Radiation Physics
Peter L Roberson, PhD, DABR
Professor and Associate Director for Off Campus Program
Peter L Roberson, PhD, DABR:
Professor and Associate Director for Off Campus Program
Biography
Dr. Roberson received his PhD from the University of Wyoming in 1976. From 1979 to 1981, he was a Staff Fellow at the Radiation Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. From 1981 to 1987, he was at the Radiological Calibration Laboratory at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Richland, Washington. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the Radiation Oncology Department of the University of Michigan. He was certified by the American Board of Health Physics in 1986, and the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics in 1989. His main clinical focus has been the physics off-campus programs, particularly the operation of seven clinics in Michigan, including the startup of four of those clinics. Research interests have included dosimetry for radiolabeled antibodies, dosimetry for prostate implant brachytherapy, and external beam interface dosimetry.
Clinical Service
- Provides overview of physics program for 7 clinics in Michigan, including 11 accelerators and 14 medical physicists
- Provides clinical support for UM clinical physics programs in Michigan, including software support for UM-developed software
- Member, UM system Quality Focus Group
- Member, Accelerator Commissioning Committee
- Chair, Policy and Procedure Committee
Teaching
- Mentors UM system physicists preparing for certification exams with the American Board of Radiology
- Mentors UM physics residents in special projects, such as accelerator commissioning
- Mentors graduate and undergraduate student research
- Invited lecture on Dose Response Modeling for Targeted Radiotherapies for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2011)
Research Interests
- Dosimetry of Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies
- Dosimetry of Selective Internal Radiotherapy of the Liver (Microspheres)
- Interface Dosimetry for External Beam
Current Clinical Projects
- UM System policy and procedure documentation
- Guidance documentation for accelerators and treatment planning acceptance and commissioning
Key Publications
Dewaraja YK, Frey EC, Sgouros G, Brill AB, Roberson PL, Zanzonico PB, Ljungberg M. MIRD Pamphlet No. 23: Quantitative SPECT for Patient-Specific 3D Dosimetry in Internal Radionuclide Therapy. JNM, 2012.
Ritter TA, Balter JM, Lee C, Roberts D, and Roberson PL. An audit tool for external beam radiation therapy departments, Practical Radiation Oncology, 2012.
Roberson PL, Amro H, Wilderman SJ, Avram AM, Kaminski MS, Schipper MJ, Dewaraja YK. Bio-effect model applied to 131I radioimmunotherapy of refractory non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Eur J Nuc Med Mol Imag 38(5):874-883, 2011.
Dewaraja YK, Schipper MJ, Roberson PL, Wilderman SJ, Amro H, Regan D, Koral KF, Kaminski MS, Avram AM. I-131 tositumomab radioimmunotherapy: initial tumor dose-response results using 3-D dosimetry including radiobiological modeling. JNM 51:1155-1162, 2010.
Amro H, WIlderman SJ, Dewaraja YK, Roberson PL. Methodology to incorporate BED and EUD in patient-specific 3-dimensional dosimetry for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients targeted with 131I Tositumomab therapy. JNM. 51:1-6, 2010.
Hsu S-H, Moran JM, Chen Y, Kulasekere R, Roberson, PL. Dose discrepancies in the buildup region and their impact on dose calculations for IMRT fields. Med Phys 37:2043-53, 2010.
Peter L Roberson, PhD, DABR, Professor and Associate Director for Off Campus Program
| Phone | (734) 764-7396 |
| Fax | (734) 936-2261 |
| roberpl@med.umich.edu | |
| RadOnc Physics Division 519 W. William St, Argus Bldg 1 Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943 |
