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Mark B. Williams

Mark B. Williams

Education

  • BS, Grinnell College
  • PhD, University of Virginia
  • MS, Wake Forest University

Primary Appointment

  • Associate Professor, Radiology

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Research Interest(s)

Design, Development and Optimization of Medical Imaging Technologies

Research Description

The general area of research in my lab is the design, development, and optimization of medical imaging technologies. The following projects are underway: 1) Dual modality breast imaging: We are developing an integrated imaging system that combines the sensitivity of digital mammography with the specificity of scintimammography in a single compact, upright unit. The imaging system functions by obtaining mirror-image x-ray transmission and gamma emission images concurrently with the breast in a single configuration. Co-registration then correlates the gamma and x-ray images to within a fraction of a pixel. 2) Molecular imaging system for small animal research: We are developing a tomographic imaging system that permits simultaneous acquisition of high resolution functional (SPECT) and structural (x-ray CT) images from mice and rats. The resulting fused image correlates the radiotracer distribution with the morphological information provided by the x-ray data. A similar 2-dimensional system is being routinely utilized as a component of the Small Animal Multimodality Imaging Center for mouse and rat studies in gene expression imaging, radiation oncology and diagnostic radiology. 3) Evaluation of basic imaging properties of early commercial systems for digital breast imaging. Characteristics being quantified include sensitivity, linearity, spatial resolution, noise properties, and detective quantum efficiency. We are working with a consortium of detector physicists located across North America to develop uniform evaluation methods and to produce a combined data set.

Selected Publications

  • Dengel L, More M, Judy P, Petroni G, Smolkin M, Rehm P, Majewski S, Williams M, Slingluff J. Intraoperative imaging guidance for sentinel node biopsy in melanoma using a mobile gamma camera. Ann Surg. 253(4): 774-8.
  • Dengel L, More M, Judy P, Petroni G, Smolkin M, Rehm P, Majewski S, Williams M, Slingluff J. Intraoperative imaging guidance for sentinel node biopsy in melanoma using a mobile gamma camera. Ann Surg. 253(4): 774-8.
  • Williams M, Yaffe M, Maidment A, Martin M, Seibert J, Pisano E. Image quality in digital mammography: image acquisition. J Am Coll Radiol. 3(8): 589-608.
  • Trotta B, Stolin A, Williams M, Gay S, Brody A, Altes T. Characterization of the relation between CT technical parameters and accuracy of quantification of lung attenuation on quantitative chest CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 188(6): 1683-90.
  • Williams M, Krupinski E, Strauss K, Breeden 3, Rzeszotarski M, Applegate K, Wyatt M, Bjork S, Seibert J. Digital radiography image quality: image acquisition. J Am Coll Radiol. 4(6): 371-88.
  • Williams M, Raghunathan P, More M, Seibert J, Kwan A, Lo J, Samei E, Ranger N, Fajardo L, McGruder A, McGruder S, Maidment A, Yaffe M, Bloomquist A, Mawdsley G. Optimization of exposure parameters in full field digital mammography. Med Phys. 2008;35(6): 2414-23. PMCID: PMC2809723
  • Yen W, Williams M, Periasamy A, Conaway M, Burdsal C, Keller R, Lu X, Sutherland A. PTK7 is essential for polarized cell motility and convergent extension during mouse gastrulation. Development. 136(12): 2039-48. PMCID: PMC2685725
  • Williams M, Judy P, Gunn S, Majewski S. Dual-modality breast tomosynthesis. Radiology. 255(1): 191-8. PMCID: PMC2843832
  • Zhang Y, Xiao L, Chordia M, Locke L, Williams M, Berr S, Pan D. Neutrophil targeting heterobivalent SPECT imaging probe: cFLFLF-PEG-TKPPR-99mTc. Bioconjug Chem. 21(10): 1788-93.
  • Locke L, Williams M, Fairchild K, Zhong M, Kundu B, Berr S. FDG-PET Quantification of Lung Inflammation with Image-Derived Blood Input Function in Mice. International journal of molecular imaging. 2011;2011 356730. PMID: 22187641 | PMCID: PMC3236466
  • Dengel L, More M, Judy P, Petroni G, Smolkin M, Rehm P, Majewski S, Williams M, Slingluff C. Intraoperative imaging guidance for sentinel node biopsy in melanoma using a mobile gamma camera. Annals of surgery. 2011;253(4): 774-8. PMID: 21475019
  • Locke L, Mayo M, Yoo A, Williams M, Berr S. PET imaging of tumor associated macrophages using mannose coated 64Cu liposomes. Biomaterials. 2012;33(31): 7785-93. PMID: 22840225