Graduates of the Ph.D. Program in Medical Physics

Year Graduate Thesis Advisor
M.S.
1977 Amparo Marles CE and ClDependence on the Chamber Wall Material as a Function of Beam Energy Peter R. Almond
1986 Steven M. Kirsner Advanced Radiation Therapy Techniques for Retinoblastoma Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1991 Allen D. Green Modeling of Dual Foil Scattering Systems for Clinical Electron Beams Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1995 Usman Qazi Evaluation of a Quadruple Energy Window Scatter Subtraction Algorithm for Anger Camera Imaging Daniel J. Macey
1996 Robin Kendall Dose-Escalation Potential of Intensity-Modulated Conformal Therapy for Lung Cancer Isaac I. Rosen
1998 Robert Boyd The Effect of Using an Initial Polyenergetic Spectrum with the Electron Pencil-Beam Redefinition Algorithm Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1998 Nicholas Zacharopoulos MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Normal Human Brian with Selective Tissue Suppression Ponnada A. Narayana
1999 Shannon Bragg-Sitton Assessment of the Realibility and Reproducibility of Functonal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Selected Cognitive Tasks Ed Jackson
2000 Kent Gifford Verification of a Commercial Radiation Treatment Planning System George Starkschall
2001 Brent Parker Quantification of Uncertainties for PTV Margin Determination in Conformal Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Intracranial Lesions Almon Shiu
2001 Theodore Steger, III Implementation and Verification of Techniques for Real-Time Analysis and Clinical Distribution of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Ed Jackson
2002 Aziz Poonawalla Technical Development and Optimization of Clinical Magnetic Resonance Tractography X. Joe Zhou
2003 Rebecca Milman Measuring Cell Volume Fraction with High-Resolution Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging X. Joe Zhou
2003 Stephen Kry Secondary Dose Equivalent From IMRT Treatments Mohammad Salehpour
2004 Michael J. Price Modification of the Pencil-Beam Redefinition Algorithm to Predict Central-Axis Percent Depth Dose for Rectangular Fields Kenneth Hogstrom
2005 Robert A. Rodgers Electron Conformal Radiotherapy for Post-Mastectomy Irradiation: A Bolus-Free, Multi-Energy, Multi-Segmented Field Algorithm John A. Antolak
2005 Jason Shoales Development of an Independent Audit Device for Remote Verification of 4D Radiotherapy David Followill
2005 Malcolm Heard Characterizing Dose Distribution of Brachytherapy Sources Using Normoxic Gel Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2005 Jonas Fontenot Dose Per Monitor Unit Determination for Proton Therapy Treatment Portals With and Without the Range Compensator Wayne Newhauser
2006 Adam Melancon The Dosimetric Impact of Infrafractional Motion on IMRT Treatment of Prostate Cancer Lei Dong
2006 Dustin Ragan Partial Fourier Image Reconstruction for Efficient Water and Fat Separation in MR Jingfei Ma
2007 Whitney Bivens Warren Evaluation of Bang Polymer Gel Dosimeters in Proton Beams Geoffrey S. Ibbott
2007 Richard Castillo CT-Based Pulmonary Compliance Imaging in Rodents Thomas Guerrero
2007 William Michael Bradley Partial Volume Correction of Lung Nodules Using PET/CT Osama Mawlawi
2008 Jaclyn Homnick TBA Geoffrey S. Ibbott
Ph.D.
