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The first is a collaboration with faculty at the University of Florida. The primary goal in this research is to construct a detailed and comprehensive reference skeletal model for the adult male and female using cadavers of nominal body mass index and an age representative of radionuclide therapy patients. Microstructural images of trabecular bone regions of these cadavers are acquired using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques. Monte Carlo transport codes are used to simulate transport of electrons through these regions in order to calculate absorbed fractions. My second research project is the Development of Dose Coefficients for Radionulides Produced in Spallation Neutron Sources. This project is comprised a research consortium comprised of two UNLV graduate students, representatives from several universities and national laboratories. The goal is to generate internal and external dose conversion coefficients for radionuclides produced in spallation neutron sources. Information obtained from this multi-year study will be used to support the siting and licensing of future accelerator-driven nuclear initiatives within the U.S. Department of Energy complex, including the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) Projects. Determination of these coefficients will also fill data gaps for several hundred radionuclides that exist in Federal Guide Report No. 11 and in Publications 68 and 72 of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). I teach classes in both the graduate and undergraduate program. These classes include Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Protection, Radiation Biology, Introduction to Medical Imaging, and Principles of Computed Tomography. Health Physics Society
2008 Elda E. Anderson Award
Skeletal Dosimetry Symposium
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Department of Health Physics
Currently, I have two main research fields.
