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Neb Duric, Ph.D.
Professor
Wayne State University - Medicine
Radiation Oncology
 
Biography

EDUCATION

BSc - Astronomy and Astrophysics with minor in Philosophy (1979)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
 
PhD - Astronomy and Astrophysics with minor in Image Processing (1984)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
 
TRAINING
 
1984-1986
Postdoctoral Fellow: Astronomical Image Processing                      
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
 
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
 
2008-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
 
2004-present                  
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
 
2003-2004        
Adjunct Professor of Radiology, University of New Mexico Radiology Department, Albuquerque, NM
 
1997-2004
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 
1992-1997        
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 
1986-1992
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 
HOSPITAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
 
2004-present                  
Program Leader for Imaging, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
Director, Nano-imaging core, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
Assistant Director for Imaging, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
 
2003-2004                        
Visiting Scientist, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI
 
2002-2004        
Director, Cancer Imaging Program, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM
 
1997-2004
Associate Director, Institute for Astrophysics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 
1992-1997
Acting Director of the Institute for Astrophysics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 
1993-1994                    
Visiting Scientist (sabbatical leave), Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Awards & Honors
2007 - Hero of Breast Cancer, Wayne State University, KCI, Detroit, MI
2007 - Blue Ribbon Award (Co-author of winning poster), SPIE Meeting, San Diego, CA.
1997-1998 - Graduate Teacher of the Year, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1992-1996 - Regents Lecturer, University of New Mexico ,Albuquerque, NM
1993-1994 - International Scientific Exchange Award, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
1984-1986 - NSERC Postdoctoral Award, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, Canada
1979- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Gold Medal, University of Toronto, Toronto,Canada
Publications

 Original observations in refereed journals

1.       Poeckert, R., and Duric, N. 1979, ``Shell Lines in the Be Star Theta Coronae Borealis'', {it Publications of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory XV, 7.
 
2.       Seaquist, E. R., Duric, N., Israel, F. P., Spoelstra, T. A. T., Ulich, B. L., and Gregory, P. C. 1980, ``Radio Observations and Analysis of Nova V1500 Cygni'', Astronomical Journal, 85, 283.
 
3.       Duric, N., Crane, P. C., and Seaquist, E. R. 1982, ``The Radio Continuum Morphology of NGC 4631 at 2.7 and 8.1 GHz'', Astronomical Journal, 87, 1671.
 
4.       Duric, N., Seaquist, E. R., Crane, P. C., Bignell, R. C., Davis, L. E. 1983, ``VLA radio continuum observations of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3079'', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 273, L11.
 
5.       Duric, N. and Seaquist, E. R. 1986, ``Bipolar Outflow of Gas in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3079'', Canadian Journal of Physics, 64, 531.
 
6.       Duric, N., and Seaquist, E. R. 1986, ``A Theoretical Interpretation of the Sigma - D Relation for Supernova Remnants'', Astrophysical Journal, 301, 308.
 
7.       Duric, N., Seaquist, E. R., Crane, P. C., and Davis, L. E. 1986, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays. I. Observations of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310'', Astrophysical Journal,   304, 82.
 
8.       Duric, N. 1986, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays. II. The Cosmic Ray Distribution and the Spiral Structure of NGC 3310'', Astrophysical Journal, 304, 96. Duric, N. 1986, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays. III. Particle Acceleration by Global Spiral Shocks. Astrophysical Journal, 304, 111.
 
9.       Gregory, P. C., Duric, N., Reid, A., Picha, J., Stevenson, T., and Taylor, A .R. 1986, ``Variable radio source GT0116+622 is a possible counterpart to Cas gamma-1'', nature, 323, 602.
 
10.   Duric, N., Gregory, P. C., and Taylor, A .R. 1987, ``Two epoch VLA Observations of Variable Galactic Plane Radio Sources'', Astronomical Journal, 93, 890.
 
11.   Irwin, A. J., Seaquist, E. R., Taylor, A. R., and Duric, N. 1987, ``Evidence for Ram Pressure Stripping of NGC3073 by Outflowing Gas from NGC 3079'', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 313, L91.
 
12.   Duric, N., and Gregory, P. C. 1988, ``VLA Structure of Radio Sources in the Galactic Plane'', Astronomical Journal, 95, 1149.
 
13.   Duric, N., and Seaquist, E. R. 1988, ``A Nuclear, Disk Focused Wind and the Bipolar Structure of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3079'', Astrophysical Journal, 326, 574.
 
