E. Russell Ritenour, Ph.D.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
E. RUSSELL RITENOUR, Ph.D.
Business Address:
Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
96 Jonathan Lucas St., MSC 323
Charleston, SC 29425-3230
Bus. Phone Num.:
E-mail Address:
843/792-4033
ritenoue@musc.edu
ACADEMIC and HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
2014 – present
Medical University of South Carolina
Professor and Chief Medical Physicist
1989 - 2014
University of Minnesota -- Medical School
Department of Radiology
Director: Center for Interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Research
Professor
Director: Physics Section
Associate Professor
2008 - 2014
1999 - 2014
1989 - 2014
1989 - 1999
1989 University of Minnesota -- Graduate School
present
Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
1993 - 2014
Director of Graduate Studies
1989 - present
Member: Graduate School Faculty
2007 - 2014
Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center, Maple Grove, Minnesota
Radiation Safety Officer
2004 - 2013
Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Physicist
2005 - 2013
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer
1980 - 1989
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Department of Radiology:
Assistant Professor
Instructor
Postdoctoral Fellow
1984-1989
1982-1984
1980-1982
1986 - 1989
AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver Colorado
MRI Physicist
1982 - 1986
Mountain View Hospital, Denver Colorado
Radiation Safety Officer
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
2007 - 2012
American College of Radiology/MRI Accreditation Program
Image Reviewer
1995 - 1999
Advanced Medical Education
Lecturer on Vascular Physics and General Ultrasound Physics
1990 - 1991
Compton's Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Britannica
Contributor and Consultant
1985 - 1989
U. S. Army
Consultant, Physics Training. for Radiology. Residents:
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Denver Colorado
1987 - 1990
Educational Systems Testing Corporation / Jostens Learning Corporation
Member: Science Advisory Board
EDUCATION:
1971-1973
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Fall 1973Spring 1975
B.A. Physics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Fall 1975Spring 1981
Ph.D., Physics
University of Virginia
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Charlottesville, Virginia
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
NIH Research Fellowship in Medical Physics
1980-1982
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
CERTIFICATION:
1986
Certified by the American Board of Radiology in:
Therapeutic Radiological Physics
Diagnostic Radiological Physics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Diagnostic Imaging
Ultrasound Dosimetry
Bioeffects of Ionizing and NonIonizing Radiation
Distance Learning Systems for Medical Education
Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
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Medical Telecommunication
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:
9/16/2004-9/30/2004
Tianjin University
Tianjin, China
3/26/2004-3/29/2004
United States Naval Hospital
San Diego, California
3/24/2003-3/26/2003
United States Naval Hospital
San Diego, California
1/1/1999-6/30/1999
American Board of Radiology (sabbatical)
Tucson, Arizona
7/10/1998
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
5/1/1995-5/3/1995
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
9/9/1994
University of Virginia
Department of Radiology
Charlottesville, Virginia
12/7/1989
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
AWARDS and HONORS:
1972-73
1979
Highest Academic Average in the General Physics Program, Madison College (now James
Madison University).
President's and Visitors' Prize for the best research paper in the natural sciences at the University
of Virginia: PNAS 74:pp.1983-87, May 1977.
1980-1982
National Research Service Award
NIH, 2 Year Fellowship.
1993
Terrance Matzuk Memorial Award presented at the annual meeting of The American Institute of
Ultrasound in Medicine: for innovative research in the development of ultrasonic instrumentation
and technology - for the development of heat conduction calorimetry for measurement of
ultrasonic power and energy. March 17, 1993.
1996
Distinguished Commission Service Award, American College of Radiology, September 16, 1996.
2001
Fellow American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2003
Fellow American College of Radiology
2015
Keynote Speaker: International Conference on Advancements of Medical Electronics (ICAME
2015), Kalyani India, 29th - 30th, January 2015
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MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
1986- present
American Board of Radiology
Written Examination Committee for Radiologist's Certification
1991 – 1999
Chair
1986 – 1991
Member
Oral Examination for Physicist's Certification
1991 – present
Examiner
1/1/1999-6/30/1999
Sabbatical for Special Projects in Electronic Testing
Diagnostic Written Exam Committee for Physicists
2007 – present
Chair
1999 – 2007
Member
2007 - present
2008 – present
American Institute of Physics
Advisory Committee on Physics Education
2007 – present
Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
1997 - 2003
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs
Chair, Committee on Continuing Education
2006
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Grant Reviewer
1995 - 2000
World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Scientific Program Executive Committee
1988
National Institutes of Health
Review Committee, National Cooperative Drug
Discovery Group
1993
National Cancer Institute
Ad Hoc Technical Review Group
1995 - 1996
and 2006
U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command
Radiological Sciences Peer Review Panel
1994
Department of Energy
Reviewer, Small Business Innovation Research Program
1989 - present
2000 - 2014
Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School
Chair: Promotion and Tenure Committee
Chair: External Review Committee 2000
Chair: Personal Computing Policy
Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
Quality Assurance Committee
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Clinical Research
Program Graduate Education
Section Chiefs
Resident Education
1997
University of Minnesota Medical School
Information Technology and Education Committee
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1997
1997
2004-2006
2007 – 2014
2008 - 2014
1990-1992
2007 - 2014
1993 - 2014
1997
Education Work Group
Liaison Committee for Medical Education Self-Study
Human Use Subcommittee
Member
Chair
Promotion and Tenure Committee
University of Minnesota
Campus Wide Imaging Technology Policy Working Group
All University Radiation Protection Advisory Committee
Chair: Human Use Subcommittee
University of Minnesota Graduate School
Policy and Review Council
Chair: Semester Conversion Committee B/Physical Sciences P & R
1995-1996
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
United States Army Medical Research and Material Command Scientific Peer
Review Panel
1996
University Hospital Faculty Practice Organization
Task Force on Medical Information Systems
1997
1986-89
Fairview Healthcare System
Focus Group on Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Radioactive Drug Research Committee
Graduate Education Committee
Radiology, Residency Selection Committee
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2008 - 2010
2007 - 2012
2007
2006
2005
20031985 - 1992
1991 - 1998
1992 - 1998
1993 - 1998
1998 - 2000
1993 - 1997
1992 - 1998
1992 - 1998
1995 - 1996
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Liaison to the American Institute of Physics, Advisory Committee on Physics Education
Liaison to the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging
Chairman of the Board
President
President-elect
Board of Directors
Committee on Education and Training of Radiologists
Program Committee
Education Council
Task Group #1, Multimedia Educational Materials Publication
Continuing Education by Remote Means Subcommittee
Continuing Education Committee, RSNA Ed. Coord. Subcomm.
