Overview
Welcome to the permanent archive of previous semesters of Seminars in Medical Physics.
Above are some of our external speakers from previous years: (Top row, left to right) Gary Fullerton of Univ of Colorado, David Jaffray of Ontario Cancer Institute, and Geoffrey Ibbott of MD Anderson; (Middle row) Elliot McVeigh of Johns Hopkins, Chuck Mistretta and then Director Jim Dobbins, Wes Bolch of Univ of Florida; (Bottom row) Program faculty Mark Oldham with Joe Deasy of Wash Univ, Bill Hendee of Medical College of Wisconsin, and Mike King of Univ of Massachusetts showing his Duke spirit! (Photos: Joseph Lo; Montage design: Titania Juang)
2024-2025 Schedule
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 PM ET in Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium Rm 103, followed by refreshments (unless noted otherwise)
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| Aug 30 | Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhD | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. |
| Sept 3 | Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhD | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. |
| Sept 10 | Anna Rodrigues, PhD and Josh Wilson, PhD | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. |
| Sept 17 | Casey Miller, MS Francesco Ria, PhD Scott Robertson, PhD Joe Kowalski, PhD |
“Important things I didn’t learn in school” |
| Sept 24 | Xin Wu Teddy Criscuolo |
PhD Student Showcase Wu: “Accuracy of photon dose calculation on photon-counting CT (PCCT) – a comparison study based on virtual monoenergetic and electron density (Rho) images for pancreatic cases “ Criscuolo: “Developing robust deformable image registration (DIR) validation” |
| Oct 1 | Ehsan Abadi, PhD | “Quantitative CT imaging: from challenges to clinical insights leveraging in silico data” |
| Oct 8 | Michelle Howard, PhD University of Iowa |
NOTE: 2:30 start time |
| Oct 15 | Fall Break – no seminar | |
| Oct 22 | ||
| Oct 29 | Justus Adamson, PhD | “Radiation Area: Choose Wisely or Do Not Enter” |
| Nov 5 | Ehsan Samei, PhD | |
| Nov 12 | Njood Alsaihati Zach Gude |
PhD Student Showcase |
| Nov 15 | Yanic Bercier, PhD Siemens Medical Solutions |
“Drumming up business: The life of a medical physicist in industry.” |
| Nov 19 | Michael Lustig, PhD UC Berkeley |
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| For more information, or to share ideas for future seminars, contact Anna Rodrigues or Tim Turkington. | ||
2023-2024 Schedule
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 PM ET in Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium Rm 103, followed by refreshments (unless noted otherwise)
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| Aug 29 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Sept 5 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Sept 12 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Sep 19 | Joel Greenberg, PhD | Ex-vivo tissue analysis via X-ray diffraction imaging |
| Sep 26 | MS Students | Multiple Mini-Talks |
| Oct 3 | Nandan Lad, MD Stephen Harward, MD Justin Solomon, PhD Scott Robertson, PhD Megan Russ, PhD | “High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound” |
| Oct 10 | Yang Sheng, PhD | Wide Clinical Implementation of AI Agent in Radiation Oncology in 2020’s From Bench to Bedside |
| Oct 24 | PhD Student Talks | Devon Overson, MS: “Use of High-Resolution Diffusion MRI to Characterize in vivo Neurodegenerative Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease.” Breylon Riley, MS: “Multiscale Characterization of Radiomic, Pathomic, and Transcriptomic Expression Patterns in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma” |
| Oct 31 | Charles Mayo, PhD University of Michigan | Emerging Role of Reirradiation in Clinical Practice |
| Nov 7 | Steve Bache, MS Kyle Lafata, PhD Jack Shaw, MS Chunhao Wang, PhD | “This is not what I trained to do!” |
| Nov 28 | Kathy Nightingale, PhD | Ultrasonic Elasticity Imaging with Acoustic Radiation Force |
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| Jan 16 | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. | |
