Rob Saunders,
physics doctoral candidate,
Sarah Boyce,
UNC BME doctoral student,
Caryl Brzymialkiewicz,
BME doctoral candidate		 Note new date! International Workshop Digital Mammography - practice presentations:
Simulation of Breast Lesions (Saunders),
Physical Characterization of a Selenium-based Full Field Digital Mammography Detector (Saunders),
Geometric Optimization in Mammography Magnification Radiography Simulation (Boyce),
Evaluation of 3D Acquisition Orbits with an Emission Mammotomography System incorporating a Full-Field CZT Detector (Brzymialkiewicz).
Jun 30 Jonathan Jesneck
BME doctoral student		 Journal club: West M, Blanchette C, Dressman H, et al. Predicting the clinical status of human breast cancer by using gene expression profiles. PNAS 2001; 98 (20): 11462-11467.
Jul 14 Swatee Singh
BME doctoral student		 Journal club: Flynn, M. "Processing Digital Radiographs of Specific Body Parts." Advances in Digital Radiography - Categorical Course in Diagnostic Radiology Physics (2003 Syllabus), RSNA 2003.

updated 5/15/04

Seminars in Medical Physics Fall 2003

Every other Wednesday 11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Bryan Research Building, Rm 162 (atrium conference room)

Date Speaker Topic
Sept.17 David Catarious
Duke BME PhD candidate		 The influence of true positive detection rules on the performance of a mammographic mass CAD system
Oct. 1 Otto Zhou, PhD
UNC Applied and Materials Sciences		 Nanotube based field emission x-ray technology
Oct. 15 Carey Floyd, PhD
Duke Radiology/BME		 Biomedical imaging using fast neutrons
Oct. 29 Joseph Izatt, PhD
Duke BME		 Optical coherence tomography
Nov. 12 Georgia Tourassi, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Content-Based image retrieval in mammography
Nov. 26 Robert Reiman, MD
Duke Radiation Safety		 I-131 therapy: external radiation safety and regulatory issues
Dec. 10 James McFall, PhD
Duke Radiology		 Diffusion tensor MRI in depression research

Hosted by Ehsan Samei and Joseph Lo, Duke Advanced Imaging Labs

Seminars in Medical Physics Spring 2003

Every other Tuesday at 12:00, Bryan Research Building, Rm 162 (atrium conference room)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 28, 03 Hiro Yoshida, PhD
Univ of Chicago		 Computer-aided diagnosis in CT Colonography [tentative title]
Feb 11, 03
Rob Saunders, Pre-SPIE: Impact of resolution and noise characteristics of digital radiographic systems on the detectability of lung nodules.
Dave Catarious Mammographic mass CAD system incorporating features from shape, fractal, and channelized Hotelling observer Measurements: preliminary results.
Anya Bilska-Wolak Prediction of breast biopsy outcome using a likelihood ratio classifier and biopsy cases from two medical centers
Feb 26, 03* Devon Godfery Post-SPIE: Practical strategies for the clinical implementation of matrix inverse tomosynthesis
Mar 12, 03* Ehsan Samei, PhD Resolution and noise in digital radiographic systems: a tutorial
Mar 25, 03 Dave Catarious Journal club: Lung nodule detection on thoracic computed tomography images: Preliminary evaluation of a computer-aided diagnosis system, Gurcan, Sahiner, et al., Med Phys 29, 2002
Apr 8, 03 Jay Baker, MD Journal club: Screening Mammography with Computer-aided Detection: Prospective Study of 12,860 Patients in a Community Breast Center, Freer and Ulissey, Radiology 220, 2001.
Apr 22, 03 Gina Tourassi, PhD,
Joseph, Lo, PhD		 Free-response Receiver Operating Characteristic (FROC) Analysis
May 6, 03 Harrell Chotas, MS PACS at Duke