Chair, Committee on Education & Training of Medical Physicists
Chair, Secondary Education and Teaching Subcommittee
President, North Central Chapter
2006
American Institute of Biological Sciences Grant Reviewer
1985 - 1986
1986
Health Physics Society
President, Central Rocky Mountain Chapter
Session Chairman and Scientific Program Committee for
Midyear Symposium of the National Health Physics Society
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1990 - 1995
Medical Physics Section Steering Committee
1987- 1996
2000-2005
2000-2008
2007-2012
American College of Radiology
Committee on Communications and Public Information
Chair, Education Committee, of Commission, on Medical Physics
Councilor-at-Large
MRI Accreditation Image Reviewer
1991 - 1995
1992 - 1995
2005-2008
2007-2012
Radiological Society of North America
Program Committee
Chair, Subcommittee on Physics
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Radiologist Assistant Committee
Board of Directors Research and Education Fund
Member:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
2009 – 2012
Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs
Board Member at Large
2014 - present
2014 – present
American Roentgen Ray Society
Editorial Manager for Medical Physics and Informatics
EDITORIAL BOARD ASSIGNMENTS:
2014 - present
2014 - present
American Journal of Roentgenology
Editorial Board
Section Editor Medical Physics and Informatics
1997 - 2013
1997 - 2013
Radiographics
Editorial Board
Chair, Scientific Exhibit Review Panel
1998
International Organization of Medical Physics
Editorial Board, Global On-line Medical Physics
Reviewer:
Medical Physics
Radiology
Investigative Radiology
Radiographics
Health Physics
Academic Radiology
MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
2008 2014
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Research
University of Minnesota
Department of Radiology, Physics Section
1993 2014
Director, Graduate Studies
University of Minnesota
Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
Graduate School Program
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1989 2014
Director, Physics Section
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
Department of Radiology
1985 - 1989
Director, Graduate Medical Physics Program
University of Colorado School of Medicine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Students
Physics of Diagnostic Radiology, Bphy 5174; 3 cr., Fall qtr.
Taught Course 1989 – 1998
Medical and Health Physics of Imaging II, BPHY 5174; 3 cr., Spring Semester
Co-taught course 1999 - present
Physics of Nuclear Medicine, Bphy 5171; 3 cr., Winter qtr.
Course Director, taught 1/3 of course 1990 – 1999
Medical and Health Physics of Imaging I, BPHY 5171; 3 cr., Fall Semester
Course Director, Co-taught course 1998 - present
Physics of Radiation Therapy, Bphy 5173; 3 cr., Fall qtr.
3 - 1 hr. lectures 1990 – 1998
Medical and Health Physics of Radiation Theraphy, BPHY 5173, Spring Semester
1 -1 hr. lecture 1999 - present
Biophysical Sciences Seminar, Bphy 5138; Fall, Winter, Spring
Course Director for weekly seminar series, 1990 - 1999
Research Seminar, BPHY 5138, Fall Semester, 1998 to present
Seminar and Journal Club, BPHY 5139; Spring Semester
Weekly journal club and seminar, 1999 to present
Biomedical Engineering Internship, BME 8002, Summer
Directed Summer Internships in MRI for Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree students 1990,
1993
Biomedical Instrumentation, EE 5560, Fall, Summer
Directed Student Projects in Doppler Ultrasound 1992 - present
Directed Study, BPhy 8222, Spring, Summer
Individual study in X-ray measurement 1990 - 1999
Directed Study in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics, BPHY 8293, Fall, Spring Semester, 1998 –
present
Directed Research in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics, BPHY 8294, Fall, Spring Semester, 1998
- present
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Medical Students
MUSC IP 701, Transforming Health Care for the Future, Required for first year med and nursing students,
2015
Radiology Elective #5101; medical students
Lecture 1.5 hr - twice per month 1989 - present
Radiology Residents
MUSC Rad. Residents – six hours/month plus course director
Physics and Radiobiology; 2 hr./wk, Oct.'90 - April '91, 1 hr./wk, May 1991 - present
Introduction to Radiation Physics and Safety; 5 hr./wk.. July, 1990 - present
ABR Exam Review; 2 hr./wk., Aug. - Sept., 1990 – 2004
ABR Exam Review: Physics for Radiology Residents; 1 hr./wk., April - Sept. 2005 - present
Cardiology Residents and Fellows
Three Lectures -- Radiation Safety, Anatomy of X-ray Equipment, Digital Imaging Techniques; Sept.-Oct.,
1992 – present
Physics of Nuclear Medicine; Sept. 2008 - May 2009 - present
Radiologic Technology Students
Physics of Radiology, Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, 2004 - present
Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Veterans Affairs’ Medical Center, 2004 - present
Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Fairview Health Systems, 2005 - present
Radiologic Technologists, Nurses, Laboratory Personnel
Radiation Safety Inservices (1-2 hr.): 1989 - present
Delivered separately to personnel at Hennepin County Medical Center
Fairview-University Medical Center
Minnesota Medical Foundation
Physics Teachers, National Workshop
Educational Programs and Career Opportunities in Medical Physics
Annual meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers: 1990
Annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Educator’s Day Program: 1991 - 98
Graduate Student Advising - Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics
Advisor - 13 Ph.D. Students, 17 Masters Students, 2 Post-Doctoral Fellows
Committee Member - 10 PhD Students, 9 Masters Students
Oral Exam Committees, other programs
Kariniemi, Robert C., Masters in Electrical Engineering, Degree Completed, January 1991
Mihailidis, Dimitris, Ph.D., Dept. of Physics, Degree Completed, August 1994
Sen, Anindya, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. Completion, July 1996
Ross, Gregory, Dept. of Oral Sciences, School of Dentistry, Ph.D. degree candidate
Wu, Xiaoping, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D., September 2006
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GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Scimed - November 1990 - February 1991 -, with Dr. Bruce Hasselquist, Feasibility study for exposure of
vascular structures to radiation. $2000.
