Ph.D. Abstract from Medical Physics

Medical Physics is the scientific journal of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
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Ph.D. Abstracts submitted to Medical Physics

• Strategies for Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Robust Deformable Image Registration Using High Performance Computing and its Clinical Applications
  Junyi Xia
• SPECT imaging with rotating slat collimation
  Roel Van Holen
• Development and Investigation of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning for Four-Dimensional Anatomy
  Yelin Suh, Ph.D.
• The use of computed tomography images in Monte Carlo treatment planning
  Magdalena Bazalova
• Applications of the Biologically Effective Uniform Dose to Adaptive Tomotherapy and Four-dimensional Treatment Planning
  Fan-chi Su
• Development of analytical particle transport methods for biologically optimized light ion therapy
  Johanna Kempe
• Small Animal CT with Micro-, Flat-panel and Clinical Scanners: An Applicability Analysis
  Dr. Wolfram Stiller
• Gamma camera based Positron Emission Tomography: A study of the viability on quantification
  Lorena Pozzo
• Dynamic Phase Boundary Estimation Using Electrical Impedance Tomography
  Umer Zeeshan Ijaz
• Development and Role of Megavoltage Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Radiation Oncology
  Olivier Morin
• Utilizing Problem Structure in Optimization of Radiation Therapy
  Fredrik Carlsson
• In-vivo optical imaging and spectroscopy of cerebral hemodynamics
  Chao Zhou
• Direct Statistical Parametric Image Estimation for Linear Pharmacokinetic Models from Quantitative Positron Emission Tomography Measurements
  Charalampos Tsoumpas
• Advacnces in Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedence Mammography
  Nataliya Kovalchuk, Ph.D.
• Quantitative Measurement of Tumor Hypoxia Response to Mild Temperature Hyperthermia Treatment in HT29 Tumors
  Mutian Zhang
• 3D Image Reconstruction for a Dual Plate Positron Emission Tomograph: Application to Mammography
  Mónica Vieira Martins
• Impact of Geometric Uncertainties on Dose Calculations for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer
  Runqing Jiang
• Biologically conformal radiation therapy and Monte Carlo dose calculations in the clinic
  Barbara Vanderstraeten
• Development and Evaluation of a Dedicated Breast CT Scanner
  Kai Yang, Ph.D.
• A Generalized Least-squares minimization method for near infrared diffuse optical tomography
  Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy
• A Novel Approach to Evaluating Breast Density Using Ultrasound Tomography
  Carri K. Glide-Hurst
• Risk-Adaptive Radiotherapy
  Yusung Kim
• Use of Stationary Focused Ultrasound Fields for Characterization of Tissue and Localized Tissue Ablation
  Brian Andrew Winey
• Selective radiofrequency pulses in localization sequences for in vivo MR spectroscopy
  Gunther Helms
• The use of Monte Carlo methods to study the effect of x-ray spectral variations on the response of an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device
  Laure Parent
• Dosimetry for synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy: Monte Carlo simulations and radiosensitive gels
  Caroline Boudou
• Large-Angle Ionization Chambers for Brachytherapy Air-Kerma-Strength Measurements
  Wesley S. Culberson
• Motion Correction Techniques for Three-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Acquired with the Elliptical Centric View Order or the Shells Trajectory
  Yunhong Shu
• Evaluation and Mitigation of Geometric Uncertanties in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy through Image Guidance
  William Y. Song, Ph.D.
• Development of the 256-slice CT scanner and its advantages in four-dimensional charged particle therapy
  Shinichiro Mori
• A new Computer Aided System for the detection of Nodules in Lung CT exams
  Alessandro Riccardi
• Mechanisms of Intrinsic Radiation Sensitivity: The Effects of DNA Damage Repair, Oxygen, and Radiation Quality
  David J. Carlson, Ph.D.
• The Modelling and Optimisation of P-type Diodes for Dosimetry in External Beam Radiotherapy
  Simon Greene
• Evaluation of dose-response models and parameters using clinical data from breast and lung cancer radiotherapy
  Ioannis Tsougos
• Dual Energy Techniques with Contrast Media in Digital Mammography: SNR and Dose Evaluation
  Paola Baldelli
• Dosimetric Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy with an Electronic Portal Imaging Device
  Sandra Vieira
• Development of a Whole Body Atlas for Radiation Therapy Planning and Treatment Optimization
  Sharif Qatarneh
• Monte Carlo dose calculations in permanent implant brachytherapy: study of a radioactive stent in intravascular brachytherapy and of radioactive seeds in prostate brachytherapy
  Jean-François Carrier
• Development of a scintillating fiber dosimeter
  Louis Archambault
• An EGSnrc investigation of correction factors for ion chamber dosimetry
  Lesley A. Buckley
• An in silico spatiotemporal simulation model of the development and response of solid tumors to radiotherapeutic and chemotherapeutic schemes in vivo. Normal tissues response to radiotherapy in vivo . Clinical testing.
  Vassilis P. Antipas
• Implementation and evaluation of scatter estimation algorithms in positron emission tomography
  Charalampos Tsoumpas
• Magnetic Field In Radiation Therapy: Improving Dose Coverage In Tumors Of The Head And Neck By Reducing Lateral Electronic Disequilibrium
  Shada J. Wadi-Ramahi