Bengt Bjarngard, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medical Physics
Education
- 1955-1958 M.S. University of Lund, Sweden (Physics)
- 1958-1962 Ph.D. University of Lind, Sweden (Radiological Physics)
Board Certifications
- American Board of Radiology, 1981
Professional Activities
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- National Cancer Institute
- National Research Council
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- National Institute for Standards and Technology
- Philips Medical Systems
Memberships
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- American Institute of Physics
- American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
- American College of Radiology
- Radiological Society of North America
Awards and Honors
- 1998 William D. Coolidge award for "a distinguised career in medical physics"
- 1990 Master of Arts, ad eundem, Brown University
- 1989 Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- 1975 RS Landauer award for "distinguished contribution to the field of radiological physics and radiation health protection"
Publications
1. Whittington R, Bloch P, Hutchinson D, Bjarngard BE: "Verification of prostate treatment setup using computed radiography for portal imaging". J Appl Clin Med Phys 2002, 3:88-96.
2. Zhu TC, Das IJ, Bjarngard BE: "Characteristics of bremsstrahlung in electron beams". Med Phys 2001, 28:1352-1358.
3. Zhu TC, Bjarngard BE, Xiao Y, Yang CJ: "Modeling the putput ratio in air for megavoltage photon beams". Med Phys 2001, 28:925-937.
4. Bloch P, Altschuler MD, Bjarngard BE, Kassaee A, McDonough J: "Determining clinical photon beam spectra from measured depth dose with the Commino algorithm". Phys Med Biol 2000, 45:171-183.
5. Maughan RL, Chuba P, Porter AT, Ben-Josef E, Lucas DR, Bjarngard BE: "Mass energy-absorption coefficients and mass collision stopping powers for electrons in tumors of various histologies". Med Phys 1999, 26:472-477.
6. McDonough J, Bloch P, Bjarngard BE: "Determination of scatter factor parameters and electron disequilibrium for mono-energetic photon beams". Med Phys 1999, 26:200-205.
7. McDonough J, Xiao Y, Bjarngard BE: "Comparing two methods for calculating phantom scatter". Phys Med Biol 1999, 44: N9-N13.
8. Xiao Y, Bjarngard BE: "Equivalent fields and scatter integration for irregular photon fileds". Phys Med Biol 1999, 44:1053-1065.
9. Xiao Y, Altschuler MD, Bjarngard BE: "Quality assurance of central axis dose data for photon beams by means of a functional representation of the tissue phantom ratio". Phys Med Biol 1998, 43:2195-2206.
10. Xiao Y, Bjarngard BE: "An expression for backscatter factors for orthovoltage x-rays". Phys Med Biol 1998, 43:1331-1334.
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