Emtek, Inc. - February 1991 - Present - Development of an image transmission system for the Surgical
Intensive Care Unit. Access to Emtek proprietary database system provided by Emtek, Computer Image Processing
equipment valued at $50,000
Dental School, UMHC (w/Dr Ralph DeLong) - February 1991 - September 1991 - Feasibility of use of
image processing techniques to quantitate bone recession in panorex dental films. Graduate student salary support
and workstation usage fees: $7680
Radiological Society of North America Seed Grant - April 1991 - April 1993 - Aminoglycoside
Nephrotoxicity: Sonographic Characterization. PI: P.A.Walter, DVM , E.R. Ritenour is listed as investigator,
funding for animal costs:$9500.
Image, PSL - May 1992 - May 1993 - Evaluation of image quality of a system for medical image
transmission and archive, graduate student salary support: $9000.
Mine Safety and Health Administration - November 1992 - February 1993 - Use of image processing to
detect evidence of tampering with air filter samples. Graduate student support and workstation usage fees: $28,380
US West - November 1992 - December 1994 - Construction and Evaluation of a High-definition Distance
Learning System using 155 Mbps Asynchronous Mode Technology. This system has been used to teach radiology
residents at Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center from
the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics location. US West provided three full-time equivalent employees
for technical support with equipment valued at $2,500,000.
Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship - January 19, 1993 - October 19, 1994 - Energy
Deposition and Temperature Increase During magnetic Resonance Imaging. $10,955
University of Minnesota Radiology Research Fund: Small Grants Program for Research - January 20, 1994
- September 1, 1995 - Development of a Heat Conduction Calorimeter for Practical Measurement of Ultrasound
Power. $5,625
Fairview Health System - 1989 - present (formerly with University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinics),
Contract for radiologic physics support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour. - Current yearly salary support
for physicists in the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology:$307,204
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis MN - 1989 - present, Contract for radiologic physics
support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour - Current yearly salary support for physicists in the University
of Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology:$248,502
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis MN - 1989 - present, contract for radiologic physics
support under the direct supervision of Dr. Ritenour - current yearly salary support for physicists in the University of
Minnesota, Dept. of Radiology: $89,860
National Library of Medicine - 9/29/98 - 6/30/99 - Distributed Evolutionary Medical Education
Environment - This project plans uses of a high-speed backbone communications system for medical education of
undergraduate, graduates, and continuing education. Emphasis will be on delivery of real-time data, images,
laboratory results, conferencing, and library resources. Co-PI's: Dr. Lael Gatewood and Dean Gregory Vercelotti,
Dr. Ritenour is an investigator with $2,432 Salary support.
Technology Partnership Fund, Minnesota Technology Inc. - 6/22/98 - 1/31/99 - EOS Universal
Workstation - Co-PI’s E. Russell Ritenour, PhD (radiology), Joseph Konstan, PhD (computer science). An existing
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high-resolution medical imaging workstation is to be converted to Windows OS and the proprietary graphics
controller board is to be replaced with an open-system device. The performance of the workstation will then be
compared to other image-viewing devices in a formal observer performance study involving consultants from the
Biostatistics Department of the School of Public Health. - $55,000.
American Board of Radiology - 1/1/99 - 6/30/99 - Computer Based Testing System - Dr. Ritenour will lead
a project to convert the certification exam that is currently administered to radiology residents at regional centers on
specific dates in a A paper booklet and machine graded@ format to a computer based exam that will be available on
demand at all residency training sites. The format will be expanded to include images, sound, and interactive
simulations. The ABR is funding 50% of Dr. Ritenour’s salary for a six month period, furnishing all computer
hardware and is paying travel expenses for approximately six trips to ABR headquarters in Tucson, AZ and to work
with a computer consulting firm based in Lexington, KY. $50,000.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS at REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS:
1.
Ritenour ER, Cacak RK, Hendee WR: Electron scattering under curved surfaces. Oral presentation,
American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Session H, Paper #2. Abstract appeared in Medical
Physics 8(4):563-564, 1981.
2.
Nelson TN, Ritenour ER, Rossi RP: Evaluation of "in the field" DR system performance. Presented at The
Radiological Society of North America, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, paper #869,
Washington, D.C., November 1984.
3.
Ritenour ER: Site planning, patient and personnel protection in magnetic resonance imaging installation.
Presented at the Annual Technical Meeting of the Central Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Health Physics
Society, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, April 30, 1985.
4.
Ritenour ER, Alamoudi OA, Rao NAHK, Manco-Johnson ML: Measurement of dwell time and
calculation of absorbed energy for specific fetal organs during normal obstetrical ultrasound exams.
Presented at the Fifth Meeting of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, October, 1988.
5.
Ritenour ER, Ekpere E: Calibration and use of a phantom for evaluation of commercially available
Doppler systems. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine, July 23-27, 1989.
6.
Ritenour ER: RF heating in MRI at high field strengths. Presented at the annual meeting of the North
Central Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, La Crosse, WI, April 10, 1992.
7.
Ritenour ER, Lau M, Hammer BE, Garwood M, Merkle H: SAR in high duty cycle adiabatic pulsing
schemes for MR at 4 Tesla. Presented at the Society For Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 10th Annual
Meeting, New York, N.Y., April 25-29, 1992.
8.
Ritenour ER, Conroy MJ, Lovrien RE: Heat conduction calorimetry for ultrasound acoustic power
measurement. Presented at the 37th Annual Convention of the American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 15, 1993.
