Sharing 45 Years of Emory University Experience With the World
Perry Sprawls, Ph.D., Distinguished Emeritus Professor

In Partnership with Institutions and Educators Around the World to Enhance the Learning and Teaching
of Radiology, Medical Imaging Physics, Engineering, and Technology
and
To Utilize Technology to Enhance Human Performance in the Educational Process
 The Foundation works with established institutions and organizations and does not receive unsolicited proposals.

The Sprawls Resources
www.sprawls.org/resources

The Sprawls Resources are a collection of classroom visuals, modules, and textbooks
 available with open access to all institutions, instructors, and students.

In the Context of the Sprawls Collaborative Teaching Network

 

Link to Visuals CLICK HERE

Open Access  Online Textbooks
The Physical Principles of Medical Imaging, 2nd Edition
  A comprehensive textbook covering
 the physics and physical principles
 of all imaging modalities.
e-book available online at  http://www.sprawls.org/ppmi2

and for download in PDF at
www.sprawls.org/resources/books		 Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles, Methods,
 and Techniques
 A complete, easy to understand, coverage of what everyone
 who works with MRI needs to know about the MRI process.
e-book available online at 
  http://www.sprawls.org/mripmt/

and for download in PDF at
www.sprawls.org/resources/books 
ICTP College on Medical Physics, Trieste, Italy

Development of Effective Medical Imaging Education

EFFECTIVE PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR OPTIMIZING CT IMAGE
QUALITY AND DOSE MANAGEMENT WITH OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES
. P. Sprawls1, P-A. T. Duong,  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.1, No.1, 2013
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2013-01/MPI-2013-01-p046.pdf

PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF MRI
 CLINICAL PROCEDURES: VISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE AND COLLABORATIVE TEACHING
  P. Sprawls. MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.1, No.2, 2013
http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2013-02/MPI-2013-02-p134.pdf

OPTIMIZING MEDICAL IMAGE CONTRAST, DETAIL AND NOISE IN THE DIGITAL ERA.
 P. Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.2, No.1, 2014
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2014-01/MPI-2014-01-p041.pdf

EDUCATION MODELS FOR THE EXPANDING ROLE OF CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS.
 P. Sprawls. MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.5, No.2, 2017
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2017-02/MPI-2017-02-p167.pdf

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE MENTAL KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS.
  P. Sprawls,  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.6, No.1, 2018
http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2018-01/MPI-2018-01-p128.pdf

DIGITAL ELEMENTS, IMAGE QUALITY, RADIATION EXPOSURE, AND PROCEDURE OPTIMIZATION.
  P. Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.6, No.2, 2018
http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2018-02/MPI-2018-02-p255.pdf

EFFECTIVE PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE FOR DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGISTS
P. Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.7, No.3, 2019
http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2019-03/MPI-2019-03-p257.pdf

 

Preserving and Our Radiology History and Heritage

THE MANY STEPS AND EVOLUTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY AND IMAGING METHODS, THE QUEST FOR ENHANCED VISIBILITY The First Fifty Years
P.  Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.7, No.3, 2019
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2020-SI-04/MPI-2020-SI-04-p351.pdf

THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MAMMOGRAPHY A CONTINUING QUEST FOR VISIBILITY
P. Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.7, No.3, 2019
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2019-SI-02/MPI-2019-SI-02-p141.pdf

 FILM-SCREEN RADIOGRAPHY RECEPTOR DEVELOPMENT A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
P.  Sprawls.  MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.7, No.3, 2019
 http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2018-SI-01/MPI-2018-SI-01-p56.pdf

ROENTGEN’S INVESTIGATION DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF X-RADIATION
P. Sprawls. MEDICAL PHYSICS INTERNATIONAL Journal, vol.2, No.2, 2014
http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2014-02/MPI-2014-02-p435.pdf



The Foundation works in collaboration with the ICTP by provides textbooks, extensive digital resources,
 and continuing support for each of the participants from approximately 40 Developing Countries. 
 The objective is to establish educational programs in each country
 to support the effective use of medical imaging procedures.
 

 

 

  
Publications Containing Sprawls Materials to
 Support International Medical Physics Education		 Xi'an Medical University, now Xi'an Jiaotong University

Available with open access at
 http://mpijournal.org/


Available with open access at
http://www.emitel2.eu/emitwwwsql/encyclopedia.aspx
 
 
  The Foundation and Dr. Sprawls have a long and productive collaboration with the Xi'an University.  This includes the development and implementation of some innovative educational programs in radiology and the translation and publication of a textbook to enhance the educational programs.
A major factor contributing to advances in Chinese medical education was the establishment of the Emory University-Xi'an Cooperative Program in Radiology. This provided for faculty exchanges and a variety of projects to share Emory experience to enhance medical imaging and education in Xi'an.
A special event, shown above, was the dedication of the Medical Imaging Education Center sponsored by the Sprawls Educational Foundation.  This introduced the use of computer and digital technology for radiology education.