14.   Duric, N., and Dittmar, M. 1988, ``The Discovery of a Population of Compact Radio Sources in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 4736'', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 332, L67.
 
15.   Duric, N., Bourneuf, E., and Gregory, P. C. 1988, ``The Separation of Synchrotron and Bremsstrahlung Radio Emission in Spiral Galaxies'', Astronomical Journal, 96, 81.
 
16.   Duric, N., Welch, D. L. 1988, ``VLA Observations of Cepheid Variables'', Astronomical Journal, 95, 1794.
 
17.   Duric, N. 1988, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays in Spiral Galaxies'', Space Science Reviews 48, 73.
 
18.   Duric, N., Gregory, P. C., and Tsutsumi, T. 1989, ``Strong Variability of Weak-Core Radio Sources'', nature, 337, 143.
 
19.   Johnson S. W., Burns J .O., Duric N., Chua K. M., Gerstle W. H., Taylor G. J. 1990, ``Lunar Astronomical Observatories: Design Studies'', Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 3, 211.
 
20.   Fernini, I., Burns, J. O., Sulkanen, M., and Duric, N. 1990, ``Dispersal of Gases Generated Near a Lunar Outpost'', Journal of Spacecrafts and Rockets, 27, 527.
 
21.   Burns, J. O., Duric, N., Johnson, S., and Taylor, G. J. 1990, ``Astronomical Bases on the Moon'', Scientific American, March issue.
 
22.   Price, R., Burns, J. O., Duric, N., and Newberry, M. V. 1991, ``X-ray Emission from Poor CLusters of Galaxies'', Astronomical Journal, 102, 14.
 
23.   Deeg, H.-J., Borovsky, J. E., and Duric, N. 1991, ``Particle Acceleration Near X-type Magnetic Reconnection Lines'', Physics of Fluids (B), 3, 2660.
 
24.   Taylor, A. R., Gregory, P. C., Duric, N., and Tsutsumi, T. 1991, ``GT2318+620, a Variable Galactic Source with a Radio Jet'', nature, 351, 547.
 
25.   Price, R. and Duric, N. 1992, ``New Results on the Radio-FIR Relation for Galaxies'', Astrophysical Journal, 401, 81.
 
26.   Duric, N., Viallefond, F., Goss, W. M., and van der Hulst, J. M. 1993, ``The VLA-WSRT Survey of M33: Statistical Properties of a Sample of Optically Selected Supernova Remnants'', Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 90, 217.
 
27.   Deeg, H.-J., Brinks, E., Duric, N., Skillman, E., and Klein, U. 1993, ``New 325 MHz Observations of HII Galaxies: The Mechanisms That Shape The Unusual Radio Spectra'', Astrophysical Journal, 410, 626.
 
28.   Zhao, J-H., Sumi, D. M., Burns, J. O. and Duric, N. 1993, ``3C3317: An Amorphous Radio Source in the Cooling Flow Cluster Abell 2052", Astrophysical Journal, 416, 51.
 
29.   Gordon, S.M., Kirshner, R.P., Duric, N. and Long, K.S. 1993, "The Discovery of a Supernova Remnant Embedded in a Giant HII Region", Astrophysical Journal, 418, 743.
 
30.   Slane, F.A., Duric, N. and Burns, J.O. 1994, "Dust Levitation on the Moon", Proceedings of the Space 94 Conference.
 
31.   Devereux, N. A., Price, R., Wells, L. and Duric, N. 1994, "Two Views of the Andromeda Galaxy: H and Infrared", Astronomical Journal, 108 , 1667.
 
32.   Duric, N. and Burns, J.O. 1994, "VLF Radio Astronomy from Lunar Orbit", Proceedings of the Space 94 Conference.
 
33.   Tsutsumi, T., Gregory, P. C., Duric, N., Taylor, A. R. 1995, "VLA Structure of Variable Sources in the Galactic Plane. II", Astronomical Journal, 110, 238.
 
34.   Duric, N., Gordon, S.M., Goss, W.M., Viallefond, F. and Lacey, S. 1995, "The Relativistic ISM of M33: The Role of the SNRs", Astrophysical Journal , 445, 173.
 
35.   Duric, N. 1996, Glenn, J., Grashuis, R., Kunkle, J. and Collins, A. 1996, "Radial Light Distributions in Five Spiral Galaxies: The Relationship Between Young Stars and the Relativistic Gas", Astrophysical Journal, 470, 814.
 