9.
Ritenour ER, Goldberg ME, Walling WR: Design of a digital teleconferencing system for remote teaching
of radiology residents. Presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Association of University
Radiologists, Boston, Massachusetts, May 4-8, 1994.
10.
Ritenour ER, Experience with a High Resolution Remote Teaching System for Radiology Residents,
Presented at the Radiological Society of North America, Info-Rad Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Nov.29, 1994.
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11.
Ritenour ER: The physics of screen-film radiography. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago,
Illinois, November 30, 1995.
12.
Ritenour ER, Anderson CA: MR angiography vs. CT angiography, Radiological Society of North America,
Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1995.
13.
Ritenour, ER, Ong HS: Dual chamber Heat conduction Calorimetry for Measurement of Ultrasonic Power
in the Diagnostic Range, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Nice, France,
September 15, 1997.
14.
Ritenour, ER: Physical basis of Magnetic Resonance, presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central
Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 5, 2000.
15.
Magnetic Resonance Safety Issues at High Field Strength, International Conference on Advancements of
Medical Electronics (ICAME 2015),Kalyani India, 29th - 30th, January 2015
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS:
1.
Ritenour ER, Thickman D, Spitzer VM: 3D scanning of extremities: Preliminary results. Poster/Scientific
Exhibit. World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine Joint Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 17-21, 1988.
2.
Carlson JE, Hedlund LJ, Ritenour ER, Halvorsen RA: Scientific Exhibit. Safe Power Injection of Contrast
Media Through Portacaths During Computerized Tomographic Examinations. Radiological Society of
North America, Chicago, IL, November 25 - 30, 1990.
3.
Ritenour ER, Goldberg ME, Walling WR: Evaluation of an ATM System for Remote Teaching of
Radiology Residents. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL, November 28 - December 3,
1993.
4.
Pesun IJ, Nemeth BR, Rehm K, Ritenour ER, Rudney JD: Evaluation of Bone Resorption Under Maxillary
Complete Dentures Opposing Implant Retained Mandibular Prosthesis, International Association for Dental
Research, Orlando, Florida, March 22, 1997.
5.
Ritenour ER: A High Definition Distance Learning System for Radiology Residents. Educom’97,
Minneapolis, MN, October 28-31, 1997.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
1.
Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
American Pharmaceutical Association Nuclear Pharmacy Group, Las Vegas, April 1982.
2.
Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
Colorado Public Health Association, June, 1981.
3.
Health Effects of Low Level Radiation. Presented to:
Southwestern Chapter of the Colorado Society of Radiologic
Technologists, October, 1982.
4.
Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Presented to:
Staffs of various hospitals in the Colorado Region, 1981-82.
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5.
Joint Meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American Nuclear Society and the Rocky Mountain Chapter
of the Health Physics Society, Invited Speaker, Topic: Providing Information to Health Care Professionals
on the Health Effects of Low Level Radiation
6.
Third Annual Life Sciences Convocation, Metropolitan Denver Chapter of the March of Dimes. Risk vs.
Benefits of Ionizing Radiation, Denver, Colorado, March 13, 1984.
7.
University of Colorado at Denver, Spring Lecture Series: Mathematical Applications in the Natural and
Physical Sciences. Computer Applications and Medical Image Processing, Ritenour ER, Nelson T., April
30, 1984.
8.
American Nuclear Society, Colorado Section. Medical Applications of Radioactive Materials, January 17,
1985.
9.
Winter Regional Workshop, Colorado Dental Hygienists Association. Dental Radiation Safety, January 12,
1985.
10.
Medsource Teleconference Network:
Biological Effects of Radiation, July 28, 1987
MRI: Bioeffects and Site Planning, August 2 and 16, 1988
Cable and Satellite link to medical centers throughout the U.S.
11.
Winter Institute of Medical Physics, Dillon, CO:
Computer Based Instruction on the Microcomputer, February 12, 1986.
Non-Ionizing Radiation: Bioeffects, Feb. 9, 1988.
Radiologist's Opinion of Physics Instruction: Results of a Nationwide Survey, Feb. 11, 1989.
Teaching Techniques: Programmed Instruction, Feb. 12, 1990.
High-Definition Distance Learning, February 13, 1994
12.
AIUM Registry Review, Denver, CO
Physics Review 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
13.
Educational Symposium on Radon, Sponsored Jointly By the American Medical Association and the
Colorado Radiological Society, Denver, CO:
What is Radon and Where Does It Come From?: March 4, 1989.
14.
Regional Meeting on Radon Sponsored by the American Medical Association and the Minnesota
Radiological Society, Minneapolis, MN:
Radon : Its Discovery and Examination, June 2, 1990.
15.
Ritenour ER: Endorectal Ultrasonography A Hands-on Experience: Continuing Medical Education
Sponsored by the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical School,
University of Minnesota, September 23, 1992.
16.
Ritenour ER, Holm J: Personal Computers and Workstations in Integrated Systems, Presented at the
Summer School of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, August 1-6, 1993.
17.
Ritenour ER: Remote Teaching of Radiology Residents: High Speed High Definition Distance Learning on
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an Information Superhighway - Visiting Professor Lecture, University of Virginia Department of
Radiology, Charlottesville, VA, September 9, 1994.
18.
Ritenour ER: Imaging with X-Rays Since 1895 - Bakken Museum of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN,
June 23, 1996.
19.
Ritenour ER: Image Networking at the University of Minnesota Hospital - Spring Seminar Series,
University of Wisconsin, Department of Medical Physics, February 26, 1996.
20.
Ritenour ER: Remote Teaching Systems for Radiology Residents, Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Radiology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 7, 1998.
21.
Ritenour, ER: Medical Imaging Technologies: A Systems Overview, Technical Workshops 2000, Motorola
Corp., Tempe, AZ, January 24, 2000.
22.
Ritenour, ER: The AAPM: Past and Present Challenges, Philadelphia Chapter of the AAPM, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, September 22, 2005.
Ritenour, ER: The AAPM: Past and Present Challenges, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New
York, September 23, 2005.
