Amy Becker, PhD
Clinical Research Manager
Radiology
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Floyd and Mary Schwall Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Davis, 2020-2021
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2016-2021

Education & Training

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• PhD Biomedical Engineering University of California, Davis 06/2021
• BS Imaging Science Rochester Institute of Technology 05/2016

Websites

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• Twitter (twitter.com)
• LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Publications (10)

Top publication keywords:
GadoliniumTomography, X-Ray ComputedQuality ControlRadiation DosageScattering, RadiationBreastRadiologyRadiation ExposureMonte Carlo MethodCarbon FootprintMammographyPhantoms, ImagingBreast NeoplasmsArtifactsCone-Beam Computed Tomography

• Erratum for: Ecodesign and Operational Strategies to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of MRI for Energy Cost Savings.
  Radiology 2023 Woolen SA, Becker AE, Martin AJ, Knoerl R, Lam V, Folsom J, Eusemann C, Hess CP, Deshpande V
• Ecodesign and Operational Strategies to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of MRI for Energy Cost Savings.
  Radiology 2023 Woolen SA, Becker AE, Martin AJ, Knoerl R, Lam V, Folsom J, Eusemann C, Hess CP, Deshpande V
• Radiology Environmental Impact: What Is Known and How Can We Improve?
  Academic Radiology 2022 Woolen SA, Kim CJ, Hernandez AM, Becker AE, Martin AJ, Kuoy E, Pevec WC, Tutton S.
• High-resolution μCT imaging for characterizing microcalcification detection performance in breast CT.
  Journal of medical imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) 2021 Hernandez AM, Becker AE, Hyun Lyu S, Abbey CK, Boone JM
• Modular Synthesis of Peptide-Based Single- and Multimodal Targeted Molecular Imaging Agents.
  ACS applied bio materials 2021 Schmitthenner HF, Barrett TM, Beach SA, Heese LE, Weidman C, Dobson DE, Mahoney ER, Schug NC, Jones KG, Durmaz C, Otasowie O, Aronow S, Lee YP, Ophardt HD, Becker AE, Hornak JP, Evans IM, Ferran MC

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• A prototype Multi-X-ray-source array (MXA) for digital breast tomosynthesis.
  Physics in medicine and biology 2020 Becker AE, Hernandez AM, Boone JM, Schwoebel PR
• Cone beam CT multisource configurations: evaluating image quality, scatter, and dose using phantom imaging and Monte Carlo simulations.
  Physics in medicine and biology 2020 Becker AE, Hernandez AM, Schwoebel PR, Boone JM
• Protocol Optimization for Microcalcification Detectability in Breast CT: A Phantom Study Using Model Observers
  Protocol Optimization for Microcalcification Detectability in Breast CT: A Phantom Study Using Model Observers 2020 Hernandez AM, Becker AE, Hyun Lyu S, Abbey CK, Boone JM
• High resolution microcalcification signal profiles for dedicated breast CT.
  Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering 2020 Hernandez AM, Becker AE, Lyu SH, Abbey CK, Boone JM
• Updated breast CT dose coefficients (DgNCT ) using patient-derived breast shapes and heterogeneous fibroglandular distributions.
  Medical physics 2019 Hernandez AM, Becker AE, Boone JM