Recent Graduates
Dr. Mustafa Cem Altunbas
Graduation Date: November 2004
Thesis Title: Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors for Digital
Radiography
Current Employer: University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Department of Imaging
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow
Current Project: Cone-Beam Computed Tomography System
for Breast Imaging, Slot Scanning exposure equalization system for digital
radiography
Dr. Ahrundhuti Ganguly
Graduation Date: February 2003
Thesis Title: A Study of the Performance Characteristics
of X-ray Detectors for Region-of-Interest Angiography
Current Employer: Stanford University, Lucas MRS Center,
Department of Radiology
Current Position: Research Associate
Current Project: http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-58/iss-6/p22.html
Dr. Jake (Iacovos) Kyprianou
Graduation Date: July 2004
Thesis Title: A Method for Total X-ray Imaging System Evaluation: Application
to a Microangiographic Detector for Neurovascular Procedures
Current Employer: Food and Drug Administration, Center
for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of Science and Engineering
Labs, division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics
Current Position: Visiting Scientist
Current Project: Implications of Gender-based Differences
in Cardiovascular Disease on Imaging for Treatment and Diagnosis.
Dr. Rachel (Ruijie) Liu
Graduation Date: December 2002
Thesis Title: 3-D Cone Beam Region-of-Interest
CT Reconstruction
Current Employer: University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Current Position: Instructor
Current Project: Research and Clinical Service
Dr. Parinaz Massoumzadeh
Graduation Date: 1999
Thesis Title: Region of Interest Radiologic Imaging
Current Employer: Electronic Radiology Laboratory,
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis
Current Position: Research Associate
Current Project: Noise Evaluation in CT
Dr. Daryl Nazareth
Graduation Date: October 2004
Thesis Title: Determination of 3D Stuctured Objects,
Vascular Structures, and Imaging Geometry from Single-Plane and Biplane
Projection Images
Current Employer: Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Maryland (Baltimore)
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Current Project: Image
Analysis & Processing
Dr. Joseph (Chang-Ying) Yang
Graduation Date: 2000
Thesis Title: X-ray Beam Modulation, Image Acquisition
and Real-Time Processing in Region-of-Interest Fluoroscopy
Current Employer: Eastman Kodak Company
Current Position: Principal Scientist
Current Project: X-ray Imaging Quality Assessment and
Modeling, DR System Integration, CR System Optimization
Dr. Iris (Zhou) Wang
Graduation Date: August 2004
Thesis Title: Evaluation of X-ray Image Guidance for Interventional Cerebrovascular
Procedures: Endovascular Device Placement and Aneurismal Flow Characterization
Current Employer: Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Current Position: Medical Physics Resident
Current Project: Clinical Practice
Dr. Mark (Ye) Wu
Graduation Date: June 2005
Thesis Title: X-ray Region-of-Interest Imaging System
for Rapid-Sequence Angiography and Fluoroscopy: the Micro-Angiographic
Fluoroscope
Current Employer: Upstate Medical Physics Inc.
Current Position: Medical Physicist
Current Project: Clinical Practice
Masters Graduates
William E. Granger, M.S., Biophysics, 1997, Survey of primary beam exposure outside the displayed fluoroscopic FOV.
Lynn Fletcher Heath, M.S., Biophysics, 1995, Image Equalization of ROI Fluoroscopic Images Using Mask Localization, Selection and Subtraction.
Mikhail Kezerashvili, M.S., Biophysics, 1996, Region of Interest Fluoroscopy: Automatic Filter Placement Device and Computerized Dose-Area Product Assessment Techniques.
Stephen J Klash, The effect of fluoroscopic ABC sysytem on patient exposure: a survey of 5 commercial units. MS, Biophysics, Spring 1996
Katsuhiro Tanaka, The effect of image receptor, focal spot, and geometric factors on spatial resolution for radiographic systems. MS Dept of Physics, May 2002
Marybeth Tobin: Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dependence of contrast and dose on variations in mammographic parameters. 1995
Srinivas Tummala: Computer and Electrical Engineering, M.S. February 1989. Reduction of artifacts in radiographic images.


