Duke University Medical Physics

Student Presentations

(Medical Physics graduate students’ names are in bold)

2009

Xiang Li. “Patient-Specific Dose Estimation for Pediatric MDCT,” SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium – Physics of Medical Imaging, February 2009

2008

Brady, S.; Toncheva, G.; Dewhirst, M.; Yoshizumi, T.; A Characterization of a 137Cs irradiator from a new perspective with modern dosimetric tools. (Oral) Health Physics Society, National Meeting 2008

Brady, S.; Sakhalkar, H.; Maurer, J.; Yoo, S.; Adamovics, J.; Gluckman, G.; Oldham, M.; The Verification of Respiratory-Gated Radiation Treatments Using 3D Dosimetry Techniques. (Oral) American Association of Medical Physicists, National Meeting 2008.

Brady, S.; Toncheva, G.; Dewhirst, M.; Yoshizumi, T.; A Characterization of a 137Cs irradiator from a new perspective with modern dosimetric tools. (Oral) North Carolina Health Physics Society, Spring Meeting 2008

Drake, T, Robles, F, Geonnotti, A, Henderson, M, Wax, A, and Katz, D. Development of a label-free optical method for human in vivo imaging of microbicide gel vaginal distribution. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.

Robles, F, Drake, T, Henderson, M, Katz, D, and Wax, A. Multiplexed low-coherence interferometry instrument for measuring microbicide gel thickness distribution. Optical Society of America BIOMED meeting, St. Petersburg, FL. 2008.

Xiang Li ,"Towards Assessing the Diagnostic Influence of Dose Reduction in Pediatric CT: A Study Based on Simulated Lung Nodules", SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Physics of Medical Imaging, February 2008

Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, David M. DeLong, Robert P. Jones, James G. Colsher, Donald P. "Towards Assessing the Diagnostic Influence of Dose Reduction in Pediatric CT: A Study Based on Simulated Lung Nodules". Frush. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6913, 69131L, (2008)

A.A. Manzoor. 10th International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology. “Confocal microscopy of temperature-sensitive liposomes in-vivo: simultaneous imaging of the tumor microvasculature, the liposomes, and drug using three different fluorescent labels.” Munich, Germany 2008.

Pollard, B.J., Chawla, A.S., Samei, E. Effect of increased ambient lighting on mass detection in mammograms. Poster Presentation. International Workshop on Digital Mammography, 2008.

Pollard, B.J., Chawla, A.S., Hashimoto, N, Samei, E. The effect of increased ambient lighting on detection accuracy in Uniform and Anatomical Backgrounds. Presentation. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2008.

David A Sterling, Harshad S Sakhalkar, Mark Oldham, “Scaling the prescription dose, how accurate is the varian delivery system?” Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houson, TX. 2008.

Mark Oldham, David A Sterling , Harshad S Sakhalkar, Andrea Molineu, John A Adamovics, Geoffrey S. Ibbott “Evaluation of PRESAGE/optical-CT 3D dosimetry for commissioning a Linac for IMRT”. Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Andrew S. Thomas, Bradley A. Bower, Yuankai K. Tao, Joseph A. Izatt. Fourier domain low coherence transillumination computed tomography. SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, CA, January 2008. Poster presentation.

Andrew S. Thomas, Bradley A. Bower, Yuankai K. Tao, Joseph A. Izatt.
Fourier domain low coherence transillumination computed tomography. OSA, St. Petersburg, FL, March 2008. Oral presentation

Wilson, J.M., Lokitz, S.J., Turkington, T.G., “Development of a Fillable, Tapered PET/CT Phantom,” IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, Poster Presentation, 2877:2008.

Harold Park, J Bowsher, J Colsher, E Stern, T Turkington, "Iterative Reconstruction of Slow Rotation CT Data with Projection Object Masks to Decrease Motion Effects." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Brady Taylor, J Boyd , M Kasibhatla , M Oldham, "An Investigation of Intra and Inter-Fraction Motion in Cervical Cancer Patients." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Justin Roper, J Bowsher, F Yin, "Quantitative Analysis of Onboard SPECT Imaging Using Compact Gamma Cameras." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Esi Cleland, D Brizel, D Yoo, M Dolguikh, N Muradyan, D Barboriak, O Craciunescu. "The Role of Voxel-Based T10 Calculations in Determining Correct Pharmacokinetic Parameters for Head and Neck Tumors." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Chris Zatwarnicki, Z Wang, F Yin, "The Use of Video Feedback for the Improvement of Respiratory Gating Radiation Treatments." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Victor Hosfeld, J Kirkpatrick , M Oldham, "Rind Radiosurgery: Investigation of a Novel Radiation Therapy Technique for the Treatment of Intracranial Lesions." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Lei Ren, J Zhang, D Thongphiew, D Godfrey, S Zhou, F Yin. "A Novel Digital Tomosynthesis (DTS) Reconstruction Method Using Prior Information and a Deformation Model." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

