Rebecca Neill is a Lead CT Medical Physicist who joined Emory in 2011. Rebecca and her team ensure compliance with ACR and TJC quality control requirements for Emory Healthcare computed tomography (CT) scanners. She is responsible for monitoring radiation doses for a health care system with over 150,000 diagnostic CT examinations per year. Rebecca tracks and analyzes CT radiation dose metrics to identify dose reduction opportunities and works with CT technologists to reduce radiation doses delivered to patients during diagnostic examinations. She also facilitates and oversees the ongoing optimization of over 200 protocols with over 10 distinct make/models.
Rebecca received her master’s degree from Georgia Institution of Technology in 2010 and is an American Board of Radiology certified diagnostic medical physicist. Rebecca is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American College of Radiology.
Publications
Jones A, Wunderle K, Dharmadhikari S, Duan X, Gress D, Kim D, Mahmood U, Mann S, Moirano J, Neill R, Schoenfeld A, Simanowith M, Zacharias-Andrews K. A diagnostic medical physicist’s guide to the American College of Radiology Fluoroscopy Dose Index Registry. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. doi.org/10.1002/acm2.13227.
Wunderle K, Jones A, Dharmadhikari S, Duan X, Kim D, Mahmood U, Mann S, Moirano J, Neill R, Schoenfeld A. The American College of Radiology Fluoroscopy Dose Index Registry Pilot: Technical Considerations and Dosimetric Performance of the Interventional Fluoroscopes. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2020.04.023.
Smith-Bindman R, Chu P, Wang Y, Chung R, Lopez-Solano N, Einstein A, Solberg L, Cervantes L, Yellen-Nelson T, Boswell W, Delman B, Duong P-AT, Goode A, Kasraie N, Lee R, Neill R, et al. Comparison of the Effectiveness of Single-Component and Multicomponent Interventions for Reducing Radiation Doses in Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. Published online March 30, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0064.
Zygmont ME, Neill R, Dharmadhikari S, Duong P-AT. Achieving CT Regulatory Compliance: A Comprehensive and Continuous Quality Improvement Approach. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. February 2020. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.01.013.
Zygmont ME, Neill R, Dharmadhikari S, Raach P, Duong P-AT. Achieving Joint Commission Regulatory Compliance: Quality Improvement Process for CT Protocol Review and Dose Alert Reduction. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2019;16(2):196-201. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2018.08.019.
Akin-Akintayo OO, Alexander LF, Neill R, et al. Prevalence and Severity of Off-Centering During Diagnostic CT: Observations From 57,621 CT scans of the Chest, Abdomen, and/or Pelvis. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 2019;48(3):229-234. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2018.02.007.
Duong P-AT, Neill R, Zygmont M. Trust But Verify: Online Management Tool Improves Compliance and Documentation of CT Quality Control Activities. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2018;15(5):762-766. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2017.11.011.
Fei B, Yang X, Nye JA, et al. MR/PET quantification tools: Registration, segmentation, classification, and MR-based attenuation correction. Medical Physics. 2012;39(10):6443-6454. doi:10.1118/1.4754796.
Presentations
Duong, PA., Dharmadhikari, S., Neill, R., & Zygmont, M. (2019, December). Improving Reporting of High Radiation Dose Fluoroscopy Events to Meet New Joint Commission Requirements. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.
Ball, N., Glass, Z., Neill, R., & Nye, J. (2018, April). Utilization of Radimetrics to Calculate Peak Skin dose for Fluoroscopy Guided Interventions: A Guide for Three Manufacturers. Poster session presented at the Spring Clinical Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Las Vegas, NV.
Zygmont, M., Neill, R., Dharmadhikari, S., & Duong, PA. (2016, November). A Continuous Quality Improvement Process to Reduce Excessive CT Radiation Dose Events across a Large, Multi-institutional Academic Center. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL.
Junn, J., Neill, R., & Duong, PA. (2016, March). Practical Approach to Understanding Techniques to Reduce Computed Tomography Dose. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, San Diego, CA.