Resources in terms of office space, laboratories and clinical equipment available to students in the M.S./Ph.D. programs are listed below by institution.

Office Space (available for M.S. or (M.S.) Ph.D. students)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC)

Department of Radiation Physics Student Rooms

B2.4502 – 3 students
B2.4510 – 4 students
B2.4518 – 4 students
B2.4634 – 15 postdocs/residents
GP3.300 – ( Radiological Physics Center) – 6 students
HMB1.137 – 10 students

Department of Imaging Physics Student Rooms

ACB6.1322 – 2 students G3.3571a – 3 students/postdocs CPB5.3320 – 3 students/residents
PB.2920 – 7 students/postdocs
CPB5.3301 – 2 students
RB.2615 – 6 students/postdocs
CPB5.3347 – 2 students/residents

Additional office space is available within various laboratories at MDACC and the UT Medical School. Office space includes a desk and personal computer.

Libraries

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Research Medical Library
40,000 Volumes
1,200 Journal Subscriptions

Department of Radiation Physics Library (Room B2.4502 corridor)
400 Volumes
95 Medical Physics Theses and Dissertations

Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library
221,000 Volumes
3,000 Journal Subscriptions

Research Laboratories and Equipment

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Core Facilities
Institutional Radiation Facility (250 kVp-x-ray, Cs Irradiators)
Physics Machine Shop
Radiation Safety Office
Hot Lab for Radioactive Sources

Department of Radiation Physics
Sun Workstations
PC Linux Cluster
Personal computers, PC printers, Scanners, Digitizers, etc.
Electronics Laboratory
Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory
Dosimetry Instrumentation Laboratory
Radiotherapy Treatment Machines (see clinical facilities)
National Standards for Exposure Calibration
Radiological Physics Center

Department of Imaging Physics
1.5T wholebody MR Scanner (GE Signa LX Echospeed)
4.7T and 7.0T MR imaging/spectroscopy Systems (Bruker)
Micro-CT GE Enhanced Vision System
Flat Panel Volume CT (GE-MDACC design prototype)
High-Resolution Experimental Gamma Camera (Siemens M.CAM)
Micro-PET (Concorde Microsystems)
Helical CT Scanner (GE High Speed)
Prototype High Resolution Computed Radiography System
Kodak Computed Radiographic System
Mammography Imaging System
Electronic Test Equipment
4 – 400-600 MHz Digital Oscilloscopes
60 cc HP-GE Detector with 4096 Channel MCA
Numerous SUN Unix Workstations
4 SUN Enterprise 3000/Sun Fire V880 Servers
Silicon Graphics Octane Graphical Workstation
Dye Sublimation and Laserjet Color Printers
8 General Electric Advantage Windows Workstations
2 Vital Images Vitrea Workstations
1 Bruker Image Review Workstation
Electronics Lab
Computer Lab

Department of Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics
Image Processing Laboratory
Compaq Alpha Server ES40
SUN Computer Cluster
Silicon Graphics Workstations

University of Texas Medical School

Department of Radiology
7 Tesla MR Imaging/Spectrocopy Systems
3 Tesla Whole Body Scanners
Various workstations and PCs for image analysis
Machine Shop
Electronics Shop
RF Coil Laboratory
Ultrasound Research Laboratory

Department of Medical Specialties – Section of Internal Medicine
Time-of-Flight PET Scanner
Integrated Digital Angiocardiology System

University of Texas School of Public Health

Department of Environmental Sciences
1 Environmental Radiation Laboratory

Clinical Resources

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Division of Radiation Oncology
1-250 kVp X-ray Therapy Unit
1-50 kVp X-ray Therapy Unit
1 Cobalt Teletherapy Unit
1-6MV Dedicated Stereotactic Linear Accelerator (with miniature MLC)
2-6MV Radiotherapy Linear Accelerators with MLC
1-6MV Radiotherapy Linear Accelerator (5-11 MeV electrons)
2-15 MeV Dual Energy Radiotherapy Accelerator (5-15 MeV electrons) with MLC
4-6,18 MV Dual Energy Radiotherapy Accelerator (6-25 MeV electron) with MLC
2-6,18 MV Dual Energy Radiotherapy Accelerator (6-25 MeV electron) with MLC & EPID
1-6,18 MV Dual Energy Radiotherapy Accelerator (6-25 MeV electron) with MLC, EPID & CT Scanner
1 PET/CT Scanner
1 Marconi PQ5000 CT Scanner
1 IDT Scanner
1 Marconi Large-bore CT Scanner
8 AcQsim Virtual Simulator Systems
2 Stereotactic Radiotherapy/Radiosurgery Systems
1 Therapy Simulator with Fluoroscopy
1 IMPAC Record and Verify Information System
1 Brach Vision Treatment Planning Computer
2 Plato Brachytherapy Treatment Planning Computers
1 Variseed Treatment Planning Computer
45 ADAC 3-D Treatment Planning Systems
9 NOMOS Corvus IMRT Treatment Planning Systems
1 Mold Room
1 Clinical Dosimetry Laboratory
Brachytherapy Sources (radium, iridium, cesium, iodine, palladium and gold)
1 B&K Ultrasound Unit
Remote Afterloaders (Nucletron) – 4 LDR, 2 HDR

Department of Diagnostic Imaging
2 Direct Digital Chest Imaging Systems
9 Storage Phosphor Digital Imaging Systems
12 GE CT Units (8 multidetector systems)
8 GE Signa 1.5T MR Units
3 GE 3T MR Units
20 GE Advantage Windows Workstations
2 Remote Fluoroscopic/Radiographic Units
7 General Radiographic Units
4 General Radiographic/Fluoroscopic Units
5 GE Digital Chest Units
4 Special Procedures, including DSA Units
5 Urological Systems
8 Portables
16 General Ultrasound Systems (six with Doppler capability)
Mammography Units (including digital spot)
Full Field Digital Mammography Units
5 Vital Images Vitrea Workstations
1 Tera Recon 3D Workstation and Server

Department of Nuclear Medicine
1 ADAC Cardiac SPECT Camera
1 Digirad Solid State Camera
2 GE Discovery LS PET/CT
1 GE 300 Gamma Camera System
2 GE SPECT/CT Cameras
1 Siemens/CTI HR+PET Camera
5 Siemens E. CAM and 2 on order
3 Trionics Biad SPECT Camera
2 Trionix Workstations
11 Siemens E. Soft Workstations
4 Siemens Icon Workstations
2 GE Entegra Workstations
2 NUMA Image Archives
1 Hologic QDR 4500 Bone Mineral Densitometer
6 Dose Calibrators
1 Custom-Made Uptake Probe System
1 Atom Lab 950 Thyroid Probe

University of Texas Medical School/Hermann Hospital

Department of Radiology - Division of Diagnostic Radiology
GE CT Scanners
2- 1.5T Whole Body MR Systems
3 Angiography Suites
2 Gastrourinary Suites
1 Polytome Unit
4 Gastrointestinal Suites
1 Mammography Suite
7 X-ray Suites
3 Ultrasound Suites

Department of Radiology - Division of Nuclear Medicine 2 Wide Field-of-View Gamma Cameras
1 Mobile Gamma Camera
2 Dual Plane Gamma Cameras
1 Three-Plane SPECT Unit
1 Thyroid Probe and Counting System

 

*NOTE: These resources change frequently.