23.
24.
Ritenour, ER- Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, World Congress on Medical Physics and
Bioengineering, Seoul, Korea, August 29, 2006.
25.
Ritenour, ER: Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Chinese Medical Physicists Association,
Honzhou, China, September 5, 2006.
26.
Ritenour, ER: A Survey of Physics Instruction in Radiology Residencies, Association of University
Radiologists.
27.
Ritenour, ER: Cardiac MRI on Patients with Pacemakers: It Can Be Done, Association of University
Radiologists, Denver, Colorado, April 26, 2007 to April 29, 2007.
28.
Ritenour, ER: Duties of a Board Member, AAPM New Board Member Orientation, College Park,
Maryland, October 10, 2007 to October 13, 2007.
29.
Ritenour, ER: The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging: The Image Gently Campaign, Rocky
Mountain Chapter of the AAPM, Boulder, Colorado, April 26, 2008.
30.
Ritenour, ER: The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging: The Image Gently Campaign,
Missouri River Valley Chapter of the AAPM, Des Moines, Iowa, October 4, 2008.
31.
Ritenour ER: How Physicists Learn to Become Medical Physicists, Workshop on Physics Teaching,
Houston, Texas, July 31, 2008 to August 3, 2008.
32.
Ritenour ER: The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging: The Image Gently Campaign, Robert
J. Wissink Memorial Lecture, North Central Chapter Health Physics Society, Hamlin University, St. Paul,
Minnesota, September 26, 2008.
33.
Ritenour ER: The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging: The Image Gently Campaign, North
Central Chapter of the AAPM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 24, 2008.
34.
Ritenour ER: Best Practices in Pediatric Dose Reduction, Minnesota Radiological Society, St. Paul, MN,
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November 1, 2008.
35.
Magnetic Resonance Safety Issues at High Field Strength: International Conference on Advancements of
Medical Electronics (ICAME 2015), Kalyani India, 29th - 30th, January 2015
PUBLICATIONS:
1.
Looney WB, Trefil JS, Hopkins HA, Kovacks CJ, Ritenour ER, Schaffner JG: Solid tumor models for the
assessment of different treatment modalities: Therapeutic strategy for sequential chemotherapy with
radiotherapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci, USA, 74:1983-1987, May, 1977.
2.
Looney WB, Hopkins HA, MacLeon MS, Ritenour ER: Combined chemotherapy-radiotherapy:
Variation of time interval between time of administration of 5-fluorouracil and radiation and its effect on
the control of tumor growth. Cancer 44:437-445, 1979.
3.
Looney WB, Hopkins HA, MacLeod MS, Ritenour ER: Solid tumor models for the assessment of
different treatment modalities: XIV: Evaluation of host and tumor response to cyclophosphamide and
radiation. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 5:1461-1466, 1979.
4.
Rowley R, Backarach M, Hopkins HA, MacLeod MS, Ritenour ER, Moore JV, Looney WB: Adriamycin
and X-radiation effects upon an experimental solid tumor resistant to therapy. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys
5:1291-1295, 1979.
5.
Moore JV, Rowley R, Hopkins HA, Ritenour ER, Looney WB: Cyclo-phosphamide (CTX) as an
adjuvant to X-rays in treatment of a radio-resistant solid tumor of the rat, hepatoma H-4-II-E. Int J Rad
Oncol Biol Phys 5:1471-1474, 1979.
6.
Hopkins HA, Ritenour ER, MacLeod MS, Looney WB: The effect of varying the time between radiation
and cyclophosphamide on growth response of hepatoma 392A. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 5:1455-1459,
1979.
7.
Looney WB, Hopkins HA, Grover WH, MacLeod MS, Ritenour ER, Hobson AS: Solid tumor models for
the assessment of different treatment modalities: XIII: Comparison of response and recovery of host and
solid tumor to cyclophosphamide and radiation. Cancer 45:2793-2804, June 1980.
8.
Looney WB, Ritenour ER, Hopkins HA: Solid tumor models for the assessment of different treatment
modalities: XVIII: Changes in growth rates of an experimental solid tumor following increasing doses of
cyclophosphamide. Cancer Research 40:2179-2183, July 1980.
9.
Rowley R, Hopkins HA, Betsill WL Jr, Ritenour ER, Looney WB: Response and recovery kinetics of a
solid tumor after irradiation. Brit Jour of Cancer 42(4):586-595, Oct. 1980.
10.
Looney WB, Ritenour ER, Hopkins HA: Solid tumor models for the assessment of different treatment
modalities: XVI: Sequential combined modality (cyclophosphamide-radiation therapy. Cancer 47:860869, March 1981.
11.
Looney WB, Ritenour ER, Hopkins HA: Solid tumor models for the assessment of different treatment
modalities: XIX: Tumor cure rates and tumor control following sequential administration of radiation and
cyclo-phosphamide. Amer J Clin Oncol V:209-220, 1982.
12.
Looney WB, Ritenour ER, Hopkins HA: Changes in growth rates of clinical and experimental solid
tumors following radiotherapy and chemotherapy. A preliminary report. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual
ASTR meeting. Abstract appeared in Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys VI:1346-1347, October 1980.
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13.
Looney WB, Ritenour ER, Hopkins HA: The effect of combined modality (cyclophosphamide-radiation)
therapy on tumor cure rates: Control of tumor growth and increased life expectancy. Proceedings of the
22nd Annual ASTR meeting. Abstract appeared in Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys IV:1399, October 1980.
14.
Ritenour ER, Cacak RK, Hendee WR: Ionization produced by electron beams beneath curved surfaces.
Medical Physics 10:669-671, Sept./Oct. 1983.
15.
Ritenour ER, Nelson TR, Raff U: Applications of the median filter to digital radiographic image
enhancement. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing, Vol 2, paper 23.1.1, 1984.
16.
Nelson TR, Ritenour ER, Davis K, Pretorius DH: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: The basic
physical and clinical concepts: Part I. Radiologic Technology, 56(6):410-415, 1985.