| Jan 23 | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. | |
| Jan 30 | Workshops for 1st- and 2nd-year students only. | |
| Feb 6 | Donald Frush, MD Duke Radiology |
“Coauthoring the Book of Medical Imaging and Radiation in Children” |
| Feb 13 | Scott Floyd, MD, PhD Mark Oldham, PhD Zach Reitman, MD, PhD Ying Wu, PhD |
“A unique FLASH radiation therapy capability at Duke in collaboration with Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL)” |
| Feb 20 | PhD Student Showcase | Anna Costelle: “Combining hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and MRS to non-invasively estimate pulmonary vascular resistance.” Trevor McKeown: “Improving pre-treatment images for more precise cardiac radiation therapy treatment” |
| Feb 27 | Carmine Plott, PhD Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center |
“Regulatory Climate Change” |
| Mar 8 | Ryan Wargo, MS VCU Leith Rankine, PhD UNC |
“Is getting a PhD worth it?” Note that March 8 is a Friday. Location TBD. |
| Mar 12 | (Spring Break, no seminar) | |
| Mar 19 | Suleman Surti, PhD University of Pennsylvania |
Total Body PET |
| Mar 26 | Robert Reiman, MD | “The Road Less Traveled” |
| Apr 2 | Lawrence Marks, MD University of North Carolina |
“What Medicine Can Learn from High Reliability Organizations, and Why We All Should Care.” |
| Apr 9 | Many |
MMT’s ( Multiple Mini Talks): First-year MS students present initial research work they’ve done. |
| Apr 16 | Chunhao Wang, PhD, and Scott Robertson, PhD Yang Sheng, PhD, and Dongrong Yang, MS |
Medical Physics Seed Grant Project Updates |
| For more information, or to share ideas for future seminars, contact Anna Rodrigues or Tim Turkington. | ||
2022-2023 Schedule
Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 PM ET in Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium Rm 103, followed by refreshments (unless noted otherwise)
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| Aug 30 | Bastiaan Driehuys PhD | A Research Program Built on One Atom – Imaging Pulmonary Function using 129Xe MRI |
| Sep 06 | Workshops | Josh Wilson PhD / Professionalism: Medical Physics, Professionalism, and You (Bryan 103, 1st yrs) Anna Rodrigues PhD / Academic Skills: Data Visualization (Hock Classroom, 2nd yrs + DKU) |
| Sep 13 | PhD Student Talks | Hunter Stephens: Reinforcement Learning in Radiation Therapy Planning Junlan Lu: Development and Validation of 129Xe Cardiopulmonary Oscillation Imaging |
| Sep 20 | Yvonne Mowery, MD PhD | Physics and Cancer Biology Joining Forces to Advance Care for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer |
| Sep 27 | James Dobbins PhD | The importance of creativity in science and medicine: Lessons from a career in academic medical physics |
| Oct 04 | Lei Dong PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Pennsylvania | Lessons learned from proton therapy systems commissioning |
| Oct 11 | Fall Break – No Seminar | |
| Oct 18 | Workshops | Anna Rodrigues PhD / Academic Skills: Technical Writing (Bryan 103, 1st yrs + DKU) Josh Wilson PhD / Professionalism: Conflict and Resolution (Hock Classroom, 2nd yrs) |
| Oct 25 | Alexandra Badea, PhD Justus Adamson, PhD Steve Mann, PhD Robert Reiman, MD | Important things I didn’t learn in school |
| Nov 01 | PhD Student Talks | Xinyi Li and Zachary Gude |
| Nov 08 | Chu Wang PhD | How much do you know about the Duke Radiation Safety Program? – Perspectives from the new RSO |
| Nov 15 | Workshops | Anna Rodrigues PhD / Academic Skills Workshop: Scientific Critique and Analysis (Bryan 103, 1st yrs + DKU) Josh Wilson PhD / Professionalism Workshop: Working Together (Hock Classroom, 2nd yrs) |
| Nov 22 | Thanksgiving Recess – No Seminar | |
| Nov 29 | Deshan Yang PhD | Medical Imaging Science and Motion Management in Radiation Therapy |
| Jan 17 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Jan 24 | Timothy Turkington, PhD Joseph Lo, PhD Susu Yan, PhD Zhenyu Yang, MS | James Bowsher, PhD, Memorial Seminar |
| Jan 31 | Julie Raffi, PhD Joel Greenberg, PhD Aaron Smith, MS Justin Solomon, PhD | “This is not what I trained to do” |
