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Last Name

Mackie

First Name

Thomas (Rock)

Middle Initial

Rockwell

Areas of Research Expertise

* Radiation physics

* Computer physics

* Application to medicine and health

* Radiation dosimetry

* Radiation calibration and radiation effects

* Methods of quantitative of radiation dose in tissue

* Dose distributions in tissue, particularly in brachytherapy

* Conformal treatment utilizing multimodality imaging

* Measurement of radiation from various sources

* Development and application of safety practices in radiation therapy

Web site

Rock Mackie's University Home Page

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Rock Mackie's CV

Current/Active Funding

NIH, 2009-2014, Dose Painting Based on Hypoxia and Proliferative Response
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 2000-2027

Issued Patent(s)

7,839,972 - System and method of evaluating dose delivered by a radiation therapy system, granted Nov 2010.
7,773,788 - Method and system for evaluating quality assurance criteria in delivery of a treatment plan, granted Aug 2010.
7,714,309 Phantom for ion range detection, granted May 2010.
7,643,661 - Method and system for evaluating delivered dose, granted Jan 2010.
7,639,854 Method and system for processing data relating to a radiation therapy treatment plan, granted Dec 2009.

USPTO Published Applications

20100252728 - Mas spectrometer using an accelerating wave, Oct 2010.
20100176309 - Ion radiation therapy system with rocking gantry motion, July 2010
20090289192 - Scanning aperture ion beam modulator, Nov 2009.
20090212231 - Heavy ion radiation therapy system with stair-step modulation, Aug 2009.
20090200481 - Ion radiation threapy system having magnetic fan beam former, Aug 2009.

Recent Publication(s)

"Dosimetric comparison of left-sided whole breast irradiation with 3DCRT, forward-planned IMRT, inverse-planned IMRT, helical tomotherapy, and topotherapy"

Schubert LK, Gondi V, Westerly DC, et al., Radiotherapy and Oncology 100(2): 241-246 Aug 2011. Compare left-sided whole breast conventional and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning techniques.

"Maximum kinetic energy considerations in proton stereotactic radiosurgery"

Sengbusch ER, Mackie TR, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 12(3): 122-131 2011. The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum proton kinetic energy required to treat a given percentage of patients eligible for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with coplanar arc-based proton therapy, contingent upon the number and location of gantry angles used.

"Monte Carlo-based simulation of dynamic jaws tomotherapy"

Sterpin E, Chen Y, Chen Q, et al., Medical Physics 38(9): 5230-5238 Sep 2011. The aim of this work was to incorporate the dynamic jaws feature into a Monte Carlo (MC) model called TomoPen, based on the MC code PENELOPE, previously validated for the original TomoTherapy system.

"Maximum kinetic energy considerations in proton stereotactic radiosurgery"

Sengbusch ER, Mackie TR, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 12(3): 148-157 2011. The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum proton kinetic energy required to treat a given percentage of patients eligible for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with coplanar arc-based proton therapy, contingent upon the number and location of gantry angles used.