Honors and Awards:

National Honor Society 1967-1968
Wisconsin Honor Scholarship 1968
General Electric Co. Managerial Award 1983
NIH Special Study Section 7; March 1994, July 1994, March 1995
Dept. of Defense, Radiological Science peer review panel, Sept., 1996; Sept. 1997
Special Award of Appreciation; Milwaukee Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness Program, Oct. 2000
Outstanding Graduate School Teacher 2015-2016, Medical College of Wisconsin

Patents:

Measuring Tool for Computer Assisted Tomographic Scanner. 4,344,183; 1982.
Tool for the Alignment of an X-ray Beam. D259,406
Method of Measurement of X-ray Energy. 4,788,706; 1988.
Computer Tomographic Phantom. 4,870,666; 1989 (Lonn, Jacobson, Zech).
Tumor Localization Phantom. 5,273,435; 1993.
QC Cassette. 5,493,600, 1996
X-ray markers, 6,160,870, 2000

Books:

Technologist Guide to Mammography: Physics, Instrumentation and Quality Control, Maldon, MA, Blackwell Science, 2002

Book Chapters:

Wozney P, Jacobson D, Zimmerman M. A Systems Approach to Imaging Quality. In: Post J (ed). Computed Tomography of the Spine, Baltimore, MD, Williams & Wilkins, 1984, pp 119-134.

Book Reviews:

Ball/Chesneys’ Radiographic Imaging, 6th Edition. Doody’s Journal Vol. 4, No.1
Computed Tomography; A User’s Guide.

www.doody.com

Film Processing in Medical Imaging.

www.doody.com

Essentials of Radiologic Science.

www.doody.com

Publications:

