Health Physics Research
Graduate
Student Research
Recent Conference Abstracts
Recent Paper Abstracts
Recent and Current Graduate Student Research in the Department of Health Physics
Alpha particle transport in voxelized trabecular bone images, George Tabatadze
Efficacy of a novel contrast agent for intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, Sung-Yop Kim
Quantitative comparison of sample preparation methods for low-level alpha spectrometry, Sherry A. Stock
The effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid based photodynamic therapy and photochemical internalization of bleomycin on the F98 rat glioma cell line, Khishigzaya Kharkhuu
Prostate volume delineation and seed localization using a Philips 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imager and dedicated cardiac coil, Jason E. Davis
Evaluation of photodynamic therapy-induced edema in the rat brain using magnetic resonance imaging, David Chighvinadze
Investigation of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy for the detection of breast cancer, Robert Etnire
Using thermoluminescent dosimeters to correlate exposure readings to absorbed dose from high and low energy x-ray sources: multi-slice CT scanners and dual energy cargo container scanners, Wesley Boyd
Development of a functional MRI olfactory protocol and the quantification of receptor site activation through repeatability testing, Jeremy Mangum
Selective disruption of the blood-brain barrier by photochemical internalization, Michelle J. Zhang
Photochemical delivery of bleomycin in glioma cells, Joseph Blickenstaff
Recent Conference Abstracts
Health Physics/Radiochemistry
Dose calculations for new imaging technologies used in the detection of radiological weapons of mass destruction.
Characterization and evaluation of extraction chromatography methods for platform automation
Effects of Flow Rate on Extraction Efficiency
Influence of projectile neutron number on cross section in cold fusion reactions
Entrance-channel effects in odd-Z transactinide compound nucleus reactions
Toward new compound classes of transactinides: Studies of volatile group 4 element metal complexes with hexafluoroacetylacetone
Extraction systems for the study of dubnium,
Systematic study of heavy element compound nucleus reactions with 238U targets
Systematic heavy element formation studies with 208Pb and 209Bi targets
Strong dependence of reaction cross sections on projectile neutron number: 208Pb(48Ti,xn)256-xRf vs. 208Pb(50Ti,xn)258-xRf
Quantitative comparisons of sample preparation methods for alpha spectrometry
Characterization and evaluation of rapid column separation methods for automation
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Skeletal absorbed fractions for electrons, alpha particles, and recoil protons based upon microCT scanning of trabecular spongiosa in the adult male – Considerations of a revised 50-mm definition of the skeletal endosteum
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
Alpha transport in voxelized trabeculat bone images
Reduction of the invasiveness of human glioma cells by ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy
ALA-PDT of glioma micro-clusters in BD-IX rat brain
Investigating the effects of combined photodynamic and anti-angiogenic therapies using a three-dimensional in vivo brain tumor system
ALA-PDT in experimental glioma models
Effects of ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy on the invasiveness of human glioma cells
ALA and Photofrin mediated PDT induces apoptosis and necrosis in human breast cancer cells
Increased brain edema following 5-aminolevulinic acid administration mediated photodynamic therapy in normal and tumor-bearing rats
Photochemical internalization for the treatment of malignant gliomas
Comparing the effects of repetitive and chronic ALA-mediated PDT on human glioma spheroids
Comparison of ALA and Photofrin in two rat glioma models
Photochemical internalization enhanced delivery of bleomycin in rat glioma cells
Evaluation of photodynamic therapy-induced edema in the rat brain using magnetic resonance imaging
Targeted opening of the blood-brain barrier by photodynamic therapy
The effect of motexafin gadolinium of ALA photodynamic therapy in glioma spheroids
Evaluation of a novel gadolinium-based contrast agent for intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging
Photochemical-mediated delivery of macromolecules for the treatment of malignant gliomas
Diagnostic Medical Physics
Comparison between region of interest selection techniques used in diffusion tensor imaging applied to the corpus callosum.
Investigation of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy for the detection of breast cancer.
Investigation of the reproducibility of functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging.
Prostate volume delineation and brachytherapy seed localization using a 3 T magnetic resonance imager.
Recent papers
Health Physics/Radiochemistry
Calculation of dose coefficients for radionuclides produced in a spallation neutron source utilizing NUBASE and the evaluated nuclear structure data file databases, Health Phys, 90, 56-65, 2006.