Jacqueline Maurer, D Godfrey, Z Wang, F Yin. "On-Board Four-Dimensional Digital Tomosynthesis (4D-DTS): Optimization of Respiratory Motion Dependent Acquisition and Reconstruction Parameters." Presented at the 50th AAPM Annual Meeting in Houston, TX. 2008.

2007

Brady, S.; Muromotto, G.; Toncheva, T.; Diagle, L.; Nguyen, G.; Chute, J.; Dewhirst, M.; Yoshizumi ,T.; A Novel Mouse Dosimetry with MOSFET Technology in Orthovoltage X-ray Irradiator. (Oral Presentation) Health Physics National Meeting 2007.

Brady, S.; Yoshizumi, T; Frush, D.; Toncheva, G.; Nguyen, G.; Oldham, M.; Novel 2-D Dose Distribution Study in 5-Yr Old Pediatric Phantom. (poster) Health Physics national Meeting 2007.

Brady, S.; Muromotto, G.; Changhong, Ke.; Toncheva, T.; Diagle, L.; Nguyen, G.; Chute, J.; Marslek, P.; Dewhirst, M.; Yoshizumi ,T.; How Accurate is the Dose Look-up Table in Small Animal Cesium Irradiator: A Comparison between direct TLD Measurement and Dose Look-Up Table. (Poster) Health Physics National Meeting 2007.

Xiang Li, "Experimental benchmarking of a Monte Carlo dose simulation code for pediatric CT", SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Physics of Medical Imaging, February 21th, 2007

Xiang Li ,"Evaluation of a Noise Addition Software for Simulating Low Dose MDCT Images", AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007

Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, Terry Yoshizumi, James G. Colsher, Robert P. Jones, and Donald P. Frush. "Experimental benchmarking of a Monte Carlo dose simulation code for pediatric CT". Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6510, 65102A, (2007)

Xiang Li, "Developing a Monte Carlo Code to Simulate Organ Dose for Pediatric CT Patients", Student Presentation at Southeastern Chapter of AAPM Annual Meeting, March 2007.

DJ Crotty, P Madhav, KL Perez, SJ Cutler, RL McKinley, T Wong, PK Marcom, MP Tornai. “3-D Molecular Breast Imaging with Dedicated Emission Mammotomography: Results of the First Patient Study.” Presented at theDukeUniversityCenter for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging Meeting, Durham, NC, 11-13 Mar. 2007.

P Madhav, DJ Crotty, SJ Cutler, KL Perez, RL McKinley, MP Tornai. “A Novel Dual-Modality SPECT-CT System Dedicated for 3D Volumetric Breast Imaging.” Presented at the DukeUniversityCenter for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging Meeting, Durham, NC, 11-13 Mar. 2007.

P Madhav, DJ Crotty, SJ Cutler, KL Perez, RL McKinley, MP Tornai. “A novel dual-modality SPECT-CT system dedicated to 3D volumetric breast imaging.” Presented at the Duke University Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Imaging Meeting, Durham, NC, 11-13 March, 2007 and Duke Frontiers 2007, Durham, NC, 14 May, 2007.

P Madhav, SJ Cutler, DJ Crotty, KL Perez, RL McKinley, MP Tornai. “3D volumetric breast imaging with a dedicated dual-modality SPECT-CT system.” Presented at the 2007 Duke Biomedical Engineering Retreat, Myrtle Beach, SC, 7-9 Oct. 2007.

SJ Cutler, P Madhav, KL Perez, DJ Crotty, MP Tornai. “Comparison of reduced angle and fully 3D acquisition sequencing and trajectories for dual-modalitymammotomography.” Presented at the 2007 IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symposium & Med.

Chawla, A.S., Pollard, B., Samei, E., Hashimoto, N. Effect of increased ambient lighting on detectability: a psychophysical study. Presentation. SPIE Medical Imaging, 2007.

Lokitz, S.J., Wilson, J.M., Turkington, T.G., Development of a Phantom to Simulate a Wide-Range of Body Sizes, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, Poster Presentation, 2410:2007.

