James M. Galvin, D. Sc.
Professor and Director, Medical Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology,
Thomas Jefferson UniversityE-mail: james.galvin@mail.tju.edu
Research Interests
Multileaf collimation
Intensity modulated radiation therapy
Immobilization
CT simulation
Education
| Institution and Location |
Degree |
Year(s) |
Field of Study |
| Harvard University, Boston, MA |
D.Sc |
1970-75 |
Medical Physics |
| University of Cincinnati, Ohio |
M.S. |
1966-68 |
Medical Physics |
| University of Cincinnati, Ohio |
M.S |
1963-66 |
Nucl.Engineering |
| University of Cincinnati, Ohio |
B.S. |
1959-63 |
Physics |
Certification
American Board of Radiology - Therapeutic Radiological Physics
Research and Professional Experience
| 1997- present |
Professor and Director, Medical Physics Division, Department
of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1992-97 |
Associate Professor and Director of Physics, Radiation Oncology, Tisch
Hospital, NYU Medical Center, New York, New York |
| 1985-92 |
Associate Professor and Section Chief - Clinical Physics, Department of
Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1980-87 |
Secondary Appointment, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1977-87 |
Assistant Professor of Radiation Physics, Department of Radiation
Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1977-85 |
Senior Clinical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, University
of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1976-77 |
Research Associate, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1974-75 |
Director of Physics, Radiation Therapy Department, Salem Hospital, Salem,
Massachusetts |
| 1970-75 |
Fellow, Medical Physics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,
Massachusetts |
| 1969-70 |
Associate in Radiation Therapy, Department of Radiation Therapy, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1968-70 |
Head of Clinical Physics, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1963-68 |
Fellow, Radiological Science, University of Cincinnati General Hospital,
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Selected Publications
Galvin, J.M., D'Angio, G., Walsh, G.: Use of tissue compensators to improve the
dose uniformity for total body irradiation. Int. J. Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys. 6:767-71,
1980.
Kim, T.H., Khan, F.M., Galvin, J.M.: A report of the work party: Comparison of
total body irradiation techniques for bone marrow transplantation. Int. J. Rad. Oncol.
Biol. Phys.
6:779-84, 1980.
Galvin, J.M.: Calculation and prescription of dose for total body irradiation. Int.
J. Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys. 9:1919-24, 1983.
Curran, W., Galvin, J.M., D'Angio, G.J.: A simple method for calculation of
prescribed dose for total body photon irradiation. Int. J. Rad. Oncology. Biol. Phys. 17:219-224,
1989.
Galvin, J.M., Curran, W.J., D'Angio, G.J.: Practical aspects of total body
irradiation.Radiation Oncology Physics - 1986, American Association of Physicists
in Medicine Monograph Series. Published by the American Institute of Physics.
Van Dyk, J., Galvin, J.M., Glasgow, G.P., Podgorsak, E.B.: The physical aspects
of total and half body photon irradiation. American Association of Physicists in
Medicine Report. Published by the American Institute of Physics.
Galvin, J.M., : Physics considerations for total body photon irradiation. Advances
in Radiation Oncology Physics: Dosimetry, Treatment Planing and Brachytherapy,
American Association of Physicists in Medicine Monograph No. 19. Published by the American
Institute of Physics. 1992.
Galvin, J.M., Smith, A.R., Moeller, R.D., Goodman, R.L., Powlis, W, Rubenstein,
J, Solin, L, Michael, B., Needham, M.,Huntzenger, C., Kligerman, M.: Evaluation of
multileaf collimator design for a photon beam. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 23:789-801,
1992.
Powlis, W.D., Smith, A.R., Cheng, E., Galvin, J.M., Villari, F, Bloch, P.,
Kligerman, M.M.: Initiation of multileaf collimator conformal therapy. Int. J. Rad.
Oncol. Biol. Phys. 25:171-179, 1993.
Galvin, J.M., Smith, A.R., Lally, B.: Characterization of a multileaf collimator
system. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 25:181-192, 1993.
Galvin, J.M., Leavitt, D.D., Smith, A.: Field Edge Smoothing for
Multileaf Collimators. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 35: 89-94, 1996.
Galvin, J.M., Han, K., Cohen, R.: A comparison of multileaf-collimator
and alloy-block field shaping. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 40:3,
721-731, 1998.
- Dose Optimization & Intensity Modulated Treatment
Bahr, G., Kereiakes, J.G., Horwitz, H., Finney, R., Galvin, J.M., Goode, K.: The
method of linear programming applied to radiation treatment planning. Radiol. 91:686-693,
1968.
