Charles A. Mistretta
Professor Emeritus
Department of medical physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America
Biography
Emeritus Professor, Medical Physics, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering Departments Medical Physics Radiology Department Affiliations Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Center for Translational Research Education Ph.D., Harvard University Research Interests Investigations of non-invasive techniques for magnetic resonance imaging of the cardiovascular system Quantitation of flow Coronary artery imaging and flow measurement MR Myocradial PerfusionAwards and Honors 1962 - Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Graduated with Highest Honors University of Illinois, Champaign, Urbana 1972-74 - First physicist to become James Picker Advanced Fellow in Academic Radiology 1983 - Laufman-Greatbatch Prize, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, in recognition for development of Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) 1998 - J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, sponsored by the Robarts Research Institute and the University of Western Ontario, for distinguished lifetime achievement and outstanding contributions to the advances in the use of medical imaging in diagnosing and treating human diseases.
Research Interest
dual energy X-ray imaging using analog storage tube devices.
Publications
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Mistretta CA, et al: Differential cross-sections for neutral-pion electroproduction near the first pion-nucleon resonance. Physical Review Letters 20:1070, 1968 (Thesis data).
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Budnitz R, et al: Quasielastic electron-deuteron scattering at forward angles. Physical Review Letters 19:809, 1967.
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Goitein M, et al: Measurements of elastic electron-proton scattering at high momentum transfer by coincidence technique. Physical Review Letters 18:1016, 1967.