Jacobson D. Quality Assurance for Computed Tomography-Correlation with System Performance. In: Fullerton G (ed). Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI. Proc. SPIE. 1983; 419: 157-165.
Jacobson D. Detection of Disks in CT Noise. In: Schneider R, Dwyer S III (eds). Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIII. Proc. SPIE. 1985; 535: 16-20.
Constantinou C, Alter A, Jacobson DR. Evaluation of a Tissue-Equivalent Phantom for General Radiography. Radiologic Technology. 1985; 57(1): 34-37.
Foley WD, Jacobson DR, Taylor AJ, Goodman LR, Stewart ET, Gurney JW, Stroka D. Sensitivity and Efficiency of Radiologists Reporting CT Studies from a Two Screen Electronic Work Station and a Film Panel Alternator. Radiology. 1990; 174: 769-773.
Goodman LR, Pehringer J, Jacobson DR, Quebbeman E, Foley WD. ICU Digital Image Archive and Viewing. Applied Radiology. 1991; 20(7): 24-28.
Wilson CR, Collier BD, Carrera GF, Jacobson DR. Acronym for Dual Energy Absorptiometry. Radiology. 1990; 176(3): 875-6. (letter)
Jacobson DR. Bone Morphometry and Mineral Density Measurement using Quantitative CT. Ph.D. Dissertation, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1991, 258 pages.
Jacobson DR. Radiographic Exposure Calculator and Mammographic Dose Calculator. Radiology. 1992; 182: 578-580.
Jacobson DR. A Quality Assurance Phantom for Diagnostic Radiology. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1993; 49(1/3): 53-55.
Jacobson DR. A Phantom for Stereotactic Needle Biopsy. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1993; 49(1/3):197- 199.
Jacobson DR. Gel-Based Phantoms for Diagnostic Radiology. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1993; 49(1/3):199-201.
Jacobson DR. A Simple Device for Determination of Mammography Dose or Radiographic Exposure. Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik. 1994; 4: 91-93.
Jacobson DR. Five step process to quality mammography. Diagnostic Imaging. 1994; 11: 135-141
Tomiak MM, Foley WD, Jacobson DR. Variable mode helical CT: Imaging protocols. AJR. 1995; 164:1525-1531.
Johnson C, Jacobson DR, Daruwala D. The design and construction of a medical system to optimize the endoscopic ultrasound procedure. Proceedings of the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium. U. of Texas, Austin, 1997.
Jacobson DR. Mammography radiation dose and image quality. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 1998; 80(1-3): 295-297
Stiehl JB, Jacobson DR, Carrera G. Morphological analysis of the proximal femur using quantitative computed Tomography. International Orthopaedics , 2007 31:287-292
Jacobson DR. Tissue equivalent plastics for use in CT phantoms. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1979; 3(4).
Ranallo F, Jacobson DR, Strother C, Moran P. An analysis of the inter-petreous lucency. Radiology. 1979; Nov.
Lonn A, Jacobson DR, Cohen G. Bone mineral measurement on the CT 9800 with a flexible reference phantom. Proc. of the 6th International Conference on Bone and Soft Tissue Densitometry. Buxton, Derbyshire, England, Sept., 1987.
Jacobson DR, Larson SJ. CT determination of pedicle canal diameter. Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 11th Annual International Conference; 491; 1989.
Wilson CR, Jacobson DR, Mahesh M, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA. Contribution of cervical trabecular bone to the strength of the proximal femur. Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 11th Annual International Conference; 815, 1989.
Jacobson, DR. X-ray exposure calculator. Radiology. 1989; 173P: 432.
Jacobson DR. New method for the production of radiographic phantoms. Radiology. 1990; 177P: 278.
Foley WD, Teeter B, Jacobson DR, Cunz G. Hepatic tumor volumetry. Radiology. 1990; 177P: 285.
Jacobson DR, Foley WD. Comparison of low contrast detectability between a transilluminated film and a video monitor. Radiology. 1991; 181P: 279.
Jacobson DR, Molnar S. The dependence of dose and contrast upon kVp in mammography. Medical Physics. 1992; 19(3): 832.
Jacobson DR, Wilson CR. Focal spot size, magnification and sharpness in mammography. Medical Physics. 1992; 19(3): 832.
Jacobson DR, Metz SW, Foley DW. Sensitivity for standard and helical CT scanning. Radiology. 1993; 189(P): 238.
Jacobson DR. Practical tools for the assessment of a mammographic focal spot. Medical Physics. 1994; 21(6):906
Jacobson DR. Mammographic dose and contrast as a function of anode and filter material. Medical Physics. 1994; 21(6): 917
Foley DW, Jacobson DR, Tomiak MM. Performance of new operating modes for CT. Radiology. 1994; 193P:127.
Jacobson DR. Digital mammography: 1994-Image quality and dose. Radiology; 1994; 193P: 360.
Jacobson DR. New tools for mammography quality control. Radiology; 1994;
Jacobson DR. Problems and opportunities in measuring mammographic focal spot size. Med Phys, 1995; 22(6):919
Jacobson DR. Appropriate use of anode/filter combinations in mammography. Med Phys, 1996;23(6):1117
Metz SW, Jacobson DR. New CT scanning modes: impacts on patient dose and image quality. Med Phys, 1996; 23(6):1086
Jacobson DR, Foley WD, Metz SW, Pederson AL. Variable milli-Ampere CT: effect on noise and low contrast detectability. Radiology; 1996; 201P:326.
Metz SW, Jacobson DR, Foley WD, Pederson AL. Spiral CT: effect on noise and low contrast detectability. Radiology; 1996; 201P: 189
Jacobson DR, Wu T, Geiser, W, Spahn G. Mammography QA Workshop I & II. Med. Phys, 2007; 34, 2562
Jacobson DR, Martin M. Mammography QA. Med. Phys. 2013; 40, 393
Gorman, A., Seabrook, G., Brakken, A., Dubois, M., Marn, C., Wilson, C., Jacobson, D. and Liu, Y. (2015), WE-G-204-08: Optimized Digital Radiographic Technique for Lost Surgical Devices/Needle Identification. Med. Phys., 42: 3695. doi:10.1118/1.4926092
Jacobson, D. and Liu, Y. (2016), SU-C-209-07: Phantoms for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging System Evaluation. Med. Phys., 43: 3329. doi:10.1118/1.4955596

Commercial Publications:

"Protocol for Quality Assurance of CT Scanners Utilizing the RMI Model 460 Head Phantom" - Radiation Measurements, Inc., 1979.
"Quality Assurance for B-Scan Ultrasound Scanners Using Tissue Equivalent Phantoms" - Radiation Measurements, Inc., 1979.
"CT Traveler" - (principal author) - slide/instruction manual course on Computerized Tomography covering basic principles, scanning hardware and procedures, image quality and specific product information for sales and customer education, 1981.
"CT 9800 - Evaluation Criteria" - (principal author) - specific performance data for CT 9800 scanner, but with general discussions on factors affecting and measurement of spatial resolution, noise and low contrast detectability, artifacts, patient dose, and scan projection radiography, 1982.

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