Selected Refereed Publications: Conference Papers

1. Rottenberg, D. A., Lu, H. C., Thaler, H. T., Kearfott, K. J., “The Measurement of rCBF using CT and Stable Xenon”, J Cereb Blood Flow Metabol, vol. 1, Suppl. 1, pp. S27-S28, 1981.

2. Elmaleh, D. R., Goodman, M. M., Kearfott, K. J., Correia, J. A., Alpert, N. M., Varnum, D., Ackerman, R. H., Strauss, H. W., Brownell, G. L., “F-18 Sugar Analog for Studies of Tissue Metabolism”, Medical Application of Cyclotrons II, Ann Univ Turkuensis, vol. D, no. 13, pp. 153-155, 1981.

3. Elmaleh, D. R., Kearfott, K. J., Goodman, M. M., Varnum, D., Lade, R., Ackerman, R. H., Strauss, H. W., Brownell, G. L., “A Comparison of F-18 Sugar Analogs in Animals”, Medical Application of Cyclotrons II, Ann Univ Turkuensis, vol. D, no. 13, pp. 156-160, 1981.

4. Rottenberg, D. A., Goldiner, P. L., Dhawan, V., Kearfott, K. J., “Measurement of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Human Subjects Using Stable Xenon and Computerized Tomography”, Trans Am Neurol Assoc, vol. 106, pp. 333-336, 1981.

5. Rottenberg, D. A., Ginos, J. Z., Kearfott, K. J., Junck, J. R., Conti, J., Dhawan, V., “Feasibility of Measuring Regional Brain Tissue pH Using C-11-Dimethyloxazolidinedione and Positron Emission Tomography: Preliminary Observations in Animals and Man”, Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography, St. Louis, MO, May 16-19, pp. 15-18, 1982.

6. Rottenberg, D. A., Ginos, J. Z., Kearfott, K. J., Junck, L. R., Dhawan, V., “Determination of Regional Cerebral Acid-Base Status Using C-11-dimethyloxazolidinedione and Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography”, J Cereb Blood Flow Metabol, vol. 3, Suppl. 1, pp. S150-S151, 1983.

7. Rottenberg, D. A., Ginos, J. Z., Kearfott, K. J., Junck, L. R., Bigner, D. D., “In vivo Measurement of Regional Brain Tissue pH Using Positron Emission Tomography”, Ann Neurol, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. S98-S102, 1984.

8. Kearfott, K. J., “Radiological Imaging Facility”, in Images of the Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engrg. in Medicine and Biology Society, Seattle, WA, November 9-12, pp. 628-629, 1989.

9. Grupen-Shemansky, M. E., Kearfott, K. J., “Focused and Unfocused Laser Heating of a TLD Layer for Medical Imaging: A Comparison Case”, in Images of the Twenty-First Century, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engrg. in Medicine and Biology Society, Seattle, WA, November 9-12, pp. 1183-1184, 1989.

10. Grupen-Shemansky, M. E., Kearfott, K. J., “Infrared Read-out of a TLD Plate for High Dose Radioactive Field Quantitative Imaging”, Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the IEEE Engrg. in Medicine and Biology Society, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 244-245, 1990.

11. Trueblood, J., David, G., Kearfott, K., Peng, J., “Objective Evaluation of ACR Mammography Accreditation Phantom Images”. Society of Computer Assisted Radiology Annual Meeting, Computer Applications to Assist Radiology Proceedings Book, pp. 265-271, 1992.

12. Kearfott, K. J., Lin, S. Y., Yakoubian, S., “Preliminary Evaluation of Adaptive Histogram Equalization (AHE) for Digital Mammography”, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Australian Institution of Engineers National Conference Publication No. 94/6, pp. 409-414, 1994.

13. Kearfott, K. J., Wepfer, W., “Radiological Engineering: An Engineering Based Curriculum for Radiation Protection and Medical Applications”, Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Australian Institution of Engineers National Conference Publication No. 94/6, pp. 461-464, 1994.

