ROB LEWIS

Professor of X-ray and Synchrotron Physics Director, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science BSc Physics, University of Southhampton, 1979 PhD Physics, University of Southhampton, 1984 Phone +61 (3) 9905 3622 FAX +61 (3) 9905 3637 Email:Rob.Lewis@sync.monash.edu.au

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Rob Lewis is the foundation chair of X-ray and Synchrotron Physics at Monash University, soon to be the site of the new Australian Synchrotron, and is the director of the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science.

He currently holds an adjunct chair in Medical Imaging in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and a visiting appointment at Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source. Professor Lewis sits on the Board of the Australian Synchrotron Research Programme, the National Scientific Advisory Committee for the Australian synchrotron and is an expert panel member for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK.

Rob's scientific work has focussed on the medical applications of synchrotron radiation including both diagnosis and therapy. His current research includes cancer diagnosis using -rays, radiotherapy and positron emission tomography.

Research topics of interest are:

• Measurement of mass attenuation coefficients of various breast tissues
• Dose-energy image quality assessment of slot scanning mammography
• Tissue specific X-ray imaging
• Breast cancer diagnosis utilising scattered x-rays
• Assessment of refraction imaging for medical use
• X-ray Detection

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

R A Lewis, C J Hall, A P Hufton, S Evans, R H Menk, F Arfelli, L Rigon, G Tromba, D R Dance, I O Ellis, A Evans, E Jacobs, S E Pinder and K D Rogers, “X-ray refraction effects: application to the imaging of biological tissues”, British Journal of Radiology 76 (2003), 301-308.

R.A. Lewis, K.D. Rogers, C.J. Hall, A. Evans, S.E. Pinder, A. Hufton, D.R.Dance, C.R.M. Boggis, and I.O. Ellis, “Breast cancer diagnosis using scattered X-rays. A non-invasive biopsy tool?”, J Synchrotron Radiation 7: 348-352 Part 5 SEP 2000.

R. A. Lewis, A. Berry, C. J. Hall, W. I. Helsby, and B. T. Parker, “RAPID Detector system - first user data”, Nucl Instrum Meth A 454: (1) 165-172 2000.

R. Lewis, “Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation X-rays”, Phys. Med. Biol. 42 (1997) 1213-1243.

R.A. Lewis, C.J. Hall, B. Parker, A. Jones, W. Helsby, J. Sheldon, P. Clifford, M. Hillen and N. Fore, “The Daresbury fast multiwire linear x-ray detector system”, Nucl. Instr. & Meths. in Phys. Res. A392 (1997) 42-46.

R.A. Lewis, W. Helsby, A. Jones, C.J. Hall, B. Parker, J. Sheldon, P. Clifford, M. Hillen, I. Sumner, N. Fore, R.W.M. Jones and K.M Roberts, “The RAPID high rate area detector system”, Nucl. Instr. & Meths. in Phys. Res. A392 (1997) 32-41.

W. Bras, G.E. Derbyshire, A.J. Ryan,G.R. Mant,A. Felton, R.A. Lewis,C.J.Hall and G.N. Greaves, “Simultaneous Time Resolved SAXS and WAXS experiments using Synchrotron Radiation”, Nucl. Instr. & Meths. in Phys. Res. A326 (1993) 587-591.

R.A. Lewis, J. Bordas and F.E. Christensen, “Test Facility for Astronomical X-Ray Optics”, Optical Engineering 29, No 8 942,945 (1990).

F. Perotti, L. Bassani, A. Bazzano, M.J. Coe, A.J. Court,A.J. Dean, N.A. Dipper, R.A. Lewis, P. Maggioli, E. Quadrini, J.B Stephen and P. Ubertini, “MCG 8-11-11, a powerful source of x and gamma rays”, Astron. & Astrophys. 234, 106 (1990)

A. J. Dean, A. Bazzano, A.J. Court, N.A. Dipper, R.A. Lewis, P. Maggioli, F. Perotti, E. Quadrini, J. B. Stephen and P. Ubertini, “Non-thermal x-ray emission from 3C273 - The core of a knotty problem”, Astrophys. J. (1990) 349, 41