Galvin, J.M., Chen, Xaun-Gen, Smith, R.M.: Combining multileaf fields to
modulate fluence distributions. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27:697-705,
1993.
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Galvin, J.M., Sims, C., Domoniak, G., Cooper, J.: The Use of Digitally Reconstructed
Radiographs for 3D Treatment Planning and CT-Simulation. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol.
Phys. 31:935-942, 1995.
Galvin, J.M., Turrisi, A.T., Cheng, E.: Treatment simulation using a CT unit.Radiation
Oncology Physics - 1986, American Association of Physicists in Medicine Monograph
Series. Published by the American Institute of Physics.
Galvin, J.M.: The CT-simulator and the simulator-CT: Advantages, disadvantages
and future developments. - in Medical Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology
- Radiation Therapy Physics edited by Alfred R. Smith, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1995.
- Treatment Reproducibility
Rosenthal, S.A., Galvin, J.M., Goldwein, J.W., Smith, A.R., Blitzer, P.H.:
Improved Methods for Determination of Variability in Patient Positioning for Radiation
Therapy Using Simulation and Serial Portal Film Measurements. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol.
Phys. 23:621-625, 1992
Brown, A.P., Urie, M.M., Rarest, G., Cheng, E., Coia, L., Emami, B.N., Galvin, J.M.,
Kutcher, J., Manolis, J., Wong, J.W., Yahalom, J.: Three-dimensional photon treatment
planning for Hodgkin's disease. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 21:,205-15,
1991..
Coia, L., Galvin, J.M., Sontag, M., Blitzer, P., Brenner, H., Cheng, E., Doppke,
K., Harms, W., Hunt, M., Mohan, R., Munzenrider, J., Simpson, J.: Three-dimensional photon
treatment planning in carcinoma of the larynx. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 21:,183-92,
1991..
Dowsett, R., Galvin, J.M., Cheng, E., Smith, R., Peterson, M., Skinner, A.,
Henze, G., Harris, R., Needham, M., Payne, R., Yan S.: Contouring Structures for
3-Dimensional Treatment Planning. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 22:1083-1088,
1992.
Galvin, J.M., Han, K., Noz, M.E., Vaccaro,T., Cooper, J., Reddy, D.P., Maguire,
Jr., G.Q.: Warping CT scans from nontreatment to treatment position. Radiation Oncology
Investigations, 5:206-212, 1997.
Sontag, M.R., Galvin, J.M., Axel, L., Bloch, P.: The use of NMR images for
radiation therapy treatment planning. Proc. Eighth Int'l Con. on Use of Computers in
Rad. Therapy pp. 169-72.
- Breast Treatment Planning
Galvin, J.M., Wallace, R.E., Bloch, P., Cheng, E.: Computer calculation of the dose
distribution in the electron build-up region. Phys. Med. Biol. 25:903-11,
1980
Solin, L.J., Danoff, B.F., Schwartz, G.F., Galvin, J.M., Goodman, R.L.: A
practical technique for the localization of the tumor volume in definitive irradiation of
the breast. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys.11:1215-20, 1985.
Solin, L.J., Chu, C.H., Larsen, R., Fowble, B., Galvin, J.M., Goodman, R.L.:
Determination of depth for electron breast boosts. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys.13
1915-19, 1987.
Galvin, J.M., Powlis, W., Fowble, B., Goodman, R.L.: A new technique for
positioning tangential fields. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 26:877-881,
1993.
Danoff, B.F., Galvin, J.M., Cheng, E., Broodland, R.K., Powlis, W.D., Goodman,
R.L.: The clinical application of CT scanning in the treatment of primary breast cancer. Current
Controversies in Breast Cancer, edited by S.F. Ames, G.R. Blumenschein and E.D.
Montague, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, pp. 391-97. 1984.
Galvin, J.M., Bjarngard, B.E., Cormack, A.: In vivo determination of attenuation
coefficients for radiation therapy. Proc. Soc. Photo-Optical Inst. Engineers 47:27-38,
1974.
Chu, J.C.H., Galvin J.M., Lockett, P, Bloch, P.:Use of a tungsten filter to
improve beam uniformity. Med. Phys. 8:520-22, 1981.
Corn, B.W., Galvin, J.M., Soffen, E.M., Henze, G., Schwaiblod, F.: Positional
stability of sources during low-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma. Int. J.
Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 26:513-518, 1993.
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