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Physics Home |Faculty | Carolyn MacDonald

Carolyn MacDonald

Professor of Physics

Room: physics 210 / ES B14
Phone: 442-4545 / 4496
eMail: c.macdonald@albany.edu
   

Ph.D. 1986 Harvard University
Professor, University at Albany, 1998-present
Director, Center for X-ray Optics, 2002- present
Associate Director, Center for X-ray Optics, 1991-2002
Associate Professor, University at Albany, 1994-1998
Assisstant Professor, University at Albany, 1986-1994

 


Research Areas:

Medical imaging
Materials science
X-ray Optics
Laser beam processing of materials

Current Research:
My current research is primarily involved with the application of crystal and
polycapillary x-ray optics to a variety of applications, including
medical imaging, therapy, and materials analysis. Areas of current
investigation include the use of polycapillary scatter rejection
devices to improve contrast and resolution in mammography, the use of
collimating optics to produce monochromatic beams for clinical use,
the development of a "micro gamma camera" for scintography, and
the development of convergent beam diffraction systems for protein and
macromolecular crystallography.

Research Links:

http://www.albany.edu/x-ray-optics


Recent Publications:

C.A. MacDonald, S.M. Owens, and W.M. Gibson, "Polycapillary X-Ray
Optics for Microdiffraction," Journal of Applied Crystallography, 32,
pp160-7, 1999

S.M. Jorgensen, D.A. Reyes, C.A. MacDonald, E.L. Ritman, "Micro-CT
Scanner With A Focusing Polycapillary X-Ray Optic,"in U. Bonse, ed.,
Developments in X-Ray Tomography II, SPIE vol. 3772, 1999,
pp. 158-166.

C.H. Russell, M. Gubarev, J. Kolodziejczak, M. Joy, C.A. MacDonald,
and W.M. Gibson, "Polycapillary X-ray Optics for X-ray Astronomy," in
Advances in X-ray Analysis, 43, Proceedings of the 48th Denver X-ray
Conference, 1999.

W.M. Gibson and C.A. MacDonald, section editors, "X-ray and Neutron
Optics," Handbook of Optics, Vol. III, McGraw-Hill 2000.

C.A. MacDonald and S.D. Padiyar, "How Photons Work," cover article,
Photonics Spectra, August 2000.

C.A. MacDonald, Ali M. Khounsary, eds., Advances in Laboratory-Based
X-Ray Sources and Optics, SPIE vol. 4144, 2000.

F.A. Hofmann, W.M. Gibson, C.A. MacDonald, D.A. Carter, J.X. Ho,
J.R. Ruble, "Polycapillary Optic - Source combinations for Protein
Crystallography," Jour. Applied Crys. 34, pp.330-335, 2001.

Francisca Sugiro and C.A. MacDonald, "Monochromatic Imaging with a
Conventional Source Using Polycapillary X-ray Optics," in
L.E. Antonuk, M.J. Yaffe, eds., Medical Imaging 2001:Physics of
Medical Imaging, SPIE vol. 4320, pp. 427-434, 2001.

Ali M. Khounsary , C.A. MacDonald, eds., Advances in Laboratory-Based
X-Ray Sources and Optics II, SPIE vol. 4502, 2001.

C.A. MacDonald, W.M. Gibson, and W. Peppler, "X-Ray Optics for Better
Diagnostic Imaging," Technology In Cancer Research And Treatment, 1,
(2), April 2002, pp 111-118.

Ali M. Khounsary , C.A. MacDonald, eds., Advances in Laboratory-Based
X-Ray Sources and Optics III, SPIE vol. 4781, to be published 2002.

W. M. Gibson, C.A. MacDonald, and N. Mail, "Potential for
Radioscintography with Polycapillary Optics," in Ali M. Khounsary ,
C.A. MacDonald, eds., Advances in Laboratory-Based X-Ray Sources and
Optics III, SPIE vol. 4781, pp. 104-111, 2002.


Please send questions or comments to: physics@albany.edu

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