36.   Lacey, C., Duric, N. and Goss, W.M. 1997, "A Survey of Compact Radio Sources in NGC 6946", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 109, 417.
 
37.   Devereux, N., Duric, N. and Scowen, P. 1997, "H, Far Infrared and Thermal Radio Continuum Emission Within the Late-Type Spiral galaxy M33", Astronomical Journal, 113, 236.
 
38.   Deeg, H-J., Duric, N. and Brinks, E. 1997, ``Star Formation Histories in HII Galaxies I: Optical and Radio Observations", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 323, 323.
 
39.   Walter, F.; Brinks, E.; Duric, N.; Klein, Ulrich 1997, "A Dynamical Analysis of the HII Galaxy II Zwicky 33 and Its Low Surface Brightness Companion", AJ 113, 2031.
 
40.   Walter, F.; Kerp, J.; Duric, N.; Brinks, E.; Klein, U., 1998 "X-Ray Emission from an Expanding Supergiant Shell in IC 2574", Astrophysical Journal 502, 143
 
41.   Gordon, S. M.; Kirshner, R. P.; Long, K. S.; Blair, W. P.; Duric, N.; Smith , R. C. 1998, "A New Optical Sample of Supernova Remnants in M33", Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 117, 89.
 
42.   English, J.; Taylor, A. R.; Irwin, J. A.; Dougherty, S. M.; Basu, S.; Beichmann, C.; Brown, J.; Cao, Y.; Carignan, C.; Crabtree, D.; Dewdney, P.; Duric, N.; 1998, "The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey", PASA 15, 56.
 
43.   Duric, N.; Irwin, J.; Bloemen, H. 1998, "The radio continuum halo of NGC 5775", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 331, 428.
 
44.   Gordon, Shawn M.; Duric, Nebojsa; Kirshner, Robert P.; Goss, W. Miller; Viallefond, Francois, New Sample of Radio-selected and Optically Confirmed Supernova Remnants in M33. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 120, 247 (1999).
 
45.   Tsutsumi. T., and Duric, N. 1999, Adv.Space.Res., 23, 1019.
 
46.   Duric, N. 2000, "Supernova remnants and cosmic rays in M31 and M33",in "The Interstellar Media of  M31 and M33", Proceedings 232. WE-Heraeus Seminar, 22-25 May 2000, Bad Honnef, Germany. Edited by Elly M. Berkhuijsen, Rainer Beck, and Rene A. M. Walterbos. Shaker, Aachen, 2000, p. 179-186
 
47.   Duric, N. 2000, "Supernova remnants and the ISM in M31 and M33",in "The Interstellar Media of  M31 and M33", Proceedings 232. WE-Heraeus Seminar, 22-25 May 2000, Bad Honnef, Germany. Edited by Elly M. Berkhuijsen, Rainer Beck, and Rene A. M. Walterbos. Shaker, Aachen, 2000, p. 127-130
 
48.   Pannuti, Thomas G.; Duric, Nebojsa; Lacey, Christina K.; Goss, W. M.; Hoopes, Charles G.; Walterbos, René A. M.; Magnor, Marcus A. 2000, "An X-Ray, Optical, and Radio Search for Supernova Remnants in the Nearby Sculptor Group Sd Galaxy NGC 300", Astrophysical Journal, 544, 780-804.
 
49.   Collins, Joseph A.; Rand, Richard J.; Duric, Nebojsa; Walterbos, René A. M, Diffuse Ionized Gas in a Sample of Edge-on Galaxies and Comparisons with HI and Radio Continuum Emission", Astrophysical Journal, 536, 645-662.
 
50.   Duric, N. 2000, "Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the Origin of Cosmic Rays", in "Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths", Edited by Stone, R.G. et al, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
 
51.   Duric, N. “Star Formation and Radio Emission from Normal Galaxies”, in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics Ed. P Murdin, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK. ISBN: 0333750888. Jan. 2001.

52.   Lacey, C. K.; Duric, N. “Cosmic-Ray Production and the Role of Supernovae in NGC 6946”. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 560, Issue 2, pp. 719-729 (2001)
 
53.   Lacey, C. K.; Lazio, T. Joseph W.; Kassim, Namir E.; Duric, N.; Briggs, D. S.; Dyer, K. K. “Spatially Resolved Thermal Continuum Absorption against Supernova Remnant W49B”. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 559, Issue 2, pp. 954-962 (2001).
 
