David R. Gilland, Ph.D.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1989
Associate Professor

 

Degrees

B.S. Zoology, Michigan State University, 1981
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, 1986
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, 1989

Academic experience

1989-1992 Research Associate, Duke University
1993-1999 Assistant Research Professor, Duke University
1999-1999 Associate Research Professor, Duke University
1999-present Associate Professor, University of Florida

Summary statement of interests and accomplishments

Areas of interest include medical imaging, nuclear medicine imaging, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), medical image processing, image reconstruction from projections, medical image evaluation using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Over the past five years, Dr. Gilland has been principal investigator on two grants totaling $925,000 and co-principal investigator on a research contract totaling $400,000. He has published 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and 73 scientific abstracts.

Consulting activity and patents

  • Engineering consultant, Data Spectrum Corp., Hillsborough, NC, 1989-91.
  • R.J. Jaszczak and D.R. Gilland, Method and apparatus for enhanced single photon tomography. U.S. Patent No. 5,289,008, Feb. 1994.

Major publications in the last five years

  • D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, J.E. Bowsher, K.L. Greer, R.E. Coleman. Measured accuracy and precision in quantitative SPECT imaging with iodine-123, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 42, pp. 1120-1125, 1995.
  • D.R. Gilland, E.L. Johnson, T.G. Turkington, R.E. Coleman, R.J. Jaszczak. Evaluation of a pinhole collimator for I-131 SPECT head imaging, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 43, pp. 2230-2238, 1996.
  • D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, T.A. Riauka, R.E. Coleman. Approximate three-dimensional iterative reconstruction for SPECT, Med Phys, vol. 24, pp. 1421-1429, 1997.
  • D.R. Gilland, H. Wang, R.E. Coleman, R.J. Jaszczak. Long focal length, asymmetric fan beam collimation for transmission acquisition with a triple camera SPECT system, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 44, pp. 1191-1196, 1997.
  • C.D. Stone, J.W. McCormick, D.R. Gilland, K.L. Greer, R.E. Coleman, R.J. Jaszczak. The effect of registration errors between transmission and emission scans on a SPECT system designed for fast sequential scanning, J Nucl Med, vol. 39, pp. 365-373, 1998.
  • M.F. Smith, D.R. Gilland, R.E. Coleman, R.J. Jaszczak. Quantitative imaging of I-131 distribution in brain tumors with pinhole SPECT: A phantom study, J Nucl Med, vol. 39, pp. 856-864, 1998.
  • D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, K.L. Greer, R.E. Coleman. Transmission imaging for nonuniform attenuation correction using three-headed SPECT camera, J Nucl Med, vol. 39, pp. 1105-1110, 1998.
  • M.T. Munley, L.B. Marks, C. Scarfone, G.S. Sibley GS, E.F. Patz, T.G. Turkington, R.J. Jaszczak, D.R. Gilland, M. Anscher, R.E. Coleman. Multimodality nuclear medicine imaging in three-dimensional radiation treatment planning for lung cancer: challenges and prospects, Lung Cancer, vol. 23, pp. 105-114, 1999.
  • D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, T.G. Turkington, R.E. Coleman. Comparison of transmission acquisition approaches for SPECT non-uniform attenuation compensation, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 45, pp. 1244-1249, 1998.
  • C. Scarfone, R.J. Jaszczak, D.R. Gilland, M.T. Munley, L.B. Marks, R.E. Coleman. Bayesian SPECT lung imaging for visualization and quantification of pulmonary perfusion, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 45, pp. 3045-3052, 1998.
  • S. Jang, R.J. Jaszczak, B.M.W. Tsui, C.E. Metz, D.R. Gilland, T.G. Turkington, R.E. Coleman. ROC evaluation of SPECT myocardial lesion detectability with and without non-uniform attenuation compensation using an anthropomorphic female phantom, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, vol. 45, pp. 2080-2088, 1998.
  • J. Peter, D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, R.E. Coleman. Four-dimensional superquadric-based cardiac phantom for Monte Carlo simulation of radiological imaging systems, IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, in press.
  • C.M. Laymon, T.G. Turkington, D.R. Gilland, R.E. Coleman. Transmission scanning system for a gamma camera coincidence scanner, J Nucl Med, in press.
  • D.R. Gilland, R.J. Jaszczak, R.E. Coleman. Transmission CT reconstruction for offset fanbeam collimation, Submitted to the IEEE Trans Nucl Sci, November, 1999.

Scientific and professional societies

  • Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Institutional and professional service in the last five years

  • Member, 4 Ph.D. committees
  • Faculty member, Biomedical Engineering Program
  • Member, Medical Physics Program ABET committee
  • Member, Biomedical Engineering Program ABET committee