| Feb 7 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Feb 14 | PhD Student Talks | Mridul Bhattarai, MS Eduardo Cisternas Jimenez, MS |
| Feb 21 | Many | MS Students Mini-Talks |
| Mar 7 | Academic Skills Workshops | |
| Mar 21 | Yutian Feng, PhD | “Production of new radionuclides on the Duke Medical Cyclotron, and the chemistry of radiotheranostics.” |
| Mar 28 | David Crowley, MS | “A Practical Roadmap for Navigating Radiation Regulations.” |
| Apr 4 | Academic Skills Workshop | |
| Apr 11 | George Sgouros, PhD | “How and why medical physicists are key to the survival and success of radiopharmaceutical therapy” |
| Apr 18 | Jiang Hseih, PhD Retired, GE Healthcare Adj Prof, UW Madison | “X-ray CT – A personal journey from the 80’s to the future.” |
2017-2018 SCHEDULE
Lecture 2:30-3:30 PM ET in Bryan Research Bldg Auditorium (unless noted otherwise)
followed by refreshments and town hall discussion 4-5 PM in Med Phys classroom, Hock Plaza Ste 101
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| 2017 | ||
| Sep 21 | Adrian Bejan, PhD J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering Duke University Pratt School of Engineering | Life and Evolution as Physics |
| Oct 26 | Donald Cool, PhD Technical Executive – Radiation Safety Electric Power Research Institute | The System of Radiological Protection: What is it, and how is it developed |
| Nov 16 | Zeljko Vujaskovic, MD, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology Director, Division of Translational Radiation Sciences Univ Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD | Concurrent Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy and Hyperthermia: Initial Clinical Experience |
| 2018 | ||
| Feb 01 | Udo Hoffmann, MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School Chief of Cardiac Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital | Machine Learning and Population Imaging – The Next Frontier of Cardiovascular Medicine [Note new date!] |
| Feb 15 | Jan Lagendijk, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology Physics, UMC Utrecht | The MRI Linac: Towards robotic real-time MRI guided radiotherapy |
2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
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| Sep 22, 2016 | Lawrence Marks, M.D. Dr. Sidney K. Simon Distinguished Professor of Oncology Research and Chair of Radiation Oncology UNC-Chapel Hill | Error Bars in Medical Imaging |
| Oct 20, 2016 | Mark Rivard, Ph.D. Chief Medical Physicist, Professor of Radiation Oncology Tufts-New England Medical Center | The making of an AAPM Task Group: Grass roots efforts for issuing societal standards |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Melissa Martin, M.S. President Elect, American Association of Physicists in Medicine President, Therapy Physics Inc., Gardena, CA. | Leadership Skills for Today and the Future in Medical Physics (Special Location: Bryan Res. Bldg Auditorium) |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Andre Dekker, Ph.D. Head Medical Physicist, MAASTRO Clinic Professor and Chair Clinical Science Data, Maastricht University The Netherlands | Big Data in Radiation Oncology |
| Mar 09, 2017 | Cynthia McCollough, Ph.D. Professor of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Director, CT Clinical Innovation Center and X-ray Imaging Core Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic | Photon counting detectors and their future in CT imaging SPECIAL LOCATION: Hock Plaza Auditorium |
| Apr 06, 2017 | Warren Kibbe, Ph.D. Acting Deputy Director, NCI Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), NCI | Cancer Moonshot, Data Sharing, and the Genomic Data Commons |
Spring 2016
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 25 | John Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD Sua Yoo, PhD Oana Craciunescu, PhD | A Discussion on Physician Preferences in Radiation Oncology |
| Feb 1 | Anuj Kapadia, PhD (moderator) | Point/Counterpoint (part 1)
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| Feb 8 | Anuj Kapadia, PhD (moderator) | Point/Counterpoint (part 2)
