Medical Physicists from Previous UTHSCSA Graduate Programs

From Radiological Sciences

The current graduate program was approved by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Regents of the University of Texas, and the Coordinating Board for Higher Education of the State of Texas in 1989. This program has revived a tradition begun by an older Medical Physics component offered through the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics. The original program was directed by Robert G. Waggener PhD and produced 9 medical physics graduates at the PhD or MS level before it was terminated when the GSBS was reorganized in 1978. Here we list the alumni of those programs:

[edit] PhD's in BIOPHYSICS

Louis Bobby Levy- June 1974
Dissertation: Experimental and Calculated 2, 6, 8, 19 and 25 MeV Bremsstrahlung Spectra from Medical Electron Accelerators

William Doss McDavid – May 1976
Dissertation: Spectral Effects on Cross-Sectional Reconstruction from X-Rays

Mitchel Lynn Villereal – August 1976
Dissertation: An Investigation of the Membrane Factors Regulating Anion Transport in the Ehrlich Mouse Ascites Tumor Cell

William Henry Payne – May 1977
Dissertation: Extrapolation of Linear Attenuation Coefficients of Biological Materials from Diagnostic Energy X-Ray Levels to the Megavoltage Range for Use in Radiotherapy Computerized Tomography Treatment Planning

Frank Schroeder Stafford – May 1977
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Central Pattern Generation in Locomotion

John Henry Bell – December 1979
Dissertation: Comparison of Experimental to Theoretical CE Values for Electrons of 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 MeV from a Medical Linear Accelerator Using a Tissue-Equivalent Dosimetry System

Michael James Dennis – December 1979
Dissertation: The Application of Preprocessing and Image Enhancement Techniques in Computed Tomography

Kutten Bhaskaran Pillai – May 1980
Dissertation: Theory of Extraction and Optimization of Information Content in Diagnostic Roentgenology

[edit] PhD's in BIOENGINEERING

Wayne Allen Wiatrowski – May 1979
Dissertation: Radiographic Imaging of Small, Low Contrast Objects: A Study of Position Dependence of Visual Contrast in the Image Receptor Plane