Recent Scholarly Activity

Conference and Poster Presentations

  • Radiomic Analysis and Comparison of Metal Artifact Reduction Algorithms, presented by Alex Lindgren-Ruby at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2024
  • Dose Reduction in Interventional CT Procedures by Optimizing Helical Scan Parameters, presented by Rachel Malinowski at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2024
  • Evaluating the Impact of Frame Duration Shortening on Dosimetry for 177Lu-PSMA Radiopharmaceutical, presented by Zachary Barton at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2024
  • Revealing Lung Damage Through Effort Correction, presented by Will Bethard at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2024
  • Dose Reduction in Interventional CT Procedures by Optimizing Helical Scan Parameters, presented by Rachel Malinowski at OHSU Research Week - May 2024
  • Validating Retrospective SPECT Frame Duration Shortening Using Phantom Measurements, presented by Zachary Barton at OHSU Research Week - May 2024

  • Demystifying Dose Reduction in Cardiac Catheterization, presented by Alex Lindgren-Ruby at the NWAAPM Fall Chapter Meeting - October 2023
  • Distinguishing Disease Progression from Inflammation in Glioblastoma Multiforme, presented by Joseph Wishart at the Summer AAPM Meeting - July 2023
  • Development of Single-Element Transducer Holders for Isotropy Quantification of Ultrasound Transducers Used in Proton Therapy Thermoacoustic Range Verification, presented by William Bethard, Yao Hao, Tianyu Zhao, and Sarah K. Patch, at the Summer AAPM Meeting - July 2023
  • Development Of An Acoustic Matching Layer To Couple Transducer And Target For Thermoacoustic Range Verification During Proton Therapy, presented by William Bethard, Yao Hao, Tianyu Zhao, and Sarah K. Patch, at the Summer AAPM Meeting - July 2023
  • Ablative Cardiac Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Structure Mapping, presented by Ethan Cohen at OHSU Research Week - May 2023
  • Metabolic Activity Diffusion Imaging of Rat Brain Glioma, presented by Joshua Schlegel at OHSU Research Week - May 2023
  • Characterizing the Tumor Microenvironment with Reduced Dynamic PET Imaging in Glioblastoma, presented by Joseph Wishart at OHSU Research Week - May 2023
  • Ablative Cardiac Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Structure Mapping, presented by Ethan Cohen at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - April 2023
  • Distinguishing Disease Progression from Inflammation in Glioblastoma Multiforme, presented by Joseph Wishart at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - April 2023
  • Characterizing the Tumor Microenvironment with Reduced Dynamic PET Imaging in Glioblastoma Multiforme, presented by Joseph Wishart at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - April 2023

  • How MRI "Sees" Cancer Metabolism, presented by Joshua Schlegel at the BCCPC Scientific Retreat - December 2022
  • Metabolic Activity Diffusion Imaging of Rat Brain Glioma, presented by Joshua Schlegel at the NWAAPM Fall Meeting - October 2022
  • An Evaluation of Quality Assurance Guidelines Comparing the American College of Radiology and American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 284 for Magnetic Resonance Simulation, by Buatti J, Gallagher K, Bailey I, Griglock T, Heard M., published in the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 8 – August 2022
  • Introductory Patient Communication Curriculum for Medical Physics Graduate Students: Multi-Institutional Experience, presented by Padilla L, DeWeese L, Kishore M, Bry V, Kirby N, Rodrigues A., at the Summer AAPM Meeting - July 2022
  • Evaluation of dorsal striatal functional connectivity differences across heavy and non-heavy alcohol drinking rhesus macaques with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging, presented by Kricia Ruano Espinoza at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2022
  • Validation of Treatment Planning and Lung Dose Estimation for Total Body Irradiation Using Eclipse Treatment Planning System, presented by Mason Heath at the NWAAPM Spring Chapter Meeting - May 2022
  • The Improvement of Patient Centering in Computed Tomography Through a Technologist-Focused Education Initiative, by DeWeese L, Griglock T, Moody A, Mehlberg A, Winters C., published in the Journal of Digital Imaging, Volume 35, Issue 2 – April 2022

  • Peak skin dose calculations for fluoroscopically guided interventions, presented by Grace Eliason at the AAPM-COMP 2021 Annual Meeting - July 2021
  • Characterizing error in the OR: An investigation into peak skin dose calculations for fluoroscopically-guided interventions, presented by Grace Eliason at the NWAAPM Spring Meeting - April 2021
  • Investigation into the optimization of CT dose index thresholds in commercially available dose monitoring software, presented by Allyssa Martinez at the NWAAPM Spring Meeting - April 2021

  • Clinical Dosimetry Tool Implementation of I-131 MIBG Therapy for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, presented by Roberto Perez Franco at the NWAAPM Chapter Meeting - May 2020
  • Characterization of the PTW microSilicon Detector, presented by Austin Turnidge at the NWAAPM Chapter Meeting - May 2020
  • Exploring the effects of novel design of contact skin collimation and filtration of high energy electron fields on electron depth dose distributions with application to uniform treatment of small skin lesions, Abdulaziz Alhussan's abstract accepted by OHSU Research Week - May 2020
  • A Method To Increase Patient Centering Accuracy In Computed Tomography By Utilizing A Radiology-Based Informatics System, Aaron Mehlberg's abstract accepted by OHSU Research Week - May 2020
  • Clinical Dosimetry Tool Implementation of I-131 MIBG Therapy for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, Roberto Perez Franco's abstract accepted by OHSU Research Week - May 2020
  • Validation of a personalized pediatric 3D-printed phantom for out-of-field photon dosimetry, Amanda Swanson's abstract accepted by OHSU Research Week - May 2020
  • Characterization of the PTW microSilicon Detector, Austin Turnidge's abstract accepted by OHSU Research Week - May 2020

  • Assessment of Accuracy of Out-of-Field Dosimetry for Pediatric Photon and Proton Treatments Using Solid Water, 3D-Printed, and Anthropomorphic Phantoms, presented by Amanda Swanson at the 13th Annual Research Retreat - October 2019
  • Improving IMRT QA Methods to Better Catch Clinically Relevant Discrepancies Between Planned and Delivered Doses, presented by Austin Turnidge at the 13th Annual Research Retreat - October 2019
  • Feasibility of out-of-field dosimetry in photon, proton, and neutron therapies using a 3D-printed patient-specific phantom, presented by Hunter Tillery at the AAPM - July 2019
  • “Semi-automatic quantitative assessment of site-specific bone health using spectral photon counting CT,” Celeste Leary (third author), presented at the SNMMI - June 2019
  • An optimization technique for multi-contrast scans using spectral photon-counting CT, presented by Celeste Leary at the NWAAPM - Spring 2019
  • Feasibility of out-of-field dosimetry in photon, proton, and neutron therapies using a 3D-printed patient-specific phantom, presented by Hunter Tillery at the NWAAPM - Spring 2019
  • Verification of the Lateral Buildup Ratio for Small or Irregular Field Electron Dosimetry, presented by Dallin Francom at the NWAAPM - Spring 2019