Maritza Hobson, Ph.D
Research Assistant
Department Affiliations
Medical PhysicsEducation
- Ph.D, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
- M.S., Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
- B.S., Physics, Wake Forest University, 2003
Research
Research Interests:
Ultrasound Imaging, Acoustic and Mechanical tissue properties, Ultrasound ElastographyDoctoral Research Advisor:
Ernest L. Madsen, Ph.DTomy Varghese, Ph.D
Doctoral Dissertation:
Prospects for Effective Uterine & Cervical Elastography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.Positions
- 08/2003-07/2008, Research Assistant, Department of Medical Physics
- 08/2008-08/2010, Associate Medical Physicist, Resident at Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Canada
- 08/2010-Present, Medical Physicist, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Awards and Honors
Memberships
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, (AAPM)
Publications @ UW
- J. Jiang, T Varghese, C. Brace, E.L. Madsen, T.J Hall, S. Bharat, M.A Hobson, J.A. Zagzebski, and F.T. Lee Jr., "Young"s modulus reconstruction for radiofrequency ablation electrode-induced displacement fields: A feasibility study", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 1325-1334, 2009. (PMCID: PMC2843513). [Abstract]
- M.A. Hobson, E.L. Madsen, G.R. Frank, J. Jiang, H. Shi, T.J. Hall, T Varghese, "Anthropomorphic phantoms for assessment of strain imaging methods involving saline infused sonohysterography", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2008 May 30), Vol. 34, No.10, pp. 1622-1637, 2008. [Abstract]
- M.A. Hobson, M.Z. Kiss, T Varghese, M.A. Kliewer, J.A. Zagzebski, T.J. Hall, J. Harter, E. M. Hartenbach and E. L. Madsen, "In-Vitro Uterine Strain Imaging: Preliminary Results", Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol. 26, pp. 899-908, 2007. [Abstract]
- E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, T Varghese and G.R. Frank, "Stability of heterogeneous elastography phantoms made from oil dispersions in aqueous gels", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 32, No.2, pp. 261-270, February 2006. [Abstract]
- E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, G.R. Frank, H. Shi, J. Jiang, T J Hall, T Varghese, M M. Doyley and J B Weaver, "Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for testing elastography systems", Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 32, No.6, pp. 857-874, June 2006. [Abstract]
- M.Z. Kiss, M.A. Hobson, T Varghese, J. Harter, M.A. Kliewer, E.M. Hartenbach, and J.A. Zagzebski "Frequency-dependent complex modulus of the uterus: preliminary results", Physics in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2006 July 12), Vol. 51, No.15, pp. 3683-3695, August 2006. [Abstract]
- E.L. Madsen, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, T Varghese, and G.R. Frank, "Tissue-mimicking agar/gelatin materials for use in heterogeneous elastography phantoms, Physics in Medicine and Biology, (Epub 2005 November 16), Vol. 50, No.23, pp. 5597-5618, December 2005. [Abstract]
- E.L. Madsen, G.R. Frank, M.A. Hobson, H. Shi, J. Jiang, T Varghese and T.J. Hall, "Spherical lesion phantoms for testing the performance of elastography systems", Physics in Medicine and Biology (Epub 2005 December 6), Vol. 50, No.24, pp. 5983-5995, December 2005. [Abstract]
