Research
Student Research Projects
Title: Circular Dynamic MLC Deliveries for On- and Off-Axis Winston-Lutz Testing Utilizing Varian's TrueBeam Developer Mode.
Name: Jeffrey Alberghini
Advisor: Brian Loughery, PhD
Title: Tumor Response Feedback and Adaptive Dose Painting using Serial FDG-PET/CT Imaging.
Name: Shupeng Chen
Advisor: Di Yan, DSc.
Title: Traditional IMRT vs Rapid Arc (VMAT) for Head and Neck Cancer Treatments
Name: Erik Courter.
Advisor: Jay Burmeister, PhD
Title: Monte Carlo (Geant-4/GATE) estimation of clinician hand dose from theranostic deliveries
Student: Henry Edelman
Advisor: Brian Loughery
Title: Automation of annual output quality assurance using Truebeam™ Developer Mode
Students: Lisette LeMarise, Minjung Godfrey
Advisor: Brian Loughery
Title: Validation of Velocity™ for use in inter-fraction optimization of cervical brachytherapy
Student: Grahm Valadie
Advisor: Brian Loughery
Title: Treatment Planning Considerations for Total Body and Total Marrow Irradiation
Student: Shahbaz Ahmed
Advisor: Jay Burmeister
Title: An Investigation of Uncertainties in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Student:Cory Knill
Advisor: Jay Burmeister
Title: The Current State of Research in Tumor Treating Fields
Student: Kirsten DeCampos
Advisor: Jay Burmerister
Title: Accurate Detection, Segmentation, Staging and treatment response of GBM treatment from Multiparametric MRI Images with Artificial Intelligence
Student: Eric Caver
Advisor: Winston Wen
Title: Are We There Yet? Creating the Optimum Radiotherapy Treatment Plan
Student: Kathryn Masi
Advisor: Martha Matuszak
Title: Adaptive Planning for Cervical Cancer
Student: Rebecca Culcasi
Advisor: Michael Snyder
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2019 Publications
- Blakely, E., Faddegon, B., Tinkle, C., Bloch, C., Dominello, M., Griffin, R., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. The United States needs at least one carbon ion facility. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 20:11, 6-13 (2019).
- Grassberger, C., Huber, K., Jacob, N., Green, M., Mahler, P., Prisciandaro, J., Dominello, M., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. The single most important factor in determining the future of SBRT is immune response. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 20:10, 6-12 (2019).
- Baran, G., Burmeister, J., Paximadis, P., Bossenberger, T., Halford, R., Masi, K., Nalichowski, A., Miller, S., Vaishampayan, N., Zaki, M., Iannotti, K., Komajda, M., Mathews, K., Qasim, E., Sullivan, S., Beydoun, H., Dominello, M. Imaging as Part of a Quality Assurance Program: Predictors of Inter-observer Variability for Pretreatment Image Registration for Lung SBRT. Tech. in Cancer Res. and Treat. 18, 1-9 (2019).
- Basij, M., Helmi, H., Alshahrani, S., Burton, T., Burmeister, J., Yan, Y., Mehrmohammadi, M., Dominello, M., Winer, I. Miniaturized Phased-Array Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Endoscopic Imaging System. Photoacoustics, 15, 1-8 (2019).
- Kim, L., Markovina, S., Van Nest, S., Eisaman, S., Santanam, L., Sullivan, J., Dominello, M., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. Equipment development is stifling innovation in radiation oncology. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 209, 6-11 (2019).
- Carrier, F., Liao, Y., Mendenhall, N., Guerrieri, P., Todor, D., Ahmad, A., Dominello, M., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. I Would Treat Prostate Cancer with Proton Therapy. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 207, 7-14 (2019).
- Soisson, E., Guerrieri, P., Balasubramanian, S., Ahamad, A., Moran, J.M., Joiner, M. C., Dominello, M., Burmeister, J. All head and neck cancer patients with intact tumors/nodes should have scheduled adaptive replanning performed at least once during the course of radiotherapy. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 205, 7-11 (2019).
- Mohindra, P., Sawant, A., Griffin, R. J., Lamicchane, N., Vlashi, E., Xu-Welliver, M., Dominello, M., Joiner, M. C., Burmeister, J. I Would Treat All Early-Stage NSCLC Patients With SBRT. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 203, 7-13 (2019).
- Braunstein, S., Wang, L., Newhauser, W. Tenenholz, T., Rong, Y., van der Kogel, A., Dominello, M., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. The United States Should Build Additional Proton Therapy Facilities. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 202, 7-12 (2019).
- Burmeister J, Robinette N, Dominello M. Interactions of Radiation and Tissue (2019). RSNA/AAPM Online Physics Modules. 2nd Edition. Released January 9, 2019
- E Carver, C Liu, W Zong, Z Dai, J Snyder, J Lee, N. Wen, "Automatic Brain Tumor Segmentation and Overall Survival Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms", BrainLes 2018, LNCS, 2019
- John F, Muzik O, Mittal S, Juhász C.Fluorine-18-Labeled PET Radiotracers for Imaging Tryptophan Uptake and Metabolism: a Systematic Review. Mol Imaging Biol. 2019 Sep 11
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2018 Publications
- Burmeister, J. Tracey, M., Kacin, S., Dominello, M., Joiner, M. The Synergy between Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics: In reply to Malicki. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol., 102, 1592-1593 (2018).
- Burmeister, J. Tracey, M., Kacin, S., Dominello, M., Joiner, M. Improving Research in Radiation Oncology through Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Rad. Res., 190, 1-3 (2018).
- Tracey, M., Kacin, S., Joiner, M., Burmeister, J. A Collaborative Educational Intervention Integrating Biology and Physics in Radiation Oncology: A Design Research Case Study. Contemp. Educ. Tech., 9(2), 186-205 (2018).
- Burmeister, J., Nalichowski, A., Snyder, M., Halford, R., *Baran, G., *Loughery, B., Hammoud, A., Rakowski, J., Bossenberger, T. Commissioning of a Dedicated Commercial Co-60 Total Body Irradiation Unit. J Applied Clin Med Phys., 19, 131-141 (2018).
- Sundar LK, Muzik O, Rischka L, Hahn A, Rausch I, Lanzenberger R, Hienert M, Klebermass EM, Füchsel FG, Hacker M, Pilz M, Pataraia E, Traub-Weidinger T, Beyer T. Towards quantitative [18F]FDG-PET/MRI of the brain: Automated MR-driven calculation of an image-derived input function for the non-invasive determination of cerebral glucose metabolic rates. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2018 May 23: 271-278
- Muzik O, Diwadkar VA. Hierarchical control systems for the regulation of physiological homeostasis and affect: Can their interactions modulate mood and anhedonia? Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 Oct; 105: 251-261.
- Burmeister, J. Tracey, M., Kacin, S., Dominello, M., Joiner, M. …Of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol., 100, 1289-1290 (2018).
- Peng F, Xie F, Muzik O. Alteration of Copper Fluxes in Brain Aging: A Longitudinal Study in Rodent Using 64CuCl2-PET/CT. Aging Dis. 2018 Feb 1; 9(1): 109-118