John R. Vetter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (CHS), Department Administrator ABR Certified, Diagnostic Radiological Physics

Department Affiliations

Medical Physics

Education

B.S., University of Wisconsin-School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison (Physics)

M.S., University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, (Medical Physics)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (Medical Physics)

Positions

• 1992-1993, Researcher, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

• 1993-1996,,Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Physics, U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

• 1995-present, Director, Radiological Physics Services, Dept of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

• 1997, Assistant Professor (CHS), Department Administrator, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

• 1994, Diplomate of the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Radiological Physics.

• 1996-2003,Physical Imaging Panel Member, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Breast Cancer Research Program, Prostate Cancer Research Program.

• 2003, Short Term Consultant in Diagnostic Radiology Physics, World Health Organization Western Pacific Region, Manila, Philippines.

Memberships

• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

• American College of Radiology

Publications

• R.B. Mazess, and J.R. Vetter, "The Influence of Marrow on Measurement of Trabecular Bone Using Computed tomography" Bone 6: 349-351 (1985).

• W.A. Kalender, W.H. Perman, J.R. Vetter, and E. Klotz, "Evaluation of a Prototype Dual-Energy Computed Tomographic Apparatus I. Phantom Studies," Medical Physics 13(3): 334-339 (1986).

• J.R. Vetter, W.H. Perman, W.A. Kalender, R.B. Mazess, and R.E. Holden, "Evaluation of a Prototype Dual-Energy Computed Tomographic Apparatus II. Determination of Vertebral Bone Mineral Content," Medical Physics 13(3): 340-343 (1986).

• R.B. Mazess, J.R. Vetter, and D.S. Weaver, "Bone Changes in Olphorectomized Monkeys: CT Findings," J. Computer Assisted Tomography 11: 302-305 (1987).

• J.R. Vetter, and J.E. Holden, "Corrections for Scattered Radiation and Other Background Signals in Dual-Energy CT Material Thickness Measurements," Medical Physics 15(5): 726-731 (1988).

• R.B. Mazess, H. Barden, J.R. Vetter, and M. Ettinger, "Advances in Noninvasive Bone Measurements," Annals of Biomedical Engineering 17: 177-181 (1989).

• J.R. Vetter, "The Study of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography as a Technique for Measuring Bone Mineral Density," (Medical Physics Publishing Company, Madison, WI, 1990).

• R.B. Mazess, P. Pedersen, J.R. Vetter, and H.S. Barden, "Bone Densitometry of Excised Vertebrae; Anatomical Relationships," Calcif.\Tissue Int. 48: 380-386 (1991).

• R.J. Aus, L.A. DeWerd, and J.R. Vetter, "Entrance Skin Exposure and Mean Glandular Dose: Effect of Scatter and Field Gradient at Mammography," Radiology 205(2): 395-398 (1997).