Student Publications
(Medical Physics graduate students’ names are in bold)
2009
Maurer JM, Godfrey D, Wang Z, Yin F. “On-board four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis (4D-DTS): first experimental results.” Submitted to Medical Physics
A.A. Manzoor, H. Yuan, G. Palmer, B.L. Viglianti, M.W. Dewhirst. “Imaging Hypoxia.” Molecular Imaging: Principles and Practice. BC Decker, Inc: Ontario. (in press)
Justin Roper, James Bowsher, Fang-Fang Yin. On-Board SPECT for localizing functional targets: a simulation study. Accepted for publication in Medical Physics. Volume 36, Issue 5.
S. Kim, G. Toncheva, C. Anderson-Evans, B. K. Huh, L, Gray, and T. Yoshizumi, The Kerma Air Product (KAP) Method for the Effective Dose Estimation in Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection Procedure: Phantom Study. Am. J. Roent. (Accepted, to be published at June 2009).
S. Kim, Characteristics of elliptical sources in BEAMnrc Monte Carlo system: implementation and application, Med. Phys. 36 (4) 1046-1052 (2009).
S. Kim, T. T. Yoshizumi, D. Frush, C. Anderson-Evans, and G. Toncheva, Dosimetric Characterization of Bismuth Shields in Computed Tomography: Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. (Advanced published at March 5 2009).
F. Robles, R. Graf, A. Wax, “Dual window method for processing spectroscopic optical coherence tomography signals with simultaneously high spectral and temporal resolution,” Optics Express 17 6799-6812 (2009).
R. Graf, F. Robles, X. Chen, and A. Wax, “Detecting neoplastic development in the hamster cheek pouch using Fourier domain low coherence interferometry,” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7187, 71870T (2009).
F. Robles, R. Graf, A. Wax, “Dual window method for processing spectroscopic optical coherence tomography signals with high spectral and spatial resolution,” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7168, 71680W (2009).
T. Drake, F. Robles, M. DeSoto, M. Henderson, D. Katz, and A. Wax, “Development of an integrated endoscopic device for multiplexed low coherence interferometry measurements of microbicide gel coating thickness,” Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7169, 71690R (2009).
Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, David M. DeLong, Robert P. Jones, Ana M. Gaca, Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Charles M. Maxfield, Caroline W.T. Carrico, Donald P. Frush. “Three-dimensional Simulation of Lung Nodules for Pediatric Multi-detector Array CT". British Journal of Radiology. 2009.
Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, "Comparison of Patient Size Based Methods for Estimating Quantum Noise in CT Images of the Lung," Medical Physics, 36(2), 541-546 (2009).
Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, David M. DeLong, Robert P. Jones, Ana M. Gaca, Caroline L. Hollingsworth, Charles M. Maxfield, James G. Colsher, Donald P. Frush. "Pediatric MDCT: Towards Assessing the Diagnostic Influence of Dose Reduction on the Detection of Small Lung Nodules," Academic Radiology. In Press.
Tyler K. Drake, Francisco E. Robles, and Adam Wax, "Multiplexed low coherence interferometry instrument for measuring microbicide gel thickness distribution," Appl. Opt. 48, D14-D19 (2009)
2008
M.D. Lin, G. Toncheva, G. Nguyen, S. Kim, C. Anderson-Evans, G.A. Johnson and T.T. Yoshizumi, Application of MOSFET Detectors for Dosimetry in Small Animal Radiography Using Short Exposure Times. Radiat. Res. 170, 260-263 (2008).
S. Kim, T. T. Yoshizumi, G. Toncheva, S. Yoo, and F. Yin, Comparison of Radiation Doses between Cone Beam CT and Multi Detector CT: TLD Measurements. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 132 (3) 339-345 (2008).
Ike III, R.C., Singh, S., Harrawood, B., Tourassi, G. D., “Effect of ROI Size on the Performance of an Information-Theoretic CAD System in Mammography: Multi-size Fusion Analysis”, Proc. SPIE 2008
G.D. Tourassi, R. Ike, III, S. Singh, B. Harrawood, “Evaluating the Effect of Image Preprocessing on an Information-Theoretic CAD System in Mammography”, Academic Radiology 2008
Maurer JM, Godfrey D, Wang Z, Yin F. “On-board four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis (4D-DTS): first experimental results.” Medical Physics. 2008 Aug;35(8):3574-83.
A.A. Manzoor, T. Schroeder, M.W. Dewhirst. “One-stop-shop tumor imaging: Buy hypoxia, get lactate free. Journal of Clinical Investigation” J Clin Invest. 2008 May 1; 118(5): 1616–1619.
A.A. Manzoor and M.W. Dewhirst. “Hyperthermia in Cancer.” Encyclopedia of Cancer. Ed. Manfred Schwab. 2nd Ed. (June 2008)
A.A. Manzoor, H. Yuan, G. Palmer, B.L. Viglianti, M.W. Dewhirst. “Imaging Hypoxia.” Molecular Imaging: Principles and Practice. BC Decker, Inc: Ontario. 2008.