17.
Nelson TR, Ritenour ER, Davis K, Pretorius DH: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: The basic
physical and clinical concepts: Part II. Radiologic Technology, 57(1):26-30, 1985.
18.
Nelson TR, Ritenour ER, Davis K, Pretorius DH: Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: the basic
physical and clinical concepts: Part III. Radiologic Technology, 57(2):142-150, 1985.
19.
Nelson TR, Ritenour ER, Rossi RP: Evaluation of "In-the-Field" digital radiographic system
performance. J Radiol Eng, 3(3):3-7, 1985.
20.
Nelson TR, McFaul JA, Ritenour ER, Rossi RP: Considerations in the design of a test object for assessing
the performance of digital radiographic systems. J Radiol Eng, 3(2):3-8, 1985.
21.
Ramalanjaona GR, Pearce WH, Ritenour ER: Radiation exposure risk to the surgeon during operative
angiography. J Vasc Surg, December, 1985.
22.
Ritenour ER: Health effects of low level radiation: Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis, and Mutagenesis,
Seminars in Nucl Med, 16(2):106-117, April, 1986.
23.
Ritenour ER, Sahu SN, Rossi RP, Nelson TR: Quantitative methods for hard copy device adjustment.
Proceedings of SPIE Medicine/Pattern Recognition, Newport Beach, 1987.
24.
Ritenour ER, Plott CM, Ahrens CR: Exposure of the thyroid and lens of the eye from scatter during
mammography. Proceedings of the 20th Midyear Symposium of the Health Physics Society, Reno,
Nevada, February, 1987.
25.
Rao N, Ritenour ER, Hendrick RE: Frequency modulated pulse for ultrasonic imaging. Proceedings of
SPIE, 914:67-74, Medical Imaging II, 1988.
26.
Ritenour ER, Hendee WR: Screening mammography: A risk vs. risk decision. Invest Radiol 24:17-19,
January, 1989.
27.
Dixon RL, Edwards ML, Ritenour ER, Morin RL.: Radiological physics instruction for diagnostic
radiologists: Results of an Opinion Survey by the AAPM Committee on Training of Radiologists American
Journal of Roentgenology, 152:393-397, February, 1989.
28.
Ritenour ER, Braaton M, Harrison GH, Ueno A, Gadd M, Manco-Johnson M, Parker R, Shih S, Waldren
CA: Absence of mutagenic effects of continuous and pulsed ultrasound in cultured (A L) human-hamster
hybrid cells. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 17(9):921-930, 1991.
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29.
Rossi RP, Ritenour ER, Christodoulou E: Broad beam transmission properties of some common shielding
materials for use in diagnostic radiology. Health Physics, 61(5):601-608, 1991.
30.
Dopke KP, Morin RL, Chu W, Gerbi BG, Gould, RG, Hefner LV, Marsden DS, Pavlicek W, Ritenour ER,
Schoenfeld AH: A survey of radiation oncologists regarding their radiation physics instruction.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 25(2):345-53, January, 1993.
31.
Geise RA, Hobbie RK, Ritenour ER: Some factors affecting cavitational erosion of metal foils used for
monitoring lithotripter performance. The Journal of Stone Disease, 5(4):199-207, 1993.
32.
Holte JE, Rehm K, Sen A, Ritenour ER, Holm J: MTF evaluation of a medical film archival system using
optical disk storage. The Society for Imaging Science and Technology 9th NIP Congress, Pacifico
Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, October 4-8, 1993.
33.
Goldberg, ME, Ritenour ER: A teleconferencing system. American Medical Informatics Association
17th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, 1993.
34.
Engeler C, Tashjian JH, Engeler CM, Geise RA, Holm JC, Ritenour ER: Volumetric high-resolution CT
in the diagnosis of interstitial Lung disease and bronchiectasis: Diagnostic accuracy and radiation dose.
Am Journ Roent, 163:31-35, 1994.
35.
Sen A, Ramsay, G, Ritenour ER, Holte JE: Evaluation of image quality in an analog optical disk archival
system. The Society for Imaging Science and Technology 46th Annual Conference, pp. 292-295, 1993.
36.
Goldberg ME, Ritenour ER: A teleconferencing system. Proceedings - 17th Annual Symposium on
Computer Applications in Medical Care, Medical Informatics Association, pp. 803-807, 1994.
37.
Wagner LK, Bronskill MJ, Chen GTY, Chenevert TL, Gardner E, Geise R, Madsen M, Ritenour ER,
Schueler B, Seibert JA: RSNA '93 Meeting Notes - Medical physics. Radiology, 190:3:945-951, 1994.
38.
Schnepf J, Du DHC, Ritenour ER, Fahrmann AJ: Building future medical education environments over
ATM networks, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 38:2:54-69, 1995.
39.
Engeler CE, Ritenour ER, Amplatz K: Axial and lateral resolution of rotational intravascular ultrasound:
In vitro observations and diagnostic implications, CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, 18:239242, 1995.
40.
Fajardo LC, Geise RA, Ritenour ER: A survey of films for use as dosimeters in interventional radiology,
Health Physics, 68(4):595-599,1995.
41.
Ritenour ER: Physics overview of screen-film radiography, Radiographics, 16(4):903-916,1996.
42.
Rivers BJ, Walter PA, Letourneau JG, Finlay DE, Ritenour ER, King VL, O’Brien TD, Polzin DJ:
Estimation of arcuate artery resistive index as a diagnostic tool for aminoglycoside-induces acute renal
failure in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 57(11):1536-44, November, 1996.
43.
Rivers BJ, Walter PA, Letourneau JG, Finlay DE, Ritenour ER, King VL, O’Brien TD, Polzin DJ: Duplex
Doppler estimation of resistive index in arcuate arteries of sedated, normal female dogs: implications for
use in the diagnosis of renal failure. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 33(1): 69-76,
January 1997.
44.
