Applications

Atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular

Cell Biology

Gastrointestinal Imaging

Nutrition and Disease

Publications

AGRICULTURE

Use of Axial X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography to Assess Three-Dimensional Trabecular Microarchitecture and Bone Mineral Density in Single Comb White Leghorn Hens, MA Martinez-Cummer, R Heck, and S Leeson,

Poult. Sci., Apr 2006; 85: 706 - 711.-----------------Gammex product used: Bone material

ATHEROSCLEROSIS:
The Role of Inheritance and Environment in Predisposition to Vascular Disease in People of African Descent, Lalit Kalra, Curtis Rambaran, Elizabeth Iveson, Philip J. Chowienczyk, Ian Hambleton, James M. Ritter, Ajay Shah, Rainford Wilks, and Terrence Forrester,

J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., Mar 2006; 47: 1126 - 1133.----------------Gammex product used: 404GS LE

CALIBRATION:

Calibration of the Gamma Knife Perfexion using TG-21and the Solid Water Leksell dosimetry phantom, Daniel McDonald, Caroline Yount,Nicholas Koch, Michael Ashenafi, Jean Peng and Kenneth Vanek

Medical Physics, Mar 2011; 38 (3): 1685 - 1693

Quantification of head and body CTDIVOL of dual-energy x fast kVp switching, Baojun Li, Girijesh Yadava and Jiang Hsieh, Medical Physics, Mar 2011; 38: 2595 - 2602............Gammex product used: 467

CARDIOVASCULAR:
Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Is Associated With Circulating Chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in Younger Normotensive Subjects in a General Population Survey, Rolf Mitusch, Jan Luedemann, William G. Wood, Klaus Berger, Ulf Schminke, Matthias Suter, Christof Kessler, Ulrich John, Jan Rupp, Michael Kentsch, and Matthias Maass,

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, Feb 2005; 25: 386 - 391.---------------Gammex product used: 402GS

A theoretical and experimental study of the double aorta artifact in B-mode imaging, V Bull and K Martin,

Ultrasound, Feb 2010; 18: 8 -13.------------------Gammex product used: 404GS LE

Patient and Staff Radiation Dosimetry During Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies and Catheter Ablation Procedures: A Comprehensive Analysis, Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos, Demosthenes G. Katritsis, Sofia Kottou, Nectarios Kalivas, Efthalia Tzanalaridou, Eleftherios Giazitzoglou, Socrates Korovesis, and Keith Faulkner,

Europace, Jun 2006; 8: 443 - 448.-----------------Gammex product used: KAP meter

Can a Commercial Diagnostic Ultrasound Device Accelerate Thrombolysis?: An In Vitro Skull Model, Stefan Pfaffenberger, Branka Devcic-Kuhar, Christian Kollmann, Stefan P. Kastl, Christoph Kaun, Walter S. Speidl, Thomas W. Weiss, Svitlana Demyanets, Robert Ullrich, Heinz Sochor, Christian Wöber, Josef Zeitlhofer, Kurt Huber, Martin Gröschl, Ewald Benes, Gerald Maurer, Johann Wojta, and Michael Gottsauner-Wolf,

Stroke, Jan 2005; 36: 124 - 128.------------------------Gammex product used: NPL Beam calibrator

Organ and Effective Doses of Patients Arising from Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty at Two Hospitals in Mashhad-Iran, M. T. Bahreyni Toossi, H. Zare, S. Bayani, and S. Esmaili,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Feb 2008; 128: 363 - 366.-------------------Gammex product used: DAP 840A

CELL BIOLOGY:
Extracellular Matrix Proteoglycans Control the Fate of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells, Yanming Bi, Christina H. Stuelten, Tina Kilts, Sunil Wadhwa, Renato V. Iozzo, Pamela G. Robey, Xiao-Dong Chen, and Marian F. Young,