14. Badano, A., Flynn, M. J., Samei, E., Kearfott, K. J., “Performance of Low Voltage Phosphors in Emissive Flat Panel Displays for Radiologic Applications”, International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), vol. 2707: Medical Imaging: Image Displays, vol. 2707, pp. 318-321, 1996.

15. Kearfott, K. J., “The University of Michigan Master of Engineering in Radiological Health Engineering Curriculum: Radiation Protection Design from an Engineering Perspective”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 76, pp. 23-27, 1997. (invited)

16. Burke, S., Davis, C.-S., Kearfott, K. J., “Planting the Graduate Seed: The Marian Sarah Parker Scholars Program”, in Impacting Change Through Collaboration, Women Engineering Program Administrators Network and National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, pp. 35-40, 1997.

17. Dykens, M. N., Davis, C.-S., Kearfott, K. J., “The Sloan Graduate Experience Project at the University of Michigan”, in Impacting Change Through Collaboration, Women Engineering Program Administrators Network and National Association of Minority Engineering Program Administrators, pp. 167-170, 1997.

18. Kearfott, K. J., Calkins, L. M., “Atomic Energy Commission Educational Programs 1947-52”, American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, International Symposium on Waste Management Technologies in Ceramic and Nuclear Industry, Session on Historical Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management, American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, SXIV-003-97, p. 141, 1997.

19. Calkins, L. M., Kearfott, K. J., “Radioactive Waste Management in the Early Nuclear Era: A Survey of Practices and Policy Transitions at U. S. Nuclear Sites 1946-54”, American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, International Symposium on Waste Management Technologies in Ceramic and Nuclear Industry, Session on Historical Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management, American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, SXIV-004-97, p. 141, 1997.

20. Calkins, L. M., Kearfott, K. J., “The Phoenix Project at the University of Michigan, 1945-60”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 77, p. 124, 1997.

21. Wagner, E. C., Kearfott, K. J., “Performance Evaluation of Dual Integral Glow Analysis (DINGA) with a Hot Gas Reader”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 81, pp. 266-267, 1999.

22. Steinman, R. L., Boles, J. L., Weiner, R. F., McFadden, J. G., Kearfott, K. J., “Experimental Validation of the RADTRAN 5 Incident-Free and Handler Dose Models”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 81, pp. 67-68, 1999.

23. Benke, R. R., Kearfott, K. J., “Simulations of an In Situ Method for Measuring Radionuclide Depth Distributions”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 81, pp. 237-238, 1999.

24. Branch E. J., Sanders, J. D., Kearfott, K. J., Stojadinovic, G., Wehe, D.K., “An Augmented Reality Radiation Display System (ARRDS) for Radiation Protection Applications”, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, vol. 81, pp. 247, 1999.

25. Steinman, R. L., Weiner, R. F., Kearfott, K. J., “Comparing Calculated Risk: RADTRAN 5 vs. RISKIN 1.11”, Proceedings of the Waste Management 2000 Symposium "HLW, LLW, Mixed Wastes and Environmental Restoration -- Working Towards a Cleaner Environment", Waste Management Symposium 2000, Feb. 27-March 2, Tucson AX, 2000. (on CD).

26. Hsu, H. H., Kearfott, K. J., “Response Functions of Four Criticality-Dosimetry Detectors”, Proceedings of the Health Physics Society 34th Midyear Topical Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Feb. 4-7, 2001 (Medical Physics Publishing), pp. 63-68, 2001.

27. Van Riper, K. A., Metzger, R. L., Kearfott, K. J., "Radionuclide Depth Distribution by Collimated Spectroscopy", American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Twelfth Biennial Topical Meeting, "Radiation Serving Society", Santa Fe, NM, April 14-18, 2002, CD of conference proceedings, 7 pp.

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