Graduates of the Specialized Master's Program in Medical Physics

Year Student Thesis Advisor
1976 Ronald W. Cowart An Investigation of the Pinhole Camera Alfonso Zermeno
1977 Mina Behmard Displacement Correction Factor for High Energy X-rays Peter R. Almond
1977 Richard H. Stark Design and Use of Zero Replacement Tissue Equivalent and Air William F. Gagnon
1978 Charles Albert Wissuchek Spectrum Measurement in Diagnostic X-ray: A New Technique Alfonso Zermeno
1979 Jeffrey A. Meyer A Rational Modulation Transfer Function in Medical Imaging Alfonso Zermeno
1979 Marcia Dahle Sage The Effect of the Characteristic Curve Shape in the Determination of the Line Spread Function and the Modulation Transfer Function of Radiographic Screen-Film Systems Arthur G. Haus
1981 Kanayo E. Ubesie Ion Collection Efficiency Determinations for Cylindrical Ionization Chambers Irradiated with Scanned Electron Beams William F. Hanson
1982 Stephen H. Mahood Evaluation of High Energy X-ray Replacement Factors for Cylindrical Ionization Chambers Peter R. Almond
1982 Chirapha Tannanonta Investigation of Neutrons Inside and Outside of the X-ray Beam Produced by Linear Accelerators Robert J. Shalek
1983 Connel Chu Evaluation of the Thermoluminescent Characteristics of Neutron Insensitive Lithium Borate and Lithium Fluoride on Therapeutic Heavy Charged Particle Beams Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1986 Alex M. Hashemi Determination of Exposure Rate Constant for a New Design I-125 Seed Michael D. Mills
1986 Steven M. Kirsner Advanced Radiation Therapy Techniques for Retinoblastoma Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1986 Richard N. Umeh Determination of X-ray Beam Quality Changes of Linear Accelerator from Ionization Measurements in Phantom William F. Hanson
1987 Charles M. Able Evaluation of the MDACC Total Scalp Electron Irradiation Technique Michael D. Mills
1987 Min Jing Calculation of Cobalt-60 Dose Distributions Using Fast Fourier Transformation Arthur L. Boyer
1987 Pei-Fong Wong Comparison of Electron Beam Depth-Dose and Off-Axis Profile Measured with Various Detectors in Water and Plastic William F. Hanson
1989 R. Cole Robinson Energy Response of LIF TLD-100 to High Energy Photon Beams Thomas H. Kirby
1989 Ramaswamy Sadagopan Application of a Laplace Transform Pair Model to Deconvolve High Energy Photon Spectra From Transmission Measurements William F. Hanson
1991 Gregory S. Dominiak Dose in Spinal Cord Following Electron Irradiation George Starkschall
1991 Allen Dale Green Modeling of Dual Foil Scattering Systems for Clinical Electron Beams Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1991 Scott M. Jones The Application of FFT Based Correlation to Digital Portal Images Arthur L. Boyer
1991 Qamar Uz Zaman Determination of Perturbation Correction Factor for Cylindrical Chambers in an Electron Beam William F. Hanson
1992 James Michael Bruno Differentiation Between Calcium Hydroxyapatite and Calcium Oxalate Microcalcifications on a Mammogram Based on Their Imaging Properties: A Phantom Study Jose A. BenComo
1992 Michael J. Gazda Response of the Lacrimal Gland to Single Doses of Radiation, A Time and Dose Study Timothy E. Schultheiss
1992 Laurie F. Hefner Single Field Depth Characteristics Measured Using Ferrous Sulphate Gells and MRI: A Comparison with Film and Ion Chamber Measurements John D. Hazle
1993 Sergio D. Ballester Two Models for Estimating Maximum Spinal Cord Dose for Long Irradiation Treatments William F. Hanson
1993 Maria N. Graves Evaluation of ICRU Interstitial Implant Doses: Central and Peripheral Dose William F. Hanson
1993 George E. Merk The Application of ROC Analysis in Comparing Detection Ability of Portal Image Localization Errors Arthur L. Boyer
1994 Edward R. Bawiec Quality Assurance of Electron Bolus George Starkschall
1994 Twyla Willoughby Application of Neural Network in Evaluating and Optimizing Three-Dimensional Treatment Plans George Starkschall
1994 E. Joe Grant A Triple Energy Window for In Vivo Quantitative of Iodine-131 From Anger Camera Images Daniel J. Macey
1995 Timothy Waldron Calculation of Dynamically-Wedged Isodose Distribution From Segmented Treatment Tables and Open-Field Measurements Arthur L. Boyer
1995 Robert Praeder Prediction of Electron Beam Output Factors Using a Pencil Beam Model With Two Gaussian Components Almon Shiu
1995 Peter Balter The Development of a Mailable Phanton for Remote Monitoring of Stereotactic Radiosurgery William F. Hanson
1996 Sarah Danielson MR Image Segmentation of Tumor and Necrosis in Soft-Tissue Sarcomas Edward Jackson
1996 Dena Reynolds Acquisition, Processing and Display of Helical X-ray Computed Tomography Angiogram John Hazle