J. Biol. Chem., Aug 2005; 280: 30481 - 30489.-------------------------Gammex product used: Bone Material

GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING:
Iterative Reconstruction Technique for Reducing Body Radiation Dose at CT: Feasibility Study, Amy K. Hara, Robert G. Paden, Alvin C. Silva, Jennifer L. Kujak, Holly J. Lawder, and William Pavlicek,

Am. J. Roentgenol., Sep 2009; 193: 764 - 771.-----------------Gammex product used: 464 phantom

B-Mode Ultrasound With Algorithm Based on Statistical Analysis of Signals: Evaluation of Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C, Hidenori Toyoda, Takashi Kumada, Naohisa Kamiyama, Katsuya Shiraki, Kojiro Takase, Tadashi Yamaguchi, and Hiroyuki Hachiya, Am. J. Roentgenol., Oct 2009; 193: 1037 - 1043.-------------Gammex product used: 403 phantom

Polyp Measurement with CT Colonography: Multiple-Reader, Multiple-Workstation Comparison, Brett M. Young, J. G. Fletcher, Scott R. Paulsen, Fargol Booya, C. Daniel Johnson, Kristina T. Johnson, Zackary Melton, Drew Rodysill, and Jay Mandrekar,

Am. J. Roentgenol., Jan 2007; 188: 122 - 129.---------------Gammex product used: Solid Water

Crohn Disease: Mural Attenuation and Thickness at Contrast-enhanced CT Enterography-Correlation with Endoscopic and Histologic Findings of Inflammation, Kale D. Bodily, Joel G. Fletcher, Craig A. Solem, C. Daniel Johnson, Jeff L. Fidler, John M. Barlow, Michael R. Bruesewitz, Cynthia H. McCollough, William J. Sandborn, Edward V. Loftus, Jr, William S. Harmsen, and Brian S. Crownhart,

Radiology, Feb 2006; 238: 505 - 516.------------------Gammex product used: TMP (LIVER)

Automated Polyp Measurement with CT Colonography: Preliminary Observations in a Phantom Colon Model, Joel G. Fletcher, Fargol Booya, Zachary Melton, Kristina Johnson, Lutz Guendel, Bernhard Schmidt, Cynthia H. McCollough, Brett Young, Jeff L. Fidler, and William S. Harmsen
Am. J. Roentgenol., Apr 2007; 188: 945 - 952.--------------------Gammex product used: Solid Water

MAMMOGRAPHY:
Am. J. Roentgenol., May 2007; 188: A87 - A99.------------Gammex product used: acrylic, adipose and glandular tissue.

Comparison of Full-Field Digital Mammography and Screen-Film Mammography for Detection and Characterization of Simulated Small Masses, Wei T. Yang, Chao-Jen Lai, Gary J. Whitman, William A. Murphy, Jr., Mark J. Dryden, Anne C. Kushwaha, Aysegul A. Sahin, Dennis Johnston, Peter J. Dempsey, and Chris C. Shaw,

Am. J. Roentgenol., Dec 2006; 187: W576 - W581.----------------Gammex product used: 156 phantom

In vivo Absorbed Dose Measurements in Mammography Using a New Real-Time Luminescence Technique, M C Aznar, B Hemdal, J Medin, C J Marckmann, C E Andersen, L Bøtter-Jensen, I Andersson, and S Mattsson,

Br. J. Radiol., Apr 2005; 78: 328 - 334.---------------------Gammex product used: 156 phantom

Quantification of breast arterial calcification using full field digital mammography, S. Molloi, T. Xu and J. Ducote,

Med. Phys., Apr 2008; 35(4): 1428 - 1439----------------------Gammex product used: 169 phantom

NUTRITION AND DISEASE:
Energy Restriction Is Associated with Lower Bone Mineral Density of the Tibia and Femur in Lean but Not Obese Female Rats, Jaleah Hawkins, Mariana Cifuentes, Nancy L. Pleshko, Hasina Ambia-Sobhan, and Sue A. Shapses,

