
Rachel M. Barbee, Ph.D., DABR
Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2009 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, PHD, Medical Physics |
2004 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, MS, Medical Physics |
2002 | Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, BS, Physics |
Postgraduate Training
2009-2012 | Research Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY |
Board Certifications
2014 | American Board of Radiology |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Rosenkrantz AB, Koesters T, Vahle AK, Friedman K, Bartlett RM, Taneja SS, Ding YS, Logan J. Quantitative graphical analysis of simultaneous dynamic PET/MRI for assessment of prostate cancer. Clin Nucl Med 40(4):e236-40, 2015. PMID: 25608166.
- Bartlett RM, Beattie BJ, Naryanan M, Georgi JC, Chen Q, Carlin SD, Roble G, Zanzonico PB, Gonen M, O'Donoghue J, Fischer A, Humm JL. Image-guided PO2 probe measurements correlated with parametric images derived from 18F-fluoromisonidazole small-animal PET data in rats. J Nucl Med 53(10):1608-15, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22933821.
- Thorek DL, Abou DS, Beattie BJ, Bartlett RM, Huang R, Zanzonico PB, Grimm J. Positron lymphography: multimodal, high-resolution, dynamic mapping and resection of lymph nodes after intradermal injection of 18F-FDG. J Nucl Med 53(9):1438-45, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22872741.
- Bartlett RM, Murali D, Nickles RJ, Barnhart TE, Holden JE, DeJesus OT. Assessment of fetal brain uptake of paraquat in utero using in vivo PET/CT imaging. Toxicol Sci 122(2):551-6, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21546347.
- Bartlett RM, Dejesus OT, Barnhart TE, Nickles RJ, Christian BT, Graner JL, Holden JE. Fetal dopamine receptor characteristics assessed in utero. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 30(8):1437-40, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20531464.
- Bartlett RM, Nickles RJ, Barnhart TE, Christian BT, Holden JE, DeJesus OT. Fetal dose estimates for (18)F-fluoro-L-thymidine using a pregnant monkey model. J Nucl Med 51(2):288-92, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20080884.
- Bartlett RM, Holden JE, Nickles RJ, Murali D, Barbee DL, Barnhart TE, Christian BT, DeJesus OT. Paraquat is excluded by the blood brain barrier in rhesus macaque: An in vivo pet study. Brain Res 1259:74-9, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19135428.
- DeJesus OT, Flores LG, Murali D, Converse AK, Bartlett RM, Barnhart TE, Oakes TR, Nickles RJ. Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase turnover in vivo in rhesus macaque striatum: a microPET study. Brain Res 1054(1):55-60, 2005. PMID: 16055094.
- DeJesus OT, Flores LG, Roberts AD, Dick DW, Bartlett RM, Murali D, Nickles RJ. Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AAAD) activity in rhesus macaque striatum after MAO-B inhibition by Ro 16-6491. Synapse 56(1):54-6, 2005. PMID: 15700282.
Books (edited and written)
- Bartlett R, Bolch W, Brill A, Dewaraja Y, Fahey F, Fisher D, Hobbs R, Howell R, Meredith R, Rajendran J, Sgouros G, Zanzonico P. MIRD PRIMER 2020: A Complete Guide to Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry, 2021.