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| Feb 15 | Joseph Lo, PhD | Nine Questions in Mammography Physics: Reverse Classroom |
| Feb 22 | Geoff D. Rubin, MD | Radiologists and their search for lesions: mining the mind’s eye |
| Feb 29 | PhD Student Showcase Yilin Liu (adv. Cai) Kyle Lafata (adv. Yin) | Yilin Liu: Development and Optimization of Four-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4D-MRI) for Radiation Therapy Kyle Lafata: Injectable Brachytherapy using Elastin-like Polypeptide Nanoparticles: Dosimetric Planning System Development and Recent Experiments |
| Mar 7 | Maryellen Giger, PhD (U. Chicago) | Quantitative Radiomics in a Medical Physics Career |
| Mar 21 | Jatinder Palta, PhD (VCU) | Medical Physics in 2020 |
| Mar 28 | Cristian Badea, PhD | Functional Imaging using Temporal and Spectral Micro-CT |
| Apr 4 | Panayiotis Mavroidis, PhD (UNC-CH) | Determination of NTCP model parameters from clinical data and approaches for clinical implementation. |
| Apr 11 | Christian Kirisits, PhD (Med. Univ. of Vienna) | Modern GYN brachytherapy: Planning, delivery, verification and reporting the optimal treatment |
| Apr 18 | Yunfeng Cui, PhD | The applications of PET imaging in radiation therapy |
Spring 2015
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 12 | PhD Doctoral Showcase
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| Jan 26 | Joel Greenberg, PhD | X-ray scatter imaging applications in medicine |
| Feb 2 | Warren S. Warren, PhD | Correcting Decades-Old Physics and Chemistry Omissions to Improve Modern Molecular Imaging |
| Feb 9 | Stephen Glick, PhD (FDA) | Technological advances in dedicated cone-beam breast CT |
| Feb 16 | SPIE Preview
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| Feb 23 | Christopher Lascola, MD | Multiplexed Theranostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Mar 2 | Donald Frush, MD | Diagnostic Medical Imaging and Radiation Dose and Risk in Children |
| Mar 16 | David Hsu, MD PhD | Patient Derived Xenografts as a Preclinical Model for Solid Tumors |
| Mar 23 | Stephen Riederer, PhD (Mayo Clinic) | MR Angiography: A Training Ground for Medical Physics |
| Mar 30 | Jim Chang, PhD | Treatment Assessment of Radiotherapy using MR Quantitative Functional Imaging: Promises and Challenge |
| Apr 6 | Mustafa Bashir, MD | Physics to Diagnosis: MRI Acquisitions in Pancreaticobiliary Disease |
| Apr 13 | Taoran Li, PhD | Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Decision Making and Quality Assurance |
Fall 2014
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 28 | Tim Turkington, PhD | How to find an advisor and research lab (location: Medical Physics Classroom) |
| Sep 04 | PhD student showcase: Scott Robertson Anna Rodrigues | Robertson: “Optimized 3D Radial Reconstruction for Hyperpolarized MRI” Rodrigues: ”Dynamic Electron Arc Radiotherapy (DEAR)” |
| Sep 11 | Juan Carlos Ramirez Giraldo PhD, Siemens Healthcare | New technologies for radiation dose optimization in CT |
| Sep 18 | Mike Lipkin, MD | Radiation Exposure From the Evaluation and Management of Kidney Stones |
| Sep 25 | Anuj Kapadia, PhD | Neutron and Gamma Scatter Imaging for Medical Diagnostics |
| Oct 2 | Daniel Letourneau, PhD | Quality Control in Radiotherapy: The AQUA System |
| Oct 9 | Bob Reiman, MD, Martin Tornai, PhD, and James MacFall, PhD | When things go wrong: Practical experiences in Medical Physics (*NOTE SPECIAL TIME: 3:20-4:30 PM) |
| Oct 16 | Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD | Reflections on my 40 year career in Medical Research |
| Oct 23 | Anuj Kapadia, PhD (moderator) | Point-counterpoint – Student version |
| Oct 27* | George Gopen, PhD, JD * | Writing from the Reader’s Perspective * (* NOTE SPECIAL DATE AND TIME – Monday 10/27 @ 11:45 AM) |
| Nov 6 | Kim Light, MS, CMD | GYN Radiotherapy at Duke Medicine |
| Nov 13 | Harold Walder (President) and Zak Fathi (CTO) – Immunolight | Innovation – An Entrepreneur’s Insights |
| Nov 20 | H. Gilbert Smith, PhD Office of Research Collaborations | Patents and Intellectual Property: What you need to know |
Spring 2014