J. Nutr., Jan 2010; 140: 31 - 37.-----------------Gammex product used Bone Material

PEDIATRICS:
Cu filtration for dose reduction in neonatal chest imaging, K. Smans, L. Struelens, M. Smet, H. Bosmans, and F. Vanhavere
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Apr 2010; 139: 281 - 286.--------------Gammex product used: 610 Neonate

New Exposure Indicators for Digital Radiography Simplified for Radiologists and Technologists, S. Don, B.R. Whiting, L. J. Rutz and B. K. Apgar,

American Journal of Roentgenology, Dec 2012; 199:1337 - 1341.-------Gammex product used: 610 Neonate phantom

PET/CT:

PET/CT: Form and Function, Todd M. Blodgett, Carolyn C. Meltzer, and David W. Townsend,

Radiology, Feb 2007; 242: 360 - 385.----------------Gammex product used: 467 phantom

PULMONARY:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: NOVEL OUTCOME MEASURES AND TREATMENTS:
Overcoming Scanner Variability In Multicentre Studies Using CT Lung Densitometry
Deepak Subramanian, Greg Gibbons, Adam Land, Ken Young, and David Parr,

Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., May 2010; 181: A5430.------------Gammex product used: 457 and lung TMP

RADIATION PROTECTION:

Optimization of Patient Radiation Protection in Conventional X-ray Imaging Procedures Using Film Reject Analysis: A Demonstration of the Importance of Rare Earth Screen-Film Systems, C. Schandorf, S. Inkoom and J. Fletcher,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Sep 2009; 136: 196 - 202.--------------Gammex product used: HVL 115A and 240A

Patient Dose Assessment Due to Fluoroscopic Exposure for Some Selected Fluoroscopic Procedures in Ghana, P. K. Gyekye, C. Schandorf, M. Boadu, J. Yeboah, and J. K. Amoako,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Sep 2009; 136: 203 - 208.------------------Gammex product used: 240A

Estimation of Organ and Effective Doses Resulting from Cone Beam CT Imaging for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, L J Sawyer, S A Whittle, E S Matthews, H C Starritt, and T P Jupp,

Br. J. Radiol., Jul 2009; 82: 577 - 584.--------------------Gammex product usedP: Lithium fluoride TLDs

Dose Evaluation in Lung-Equivalent Media in High-Energy Photon External Radiotherapy, M. A. Duch, P. Carrasco, M. Ginjaume, N. Jornet, X. Ortega, and M. Ribas,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Sep 2006; 120: 43 - 47.-------------------Gammex product used: 465 phantom

Comparison of Patient Doses in Interventional Radiology Procedures Performed in Two Large Hospitals in Greece, E. Papageorgiou, V. Tsapaki, I. A. Tsalafoutas, E. Maurikou, S. Kottou, A. Orfanos, G. Karidas, T. Fidanis, E. Zafiriadou, and V. Neofotistou,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Apr 2007; 124: 97 - 102.---------------Gammex product used: DAP meter

A Framework for Optimising the Radiographic Technique in Digital X-ray Imaging, Ehsan Samei, James T. Dobbins, III, Joseph Y. Lo, and Martin P. Tornai,

Radiat Prot Dosimetry, May 2005; 114: 220 - 229.------------------Gammex product used: Bone Material

Dosimetric impact of density variations in Solid Water 457 water-equivalent slabs, D. Litzenberg, H. Amro, J. I. Prisciandaro, E Acosta, I. Gallagher, D.A. Roberts,

J. Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Vol 12, No 3 (2011)--------Gammex product used: Solid Water 457

ULTRASOUND:

A Comparison Between Urethane and Gel Test Objects for Ultrasound Imaging Performance Testing, Hannah L. Green, Nicholas J. Dudley, and Nicholas M. Gibson,

Ultrasound, May 2007; 15: 105 - 108.---------------Gammex product used: 404 phantom