54.   Oetiker, Brian; Duric, Nebojsa; McGraw, John T.; McGrath, Melissa A. “A Spectrophotometric Technique for Detecting Companions of Low-Mass M Dwarfs”, The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 113, Issue 784, pp. 703-714 (2001).
 
55.   Pannuti, Thomas G.; Duric, Nebojsa; Lacey, Christina K.; Ferguson, Annette M. N.; Magnor, Marcus A.; Mendelowitz, Caylin "An X-Ray, Optical, and Radio Search for Supernova Remnants in the Nearby Sculptor Group Sd Galaxy NGC 7793", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 565, Issue 2, pp. 966-981. (2002)
 
56.   Pennypacker, C.; Boer, M.; Denny, R.; Hessman, F. V.; Aymon, J.; Duric, N.; Gordon, S.; Barnaby, D.; Spear, G.; Hoette, V. “RTML - a standard for use of remote telescopes. Enabling ubiquitous use of remote telescopes”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.395, p.727-731 (2002).
 
57.   Littrup PJ, Duric N, Azevedo S, Chambers DH, Candy JV, Johnson S, Auner G, Rather J, Holsapple ET. Computerized ultrasound risk evaluation (CURE) system: Development of combined transmission and reflection ultrasound with new reconstruction algorithms for breast imaging. Acoustical Imaging, Volume 26. 26th International Acoustical Imaging Symposium 2001; p. 175-182, 2001.
 
58.   Littrup PJ, Duric N, Leach Jr. RR, Azevedo SG, Candy JV, Moore T, Chambers DH, Mast JE, Holsapple ET. Characterizing tissue with acoustic parameters derived from ultrasound data. Proc. SPIE Vol. 4687, p. 354-361, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
 
59.   Leach Jr. RR, Azevedo SG, Berryman JG, Bertete-Aguirre HR, Chambers DH, Mast JE, Littrup PJ, Duric N, Wuebbeling F. A comparison of ultrasound tomography methods in circular geometry. Proc. SPIE Vol. 4687, p. 362-377, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing
 
60.   David H. Chambers, Peter J. Littrup Ultrasound imaging using diffraction tomography in a cylindrical geometry. Proc. SPIE Vol. 4687, p. 412-420, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
 
61.   Duric N, Littrup PJ, Leach Jr. RR, Azevedo SG, Candy JV, Moore T, Chambers DH, J. Mast JE, Holsapple ET. Using Data Fusion to Characterize Breast Tissue. .  Proc. SPIE Vol. 4687, p. 316-323, Medical Imaging 2002: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
 
62.   Duric N, Littrup P, Holsapple E, Babkin A, Duncan R, Kalinin A, Pevzner A and TokarevA. Ultrasound Imaging of Breast Tissue. Proc. SPIE Vol. 5035, p. 24-32, Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing.
 
63.   Huang LJ, Duric N, Littrup, PJ. Ultrasonic Breast Imaging Using a Wave-Equation Migration Method.  Proc. SPIE Vol. 5035, p. 432-439, Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 
 
64.   Nord, M.E., Lazio, T.J.W., Kassim, N.E., Goss, W.M., Duric, N. 2004. Detection of Sagittarius A* at 330 MHz with the Very Large Array. Astrophysical Journal 601, L51-L54.
 
65.   Duric, N., Field, L. 2004. On the Detectability of Intelligent Civilizations in the Galaxy. Serbian Astronomical Journal 167, 1.  
 
66.   Kassim, N.E., Lazio, T.J.W., Nord, M., Hyman, S.~D., Brogan, C.L., Larosa, T.N., Duric, N. 2003. Prospects for LOFAR Observations of the Galactic Center. Astronomische Nachrichten Supplement 324, 65-71.  
 
67.   Nord, M.E., Brogan, C.~L., Hyman, S.~D., Lazio, T.~J.~W., Kassim, N.~E., Larosa, T.~N., Anantharamaiah, K., Duric, N. 2003. High Resolution, High Sensitivity Imaging of the Galactic Center at 330 MHz. Astronomische Nachrichten Supplement 324, 9-16.
 
68.   Urosevic, D., Duric, N., Pannuti, T. 2003. A modified theoretical Sigma-D relation for supernova remnants: II. The case of variable temperature within the supernova remnant. Serbian Astronomical Journal 166, 67.
 
69.   Urosevic, D., Duric, N., Pannuti, T. 2003. A modified theoretical Sigma-D relation for supernova remnants: I. The case of constant temperature within the supernova remnant. Serbian Astronomical Journal 166, 61.
 
