Nicole Lafata

Journal Article Journal of applied clinical medical physics · September 2025 IntroductionMedical physicists play a critical role in ensuring image quality and patient safety, but their routine evaluations are limited in scope and frequency compared to the breadth of clinical imaging practices. An electronic radiologist fee ... Full text Cite

Pulsed wave Doppler ultrasound: Accuracy, variability, and impact of acquisition parameters on flow measurements.

Journal Article Med Phys · November 2023 BACKGROUND: Pulsed wave Doppler ultrasound is a useful modality for assessing vascular health as it quantifies blood flow characteristics. To facilitate accurate diagnosis, accuracy and consistency of this modality should be assessed through Doppler qualit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reply to "Peak Skin Dose Estimation in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions: Is It Necessary?"

Journal Article AJR. American journal of roentgenology · October 2019 Full text Cite

Hallway Conversations in Physics_{What Is Peak Skin Dose?}

Journal Article AJR. American journal of roentgenology · April 2019 Full text Cite

Clinical CT performance evaluation

Chapter · January 1, 2019 This chapter focuses on CT performance evaluations from the perspective of the clinical medical physicist. A clinical physicist may need to evaluate a CT system under several different circumstances such as acceptance testing, annual testing, post-service ... Full text Cite

Nicole Lafata

Selected Publications

Integrating medical physics into an EMR-based radiology feedback system for quality improvement.

Pulsed wave Doppler ultrasound: Accuracy, variability, and impact of acquisition parameters on flow measurements.

Reply to "Peak Skin Dose Estimation in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions: Is It Necessary?"

Hallway Conversations in PhysicsWhat Is Peak Skin Dose?

Clinical CT performance evaluation

Hallway Conversations in Physics_{What Is Peak Skin Dose?}