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 13 | Maciej Mazurowski, PhD | Data Science in Medical Imaging |
| Jan 27 | PhD student showcase: Steve Mann Baiyu Chen |
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| Feb 03 | Guillermo Sapiro, Duke ECE | Computational tools for brain analysis and deep brain stimulation |
| Feb 10 | Daniele Marin, MD | CT technique optimization for detection of focal liver lesions |
| Feb 17 | Jenny Hoang, MBBS | Radiation Dose Reduction in Head and Neck Imaging: Issues and Insights for Medical Physics Students |
| Feb 24 | Georgia Tourassi, PhD | Oak Ridge National Lab: Biomedical Science and Career Opportunities |
| Mar 03 | Mike Lipkin, MD | Radiation Exposure From the Evaluation and Management of Kidney Stones |
| Mar 10 | NO SEMINAR, Spring Break | |
| Mar 17 | Joseph Lo, PhD | Clinical Practices in Mammography: A review |
| Mar 24 | Lei Ren, PhD | Imaging dose reduction and quality improvement for inter- and intra-fraction verification in radiotherapy |
| Mar 31 | Mark Oldham, PhD Jing Cai, PhD | Hot Topics in Medical Physics: A 3D-conformal technique is better than IMRT or VMAT for lung SBRT |
| Apr 07 | Bennett Chin, MD | Small Animal PET/CT Molecular Imaging |
| Apr 14 | Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR | Medical Physics 2.0: the new frontier in clinical imaging physics |
Fall 2013
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Sep 09 | Paul Segars PhD Duke RAI Labs | Medical Imaging Simulation Using Computer Phantoms |
| Sep 16 | Jing Cai PhD Duke RadOnc | MRI-based Motion Management for Radiation Therapy |
| Sep 23 | Matthew Belley, Darin Clark Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase
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| Sep 30 | Mark Oldham PhD Duke RadOnc | 3D Optical-Tomography: applications in radiation therapy and biology |
| Oct 07 | Oana Craciunescu PhD, Jennifer O’Daniel PhD, W.Robert Lee MD, David Kirsch MD PhD Duke RadOnc | Hot topics in Medical Physics
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| Oct 14 | No Seminar, Fall Break | |
| Oct 21 | Michael Stabin PhD Vanderbilt University | The Role of Dosimetry in External and Internal Radiation Therapy |
| Oct 28 | Mark Oldham,Bob Reiman,Anuj Kapadia Duke Radiology | A discussion on Ethics and Academic Integrity |
| Nov 04 | Greg Palmer PhD Duke RadOnc | Functional optical microscopy of tumor physiology using window chamber models |
| Nov 11 | Eric Klein PhD Washington University | Proton Radiotherapy and Single Room Systems |
| Nov 18 | Juan Carlos Ramirez Giraldo PhD Siemens | My Personal Experiences Moving from Academia to Industry |
| Nov 25 | John Hazle PhD MD Anderson Cancer Center, President, AAPM | 30 Years of Maturation- What is the future for Medical Physics? |
Spring 2013
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
Fall 2012
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 27 | Tim Turkington PhD Duke Med Phys Grad Program | How to go about finding an advisor (Special location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Plaza Ste 101) |
| Sep 03 | No Seminar, Labor Day | |
| Sep 10 | Jackie Wu PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Knowledge guidance in radiation treatment planning |
| Sep 17 | Ergys Subashi, Jered Wells Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase: Class of 2008 cont’d
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| Sep 24 | Benjamin Nelms PhD Canis Lupus LLC | Moving forward (by looking back): Improving the quality and safety of radiation therapy by applying tried-and-true quality philosophies |
| Oct 01 | Gary Fullerton PhD U Colorado Radiology | Biophysical imaging measures of sugar accumulation on collagen as a biomarker of age and exercise |
| Oct 08 | X. Ronald Zhu PhD UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Spot scanning beam proton therapy: physics and clinical commissioning |
| Oct 15 | No Seminar, Fall Break | |
| Oct 22 | Mark Oldham PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Clinical challenges and innovative solutions in radiation therapy |
