BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

 

Raleigh F. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology, Director of Basic Sciences

 

EDUCATION/TRAINING

 

DEGREE

 

YEAR(s)

 

FIELD OF STUDY

Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

University of Miami, Miami, Florida

Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

B.A.

M.S.

Ph.D.

1959-1964

1964-1965

1965-1969

Physics

Radiological Physics

Radiological Physics

 

 

Publications and Papers: (last 2 years or 5 most recent)

 

1.        Nishino T, Wu X, Johnson RF Jr.  Harnessing technology, training to make the most of FFDM. Am J Roentgenology, Oct 2005,1985:4,     960-963.

 

2.        Vrabec, Jeffrey T, Johnson, RF Jr.  Champion, Stephanie W, Chaljub, Greg.  Aeration Following Intact Canal Wall Mastoidectomy.  Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2003;112:801-6.

 

3.        Vrabec JT, Briggs RD, Rodriguez SC, Johnson RF Jr.  Evaluation of the internal auditory canal with virtual endoscopy.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002;127:145-152.

 

4.        Vrabec JT, Champion SW, Gomez JD, Johnson, RF Jr., Chaljub G:  3-D CT imaging method to measure temporal bone aeration.  Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 2002; 122:831-835

 

5.        Briggs RD, Vrabec JT, Cavey MS, Johnson RF Jr.  Virtual endoscopic evaluation of labyrinthine fistulae resulting from cholesteatoma.  Laryngoscope 2001; 111:1828-1833

 

Exhibits: (last 2 years)

1.        T.K. Nishino, R.F. Johnson, T. Khamapirad, D.G. Brunder, J.J. Grady, L.W. Lu. “Non-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for measuring fibroglandular tissue volume of the breast.”  Presented at the 6th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer research, Los Angeles, CA, April 14-18, 2007.

 

Research Grants:

 

April 2003 to                            U.S. Army Medical Research Material Command (DAMD17-01-1-417)

Present                                    “Soybean Diet in Breast Density  Principal Investigator – Leejane Lu, Ph.D.

 

September 2003 to                  Nataional Institue of Health (NIH 1RO1CA95545-01A1)

August 2007                           Mammographic density and soy isoflavones  Principal Investigator – Leejane Lu, Ph.D.

 

 

Areas of Interest:

- Teaching

- ACR

- 3D Imaging

- Development of an interactive, web-based classroom for teaching basic science in medicine

- Evaluation of x-ray beam filtration for mammography

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