Medical Physics:
The Division of Radiation Physics in the Department of Radiology of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences supervises the graduate program in Medical Physics. The Medical Physics program has both academic research and clinical faculty from various parts of UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) who conduct research as well as teach and practice medical physics.
Above: The UB experimental
Micro-Angiography detector system
The Graduate Program:
The Medical Physics Program comprises both a research component and a residency component. Graduate students are admitted to the program from basic science academic departments at UB such as the Physiology and Biophysics Department, the Physics Department, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Department of Electrical Engineering, and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. While meeting all the standard requirements of that department, they pursue research and practical training within the Medical Physics Program. The research will lead to either masters or doctoral degrees within the host department and the theses topics will generally be in the fields of diagnostic and interventional imaging physics, therapeutic radiation physics, nuclear medicine physics, and bio-engineering. The residency program of practical training, which takes place within a real hospital environment, is only available to graduate students registered in the program and provides an excellent background for students while greatly increasing their subsequent employment opportunities.
Above : Comparison of conventional x-ray image intensifier (XII) with UB Micro-CT System in imaging new asymmetric stent deployment in an aneurysm phantom. The Micro-CT cross section image more clearly depicts individual stent struts which hold low porosity mesh over aneurysm entrance.