70.   Nord, Michael E.; Lazio, T. Joseph W.; Kassim, Namir E.; Hyman, S. D.; LaRosa, T. N.; Brogan, C. L.; Duric, N. High-Resolution, Wide-Field Imaging of the Galactic Center Region at 330 MHz, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 128, Issue 4, pp. 1646-1670 (2004).
 
71.   Payne, J. L.; Filipovic, M. D.; Pannuti, T. G.; Jones, P. A.; Duric, N.; White, G. L.; Carpano, S. Multi-frequency study of extragalactic supernova remnants and H II regions. Sculptor group Sd galaxy NGC 300, Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.425, p.443-456 (2004).
 
72.   Nord, Michael E.; Lazio, T. Joseph W.; Kassim, Namir E.; Goss, W. M.; Duric, N.Detection of Sagittarius A* at 330 MHz with the Very Large Array, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 601, Issue 1, pp. L51-L54 (2004).
 
73.   Duric N, Littrup PJ, Babkin A, Chambers D, Azevedo S, Kalinin A, Pevzner R, Tokarev M, Holsapple E, Rama O, and Duncan R. Development of Ultrasound Tomography for Breast Imaging: Technical Assessment. Medical Physics, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 1375–1386, May 2005.
 
74.   Huang L, Duric N, and Littrup P, 2006. Breast imaging with time-reversed ultrasound. In "Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing,''   Emelianov S. and Walker W. F., editors, vol. 6147: 156-167.
 
75.   Urosevic, D.; Pannuti, T. G.; Duric, N.; Theodorou, A.. The Sigma - D relation for supernova remnants in nearby galaxies.Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 435, Issue 2, 2005, pp.437-447.
 
76.   Duric, N., Littrup, P., Poulo, L., Babkin, A., Pevzner, R., Holsapple, E., Rama, O., Glide, C. Detection of Breast Cancer With Ultrasound Tomography: First Results with the Computerized Ultrasound Risk Evaluation (C.U.R.E) Prototype.  Medical Physics Vol 34 (2), pp. 773-785. Feb 2007.
 
77.   Glide, C., Duric, N., Littrup, P. A Novel Approach to Evaluating Breast Density Utilizing Ultrasound Tomography. Medical Physics. Vol. 34 (2), pp. 744-753. Feb. 2007.
 
78.   Duric N, Littrup PJ, Rama, O, Holsapple ET. Computerized Ultrasound Risk Evaluation (CURE): First Clinical Results. Acoustical Imaging, Vol 28. MP Andre, Ed., Springer, Dordrecht, 2007, pp. 177-185.
 
79.   F. Simonetti , L. Huang , N. Duric and O. Rama. Super-resolution ultrasound tomography: A preliminary study with a ring array. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #6513, 6510-124, 2007.
 
80.   Pratt, R.G., Huang, L., Duric, N. and Littrup, P.J. Sound-speed and attenuation imaging of breast tissue using waveform tomography of transmission ultrasound data.Proceedings of SPIE Vol. #6513, 6510-174, 2007.
 
81.   F. Simonetti, F., Huang, L., Duric, N. On the spatial sampling of wave fields with circular ring apertures J. Appl. Phys., 101, 8, 2007
 
82.   Simonetti, F., Huang, L., Duric, N., Rama, O. Imaging beyond the Born approximation: An experimental investigation with an ultrasonic ring array. Physical Review  E 76, 036601 (2007)
 
83.   Glide, C. K.., Duric, N. and Littrup, P. A new method for quantitative analysis of mammographic density. Med Phys, 34, 4491, (2007).
 
84.   Jovanovic, P. Littrup, N. Duric, O. Rama, L. Sbaiz and M. Vetterli,  Noninvasive Temperature Monitoring In Breast-Mimicking Phantoms Using Acoustic Tomography, Proceedings of the SSBE Annual Meeting 2007, p. 28 (2007).
 
85.   F. Simonetti, L. Huang, N. Duric, Karmanos Cancer Institute. Frequency diversity in breast ultrasound tomography . Proc. SPIE 6913, 6913-160 (2008)
 
86.   L Huang, K. M. Hanson Y. Quan, C. Li, N. Duric. Globally optimized Fourier finite-difference method for ultrasound breast imaging. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-07  (2008)
 
87.   C. Li, N. Duric, Karmanos Cancer Institute; L. Huang. Clinical breast imaging using sound-speed reconstructions of ultrasound tomography data. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-09 (2008)
 
 
88.  N. Duric C. Li, P. Littrup, L. Huang, C. Glide-Hurst, O. Rama, L. Bey-Knight, S Schmidt, Y. Xu, J. Lupinacci. Detection and characterization of breast masses with ultrasound tomography: clinical results. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-28 (2008)
 
89.  C. Glide-Hurst, N. Duric, P. Littrup, A novel ultrasonic method for measuring breast density and breast cancer risk. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-30  (2008).
 