1996 Kyle Antes Comparison of Miniature Multileaf Collimation (MMLC) with Circular Collimation for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Almon Shiu
1996 Stephen Thompson Performance Analysis of a Lossy Compression Algorithm for Radiology Based on Cubic Spline Wavelets John Hazle
1997 Donna Reeve Pharmacokinetic Model Parameter Estimation for Brian Lesions Using Dynamic Keyhole Fast Spin-Echo MR Imaging Edward Jackson
1998 Victor L. Howard Study of Distortions in Radiotherapy Simulator Fluoroscopic Images Isaac Rosen
1998 Matthew K.Vossler A Comparison of the Photon Energy Spectra of Several Radiotherapy Linear Accelerators William F. Hanson
1998 Jonathan Dugan Computer Modeling of a Photostimulable Phosphor Digital Imaging Device Douglas Tucker
1998 Teresa Fischer Retrospective Analysis of Lung Fibrosis Following Radiation and Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer Isaac Rosen
1998 Russell Tarver Wavelet Compression of Simulated Computed Tomography Images John Hazle
1999 Michael Bieda A Monte Carlo Method for Commissioning Electron Beams John Antolak
2000 Christopher Baird Dosimetry of Large-reasted Patients Utilizing Compensators George Starkschall
2000 Luke McLemore Dosimetris Characterization of a Palladium 103 Implanted Stent for Intravascular Brachytherapy John Horton
2000 Michael Lemacks Two Methods for Improving the Detectability of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammography Chris Shaw
2001 Dee-Ann Radford A Standarized Method of Quality Assurance for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy of the Prostate David Followill
2002 Amanda Krintz A Reanalysis of the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Medium Tumor Trial Eye Plaque Dosimetry David Followill
2002 Christoper Cherry A Heterogeneous Thorax Phantom for Remote Verification of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy William Hanson
2002 Laura Butler Dosimetric Benefits of Respiratory Gating George Starkschall
2002 Nicholas Koch Assessment of Respiratory Motion for Radiation Therapy of Lung Cancer Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging H. Helen Liu
2002 Jennifer O'Daniel The Delivery of IMRT With a Single Physical Modulator for Multiple Fields: A Feasibility Study for Prostate and Paranasal Sinus Cancers Lei Dong
2003 Michael Beach Implementation of a Polymer Gel Dosimetry Insert for an Anthropomorphic Phantom Used to Evaluate Head and Neck Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Geoffrey Ibbott
2004 Gary Fisher The Accuracy of a 3-D Inhomogeneity Photon Algorithm in Commercial Treatment Planning Systems Using a Heterogeneous Lung Phantom David Followill
2005 Pai-Chun Melinda Chi A Three-Dimensional Pencil Beam Redefinition Algorithm for Electron Arc Therapy Kenneth Hogstrom
2005 Jackeline Santiago Energy Dependence of a New TLD-100 System for Characterizing Low Energy Brachytherapy Sources Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2005 Hilary Vass Comparison of the Microselection PDR 192IR Source to Traditional LDR 137CS for Treating Gynecological Cancers in a 10 Patient Monte Carlo Study Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2005 Kenneth Homann Evaluation of the Dose Within the Abutment Region Between Tangential and Supraclavical Fields for Various Breast Irradiation Techniques Karl Prado
2005 Claire Nerbun Analysis of MD-55-2 Gafchromic Film as a Dosimetry Audit System for Proton Therapy David Followill
2006 Scott Davidson Heterogeneity Dose Calculation Algorithm Accuracy in IMRT Using Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom David Followill
2006 Earl Gates The Dosimetric Impact of IMRT on Out-of-Field Structures in the Treatment of the Intact Breast: A Comparison to Forward-Planned Techniques Mohammad Salehpour
2006 Ryan Hecox Dose Calculation Accuracy in the Presence of High-Z Material Using Megavoltage CT for Treatment Planning Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2006 Michael Bligh Implementation of Quantitative Computed Tomography on Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Scanners Dianna Cody
2006 Blake Cannon Quantitative Diffusion and Fat Imaging of Vertebral Compression Fractures Jingfei Ma
2007 Alanna McDermott Validating Pediatric CT Surface and Organ Doses Predicted by Monte Carlo Simulations Using Point Dosimetric Dianna Cody
2007 Paige Nitsch Assessment of Cyberkinfe's Heterogeneity Dose Calculation Algorithm and Respiratory Tracking System Using an Anthropomorphic thorax Phantom Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2007 Susannah Lazar Risk of Secondary Fatal Malignancies from Hi-Art Tomography IMRT David Followill
2008 Jimmy Jones Study of the Radiation Damage to Plastic Scintillating Fibers and Optical Fibers A. Sam Beddar
2008 Maria Bellon TBA David Followsill