Technical Interests
External and internal radiation dosimetry, computational medical
physics, development of patient-specific anatomic models for
organ dose assessment in radiology and radiation therapy, skeletal
dosimetry, emergency response to radiological terrorism.
Publications
- CJ Watchman*, DW Jokisch, PW Patton, DA Rajon, G Sgouros,
and WE Bolch,, “Absorbed fractions for alpha particles
in tissues of trabecular bone – considerations of marrow
cellularity within the ICRP reference male” J Nucl Med
46 (7): 1171-1185 (2005).
- KP Kim*, CY Wu, BK Birky WE Bolch,, “Effective dose
scaling factors for use with cascade impactor sampling data
in TENORM inhalation exposures” Health Phys 89 (4) 359-374
(2005).
- AP Shah*, DW Jokisch, CJ Watchman, DA Rajon, PW Patton,
and WE Bolch, “Chord-based versus voxel-based methods
of electron transport in the skeletal tissues” Med Phys
32 (10) 3151-3159 (2005).
- AK Jones, FD Pazik, DE Hintenlang, and WE Bolch, “MOSFET
dosimeter depth-dose measurements in heterogeneous tissue-equivalent
phantoms at diagnostic x-ray energies” Med Phys 32 (10)
3209-3213 (2005).
- C Lee*, JL Williams, C Lee*, and WE Bolch, “The UF
series of tomographic computational phantoms of pediatric
patients” Med Phys 32 (11) 3537-3548 (2005).
- EY Han*, WE Bolch, and KF Eckerman, “Revisions to
the ORNL series of adult and pediatric computational phantoms
for use with the MIRD schema” Health Phys 90 (4) 337-356
(2006).
- KP Kim*, CY Wu, BK Birky, W Nall, and WE Bolch,, “Characterization
of radioactive aerosols in Florida phosphate processing facilities”
Aerosol Sci Tech 40 (6) 410-421 (2006).
- KP Kim*, CY Wu, BK Birky, and WE Bolch, “Influence
of particle size distribution on Inhalation doses to workers
in the Florida phosphate industry ” Health Phys 91 (1)
58-67 (2006).
- KP Kim*, CY Wu, BK Birky, and WE Bolch, “Effective
dose scaling factors for cascade impactor data for the U-238
series: A reassessment using the IMBA code”, Health
Phys 91 (4) xxx-xxx (2006).
- AK Jones, TA Simon, WE Bolch, MM Holman, and DE Hintenlang,
“A tomographic physical phantom of the newborn patient
with real-time dosimetry I. Methods and techniques for construction”
Med Phys 33 (9) xxx-xxx (2006).
- RJ Staton*, AK Jones, C Lee*, DE Hintenlang, MM Arreola,
JL Williams, and WE Bolch, “A tomographic physical phantom
of the newborn patient with real-time dosimetry II. Scaling
factors for calculation of effective dose in pediatric radiography”
Med Phys 33 (9) xxx-xxx (2006).
- JM Brindle*, SL Myers, and WE Bolch, “Correlations
of total pelvic spongiosa volume with both anthropometric
parameters and CT-based skeletal size measurements”,
Cancer Biother Radiopharm 21 (4) 352-363 (2006).
- JM Brindle*, AA Trindade, JC Pichardo, SL Myers, AP Shah,
and WE Bolch, “CT volumetry of the skeletal tissues”
Med Phys 33 (10) xxx-xxx (2006).
- KP Kim*, CY Wu, BK Birky, and WE Bolch, “TENORM aerosols
in the Florida phosphate industry – Assessment of lung
fluid solubility and annual effective dose to workers”,
Radiat Prot Dosim (in press).
- DA Rajon, JC Pichardo*, JM Brindle*, KN Kielar, DW Jokisch,
PW Patton, and WE Bolch, “Image segmentation of trabecular
spongiosa by visual inspection of gradient magnitude”,
Phys Med Biol 51 (18) 4447-4467 (2006).
- C Lee*, C Lee, JL Williams, and WE Bolch, “Whole-body
voxel phantoms of paediatric patients – UF Series B”,
Phys Med Biol (in press).
- C Lee*, C Lee, and WE Bolch, “Age-dependent organ
and effective doses for external photons – a comparison
of stylized and voxel-based pediatric phantoms” Phys
Med Biol 51 (xx) xxx-xxx (2006).
- RJ Staton, C Lee*, C Lee*, MD Williams*, DE Hintenlang,
MM Arreola, JL Williams, and WE Bolch, “Organ and effective
doses in newborn patients during helical multislice computed
tomography examination” Phys Med Biol (in press).
- C Lee, C Lee, AP Shah, and WE Bolch, “An assessment
of red bone marrow and bone endosteum dosimetry methods for
external photons” Phys Med Biol (in press).