| Oct 29 | Don Frush MD Duke Radiology | Current issues with radiation and medical imaging |
| Nov 05 | Chunlei Liu PhD Duke Radiology | Imaging Brain Magnetic Interaction with MRI |
| Nov 12 | Shiva Das PhD, Joseph Lo PhD Duke Rad Onc & Radiology | Knowledge-based radiation therapy |
| Nov 19 | Martin Tornai PhD Duke Radiology | Non-Invasive 3D Molecular Breast Imaging |
| Nov 26 | Kiyohiko Mabuchi PhD National Cancer Institute | Long-term medical consequences of radiation in atomic-bomb survivors |
Spring 2012
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 23 | Hao Li, Taoran Li Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase: Class of 2008
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| Jan 30 | Lynda Ikejimba Duke Med Phys Program, Nooshin Kiarashi Duke Elec & Comp Engineering | SPIE Sneak Preview
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| Feb 06 | Eric Monson Duke Computer Science | Medical Physics as a Profession: Effective Graphics Visualization for Scientific Writing |
| Feb 13 | Anuj Kapadia PhD Duke Radiology | Biostatistics for Boards and Beyond |
| Feb 20 | Fang-Fang Yin PhD Duke Rad Onc | My 25 years of medical physics experiences: From a student to the present and beyond |
| Feb 27 | Chris Lascola MD PhD Duke Radiology | New Contrast Mechanisms for Molecular MR Imaging |
| Mar 05 | No Seminar, Spring Break | |
| Mar 12 | Bastiaan Driehuys PhD Duke Radiology | Imaging Pulmonary Gas Exchange from Mouse to Human using Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI |
| Mar 19 | Joel Karp PhD U Penn Radiology | Directions to improve PET instrumentation for clinical imaging |
| Mar 26 | John Kirkpatrick MD PhD Duke Rad Onc | Radiosurgery for CNS diseases |
| Apr 02 | Sua Yoo PhD Duke Rad Onc | Breast Radiation Treatment: Clinic + Research |
| Apr 09 | Mike Zalutsky PhD Duke Radiology | Targeted Radiotherapy |
| Apr 16 | Bennett Chin MD Duke Radiology | Small Animal Molecular Imaging with Micro PET / CT |
Fall 2011
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 29 | Guang-Hong Chen PhD U Wisc Madison Med Phys | Prior Image Constrained Compressed Sensing and Applications in Medical Imaging |
| Sep 05 | No Seminar, Labor Day | |
| Sep 12 | Titania Juang, Mark Oldham PhD, Ehsan Samei PhD Duke Med Phys Program | AAPM Recap |
| Sep 19 | G Allan Johnson PhD Duke Radiology | Magnetic Resonance Microscopy |
| Sep 26 | Jackie Wu PhD Duke Rad Onc | Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT): Benefits and Challenges |
| Oct 03 | Joseph Lo PhD Duke Med Phys Program | Medical Physics as a Profession: Glossophobia Therapy |
| Oct 10 | No Seminar, Fall Break | |
| Oct 17 | Irina Vergalasova, Ross McGurk, Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase: Class of 2008
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| Oct 24 | Joseph Izatt PhD Duke BME | Optical Coherence Tomography |
| Oct 31 | Scott Huettel PhD Duke Psychology & Neuroscience | What Can Functional Neuroimaging Tell Us About Economics? |
| Nov 07 | Francisco Robles Duke Med Phys | Light scattering and absorption spectroscopy spatially-resolved in 3 dimensions using quantitative low coherence interferometry for biomedical applications |
| Nov 14 | Mark Oldham PhD Tim Turkington PhD Jennifer O’Daniel PhD Duke Med Phys Program | Hot Topics in Medical Physics
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| Nov 21 | Seminar Cancelled | |
| Nov 28 | David Kirsch MD PhD & Shiva Das PhD Duke Rad Onc | Intraoperative Molecular Imaging and Micro-CT/Micro-Irradiation |
Spring 2011
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 12 | R Edward Coleman MD Duke Radiology/Nuc.Med. | Memory and Memory Impairment (Please note special date.) |
| Jan 24 | Vorakarn Chanyavanich MS, Joseph Lo PhD, Ehsan Samei PhD Duke Med Phys Program | Medical Physics as a Profession: Job Hunting |
| Jan 31 | Cristian Badea PhD Duke Radiology | Small Animal Imaging Using Micro-CT and Digital Subtraction Angiography |
| Feb 07 | Baiyu Chen Duke Med Phys Program Xiang Li PhD Duke Radiology Jeremy Dahl PhD Duke BME | SPIE Sneak Peek
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| Feb 14 | Janet Horton MD Duke Rad. Onc. | Accelerated breast radiotherapy |
