Mr David Zahra
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
David works with the imaging group in ANSTO Life Sciences operating pre-clinical PET/SPECT/CT imaging equipment. He develops imaging acquisition protocols and techniques and carries out calibration and performance assessment of imaging equipment techniques. David also acts as an expert advisor for PET/SPECT/CT image acquisition related aspects of portal applications.
Background
Prior to joining ANSTO David completed a Masters of Science by research at University of Wollongong's Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP).
His research project involved characterisation of a novel MOSFET dosimeter designed for measuring skin dose during radiotherapy with 6MV clinical linear accelerators under Dr Micheal Learch (supervisor), Prof Peter Metcalfe (associate supervisor), and Prof Anatoly Rozenfeld (head of CMRP).
Research interests and areas of expertise
David has expertise and interest in medical imaging techniques and technologies.
Qualifications & Achievements
Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong
Master of Science – Research, University of Wollongong
Publications
Nguyen, V. H., Verdurand, M., Dedeurwaerdere, S.,Wang, H., Zahra, D.,Gregoire M-C., Zavitsanou, K. Increased brain metabolism after acute administration of the synthetic cannabinoid HU210: a small animal PET imaging study with 18F-FDG. Brain Research Bulletin 87(23), 172-179. (2012)
Verdurand, M., Nguyen, V., Stark, D., Zahra, D., Gregoire, M-C., Greguric, I., Zavitsanou, K., Comparison of cannabinoid CB1 receptor binding in adolescent and adult rats: a Positron Emission Tomography study using [18F]MK-9470. International Journal of Molecular Imaging, Vol. 2011, 548123. (2011)
Xiao, D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Tamayo, O. A., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. An improved 3D shape context based non-rigid registration method and its application to small animal skeletons registration. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 34(4), 321-332. (2010)
Xiao, D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Tamayo, O. A., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. An improved 3D shape context registration method for non-rigid surface registration. Proc. SPIE, Medical Imaging 2010, Vol. 7623, 76232Q. (2010)
Xiao, D., Zahra, D., Bourgeat, P., Berghofer, P., Tamayo, O. A., Wimberley, C., Gregoire, M-C., Salvado, O. A non-rigid registration method for mouse whole body skeleton registration. Proc. SPIE, Medical Imaging 2010, Vol. 7626, 76261N. (2010)