BIO
Dominic Crotty has been a member of the MMIL since August 2004. My thesis research is to develop, implement and enhance designs of a prototype dual modality SPECT-CT system dedicated to imaging breast cancer more effectively at an earlier stage of development. While I concentrate mainly on the CT sub-system, I have investigated issues that also concern the SPECT sub-system, issues that are unavoidable in this compact, common field-of-view, dual modality imaging device. My interests lie mainly in overall system component and sub-component design and the application of the device to imaging in a clinical setting, rather than in a lab environment.

While working in the lab as a full-time PhD student at Duke University, I am also working part-time in the Office of Commercialization at RTI International in the Research Triangle Park. This works involves investigating the commercial potential of novel technologies that researchers develop at RTI, a job that successfully marries my interests in technical deign and in business. Prior to enrolling at Duke, he played professional rugby in Ireland at national and regional level for 8 years during which time he also worked as a circuit design engineer for Analog Devices Inc. as part of a team designing commercial microelectronic integrated circuit components. In addition, he holds a Diploma in Financial Management from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in London, England.

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Publications

Crotty D J, Brzymialkiewicz C N, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2005 Optimizing orientation of SPECT and CT detectors through quantification of cross contamination in a dual modality mammotomography system 2005 IEEE NuclSci Symp & Med Imag Conf 3 1672-6

Crotty D J, Brzymialkiewicz C N, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2006 Investigation ofemission contamination in the transmission image of a dual modality computed mammotomography system Proc SPIE: Phys Med Imag 6142 664-74

Crotty D J, Cutler S J, McKinley R L, Madhav P, Perez K L and Tornai M P 2008 Improved chest wall imaging through combined complex trajectories in dedicated dual modality SPECT-CT breast molecular imaging. In: Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE, pp 5650-6

Crotty D J, Madhav P, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2006 Patient bed design for an integrated SPECT-CT dedicated mammotomography system 2006 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference Record

Crotty D J, Madhav P, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2007 Investigating novel patient bed designs for use in a hybrid dual modality dedicated 3D breast imaging system 2007 SPIE Med Imag Conf 6150

Crotty D J, McKinley R L, Madhav P, Cutler S J and Tornai M P 2009 Initial investigation of novel trajectories to improve chest wall imaging in a dedicated breast computed tomography system. In: Medical Imaging 2009: Physics of Medical Imaging, (Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA: SPIE) pp 72585L-10

Crotty D J, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2007 Experimental spectral measurements of heavy K-edge filtered beams for x-ray computed mammotomography Physics in Medicine and Biology 52 603-16

Cutler S J, Crotty D J and Tornai M P 2008 Dynamic laser-guided contouring for dedicated emission mammotomography. In: Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE, pp 4789-93

Cutler S J, Madhav P, Perez K L, Crotty D J and Tornai M P 2007 Comparison of reduced angle and fully 3D acquisition sequencing and trajectories for dual-modality mammotomography. In: 2007 IEEE Nucl Sci Symp & Med Imag Conf, (Honolulu, HI, USA: IEEE) pp 4044-50

Madhav P, Crotty D J, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2006 Initial development of a dual-modality SPECT-CT system for dedicated mammotomography 2006 IEEE Nucl Sci Symp & Med Imag Conf

Madhav P, Crotty D J, McKinley R L and Tornai M P 2007 Evaluation of lesion distortion at various CT system tilts in the development of a hybrid system for dedicated mammotomography SPIE Med Imag Conf 6150

Madhav P, Crotty D J and Tornai M P 2006 Initial design considerations of a compact, dedicated SPECT-CT system for mammotomography Submitted to 2006 Annual RSNA Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Madhav P, Cutler S, Crotty D, Perez K, McKinley R, Marcom P, Wong T and Tornai M 2008 Pilot Patient Studies Using a Dedicated Dual-Modality SPECT-CT System for Breast Imaging. AAPM) pp 2894-

Madhav P, Cutler S J, Crotty D J, Perez K L, McKinley R L, Wilke L, Wong T and Tornai M P 2008 Pilot Patient Studies Using a Dedicated Dual-Modality SPECT-CT System for Breast Imaging In: 2008 AAPM, (Houston TX

Madhav P, Cutler S J, Perez K L, Crotty D J, McKinley R L, Wong T Z and Tornai M P 2007 Initial patient study with dedicated dual-modality SPECT-CT mammotomography. In: 2007 IEEE Nucl Sci Symp & Med Imag Conf, (Honolulu, HI, USA: IEEE) pp 3781-7

Madhav P, Cutler S J, Perez K L, Crotty D J, McKinley R L, Wong T Z and Tornai M P 2007 Initial patient study with dedicated dual-modality SPECT-CT mammotomography. (Honolulu, HI, USA: IEEE) pp 3781-7

Perez K L, Madhav P, Crotty D J and Tornai M P 2007 Analysis of patient bed positioning in SPECT-CT imaging for dedicated mammotomography. In: Medical Imaging 2007: Physics of Medical Imaging, (San Diego, CA, USA: SPIE) pp 651037-8

Tornai M P, McKinley R L, Brzymialkiewicz C N, Madhav P, Cutler S J, Crotty D J, Bowsher J E, Samei E and Floyd C E 2005 Design and development of a fully-3D dedicated x-ray computed mammotomography system Proc SPIE: Phys Med Imag 5745 189-97

Tornai M P, McKinley R L, Cutler S J, Crotty D J and Brzymialkiewicz C N 2005 Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for preclinical imaging evaluation with emission or transmission imaging Proc. SPIE 5746 825-34