The Section of Clinical Imaging Physics supports the department’s clinical mission by providing technical expertise and coordinating physics resources.
Section members partner with modality chiefs to provide well-rounded perspectives in problem solving. For example, they help optimize imaging protocols, troubleshoot image degradation problems, conduct acceptance testing of new equipment, and perform routine quality assurance testing.
Services & Resources
Services
Section members engage in and collaborate on a wide variety of activities, such as:
- Ensuring patient and occupational safety with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation as well as acoustic energy (in MRI and US)
- Optimizing imaging protocols, reconstruction, and post-processing
- Standardizing and managing imaging protocols
- Supporting clinical translation and development for innovation
- Evaluating and selecting equipment
- Conducting regulatory and accreditation testing
- Developing policies, procedures, and workflows
- Site planning, siting and shielding
- Providing accreditation support
- Training and providing educational resources to radiology staff, residents and fellows
- Acting as liaisons with imaging professional communities and efforts in standards and practice parameters
Resource Website
The Section of Clinical Imaging Physics has a SharePoint site accessible with a UW Health account. Information includes:
- Physics and Informatics Education
- Shieling and Siting
- Manuals and References
- Equipment and Schedules
- Physics Testing Reports
Section Chief
Alisa Walz-Flannigan, PhD
Associate Professor (CHS)
Section Administrative Assistant
Kelsey Dzanic
Medical Program Assistant