Imaging Physics Department
The Department of Imaging Physics provides medical imaging physics services for all radiological imaging equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Our clinical and research faculty also conduct research in almost all aspects of medical imaging, often in collaboration with other M. D. Anderson faculty. Educating the next generation of healthcare professionals in the medical imaging sciences is also a major focus of the department with internationally recognized, and nationally accredited, programs in medical physics graduate education and clinical training. We strive to be the best imaging physics department in the world and to serve M. D. Anderson with distinction.
All of our clinical medical physicists are Board certified and are credentialed for independent practice in all specialty areas of clinical medical imaging physics. Clinical services include:
- Equipment quality assurance - ensuring the safe and effective operation of radiological imaging instrumentation throughout the institution
- A Radiological Engineering Group that supports equipment installation, service and maintenance throughout M. D. Anderson
- An Image Processing and Visualization Laboratory (IPVL) that supports image post-processing, analysis, and/or visualization for patient care and research
- Management of the Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF), an institutional resource supported by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CA16672)