| Feb 21 | Mustafa Bashir MD Duke Radiology | Clinically Relevant Physics of Medical Computed Tomography |
| Feb 28 | Jennifer O’Daniel PhD Duke Rad. Onc. | Patient Safety and Quality Assurance in Radiation Oncology |
| Mar 07 | No Seminar, Spring Recess | |
| Mar 14 | Mark Dewhirst DVM PhD Duke Rad. Onc. | Development of an MR Imageable Drug Carrying Thermosensitive Liposome – Opportunity for Drug Dose Painting in Cancer Therapy |
| Mar 21 | Timothy Oliver PhD Duke Cell Biology | Seeing the Data in the Dark: Fundamentals of Confocal and Fluorescent Imaging in Biomedicine |
| Mar 28 | Bruce Wieland PhD Duke Med. Phys. / Bruce Technologies Inc. | Cyclotron Target Systems for Production and Distribution of PET-CT Radiopharmaceuticals |
| Apr 4 | Geoffrey Rubin MD Duke Radiology | Optimization of CT Angiography Imaging |
| Apr 11 | Misc. faculty Duke Med. Phys. | Medical Physics as a Profession: Mock Interviews, Real Advice |
| Apr 18 | William Moses PhD Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Recent Advances in Time-of-Flight PET |
Fall 2010
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 30 | George Gopen JD PhD Duke Dept of English | Scientific Writing |
| Sep 06 | Anuj Kapadia PhD Duke Radiology | NSECT: The New Frontier in Quantitative Spectroscopic Imaging |
| Sep 13 | Duke Med Phys students | AAPM Annual Meeting Presentations
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| Sep 20 | David Brizel MD Duke Radiation Oncology | The Role of Functional Metabolic Imaging in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer |
| Sep 27 | Jim Dobbins PhD Duke Radiology | Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Medical Physics Education |
| Oct 04 | Qiuwen Wu PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Topics in Prostate IGRT |
| Oct 11 | No Seminar, Fall Recess | |
| Oct 18 | Ehsan Samei PhD, Olav Christianson, Simon Murphy Duke Radiology | Clinical Imaging Physics |
| Oct 25 | Kim Light C.M.D. Duke Rad. Onc. | RT Clinical Practice Lectures: Radiation Oncology: Clinical Flow and Treatment Planning Techniques |
| Nov 01 | Mark Oldham PhD Duke Rad. Onc. | How should we verify complex radiation treatments? |
| Nov 08 | Adam Wax PhD Duke BME | Interferometry and Light Scattering for Optical Spectroscopy and Biomedical Diagnostics |
| Nov 15 | Jenny Hoang MD Duke Radiology | Radiation Dose Reduction for Neck CT: Issues and Insights for Physicists |
| Nov 22 | Chunlei Liu PhD Duke Radiology | In Vivo MRI of Brain Connectivity |
| Nov 29 | Oana Craciunescu PhD Duke Rad. Onc. | RT Clinical Practice Lectures: Brachytherapy Commissioning |
Spring 2010
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Jan 14 | Joseph Lo PhD Duke Radiology | Breast Tomosynthesis: Modeling and Measuring (special location: Medical Physics Classroom, Hock Plaza Ste 101) |
| Jan 21 | Sam Brady, Sangroh Kim PhD students, Duke Medical Physics | Doctoral Research Showcase, Class of 2007 (part 1):
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| Jan 28 | Barbara Beckerman, Act. Director Biomed. Sci. Egr. Ctr Oak Ridge National Labs | Introduction to Biomedical Science and Engineering Ctr, Oak Ridge National Labs (special time and location: 12:00 PM at Ravin Advanced Imaging Labs conf room, Hock Plaza Ste 302) |
| Jan 28 | Barbara Beckerman, Act. Director Biomed. Sci. Egr. Ctr Oak Ridge National Labs | Multi-Modality, Semi-Automated Learning Environments for Data Analytics (special location: Medical Physics Classroom, Hock Plaza Ste 101) |
| Feb 4 | Martin Tornai PhD Duke Radiology (Nuc. Med.) | Very Low Dose 3D Molecular Breast Imaging |
| Feb 11 | Samuel Johnston, Baiyu Chen, Dominic Crotty PhD students, Duke BME & Medical Physics | SPIE 2010: Sneak Peek of Student Presentations:
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| Feb 18 | Christopher Lascola MD PhD Duke Radiology | New Contrast Mechanisms for Molecular MR Imaging |
| Feb 25 | Mark Oldham PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Imaging and Radiation Therapy (special location: Medical Physics Classroom, Hock Plaza Ste 101) |
