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Research Highlight – Dr BC Schwarz

UF Medical Physics Research Highlight – Dr BC Schwarz, Assistant Professor: Specific absorbed fractions for a revised series of the UF/NCI pediatric reference phantoms: internal…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from UF Medical Physics! We are so thankful for our faculty, students, alumni, residents, and interns! Be safe!…

Research Seminar – Dr Deanna Pafundi

Please join us for a special research seminar by Dr Deanna Pafundi, Assistant Professor at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville (and a UF Medical Physics Graduate Program alumnus), at 11:00AM on Thursday, December 10 via Zoom. Dr Pafundi’s seminar is titled “Imaging for Treatment Response Assessment in Radiation Oncology: Prognostic…

SHMPS Mtg – 1PM Fri Nov 20

The next UF Society of Health and Medical Physics (SHMPS) General Body Meeting is scheduled at 1PM on Friday, November 20 via Zoom. Contact SHMPS President Bonnie President for more info.

Research Highlight – Dr Stephanie Leon

UF Medical Physics Research Highlight – Dr Stephanie Leon, Assistant Professor: Letter to the Editor: Rationale for using a C-arm fluoroscope to deliver a kilovoltage radiotherapy treatment to…

Research Highlight – Dr Edmond Olguin

UF Medical Physics Research Highlight – Dr Edmond Olguin, 3rd Year DIMPR Resident: Specific absorbed fractions and radionuclide S-values for tumors of varying size and composition. Dr Olguin’s manuscript…

Research Highlight – Dr Izabella Barreto

UF Medical Physics Research Highlight – Dr Izabella Barreto, Assistant Professor: Comparison of Metal Artifact Reduction using Single-Energy CT and Dual-Energy CT with various metallic…

Research Highlight – Justin Brown, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, DIMPR Resident, and his colleagues, whose article titled “Dosimetric considerations of 99mTc-MDP uptake within the epiphyseal plates of the long bones of pediatric patients” was published in the November 2020 edition of Physics in Medicine and Biology (Volume 65).

Research Highlight – Justin Brown, PhD

Congratulations to Dr Justin Brown, DIMPR Resident, and his colleagues, whose article titled “Body morphometry appropriate computational phantoms for dose and risk optimization in pediatric renal imaging with Tc-99m DMSA and Tc-99M MAG3” was published in the November 2020 edition of Physics in Medicine and Biology (Volume 65).

Dr Varun Sehgal Elected as AAPM Fellow

Congratulations to UF Medical Physics Graduate Program Alumnus Dr Varun Sehgal (MS 1998/PhD 2001) who was elected as a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). The category of Fellow honors members who have distinguished themselves by their contributions in research, education, or leadership in the medical…