Seminars in Medical Physics (MEDPHY 251)                           — Spring 2013 —

Our flagship course, MEDPHY 251 Seminars in Medical Physics, is a weekly seminar where program faculty and students gather. The course is co-instructed by Joseph Lo, Mark Oldham, and Paul Segars. Please see the current and past seminar schedules by selecting the semester links in the navigation bar above.

Our diverse programming includes cutting edge research, debates on hot topics, special topics not covered in core courses (e.g., biostatistics, biophotonics, cancer biology), national conference preview/recaps, and workshops on professional skills. Speakers are comprised of researchers, physicians, clinical staff, and prestigious visiting faculty.

Students: For permission codes, please contact program coordinator Olga Baranova PhD and identify your department and grad/prof student status. Per registrar policies, undergraduates may not register for such partial credit courses. Regardless of that, we have a large auditorium, so everybody is welcome!

Mondays 11:45-1:00, Hock Plaza Auditorium (unless otherwise noted)

Date Speaker Topic
Jan 14 Ehsan Samei PhD
Duke Radiology		 CT Reconstruction: Advanced Technology and Science for Improved Patient Care
Jan 21 No Seminar, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 28 George Gopen PhD
Duke English		 Scientific Writing
Feb 04 Jason Bond, Baiyu Chen, Rachel Tian
Duke Med Phys Program & BME 		SPIE Preview
  • Bond: Synthesis of CT anatomical texture in voxelized XCAT phantoms
  • Chen: Development of a phantom-based methodology for the assessment of quantification performance in CT
  • Tian: Projection-based dose metric: a step towards real-time, patient-specific dose estimation
Feb 11 Sha Chang PhD
UNC Radiation Oncology 		New Generation Medical Physicists and Multidisciplinary Research Collaborations
Feb 18 Titania Juang, Dário Rodrigues
Duke Med Phys Program 		Doctoral Research Showcase
  • Juang: Addressing the need for comprehensive validation of deformable image registration
  • Rodrigues: Multiphysiscs Modeling in Thermal Medicine: From the Model to Clinic
Feb 25 Kim Light
Duke Radiation Oncology 		Radiation Oncology: Clinical Flow and Treatment Planning Techniques
Mar 04 Lee Jones PhD
Duke Radiation Oncology 		Exercise Physiology in Oncology: New Applications of an Ancient Therapeutic Strategy
Mar 11 No Seminar, Spring Break
Mar 18 Cecil Charles PhD
Duke Radiology 		Lung Function and Structure
Mar 25 Paul Kinahan PhD
U Washington Radiology 		ULTRA low dose CT for PET/CT attenuation correction
Apr 01 Jim Dobbins PhD
Duke Radiology 		Strategies for noise reduction and subsequent dose reduction in CT and radiographic imaging
Apr 08 Anuj Kapadia PhD
Duke Radiology 		3D Molecular Imaging through NSECT
Apr 15 Jim Dobbins PhD & Fang-Fang Yin PhD
Duke Med. Phys. 		Medical Physics as a Profession: Town hall on medical physics training and careers in North America and beyond

updated 04/12/2013