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Joseph T. Rakowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University Medicine
Radiation Oncology
 
Biography

EDUCATION:

 

05/04                Ph.D., Radiological Science

                        Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo), Toledo, OH

 

08/84                M.S. Hyg., Radiation Health

                        University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA

                       

04/83                B.S., Physics

                        University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

 

           

TRAINING:

04/03                Therapy Physics Residency

                        Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

 

FACULTY APPOINTMENT:

10/08-Pres        Assistant Professor

                        Wayne State University-Department of Radiation Oncology

HOSPITAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

11/05-Present    Radiation Therapy Physicist

                        Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI

 

08/02 – 11/05    Medical Radiation Physicist/Radiation Safety Officer

                        Flower Memorial Hospital Radiation Oncology, Sylvania, OH

 

09/91 – 08/02    Medical Radiation Physicist

                        St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, OH

  

07/89 – 08/91    Base Radiation Safety Officer

                        Commissioned Officer, Biomedical Sciences Corps.

                        Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM

 

02/88 – 06/89    Radiation Safety Officer/Medical Physicist

                        Commissioned Officer, Biomedical Sciences Corps.

                        Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

 

07/85 – 01/89    Assistant Radiation Safety Officer/Medical Physicist

                        Commissioned Officer, Biomedical Sciences Corps.

                        Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

 

07/83 – 08/84    Lab Assistant

                        Physics Department

                        University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

Publications

J.T. Rakowski, M.J. Dennis

Mammography Tomosynthesis Using a Coupled Source and Detector in a C-Arm Configuration In “Emerging Technologies in Breast Imaging and Mammography”

Suri J.S., Rangayyan R., Laxminarayan S., editors

American Scientific Publishers (2006)

 

J.T. Rakowski, M.J. Dennis

A comparison of reconstruction algorithms for C-arm mammography tomosynthesis

Medical Physics 33(8), 3018-3032, (2006)

 

K.L. Prado, J.T. Rakowski, F. Barragan, K.N. Vanek

Breast Radiation Dose in Film/Screen Mammography.

Health Physics 55(1), 81-83, (1988)

 

B.L. Cohen, J.T. Rakowski, R. Nason:

A Simple Compact Apparatus for Measuring Diffusion Properties of Rn Through Soils and Other Materials.

Health Physics 50(1), 133-137, (1986)