- JM Brindle, AA Trindade, AP Shah, DW Jokisch, PW Patton,
and WE Bolch, “A linear regression model for predicting
patient-specific total skeletal spongiosa volume for use in
molecular radiotherapy dosimetry” JNM (in press).
- C Lee, C Lee, EY Han, and WE Bolch, “Age-dependent
effective doses for external photon exposure: consideration
of proposed revisions to the tissue weighting factors”
Phys Med Biol (in press).
- FD Pazik, RJ Staton, JL Williams MM Arreola, DE Hintenlang,
and WE Bolch, “Organ and effective doses in newborns
and infants undergoing voiding cystourethrograms (VCUG): A
comparison of stylized and tomographic phantoms” Med
Phys (in press).
Presentations
- KP Kim, WE Bolch, CY Wu, and BK Birky, “In-vitro
dissolution rates of radionuclides in aerosol particles from
the Florida phosphate industry”, 2005 Annual Meeting
of the Health Physics Society, Spokane, Washington, July 10-14,
2005. [Supplement to Health Phys 89 (1): S12 (2005)].
- KN Kielar, D Hasenauer*, AP Shah*, and WE Bolch, “A
skeletal reference dosimetry model for the adult female”,
2005 Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Spokane,
Washington, July 10-14, 2005. [Supplement to Health Phys 89
(1): S20 (2005)].
- D Hasenauer, CW Watchman*, AP Shah*, and WE Bolch, “Skeletal
reference models for pediatric patients”, 2005 Annual
Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Spokane, Washington,
July 10-14, 2005. [Supplement to Health Phys 89 (1): S56 (2005)].
- B Aydogan, WE Bolch, SG Swarts, JE Turner, and DT Marshall,
“A Monte Carlo model to simulate single and double strand
breaks in DNA molecules”, 2005 Annual Meeting of the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Seattle, Washington,
July 24-28, 2005. [Supplement to Med Phys 32 (6): 2010 (2005)].
- C Lee, JL Williams, and WE Bolch, “The UF series
of tomographic anatomic models of pediatric patients”,
2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists
in Medicine, Seattle, Washington, July 24-28, 2005. [Supplement
to Med Phys 32 (6): 2100 (2005)].
- C Lee, C Lee, and WE Bolch, “Bone marrow and bone
endosteum dosimetry methods for external photons” 2005
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine, Seattle, Washington, July 24-28, 2005. [Supplement
to Med Phys 32 (6): 2101 (2005)].
- RJ Staton, AK Jones, and WE Bolch. “Point-to-organ
dose scaling factors for use in pediatric radiology”,
2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists
in Medicine, Seattle, Washington, July 24-28, 2005. [Supplement
to Med Phys 32 (6): 2101 (2005)].
- CJ Watchman, VA Bourke, AE Knowlton, SL Butler, DD Grier,
and WE Bolch, “Spatial distribution of CD34+ hematopoietic
cells and blood vessels in marrow cavities: applications to
dosimetry”, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear
Medicine, San Diego, California, June 3-7, 2006. [Supplement
to J Nucl Med (2006)]
- G Sgouros, WE Bolch, CJ Watchman, J Jurcic, DA Scheinberg,
“Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of the alpha-particle
emitter 213Bi versus 90Y for hematologic toxicity and efficacy
in patients with leukemia”, 2006 Annual Meeting of the
Society of Nuclear Medicine, San Diego, California, June 3-7,
2006. [Supplement to J Nucl Med (2006)]
- C Lee, C Lee, and WE Bolch, “Comparison of effective
doses from pediatric stylized and tomographic phantoms for
external photon beams” 2006 Annual Meeting of the Health
Physics Society, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25-29, 2006.
[Supplement to Health Phys 91 (1): S86 (2006)].
- KP Kim, C Wu, BK Birky, and WE Bolch, “Assessment
of annual effective dose to workers in the Florida phosphate
industry via characterization of lung fluid solubility”,
2006 Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Providence,
Rhode Island, June 25-29, 2006. [Supplement to Health Phys
91 (1): S92 (2006)].
- MC Hough, JM Brindle*, and WE Bolch, “Estimates of
total skeletal spongiosa volume for patient-specific scaling
of radionuclide S values” 2006 Annual Meeting of the
Health Physics Society, Providence, Rhode Island, June 25-29,
2006. [Supplement to Health Phys 91 (1): S139 (2006)].
- K Kielar, AP Shah, and WE Bolch, “A skeletal reference
dosimetry model for the adult female”, 2006 Annual Meeting
of the Health Physics Society, Providence, Rhode Island, June
25-29, 2006. [Supplement to Health Phys 91 (1): S140 (2006)].
- D Hasenauer, C Watchman, A Shah, and WE Bolch, “An
image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the pediatric male”,
2006 Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Providence,
Rhode Island, June 25-29, 2006. [Supplement to Health Phys
91 (1): S140 (2006)].
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