| Mar 4 | Bennett Chin MD Duke Radiology (Nuc. Med.) | Translational SPECT applications – Molecules of Interest from the Imaging Perspective (Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
| Mar 18 | Timothy Turkington PhD, Martin Tornai PhD Duke Radiology (Nuc. Med.) | Hot Topics in Medical Physics – PET/MR, 1+1=? |
| Mar 25 | Donald Frush, MD Duke Radiology | CT and Radiation Risk: the Radiologist’s Perspective (special time & location: 3:15 – 4:30 PM, lecture room 2003 in North Hospital) |
| Apr 1 | Lei Dong PhD M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Radiation Physics | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for IGRT |
| Apr 8 | James MacFall PhD Duke Radiology | Extracting Functional Tissue Information from Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Apr 15 | Michael King PhD U Mass Med School, Radiology (Nuc. Med.) | Introduction to Task-Based Assessment of Image Quality |
Fall 2009
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 27 | Justin Roper, Vorakarn Chanyavanich PhD Students, Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase (entering class of 2006)
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
| Sep 3 | Ehsan Samei, Max Amurao, Robert Ike, Travis Greene Duke Radiology | Clinical Imaging Physics: Rationale, Perspective, and Opportunities |
| Sep 10 | Mark Oldham PhD (moderator), Jim Chang, Sua Yoo, Quiwen Wu, & Andrew Thomas Duke Radiation Oncology | American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2009 Annual Meeting – Reprise of Duke Presentations
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| Sep 17 | Ronald Jaszczak PhD Duke Radiology (Nuc Med) | Molecular Imaging Instrumentation: Gamma Cameras and SPECT |
| Sep 24 | Rendon Nelson MD Duke Radiology | Use of MOSFET Technology in Clinical Radiology Research (Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
| Oct 1 | G. Allan Johnson PhD Duke Radiology | Small Animal Imaging |
| Oct 8 | Timothy Turkington PhD Duke Radiology (Nuc Med) | Time-of-Flight PET and the Reduction of Attenuation Artifacts |
| Oct 15 | Jeffrey Siewerdsen PhD Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University | Open House Guest Speaker From DQE to TRE: Taking Image Science to Task in Image-Guided Interventions (Special Location: Social Sciences Bldg rm 139) |
| Oct 22 | Georgia Tourassi PhD Duke Radiology | Biomedical Informatics Will Lead the Path to Predictive, Personalized, Preventive, and Participatory Health Care (Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
| Oct 29 | Shiva Das PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Optimization in IMRT |
| Nov 5 | Melissa Skala PhD Duke Biomedical Engineering | Optical Coherence Tomography |
| Nov 12 | Adam Brooks, Kelly McGrady, Michael Pierquet, Scott Senick MS Students, Duke Med Phys Program | Summer Research Scholarship Presentations:
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| Nov 19 | David Kirsch MD PhD Duke Radiation Oncology | Intra-operative molecular imaging of soft tissue sarcomas (Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
Spring 2009
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
(Special Location: Med Phys Classroom, Hock Ste 101) |
| Mar 5 | Misc. students Duke Med Phys Program | Open House – Student Poster Session
(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 |
Fall 2008
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Aug 28 | PhD students Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase I
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| Sep 04 | PhD students Duke Med Phys Program | Doctoral Research Showcase II
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| 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) |
Spring 2008
| 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 |
Fall 2007
| 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 |
Spring 2007
| 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 |
Fall 2006
| 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 |
Spring 2006
| 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 |
