Physicist

Charles M. Laymon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Radiology. Charles' interests include imaging instrumentation for clinical and research applications, algorithm and methods development, and basic science research.


Education
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA		 B.S. 1979 Physics
University of Illinois,
Urbana, IL		 M.S. 1981 Physics
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA		 Ph.D. 1989 Physics

Selected Publications
  • C.M. Laymon et al., "Pion Elastic and Inelastic 21+ scattering on 58,60,62,64Ni at Tp= 180 MeV",Phys. Rev. C 53, 1167 (1996).

  • R.E. Coleman, T.C. Hawk, S.M. Hamblen, C.M. Laymon, T.G. Turkington, "Detection of Recurrent Brain Tumor: Comparison of MR Registered Camera-Based and Dedicated PET Images" Clinical Positron Imaging 2, 57(1999).

  • C.M. Laymon and T.G. Turkington. "Calculation of Attenuation Factors from Combined Singles and Coincidence Emission Projections" (B, IEEE Trans. Med. Imag. 18, 1194 (1999).

  • C.M. Laymon, T.G. Turkington, D.R. Gilland, and R.E. Coleman, "Transmission Scanning System for a Gamma-Camera Coincidence Scanner",J. Nucl. Med 41, 692 (2000).

  • C.M. Laymon, R.S. Miyaoka, B.K. Park, and T.K. Lewellen, "Simplified FPGA-Based Data Acquisition System for PET", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., in press (2003).

Ways to reach Dr. Laymon

U.S. Postal Mail
Charles Laymon, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
PUH PET Facility, B-938
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582
U.S.A.

Tel. (412) 647-0730
Fax (412) 647-0700

Or

Send email to Dr. Laymon at CML14@pitt.edu

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