90.  Y. Xu, N. Duric, C. Li, J. Lupinacci, S. Schmidt, C. Glide-Hurst. A study of 3-way image fusion for characterizing acoustic properties of breast tissue. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-48  (2008).
 
91.  C. Li, N. Duric, L. Huang. Comparison of ultrasound attenuation tomography techniques for breast cancer diagnosis. Proc. SPIE 6920, 6920-49  (2008).
 
92.  C. Li, L. Huang, N. Duric, H. Zhang, C. Rowe. An improved automatic time-of-flight picker for medical ultrasound tomography. Ultrasonics. Accepted (2008).
 
93.  C. Glide-Hurst, N. Duric, and P. Littrup. Volumetric breast density evaluation from ultrasound tomography images. Med Phys, Vol. 35 (9), pp 3988-3997, 2008
 
 
Review articles
1.       Duric, N. 1988, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays in Spiral Galaxies'', Space Science Reviews 48, 73.
2.       Duric, N. 2000, "Supernova remnants and cosmic rays in M31 and M33",in "The Interstellar Media of M31 and M33", Proceedings 232. WE-Heraeus Seminar, 22-25 May 2000, Bad Honnef, Germany. Edited by Elly M. Berkhuijsen, Rainer Beck, and Rene A. M. Walterbos. Shaker, Aachen, 2000, p. 179-186
3.       Duric, N. 2000, "Low Frequency Radio Astronomy and the Origin of Cosmic Rays", in "Radio Astronomy at Long Wavelengths", Edited by Stone, R.G. et al, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
4.       Duric, N. “Star Formation and Radio Emission from Normal Galaxies”, in Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics Ed. P Murdin, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK. ISBN: 0333750888. Jan. 2001.
5.       Duric, N., Field, L. 2004. On the Detectability of Intelligent Civilizations in the Galaxy. Serbian Astronomical Journal 167, 1.
 
Book chapters
1.       Duric, N. 1984, ``On the Origin of Cosmic Rays in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3310'', in Advances in High Energy Astrophysics, eds. Bignami and Sunyaev (Pergamon Press: London).
 
2.       Duric, N. 1987, ``VLA Observations of SNRs in M33'', Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 101, ``Interaction of Supernova Remnants with the Interstellar Medium''. held at Penticton, B.C., June 8--12, 1987.
 
3.       Duric, N. 1987, ``The Origin of Cosmic Rays -- Astrophysical Constraints'', Proceedings of the 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Moscow, USSR, 1987.
 
4.       Burns, J. O., Fernini, I., Sulkanen, M., Duric, N., Taylor, J. and Johnson, S. 1988, ``An Artificially-Generated Atmosphere Near a Lunar Base'', In ``The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities in the 21st Century'', Ed. W.W. Mendell. NASA Conference Publication 3166, Vol. 1, 1992
 
5.       Duric, N. 1989, ``Science with a Very Low Frequency Array'', in ``A Lunar Far-Side Very Low Frequency Array'', NASA Conference Publication 3039, p. 29.
 
6.       Duric, N. 1989, ``Equipartition: Fact or Fiction?'', IAU Symposium 140: Galactic and Extragalactic Magnetic Fields, eds. R. Beck, P. Kronberg, and R. Wielebinski (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht).
 
7.       Johnson, S. W., Burns, J. O., Chua, K. M., Duric, N., Gerstle, W. F., and Taylor, G. J. 1989, ``Developing Concepts for Lunar Astronomical Observatories'', Proceedings of the 1989 ASEE Annual Conference, 1989.
 
8.       Burns, J. O., Duric, N., Johnson, S. W. and Taylor G. J. 1990, ``LOUISA: A Lunar Optical-Ultraviolet-Infrared-Synthesis Array'', Proceedings of the Space 90 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, (American Society of Civil Engineers), p. 667.
 
9.       Duric, N. 1990, ``Astronomical Science from a Lunar Base'', Proceedings of the Space 90 Conference, Albuquerque, NM, (American Society of Civil Engineers), p. 666.
 