Turkington, T.G., Colsher, J.G., Wilson J.M., and Ross S.G., Performance of random event correction methods in iterative image reconstruction, Soc. of Nuc. Med., Oral Presentation, 305:2007.

Turkington, T.G., Wilson J.M., Bowsher J.E., Gilland D.R. ,Limiting Iterations Vs. Post Smoothing for Noise Control in PET, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, Oral Presentation, 2455:2007.

Wilson, J.M., Turkington, T.G., Development of a PET Protocol to Equalize Noise for PET/CT Leg Acquisitions, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, Oral Presentation, 2340:2007.

Justin Roper, J Bowsher, F Yin, "Onboard SPECT: Functional-Image-Based Target Localization." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Liwei Zhang, W Lu, F Yin, Y Zhang, "An Adaptive Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Lei Ren, H Yan, D Godfrey, F Yin, "A Hybrid Multiresolution Method for Automatic Registration Between Reference and On Board Digital Tomosynthesis." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Liwei Zhang, H Yan, F Yin, "A Phantom Study On the 3-D Target Localization Accuracy Using CBCT of An On-Board Imager." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Jessica Fuller, Q Wu, D Godfrey, J Zhang, Z Wang, S Yoo, F Yin, "Clinical Evaluation Using Digital Tomosynthesis for Positioning Verification of Breath-Hold Liver Treatment." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Ome Mbibi, O Craciunescu, T Fatunase, L Marks, F Yin. "Predicting Late Skin Effects Using Digital Infrared Imaging for Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Jan Pursley, GP Beyer, O Craciunescu, C Fraisse, J Carroll, M Oldham, "Characterization of Buildup Effects in OneDosePlus MOSFET-Based Dosimeters." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Matthew Goss, M Oldham, "Evaluation of a New Radiochromic Film/Flatbed Scanner System for Planar Clinical Dosimetry." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Sangroh Kim, T Yoshizumi, F Yin, "Implementation of Helical CT Source in DOSXYZnrc/EGSnrc Monte Carlo Code." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Sangroh Kim, S Yoo, T Yoshizumi, F Yin. "Monte Carlo Benchmark for Radiation Dose Assessment in Varian On-Board Imager." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

Jacqueline Maurer, H Yan, Z Wang, F Yin. "Real-Time Lung Tumor Motion Prediction Using Neural Network Based Models Constructed From Unsorted Cine CT Images." AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2007.

2006

George Hanna, Zhiheng Wang, and Fang-Fang Yin. Department of Radiation Oncology, Time-Delay Measurement of a Varian Real-Time Position Management System. AAPM 2006

Keener, J. D., Chalut, K. J., Pyhtila, J. W., Wax, A. Improved Computational Techniques for Modeling Light Scattering by Epithelial Cell Nuclei. 2006 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting Poster Presentation. Chicago, IL.

Manzoor, A; Brady, S.; Guo, P.; Adamovics, J; Oldham, M; “An Exploration of New Formulations for PRESAGETM 3D Dosimetry,” (abstract) AAPM Annual Meeting: 7/30-06-8/3/06, Orlando, FL.

Liwei Zhang, Hui Yan, Sua Yoo, and Fang Fang Yin: Evaluation of the three-dimensional localization accuracy using CBCT of a Varian On-Board Imager (AAPM meeting 2006), poster presentation.

Goss, M.; Brady, S.; Guo, P.; Oldham, M.; “Evaluation of a Practical Gafchromic© EBT Film/Flat-Bed Scanner Combination for use in Planar Clinical Dosimetry,” (abstract) AAPM Annual Meeting: 7/30-06-8/3/06, Orlando, FL.

2005

A.A. Manzoor. Health Physics Society Topical Meeting. “An Evaluation of Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation for use in Internal Dose Assessment.” New Orleans, Louisiana 2005.

Wilson, J.W., Turkington, T.G., Wilson, J.M., Colsher, J.G., Ross, S.G., Image Quality vs. NEC in 2D and 3D PET. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record, Poster Presentation Rico, 2133:2005.

Wilson, J.M., Turkington, T.G., Wilson, J.W., A Multisphere Phantom for Image Quality in PET/CT, Soc. of Nuc. Med., Poster Presentation, 1569:2005.

Fellowship

J. R. Roper, DoD Fellowship BC073559, Onboard SPECT for Localizing Functional and Molecular Targets in Metastatic Breast Cancer. Proposed Project Dates: July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011 Faculty mentor: Fang-Fang Yin