Procedures and quality assurance for calculating dose coefficients using DCAL software, Health Phys, 90, 74-80, 2006.
New isotope 264Sg and decay properties of 262-264Sg, Physical Review, C 73, 044611, 2006.
Chemical properties of the transactinide elements studied in liquid phase with SISAK,
European Physics Journal, D 45, 91–97, 2007.
Lightest isotope of Bh produced via the 209Bi(52Cr,n)260Bh reaction, Physical Review Letters, 100 (2), 022501, 2008.
Synthesis of rutherfordium isotopes in the 238U(26Mg, xn)264-xRf reaction and study of their decay properties, Physical Review, C 77, 034603, 2008.
Applications of solvent extraction in the high-yield multi-process reduction/separation of Eu from excess Sm, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 276 (2), 543-548 2008.
Comparison of complementary reactions for the production of 262, 261Bh, Physical Review C (in press).
The influence of projectile neutron number in the 208Pb(48Ti, n)255Rf and 208Pb(50Ti, n)257Rf reactions, Physical Review C (in press).
Therapeutic Medical Physics
Image segmentation of trabecular spongiosa by visual inspection of the gradient magnitude, Phys Med Biol, 51, 4447-4467, 2006.
A linear regression model for predicting patient specific total skeletal spongiosa volume for use in molecular radiotherapy dosimetry, J Nucl Med, 47, 1875-1883, 2006.
Photodynamic therapy and diagnosis of high-grade gliomas, Journal of
Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology (invited review), 25, 453-465, 2006.
Repetitive photodynamic therapy of malignant brain tumors (invited review), Journal of
Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology (invited review), 25, 261-280, 2006.
Influence of light fluence rate on the effects of photodynamic therapy in an orthotopic rat
glioma model, Journal of Neurosurgery, 104, 109-117, 2006.
Photodynamic therapy of newly implanted glioma cells in the rat brain, Lasers in Surgery
and Medicine, 38, 540-548, 2006.
Minimally invasive photodynamic therapy (PDT) for ablation of experimental rat
glioma, Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 49, 1-8, 2006.
ALA-PDT of glioma cell micro-clusters in BD-IX rat brain, Proceedings SPIE, 6078,
60782Y1-8, 2006.
Investigating the effects of combined photodynamic and anti-angiogenic therapies using a
three-dimensional in vivo brain tumor system, Proceedings SPIE, 6078, 607830-1-6,
2006.
Multicell tumor spheroids in photodynamic therapy,” (invited) Lasers in Surgery and
Medicine, 38, 555-564, 2006.
Effects of ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy on the invasiveness of human glioma
Cells, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 38, 939-945, 2006.
Skeletal absorbed fractions for electrons and alpha particles in the adult male –
considerations of a revised 50 µm definition of the bone endosteum, Rad Prot Dos,5,
1-5, 2007.
Utility of the F98 rat glioma model for photodynamic therapy.” Journal of Environmental
Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, 26(2), 149-155, 2007.
Determination of fluence rate and temperature distributions in the rat brain; implications
for photodynamic therapy, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 12(1), 0140031-9, 2007.
Increased brain edema following 5-aminolevulinic acid administration mediated photodynamic therapy in normal and tumor-bearing rats, Proceedings SPIE, 6424, 64242B-1-8, 2007.
Photochemical internalization for the treatment of malignant gliomas, Proceedings SPIE, 6424, 64242C-1-6, 2007.
Comparing the effects of repetitive and chronic ALA-mediated PDT on human glioma spheroids, Proceedings SPIE, 6424, 64242D-1-9, 2007.
Comparison of ALA and Photofrin in two rat glioma models, Proceedings SPIE, 6424,
64242E-1-9, 2007.
Heat shock protein 27 protects against aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic
therapy-induced apoptosis and necrosis in human breast cancer cells, Journal of
Environmental Pathology Toxicology and Oncology, 26(3), 173-183, 2007.
Evaluation of Motexafin Gadolinium (MGd) as a contrast agent for intraoperative MRI,
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 50(6), 318-323, 2007.
The effect of motexafin gadolinium of ALA photodynamic therapy in glioma spheroids, Proceedings SPIE, 6842, 68422N1-7, 2008.
Targeted opening of the blood brain barrier by ALA mediated PDT, Proceedings SPIE, 6842, 68422O1-11, 2008.
Disruption of the blood-brain barrier following ALA-mediated photodynamic therapy, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, (in press).