10.   Duric, N. 1990, ``VLF Radio Astronomy from the Moon -- Probing Astrophysical Plasmas'', AIP Conference Proceedings 207 , ``Astrophysics from the Moon'', eds. M. J. Mumma and H. J. Smith, (American Institute of Physics:), p. 517.
 
11.   Duric, N., and Slane, F. A. 1990, ``Astrophysical Constraints on the Distribution and Origin of Cosmic Rays in 4 nearby Spiral Galaxies'', Proceedings of the 21st Cosmic Ray Conference, 4, 76.
 
12.   Deeg, H., Duric, N., and Borovsky, J. 1990, ``Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection Regions'', Proceedings of the 21st Cosmic Rays Conference, 4, 130.
 
13.   Duric, N., and Bloemen, H. 1990, ``The Distribution of Relativistic Electrons Away from the Planes of Spiral Galaxies'', Proceedings of the 21st Cosmic Ray Conference, 3, 217.
 
14.   Duric, N., and Dixon, D. S. 1991, ``The Separation of Synchrotron and Thermal Radio Emission in Spiral Galaxies'', Proceedings of the 22nd Cosmic Ray Conference, 4, 724.
 
15.   Duric, N., and Price, R. 1991, ``The Radio-Infrared Correlation of Galaxies'', Proceedings of the 22nd Cosmic Ray Conference, 4, 169.
 
16.   Duric, N. 1991, ``Supernova Remnants and Particle Acceleration in M33'', Proceedings of the 22nd Cosmic Ray Conference, 4, 392.
 
17.   Duric, N., and Glenn, J. 1991, ``Distributions of Cosmic Ray Electrons in Spiral Galaxies'', Proceedings of the 22nd Cosmic Ray Conference, 4, 165.
 
18.   Duric, N. 1991, ``Cosmic Rays in Spiral Galaxies'', in ``The Interpretation of Modern Synthesis Observations of Spiral Galaxies'', eds. N. Duric and P. C. Crane (ASP: San Francisco), 18, 17.
 
19.   Burns, J. O., Fernini, I., Sulkanen, M., Duric, N., Taylor, G. J., Johnson, S.W. ``An Artificially Generated Atmosphere Near A Lunar Base'', 1992, Proceedings of the Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Volume 1, p347.
 
20.   Duric, N. ``Very Low Frequency Radio Astronomy from Lunar Orbit'', 1992, Proceedings of the Space 92 Conference, eds. W.Z. Sadeh, S. Sure, R.J. Miller, (American Society of Civil Engineers, New York), 2, 1925.
 
21.   Duric, N. ``Science with a Lunar Optical Interferometer'', in Proceedings of the Workshop, ``A Lunar Optical-IR-UV Synthesis Array (LOUISA)'', 1992, eds. J. O. Burns, S. W. Johnson, and N Duric, NASA Conference Publication 3066.
 
22.   Heikkila, B.; Webber, W. R.; Burns, J. O., Walterbos, R. A. M., Duric, N. 1993, " A Radio Continuum Survey of Edge-on Spiral Galaxies at 90 cm", In NASA. Ames Research Center, The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment p 172-173.
 
23.   Duric, N. , Lacey, C. , Gordon, S. "Cosmic Ray Production by Supernova Remnants in M33", 1993, in "23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference", 2, 231.
 
24.   Bloemen, H. , Duric, N. and Irwin, J. "New Insight Into the Cosmic-Ray Origin and Propagation from High-Resolution Radio Imaging of the Edge-on Galaxy NGC 3556", 1993, in "23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference", 2, 279.
 
25.   Duric, N. and Price, R. "Submillimeter Observations of Galaxies and Their Implications on the Radio - Far-Infrared Correlation", in "23rd International Cosmic Ray Conference", 2, 382. (1993)
 
26.   Price, R. Duric, N. and Duncan, W.D. 1993, "Cool Dust in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 3079", in "Infrared Cirrus and Diffuse Interstellar Clouds", April 7-9, Tucson, AZ (eds. Latham and Roc).
 
27.   McGraw, J. T., Duric, N., Sjulin, M., Slezak, S., Westpfahl, D. 1996, " Friendly Command, Control, and Information System for Astronomy", Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems V, A.S.P. Conference Series, Vol. 101, 1996, George H. Jacoby and Jeannette Barnes, eds., p. 356.
 
28.   Lacey, C.K. and Duric, N. 1997, in "25th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf.", 4, 457.
 
29.   Walter, F.; Brinks, E.; Duric, N.; Klein, U. 1997, "A Dynamical Analysis of the H II Galaxy II Zwicky 33 and its Low Surface Brightness Companion", IAUJD 2, 38.
 
