Water Quality Researcher

Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering

A Lake Divided: Modeling DO in Onondaga Lake

Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.

(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)

Survey Of Thyroid Imaging Procedures

The thyroid gland is a relatively small gland in the neck. Proper imaging technique is critical to optimize the visualization of thyroid nodules and other abnormalities. Some nuclear medicine clinics do not follow all of the recommended SNM guidelines thereby jeopardizing the quality of the images acquired. To some extent this has resulted because equipment manufacturers are not providing the “pinhole collimator.” The purpose of this study is to evaluate what % of nuclear medicine clinics nationwide are not using a pinhole collimator for thyroid imaging and/or not following other standard recommended techniques.

Research Project Information

Date Open: Jan 8, 2007 to Jan 8, 2012
Suggested Skill Set: Background in NMT - NMD 324 and NMD 399 courses.
Compensation: Credit

Faculty / Professor Contact

Professor(s): Elpida Crawford (esc@buffalo.edu)
Department: BCLS & Nuclear Medicine
Address: 105 Parker Hall
Phone: (838)588-9115