Richard E. Wendt, III, Ph.D. 1982, Rice University The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Department of Imaging Physics Contact Information

Research Interests:

• Image formation and processing in nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging
• Radionuclide internal dosimetry
• Medical informatics on the World Wide Web

I am involved in several projects: image processing of nuclear medicine data to automate advanced clinical data analysis protocols; image processing of MR data to extract temporal, dynamic information and to elucidate microscopic structure of bone; improvement of internal dose estimates for a bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical; and incorporation of higher order image information and human factors research into image presentation on small workstations.

A tutorial with my group would include observation of a clinical nuclear medicine department in order to acquire an appreciation for the day-to-day activities needed to produce a medical imaging examination. Students with strong programming skills or an interest in image processing could then work on image processing and display problems. Students with an interest in instrumentation or imaging physics could work on image acquisition problems. Students with an interest in human factors could work on image display strategies.

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Program Affiliation:

Program in Medical Physics