Robert L. Dixon, Ph.D., Professor Radiologic Sciences-Radiology

Robert L. Dixon, Ph.D.

Professor, Radiology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-4984 | Department: 336-716-6753

Email: rdixon@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

Ph.D., University of South Carolina-Columbia , 1970
B.S., University of South Carolina-Columbia , 1963

Memberships

Am Assn Of Physicists In Med
Am Coll Of Medical Physics
Am Coll Of Radiology
Health Physics Society

NPI Number

1568452613

Robert L. Dixon, Ph.D.

Professor, Radiology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-4984 | Department: 336-716-6753

Email: rdixon@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Durand DJ, Dixon RL, Morin RL. Utilization strategies for cumulative dose estimates: a review and rational assessment. J Am Coll Radiol. 2012;9(7):480-485.

Dixon RL, Whitlow CT. The physical basis of diagnostic imaging In: Chen MYM, Pope TL, Ott DJ, eds. Basic radiology. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill Medical;2011: 15-23.

Dixon RL, Boone JM. Analytical equations for CT dose profiles derived using a scatter kernel of Monte Carlo parentage with broad applicability to CT dosimetry problems. Med Phys. 2011;38(7):4251-4264.

Dixon RL, Boone JM. Cone beam CT dosimetry: a unified and self-consistent approach including all scan modalities--with or without phantom motion. Med Phys. 2010;37(6):2703-2718.

Zagoria RJ, Dixon RL. Radiology of urolithiasis: implications of radiation exposure and new imaging modalities. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2009;16(1):48-51.

Gerber TC, Carr JJ, Arai AE, Dixon RL, Ferrari VA, Gomes AS, Heller GV, McCollough CH, McNitt-Gray MF, Mettler FA, et al. Ionizing radiation in cardiac imaging: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiac Imaging of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging. Circulation. 2009;119(7):1056-1065.

Bharkhada D, Yu H, Dixon R, Wei Y, Carr JJ, Bourland JD, Best R, Hogan R, Wang G. Demonstration of dose and scatter reductions for interior computed tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2009;33(6):967-972.

Dixon RL. The average radiation dose to the public from medical X rays is on the rise--bad or good news? [magazine commentary] [German]. Strahlenschutzpraxis. 2008;(January 2008):52-53.

Dixon RL, Ballard AC. Experimental validation of a versatile system of CT dosimetry using a conventional ion chamber: beyond CTDI100. Med Phys. 2007;34(8):3399-3413.

Dixon RL. The average radiation dose to the public from medical X rays is on the rise--driven by increased utilization of CT scans: but that's the good news. "The sky ain't falling" [newsletter commentary]. Health Phys News. 2007;(November 2007):11.

Craddock C, Chen MY, Dixon RL, Schlarb CA, Williams DW III. The effect of skull volume and density on differentiating gray and white matter on routine computed tomography scans of the head. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006;30(5):734-738.

Dixon RL. Restructuring CT dosimetry--a realistic strategy for the future requiem for the pencil chamber [letter]. Med Phys. 2006;33(10):3973-3976.

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