1978 Chien-hua Chu A Clinical Liquid Ionization Chamber for Mixed Neuton Field Dosimetry Walter Grant, III
1978 James Marbach Optimization Parameters for Field Flatness and Central-Axis-Depth-Dose for Use in Design of Therapy Electron Beam Generators
1979 Carlos DeAlmeida Energy and Spectrum Measurements of High Energy Electrons, Using a Cerenkov Detector Peter Almond
1980 Thomas Kirby Origin of Residual Potential In Amorphous Selenium Photoreceptors Alfonso Zermeno
1981 Amparo Marles Comparison of Meaasurement of Absorbed Dose to Water Using A Water Calorimeter and Ionization Chambers of Clinical Radiotherapy Photon Electron Beams Peter Almond
1982 Jose Bencomo Study of the Effects of Total Modulation Trasfer Function Changes On Observer Performance Using Clinical Mammograms Dennis Johnston
1984 Benjamin R. Archer A Laplace Transform Pair Model to Determine Bremsstrahlung Spectra From attenuation Data Peter Almond
1985 D.E. Mellenberg Measurment of Tumor Blood Flow Follwing Neutron Irradiation Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1987 Patrick M. Stafford Nuclear Track Detector Material as a Fast Neutron Microdosimeter Peter Almond (Dennis Johnston)
1988 Almon S. Shiu Three-Dimension Electron Beam Dose Calculations Kenneth R. Hogstrom
1989 John D. Hazle In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Studies of Experimental Liver Disease: Carbon Tetrachloride Hepatatoxicity and Alcohol Induced Fatty Liver In Rat Ponnada Narayana
1990 Edward Jackson A Dual Resonance, Image-Guided Volume Localization Technique for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Ponnada Narayana
1991 Michael F. Moyers A Convolution Model for Energy Transport in a Therapeutic Fast Neutron Beam John L. Horton
1993 John E. Bayouth Dosimetric Evaluation of Bone Marrow Ablation Using Radionuclide Therapy Daniel J. Macey
1994 Huan Bosco Giap Development of a SPECT-Based Three Dimensional Treatment Planner for Radionuclide Therapy With Iodine-131
Daniel J. Macey
1995 James Falconer Quantitative MRI of Spinal Cord Injury in a Rat Model: Correlative Studies Ponnada Narayana
1995 Lei Dong Development of Automated Image Analysis Tools for Verification of Radiotherapy Field Accuracy With an Electornic Portal Imaging Device Art Boyer
2000 Steven McCullough A Novel Treatment Planning Methology for High Dose 166H0-DOTMP Marrow Ablation Therapy in Patients with Multiple Myeloma Richard Wendt
2001 Robert Boyd Pencil-Beam Redefinition Algorithm Dose Calculations for Electron Therapy Treatment Planning Kenneth Hogstrom
2002 Roger Jason Stafford Fast Magnetic Resonance Temperature Imaging for Focused Ultrasound Thermal Therapy John Hazle
2003 Peter Balter Imaging Properties of Scanning Equalization Digital Radiography: A Simulation Study William Hanson
2004 Brent C. Parker Verification of Intensity Modulated Stereotactic Radiotherapy Using Monte Carlo Calculations and EPID Disometry Almon Shiu
2004 Kent A. Gifford A 3-D CT Assisted Monte Carlo Evaluation of Intracavitary Implants John Horton
2004 Nathan Childress The Design and Evaluation of a 2D Verification System for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Isaac Rosen
2004 Theodore Steger Investigation of Arterial Spin Labeling MRI for Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow Measurement Ed Jackson
2005 Aziz Poonawalla Multiple Gradient Echo Propeller (MGREP) Technical Development and Potential Applications X. Joe Zhou
2005 Dawn Cavanaugh Assessment of Cone Beam Computed Tomography Techniques for Imaging Lung Damage in Mice in vivo Dianna Cody
2006 Nicholas Koch Monte Carlo and Analytical Dose Calculations for Ocular Proton Therapy Wayne Newhauser
2006 Jennifer O'Daniel Image-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Prostate and Head-and-Neck Cancers Lei Dong
2007 Stephen Kry The Development and Validation of a Monte Carlo Model for Calculating the Out-of-field Dose from Radiotherapy Treatments Mohammad Salehpour
2007 Rebecca Marsh Measuring Treatment Response in Irradiated Murine Tumors with Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging John Hazle
2007 Christopher Nelson Reduction of Tumor Motion and Setup Uncertainties in the Radiation Therapy of Lung Tumors George Starkschall
2007 Pai-Chun Melinda Chi Thoracic Cancer Imaging with PET/CT in Radiation Oncology Tinsu Pan
2008 Jonas Fontenot Proton Therapy Versus Intensity Modulated X-ray Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: Estimating Secondary Cancer Risks Wayne Neuhauser
2008 Michael J. Price The Imaging and Dosimetric Capabilities of a CT/MR Suitable Anatomically Adaptive, Shielded Intracavitary Brachytherapy Applicator for the Treatment of Cervical Cancer Firas Mourtada