Rock Mackie
Professor
600 Highland Avenue
K4/B100
Madison, WI 53792
Telephone: 608-262-7358
Fax: 608-263-2841
E-mail:
Administrative support provided by Michelle Anderle
My research interests include radiation physics, computer physics and their application to medicine and health. In particular, I am engaged in research into radiation dosimetry, radiation calibration and radiation effects from a theoretical and practical viewpoint. Computers are used to model radiation transport through matter using techniques such as the Monte Carlo method and convolution/superposition approaches. To verify predictions, requires sophisticated measurement techniques to categorize and quantify the radiation effects.
- B.S., Physics, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK
- Ph.D., Physics, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton AB, 1984
- Investigation of methods of quantization of radiation dose in tissue
- Evaluation of dose distributions in tissue, particularly in brachytherapy, and in conformal treatment utilizing multimodality imaging
- Measurement of radiation from various sources
- Development and application of safety practices in radiation therapy
- Papanikolaou N;Mackie T R;Meger-wells C;Gehring M;Reckwerdt P Investigation of the convolution method for polyenergetic spectra Medical Physics 20 1327-36 1993 Sep-oct;
- Mackie T R;Holmes T;Swerdloff S;Reckwerdt P;Deasy J O;Yang J;Paliwal B;Kinsella T Tomotherapy: a new concept for the delivery of dynamic conformal radiotherapy Medical Physics 20 1709-19 1993 Nov-dec;
- Holmes T;Mackie T R A filtered backprojection dose calculation method for inverse treatment planning Medical Physics 21 303-13 1994 Feb;
- Wells C M;Mackie T R;Podgorsak M B;Holmes M A;Papanikolaou N;Reckwerdt P J;Cygler J;Rogers D W;Bielajew A F;Schmidt D G;Et Al Measurements of the electron dose distribution near inhomogeneities using a plastic scintillation detector International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 29 1157-65 1994 Jul 30;
- Holmes T W;Mackie T R;Reckwerdt P An iterative filtered backprojection inverse treatment planning algorithm for tomotherapy International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 32 1215-25 1995 Jul 15;
- Holmes T;Mackie T R A comparison of three inverse treatment planning algorithms Physics In Medicine and Biology 39 91-106 1994 Jan;
- Kubsad S S;Mackie T R;Gehring M A;Misisco D J;Paliwal B R;Mehta M P;Kinsella T J Monte carlo and convolution dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 19 1027-35 1990 Oct;
- Holmes T;Mackie T R;Simpkin D;Reckwerdt P A unified approach to the optimization of brachytherapy and external beam dosimetry International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 20 859-73 1991 Apr;
- Thomason C;Mackie T R;Lindstrom M J;Higgins P D The dose distribution surrounding 192ir and 137cs seed sources Physics In Medicine and Biology 36 475-93 1991 Apr;
- Thomason C;Mackie T R;Lindstrom M J Effect of source encapsulation on the energy spectra of 192ir and 137cs seed sources Physics In Medicine and Biology 36 495-505 1991 Apr;