Timothy G Turkington, Associate Professor of Radiology - Nuclear Medicine, Medical Physics Program and Biomedical Engineering  


Timothy G Turkington
Contact Info:
Office Location:  0402 Hosp South
Email Address:   send me a message
Web Page: http://radiology.duke.edu/modules/dept_rad_research/index.php?id=5

Education:

Ph.D., Duke University
Specialties:

Medical Imaging
Teaching (Fall 2024):

  • MEDPHY 500.01, RADIATION PHYSICS Synopsis
    Hock Plaza 1034, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • MEDPHY 530.01, MODERN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYST Synopsis
    Hock Plaza 1034, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • MEDPHY 751.01, MEDICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR Synopsis
    BrynResMed 0103, Tu 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
  • MEDPHY 782.01, ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICUM Synopsis
    TBA, Tu 04:55 PM-07:25 PM
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. MC Roach, TG Turkington, KA Higgins, TC Hawk, JK Hoang, DM Brizel, FDG-PET assessment of the effect of head and neck radiotherapy on parotid gland glucose metabolism., International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, vol. 82 no. 1 (January, 2012), pp. 321-6 [doi]  [abs].
  2. JM Wilson, RE Coleman, TG Turkington, Variable-time positron emission tomography leg protocol to equalize noise for positron emission tomography/computed tomography acquisitions., Nuclear medicine communications, vol. 32 no. 9 (September, 2011), pp. 868-72 [doi]  [abs].
  3. MC Adams, TG Turkington, JM Wilson, TZ Wong, A systematic review of the factors affecting accuracy of SUV measurements., AJR. American journal of roentgenology, vol. 195 no. 2 (August, 2010), pp. 310-20 [doi]  [abs].
  4. JM Wilson, TG Turkington, Multisphere phantom and analysis algorithm for PET image quality assessment., Physics in medicine and biology, vol. 53 no. 12 (June, 2008), pp. 3267-78 [doi]  [abs].
  5. T Bunyaviroch, TG Turkington, TZ Wong, JW Wilson, JG Colsher, RE Coleman, Quantitative effects of contrast enhanced CT attenuation correction on PET SUV measurements., Molecular imaging and biology : MIB : the official publication of the Academy of Molecular Imaging, vol. 10 no. 2 (December, 2007), pp. 107-13 [doi]  [abs].
  6. JE Rose, FM Behm, AN Salley, JE Bates, RE Coleman, TC Hawk, TG Turkington, Regional brain activity correlates of nicotine dependence., Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 32 no. 12 (December, 2007), pp. 2441-52 [doi]  [abs].
  7. CM Laymon, TG Turkington, Characterization of septal penetration in 511 keV SPECT., Nuclear medicine communications, vol. 27 no. 11 (November, 2006), pp. 901-9 [doi]  [abs].
  8. EL Rosen, TG Turkington, MS Soo, JA Baker, RE Coleman, Detection of primary breast carcinoma with a dedicated, large-field-of-view FDG PET mammography device: initial experience., Radiology, vol. 234 no. 2 (February, 2005), pp. 527-34 [doi]  [abs].
  9. TG Turkington, Introduction to PET instrumentation., Journal of nuclear medicine technology, vol. 29 no. 1 (March, 2001), pp. 4-11  [abs].
  10. CM Laymon, TG Turkington, DR Gilland, RE Coleman, Transmission scanning system for a gamma camera coincidence scanner., Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 41 no. 4 (April, 2000), pp. 692-9  [abs].