Clinical Imaging Physics
The Section of Clinical Imaging Physics supports the department’s clinical mission by providing technical expertise and coordinating physics resources.
Section members partner with modality chiefs to provide well-rounded perspectives in problem solving. For example, they help optimize imaging protocols, troubleshoot image degradation problems, conduct acceptance testing of new equipment, and perform routine quality assurance testing.
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Services and Resources
Services
Section members engage in and collaborate on a wide variety of activities, such as:
- Ensuring patient and occupational safety with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation as well as acoustic energy (in MRI and US)
- Optimizing imaging protocols, reconstruction, and post-processing
- Standardizing and managing imaging protocols
- Supporting clinical translation and development for innovation
- Evaluating and selecting equipment
- Conducting regulatory and accreditation testing
- Developing policies, procedures, and workflows
- Site planning, siting and shielding
- Providing accreditation support
- Training and providing educational resources to radiology staff, residents and fellows
- Acting as liaisons with imaging professional communities and efforts in standards and practice parameters
Resource Website
The Section of Clinical Imaging Physics has a SharePoint site accessible with a UW Health account.
Information includes:
- Physics and Informatics Education
- Shielding and Siting
- Manuals and References
- Equipment and Schedules
- Physics Testing Reports
- Primary Clinical Physicist Contacts
- Project Tracker
- Meeting Minutes
Section Leadership and Members
Section Chief
Mammography, Radiography, and Informatics
Section Faculty
NM/PET and Informatics
Ultrasound
Informatics
CT, Radiography, Fluoroscopy, and Radiation Shielding and Safety
Ultrasound
Interventional Cardiology
CT
Informatics
MRI
Mammography, Radiography, and Informatics
CT and Informatics
Medical Physics Assistants
Administration
Section Members in Leadership Roles
- John Garrett, PhD; Director of Informatics
- Frank Korosec, PhD; Director of Research Resources
- Alan McMillan, PhD; Co-Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Pilot Awards Program
- Tim Szczykutowicz, PhD, DABR; Director of Clinical Operations, CT Protocol Project
- Alisa Walz-Flannigan, PhD; Imaging Physics Residency Director