30.   Walter, F.; Brinks, E.; Duric, N.; Kerp, J.; Klein, U. 1998, " The Violent Interstellar Medium of IC 2574", mcdg.proc..221W
 
31.   Duric, N. 1999, "Galactic Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields", in "New Perspectives on the Interstellar Medium", eds. Taylor, Landecker and Joncas, ASP Conference Series, 168, 161.
 
32.   Duric, N. and Dorf, M. 1999, "Image Recovery Using Phase Diversity", in "Adaptive Optics and Interferometry in the 21st Century", eds. Restaino, Junor and Duric, ASP Conference Series, 174, 87.
 
33.   Duric, N. et al., 1999, "Characterization of Atmospheric Turbulence at Four Mesa-Top Sites in New Mexico", in "Adaptive Optics and Interferometry in the 21st Century", eds. Restaino, Junor and Duric, ASP Conference Series, 174, 95.
 
34.   Duric, N. 1999, "The Square Kilometer Array and its Optical and Infrared Counterparts", in "Science with the Square Kilometer Array", eds.Taylor and Braun.
 
35.   Littrup PJ, Duric N, Azevedo S, Chambers DH, Candy JV, Johnson S, Auner G, Rather J and Holsapple ET.   Computerized ultrasound risk evaluation (CURE) system: Development of combined transmission and reflection ultrasound with new reconstruction algorithms for breast imaging. Proceedings of the 26th Int Acoustical Imaging Symposium; Windsor, Canada; Sept. 9-12, 2001.
 
36.   Pannuti, T.; Filipovic, M. D.; Duric, N.; Pietsch, W.; Read, A. “X-ray and Radio Observations of Supernova Remanants in NGC 300”, Young Supernova Remnants. Eleventh Astrophysics Conference held October 16-18, 2000, in College Park, MD. Edited by Stephen S. Holt and Una Hwang. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 565, ISBN 0-7354-0001-6. Published by the American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2001, p.445 (2001).
 
37.   Pennypacker, Carl; Aymon, Jon; Gordon, Shawn; Denny, Robert; Hessman, Frederic; Barnaby, David; Boer, Michel; Duric, Nebojsa; Ebisuzaki, Toshi; Spear, Gordon; Hoette, Vivian; Mack, PeterDeveloping a Protocol and Implementing a Network for Ubiquitous Use of Telescopes Over the Internet: Remote Telescope Mark-up Language (RTML)”, The Future of Small Telescopes In The New Millennium. Volume I - Perceptions, Productivities, and Policies. Edited by Terry D. Oswalt. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 287, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003., p.97
  
38.   Huang, L Li*, C Duric, N Quan, Y Hanson, KM Ultrasound Pulse-Echo Imaging with an Optimized Propagator BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008. BMEI 2008. International Conference on 2 2008
 
39.   Li*, C Duric, N Huang, L Breast Imaging Using Transmission Ultrasound: Reconstructing Tissue Parameters of Sound Speed and Attenuation BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008. BMEI 2008. International Conference, China 2008
 
40.   Duric, N Li, C Glide-Hurst, C Littrup, P Huang, L Lupinacci*, J Schmidt*, S Rama, O Bey-Knight, L Xu*, Y Breast Imaging with Ultrasound Tomography: Clinical Results at the Karmanos Cancer Institute BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2008. BMEI 2008. International Conference, China 2008
 
Books Authored
1.       “Advanced Astrophysics”, 2003 (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK). ISBN: 0521525713
 
2.       “Instructor's Manual: Astronomy, The Evolving Universe”, 1991, (John Wiley and Sons: New York).
 
Books Edited
1.       ``A Lunar Very Low Frequency Array'', 1988, eds. J. O. Burns, N. Duric, S. W. Johnson, and G. J. Taylor, NASA Conference Publication 3039.
 
2.       ``The Interpretation of Modern Synthesis Observations of Spiral Galaxies'', 1991, eds. N. Duric, P. C. Crane, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, (San Francisco), 1
 
3.       ``A Lunar Optical-IR-UV Synthesis Array (LOUISA)'', 1992, eds. J. O. Burns, S. W. Johnson, and N. Duric, NASA Conference Publication 3066.
 
4.       "Adaptive Optics and Interferometry in the 21st Century", eds. Restaino, S., Junor, W. and Duric, N. ASP Conference Series, Volume 174.