Health Physics Research
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Recent Conference Abstracts
Recent Paper Abstracts
Recent and Current Graduate Student Research in the Department of Health Physics
Protoporphyrin IX distribution in rat brain following the administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its hexylester, Scott A. Friesen
Investigation of different light delivery schemes in photodynamic therapy of human glioma spheroids, Robin M. Rodenbush
Evaluation of Nuclear Decay Chains and Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in a Spallation Neutron Source, John P. Shanahan
Establishing Uranium Migration Parameters for the Indian Springs Range, Clinton Abell
Cs-137 and K-40 Analyses of Soil Samples Taken From Multiple Locations within the U.S. from 1977-1994, Stephen P. Curtis
Selection of a Calibration Method for the ASTM Standard Method for Determination of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in water by Thick Sample Method, Timothy W. Smith
Evaluation of Nuclear Databases and the Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in a Spallation Neutron Source, Yayun Song
Improvements to Patient-Specific Skeletal Dosimetry, Jeffrey S. Wyler
Post-implant dosimetry analysis of Iodine-125 permanent seed brachytherapy patients by delineation of prostate volumes using MR pre-implant and post-implant imaging modality, Deana Tuttle
Diffusion, sorption, and desorption of 137Cs in asphalt road base, Janice Morton
Evaluation of intraoperative I-125 prostate brachytherapy, Tserenpagma Chaoui
Effects of exercise on dopamine levels in Parkinson’s patients, Jim Kelley
Recent Conference Abstracts
Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in Spallation Neutron Sources.
An Interdatabase Comparison of Nuclear Structure Data Utilized in the Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in a Spallation Neutron Source.
Skeletal Dosimetry: Establishment of Dose Gradients for Cellular Components Across the Marrow Cavity.
S-Value Scaling Using Spongiosa Volumes to Improve Patient-Specific Dosimetry.
Development of an in vivo model for the study of photodynamic therapy and anti-angiogenic treatments.
Protoporphyrin IX distribution in rat brain following administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid or its hexylester.
Interstitial light and drug applicator for repetitive PDT in a rat brain tumor model.
Repetitive 5-aminolevulinic acid mediated photodynamic therapy of rat glioma.
Low fluence rate 5-aminolevulinic acid mediated photodynamic therapy in a rat glioma model.
A Reference Skeletal Dosimetry Model of the Adult Male Radionuclide Therapy Patient Based on 3D Microimaging and Radiation Transport.
Investigation and Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in a Spallation Neutron Source using the ENSDF and NUBASE Nuclear Databases .
Establishing Uranium Migration Parameters for a Mojave Desert Test Range.
Reproducibility of Manual Segmentation Applied to Computed Tomography Images of Trabecular Skeletal Sites.
Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry use in Determining Body Composition of Student Athletes.
Bone Study Updates: Segmenting and Body Composition.
Addition of ionizing radiation or hyperthermia enhances PDT efficacy in glioma spheroids.
Development of a brain tumor model for investigating the effects of photodynamic and anti-angiogenic therapies.
ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy in a BD-IX rat brain tumor model.
Hsp27 protects against ALA-mediated PDT-induced cytotoxicity in human breast cancer cells.
In vitro studies of the effects of combining ionizing radiation or hyperthermia with ALA-PDT.
Low fluence rate 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy of rat glioma.
In vivo measurement and modeling of light and temperature distributions during interstitial light delivery in a rat brain tumor model.
Recent papers
Adipocyte Spatial Distributions in Bone Marrow: Implications for Skeletal Dosimetry Models. J Nucl Med 44: 774-783, 2003.
Repetitive 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy on human glioma spheroids. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 62:243-250, 2003.
PDT of multicell spheroids implanted in chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane. Proceedings, SPIE, vol. 4952, p. 17-22, 2003.
Enhanced effects of concurrent 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy by hyperthermia on human glioma spheroids. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 70:289-299, 2004.
Protoporphyrin IX distribution in rat brain following administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid or its hexylester, Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5312, p. 396-404, 2004.
Interstitial light and drug applicator for repetitive PDT in a rat brain tumor model, Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5312, p. 415-423, 2004.
Repetitive 5-aminolevulinic acid mediated photodynamic therapy of rat glioma, Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5312, p. 405-414, 2004.
A Paired-Image Radiation Transport (PIRT) Model for Skeletal Dosimetry. J Nucl Med 46:344-353, 2005.
Accounting for Beta-Particle Energy loss to Cortical Bone via paired-Image Radiation Transport (PIRT). Med. Phys. 32(5):1354-1366, 2005.
Addition of ionizing radiation or hyperthermia enhances PDT efficacy in glioma spheroids, Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5686, p. 495-506, 2005.
Development of a brain tumor model for investigating the effects of photodynamic and anti-angiogenic therapies, Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5686, p. 507-512, 2005.
ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy of experimental malignant glioma in the BD-IX rat model,” Proceedings SPIE, vol. 5686, p. 513-521, 2005.
Abiotic dealkylation and hydrolysis of atrazine by birnessite,” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 24:1-8, 2005.
An Image-Based Skeletal Reference Model for the Adult Male Radionuclide Therapy Patient. J Nucl Med (In Press).
A Comparison of Skeletal Chord-Length Distributions between the ICRP Reference Male and the UF Reference Male Cancer patient. Health Phys. (In Press).
Absorbed Fractions for Alpha Particles in Tissues of Trabecular Bone – Considerations of Marrow Cellularity. Med. Phys. (In Press).
Procedures and Quality Assurance for Calculating Dose Coefficients Using DCAL Software. Health Phys. (In Press).
Calculation of Dose Coefficients for Radionuclides Produced in a Spallation Neutron Source Utilizing NUBASE and the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File Databases. Health Phys. (In Press).
Photodynamic therapy and diagnosis of high grade gliomas. Journal of Environmental
Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology (In Press).
Repetitive photodynamic therapy of malignant brain tumors. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology (In Press).