Profile
Since I had my training with Siemens Company, I developed an interest in Medical Physics, especially in Gamma Camera. Later I took some courses, like Imaging II, (Health Physics) Radiation Protection, Biochemistry, Biology, Physiology and Medical Instrumentation and enhanced my knowledge in this very relevant area.
To improve my skills, I took 171 hours (Minimum requirements to graduate is 156 hours) to graduate from Electrical and Computer Engineering. This helped to increase my awareness of field related to Medical Physics. After that, my master project was in the PET scanner ECAT EXACT-31 from Siemens Company. The M.Sc. thesis title is “characterising the performance of the Positron scanner ECAT EXACT-31”. The PhD was in an advance gamma ray imaging in the application to nuclear medicine using a pixellated Compton camera. The PhD thesis title is “Enhancing the Performance of the UCL Pixellated HPGe Compton Camera using Split Events for Nuclear Medicine Studies”.
Education
- 2006
Bachelor degree from Electrical and Computer EngineeringEngineering, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية
- 2009
Master degree from PhysicsEngineering and Physical science, University of Birmingham, برمنجهام, بريطانيا
- 2014
Doctorate degree from Medical Physics and BioengineeringEngineering School, University College London, لندن, بريطانيا
Research Interests
Medical Imaging, Nuclear medicine and simulation
Scientific interests
Dr. Banoqitah is an Assistant professor of Medical Physics at the Department of Nuclear Engineering (DNE). He graduated from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) with a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering (Biomedical option) and then appointed as teaching Assistant in the DNE. He commenced his higher education in the United Kingdom and received his Master degree in Medical and Radiation Physics from the University of Birmingham in the field of PET scanners. Then, Dr. Banoqitah was awarded his Ph.D degree from the University College London (UCL) in the field of nuclear medicine imaging using a pixellated HPGe Compton Camera.
His field of research interests include: Nuclear medicine, Image processing and reconstruction, Simulation using GAMOS toolkit and Nuclear Electronics.
Courses
| Introduction to Engineering Design(1) |
201 |
IE |
| INTRO. TO MEDICAL PHYSICS |
370 |
NE |
| Nuclear Radiation Measurements |
340 |
NE |
| Operational Radiation Protection |
456 |
NE |
| Nuclear Medicine |
472 |
NE |
Areas of expertise
| Medical Physics and Bioengineering |
MATLAB program for Engineering application and simulation.
? Image processing using ImageJ program.
? Monte Carlo simulation for medical physics application using GAMOS.
? Nuclear Electronics and signal processing |