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Thomas K. Nishino, Ph.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Interests

 

My research has been focused on (2-D and 3-D) image processing methods for the extraction of pertinent, clinical data used by radiologists and clinicians to assess anatomy, pathology and physiologic activity in the human body. My work has touched on multiple imaging modalities with an emphasis on digital mammography, MRI and CT. Also, I have spent time researching better methods of teaching radiologic physics by utilizing technological aids and devices into the classroom and beyond.

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2000 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, PHD, Physics
1997 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, MS, Physics
1994 University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, HI, BA, Physics

Postgraduate Training

7/1999-6/2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Medical Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL

Board Certifications

6/2003 American Board of Radiology

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Adjunct Professor, School of Health Professions, Houston, TX, 9/2009-present
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 7/2001-11/2008

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Baskerville JR, Chang JH, Viator M, Rutledge W, Miryala R, Duval KE, Nishino TK. Dose versus diagnosis: iatrogenic radiation exposure by multidetector computerized tomography in an academic emergency department with measurement of clinically actionable results and emergently treatable findings. Emerg Med J 26(1):15-19, 2009.
2. Oto A, Ernst R, Ghulmiyyah L, Nishino TK, Hughes D, Chalijub G, Saade G. MR imaging in the triage of pregnant patients with acute abdominal and pelvic pain. e-Pub 3/2008.
3. Lu LJ, Nishino TK, Khamapirad T, Grady JJ, Leonard MH, Brunder DG. Computing mammographic density from a multiple regression model constructed with image-acquisition parameters from a full-field digital mammographic unit. Phys Med Biol 52:4905-4921, 2007.
4. Teoh R, Johnson R, Nishino TK, Richard ER. Evaluation of 3D CT processing for DIEP flap breast reconstruction. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Winter 2007 15(4):196-198, 2007.
5. Oto A, Srinivasan PN, Ernst RD, Koroglu M, Cesani F, Nishino TK, Chaljub G. Revisiting MRI for appendix location during pregnancy. AJR 185:960-963, 3/2006.
6. Vijayakumar V, Ali S, Nishino TK, Nusynowitz M. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. What influences early hypothyroidism after radioiodine treatment of Graves' hyperthyroidism? Clin Nucl Med 31:688-689, 2006.
7. Oto A, Ernst RD, Mileski WJ, Nishino TK, Le O, Wolfe G, Chaljub G. Localization of appendix by three-dimensional multidetector-row CT and its impact on the surgeon's choice of appendectomy incision. Am J Roentgenol 187:987-990, 2006.
8. Nishino TK, Wu X, Johnson R. Thickness of molybdenum filter and squared contrast-to-noise ratio per dose for digital mammography. Am J Roentgenology 185:960-963, 10/2005.
9. Ernst RD, Sarai P, Nishino TK, Collins T, Oto A, Hernandez A, Walser EM, Chaljub G. Transition from film to electronic media in the first-year medical school gross anatomy lab. J Digital Imaging 16(4):337-340, 2003.

Last updated: 6/21/2012