Rivers BJ, Walter PA, Holm JC, Letourneau JG, Finlay DE, Ritenour ER, King VL, O’Brien TD, Polzin
DJ: Gray-scale sonographic characterization of aminboglycoside-induced nephrotoxicosis in a canine
model. Investigative Radiology. 31(10):639-51, October 1996.
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45.
Schueler BA, Parrish TB, Lin J-C, Hammer BE, Pangrle BJ, Ritenour ER, Kucharczyk J, Truwit C: MRI
compatibility and visibility assessment of implantable medical devices. Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging. 9:596-603, 1999.
46.
O’Dea TJ, Geise RA, Ritenour ER: The potential for radiation-induced skin damage in interventional
neuroradiological procedures: a review of 522 cases using automated dosimetry. Medical Physics.
26(9):2027-3033, September 1999.
47.
Ritenour ER, Maidment ADA, Hendee WR: Lossy compression should not be used in certain imaging
applications such as chest radiography. Medical Physics. 26(9):1773-1775, September 1999.
48.
Fetterly KA, Hangiandreou NJ, Schueler BA, Ritenour ER: Measurement of the presampled twodimensional modulation transfer function of digital imaging systems. Medical Physics. 29(5):913-21, May
2002.
49.
Zhang J, Weir V, Fajardo L, Lin J, Hsiung H, Ritenour ER: Dosimetric characterization of a cone-beam
O-arm imaging system. J Xray Sci Technol. 17(4):305-17, 2009.
50.
Strauss KJ, Butler PF, Goske MJ, Ritenour ER: Image gently: reducing radiation dose in pediatric
computed tomography through collaboration. Med Phys. 36(12):5719-20, Dec 2009
51.
Lee J, Holte J, Ritenour ER: A real-time data acquisition and control of gradient coil noise for fMRI
identification of hearing disorder in children with history of ear infection. Quant Imaging Med Surg.
3(1):28-42, February 2013.
52.
Cheng EY, Nararje S, Ritenour ER: Radiation dosimetry of intraoperative Cone-Beam compared with
conventional CT for radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteoma. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
96(9):735-742, May 2014.
BOOKS and MONOGRAPHS:
1.
Ritenour ER, Hendee WR: Computer Applications in Diagnostic Radiology, Multi-Media Publishing, Inc.,
Denver, Colorado, Published Audiovisual Series for Radiologic Education, 310 slides, 3 hrs. audio
cassettes, 120p. Instructor's Manual and Workbook, 1983.
2.
Ritenour ER, Hendee WR: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Physical Principles and Clinical Use, MultiMedia Publishing, Inc., Denver, Colorado, Published Audiovisual Series for Radiologic Education, 200
slides, 3 hrs. audio cassettes, 120p Instructor's Manual and Workbook, 1984.
3.
Statkiewicz MA, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection for Student Radiographers, Multi-Media Publishing,
Inc., Denver, Colorado, 277p., 1984.
4.
Ritenour ER, Hendee WR, Bontrager KL: Radiation Physics Series, Multi-Media Publishing, Inc., Denver,
Colorado, Published Audiovisual Series for Radiologic Education, 600 slides, 7 hours audio cassettes,
350p. Instructor's Manual and Workbook, 1984.
5.
Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection and Biology, Multi-Media Publishing, Inc., Denver, Colorado,
Published Audiovisual Series for Radiologic Education, 450 Slides, 6 hours audio cassettes, 200p.
Instructor's Manual and Workbook, 1985.
6.
Edwards C, Statkiewicz MA, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection for Dental Radiographers, Multi-Media
Publishing, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 288p., 1984.
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7.
Hendee WR, Ritenour ER: Medical Imaging Physics, 3rd ed, Mosby Yearbook, St. Louis, 1992.
8.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Ritenour ER, Visconti PJ: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, Mosby
Yearbook, St. Louis, 1993.
9.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Visconti PJ, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 3rd ed.,
Mosby, St. Louis, 1998.
10.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Visconti PJ, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 4th ed,
Mosby Yearbook, St. Louis, 2002.
11.
Hendee WR, Ritenour ER: Medical Imaging Physics, 4th ed, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2002.
12.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Visconti PJ, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 5th ed,
Mosby Yearbook, St. Louis, 2006.
13.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Visconti PJ, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 6th ed,
Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010.
14.
Statkiewicz-Sherer MA, Visconti PJ, Ritenour ER: Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, 7th ed, ,
2013.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1.
Ritenour ER: An overview of the hazards of low level exposure to radiation. In: Health Effects of Low
Level Radiation. Hendee WR (ed.), Appleton-Century-Crofts, Norwalk, CT, 1983.
2.
Ritenour ER: Sources of low level radiation exposure to the public. In: Health Effects of Low Level
Radiation, Hendee, W.R. (ed.), Appleton-Century-Crofts, E. Norwalk, CT, 1983.
3.
Ritenour ER: History of radiation protection agencies and standards. In: Health Effects of Low Level
Radiation, Hendee, W.R. (ed.), Appleton-Century-Crofts, E. Norwalk, CT, 1983.
4.
Ritenour ER: Magnetic resonance imaging: In: Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related
Anatomy, Bontrager KL and Anthony BT, C.V. Mosby Publishing, Inc., St. Louis, 2nd Ed., 1982.
5.
Anthony B, Martensen K, Ritenour ER: General anatomy, terminology, imaging principles, radiation
protection and positioning principles. In: Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy,
Bontrager KL, C.V. Mosby Publishing, St. Louis, 3rd Ed., 1993.
6.
Radke J, Ritenour ER: Magnetic resonance imaging. In: Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and
Related Anatomy, Bontrager KL, C.V. Mosby Publishing, St. Louis, 3rd Ed., 1993.
7.
Hendee WR, Hendrick RE, Ritenour ER: Magnetic resonance. In: Textbook of Diagnostic Imaging,
Putman CE, Ravin CE, eds., WB Saunders, Philadelphia, (in press).
8.
Ritenour ER, Holm J: Personal Computers and Workstations in Integrated Systems. In: Digital Imaging,
Hendee WR, Trueblood JH (ed.), American Association of Physicists in Medicine, AAPM Monograph No.
22, Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI, 1993.
9.
Ritenour ER, Geise RA: Radiation Sources: Medicine. In: Health Effects of Exposure to Low-Level
Ionizing Radiation, Hendee WR, Edwards FM (eds.), Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia, PA,
1996.
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10.
Science Education Project Committee (incl. Ritenour ER):In: Radiation Science: Uses in Medical Imaging
and Therapy, Carson PL (ed.), Radiology Centennial Incorporated Science Education Project, Kendall Hunt
Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA, 1996
Module B, Principles of Medical Radiation and Imaging
1. How X-rays are Produced
2. Detecting X-rays and Gamma Rays
Module E, Medical Imaging without X-rays and Gamma Rays
1. Imaging with Echoes
Module G, Appendix, Supplementary Video
1. Radiation Doses and Nomenclature
11.
Ritenour ER, Hobbie RK: Imaging with Nonionizing Radiation. Chapter 10, Volume 1 In: Biomedical Uses
of Radiation, Hendee WR (ed.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, (in press)
ABSTRACTS:
1.
Ritenour ER, Cacak RK, Hendee WR: Electron scattering under curved surfaces. Oral presentation,
American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Session H, Paper #2. Abstract appeared in Medical
Physics 8(4):563-564, 1981.
2.
Harnish BD, Cacak RK, Ritenour ER, Hendee WR: Electron dosimetry calculations beneath curved
surfaces. Oral presentation, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Session H, Paper #3, New
Orleans, LA, 1982.
3.
Raff U, Nelson TR, Ritenour ER: Improvement of SPECT imaging for myocardial perfusion studies using
a median filter preprocessing technique. Presented at The Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, CA,
June 5-8, 1984.
4.
Nelson TN, Ritenour ER, Rossi RP: Evaluation of "in the field" DR system performance. Presented at The
Radiological Society of North America, 70th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, paper #869,
Washington, D.C., November 1984.
5.
Ritenour ER: Site planning, patient and personnel protection in magnetic resonance imaging installation.
Presented at the Annual Technical Meeting of the Central Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Health Physics
Society, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, April 30, 1985.
6.
Lii MF, Ibbott GS, Ritenour ER: Variations in film dosimetry introduced by film orientation. 73rd
Scientific Assembly of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1987.
7.
Shih S, Rao N, Ritenour ER, Waldren C: Bioeffects of ultrasonic waves on somatic hybrid mammalian
cells. Presented at the Aspen MD/PhD Conference, Frontiers of Neuroscience, July, 1987.
8.
Shih S, Hung L, Ritenour ER, Hendrick RE: A microscopic theory for the generation of transient radical
species in liquids by ultrasound waves. Radiology, 165, pp241, 1987.
9.
Hendrick RE, Ritenour ER, Geise R, Thickman D, Freeman K: Normal lumbar spine bone mineral
densities with single-energy CT. Radiology 169, pp195, 1988.
10.
Ritenour ER, Alamoudi OA, Rao NAHK, Manco-Johnson ML: Measurement of dwell time and
calculation of absorbed energy for specific fetal organs during normal obstetrical ultrasound exams.
Presented at the Fifth Meeting of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology/American
Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, October, 1988.
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11.
Ritenour ER, Thickman D, Spitzer VM: 3D scanning of extremities: Preliminary results. Poster/Scientific
Exhibit. World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine Joint Meeting, Washington, D.C., October 17-21, 1988.
12.
Ritenour ER, Ekpere E: Calibration and use of a phantom for evaluation of commercially available
Doppler systems. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine, July 23-27, 1989.
13.
Ritenour ER, Lau M, Hammer BE, Garwood M, Merkle H: SAR in high duty cycle adiabatic pulsing
schemes for MR at 4 Tesla. Presented at the Society For Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 10th Annual
Meeting, New York, N.Y., April 25-29, 1992.
14.
Geise RA, Moore MJ, Latchaw, RE, Ritenour ER, Rufenacht DA: Dose reduction in neurological
embolization procedures. Presented at the 78th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the
Radiological Society of North America. Radiology, 185(P)Sup:330, November, 1992.
15.
Geise RA, Peters NE, Dunnigan A, Franz SC, Ritenour ER: Radiation dosimetry during radiofrequency
catheter ablation procedures. Presented at the 65th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16-19, 1992.
16.
Ritenour ER, Conroy MJ, Lovrien RE: Heat conduction calorimetry for ultrasound acoustic power
measurement. Presented at the 37th Annual Convention of the American Institute of Ultrasound in
Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 15, 1993.
17.
Ritenour ER, Ong HS: Dual chamber heat conduction calorimetry for measurement of ultrasonic power in
the diagnostic range, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Volume 35, supplement Part 1,
p400, Abstract D88-PSI1.04, 1997.
18.
O’Dea TJ, Geise RA, Ritenour ER: Estimation of patient skin dose from fluoroscopy time and number of
angiographic frames during embolizations and cerebral angiograms, CD-ROM Proceedings of the World
Contress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Abstract + 4 pp, July 23-28, 2000.
19.
Weir V, Zhang J and Ritenour ER: Effect of multiple dopants on the quantum efficiency of LiF
thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) and BaFX (X=Br, Ci,I) storage phosphors. SPIE Medical Imaging,
San Diego, USA, Feb 17-22, 2007. Proc. SPIE Vol. 6510, 65103Z.
20.
Weir V, Zhang J, Fajardo L, Hsiung H, Ritenour ER: Dosimetric characteristics of a cone beam O-arm
system, AAPM 50th Annual meeting, Houston, TX, July 27-31, 2008.
21.
Zhang J, Weir V, Hsiung H, Ritenour ER: Image quality of a cone beam O-arm imaging system, submitted
to SPIE Medical Imaging, Orlando, FL, Feb 7-12, 2009.
22.
Cheng EY, Nararje S, Ritenour ER: Radiation dosimetry of intraoperative O’arm® versus CT for
radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteomas, 2014 AAOS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1115, 2014.