Pollard, B.J., Chawla, A.S., Delong, D., Hashimoto, N., Samei, E. “Object detectability at increased ambient lighting levels”. Medical Physics. (May, 2008).
L. Ren, D.J. Godfrey, H. Yan, Q.J. Wu, F.F. Yin, “Automatic registration between reference and on-board digital tomosynthesis images for positioning verification,” Medical Physics, 2008 Feb; 35(2): 664-672.
Wilson, J.M., Turkington, T.G., “Multisphere phantom and analysis algorithm for PET image quality assessment,” Phys. in Med. and Bio., 53:2008, 3267.
L. Ren, J. Zhang, D. Thongphiew, D.J. Godfrey, Q.J. Wu, S. Zhou, F.F. Yin, “A novel digital tomosynthesis (DTS) reconstruction method using prior information and a deformation model.” Medical Physics. September 2008.
Xiang Li, Ehsan Samei, W. Paul Segars, Gregory M. Sturgeon, James G. Colsher, Donald P. Frush. "Patient-Specific Dose Estimation for Pediatric Chest CT," Medical Physics, 35, 5821-5828 (2008).
2007
Keener, J. D., Chalut, K. J., Pyhtila, J. W., Wax, A. Application of Mie Theory to Determine the Structure of Spheroidal Scatterers in Biological Materials. Optics Letters 32, 1326-1328. 2007.
Pyhtila, J. W., Chalut, K. J., Boyer, J. D., Keener, J. D., D’Amico, T., Gottfried, M., Gress, F., Wax, A. In Situ Detection of Nuclear Atypia in Barrett’s Esophagus Using Angle-Resolved Low Coherence Interferometry. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Volume 65, No 3. 2007.
Maurer JM, Wang, et al. (2007). "4D Digital Tomosynthesis for On-Board Analysis of Respiratory Induced Motion Effects." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 69(3): S631.
Maurer JM, H. Yan, et al. (2007). "Real-Time Lung Tumor Motion Prediction Using Neural Network Based Models Constructed from Unsorted Cine CT Images." Medical Physics 34: 2573.
KL Perez, P Madhav, DJ Crotty, MP Tornai. “Analysis of Patient Bed Positioning in SPECT-CT Imaging for Dedicated Mammotomography.” Presented at the 2007 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA, 17-22 Feb. 2007, and published in Proc. SPIE: Physics of Medical Imaging.
MP Tornai, P Madhav, DJ Crotty, SJ Cutler, RL McKinley, KL Perez, JE Bowsher. “Initial hybrid SPECT-CT system for dedicated fully-3D breast imaging.” Presented at Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting, Washington DC, 2-6 June 2007, and published in J. Nucl. Med. 48(5). 2007.
MP Tornai, P Madhav, DJ Crotty, SJ Cutler, RL McKinley, KL Perez, JE Bowsher. “Application of volumetric molecular breast imaging with a dedicated SPECT-CT mammotomograph.” Presented at the 2007 American Association of Physicists in Medicine Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 22-26 Jul. 2007, and published in Med. Phys. 34(6):2597.
P Madhav, SJ Cutler, KL Perez, DJ Crotty, RL McKinley, TZ Wong, MP Tornai. “Initial patient study with dedicated dual-modality SPECT-CT mammotomography.” Presented at the 2007 IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symposium & Med. Imaging Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 28 Oct.-3 Nov. 2007 and published in IEEE Conference Record NSS/MIC, 5:3781-3787.
D.J. Godfrey, L. Ren, H. Yan, S. Yoo, Q.J. Wu, M. Oldham and F. F. Yin, “Evaluation of three types of reference image data for external beam radiotherapy target localization using digital tomosynthesis (DTS),” Medical Physics, 2007 Aug;34(8):3374-84.
H. Yan, L. Ren, D.J. Godfrey, F.F. Yin, “Accelerating reconstruction of reference digital tomosynthesis using graphics hardware,” Medical Physics, 2007 Oct; 34(10): 3768-76.
SU-EE-A3-6 Onboard SPECT: Functional-Image-Based Target Localization Byline J Roper, J Bowsher, F Yin, Duke University, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Medical Physics. 2007.
2006
SJ Cutler, KL Perez, MP Tornai. "3-D Contrast-Detail Analysis for Dedicated Emission Mammotomography." Presented at the 2006 Nucl. Sci. Symp. & Med. Imag. Conference, San Diego, CA, 29 Oct. - 4 Nov. 2006, and published in 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference Record.
2005
W. M. Stacey, V. L. Beavers, W. A. Casino, J. R. Cheatham, Z. W. Friis, R. D. Green, W. R. Hamilton, K. W. Haufler, J. D. Hutchinson, W. J. Lackey, R. A. Lorio, J. W. Maddox, J. Mandrekas, A. A. Manzoor, C. A. Noelke, C. de Oliveira, M. Park, D. W. Tedder, M. R. Terry, E. A. Hoffman. “A subcritical, gas-cooled fast transmutation reactor with a fusion neutron source”. Nuclear Technology 150(2): 162:88, 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, vol. 6 2005.