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Overview

Lei Dong is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research is concentrated primarily in the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cancer Research, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist has a substantial publication record, consisting notably of advanced research in radiotherapy techniques and radiation dosing. Their recent papers include:

  • "Design, Implementation, and in Vivo Validation of a Novel Proton FLASH Radiation Therapy System" (2020), published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "FLASH Proton Radiotherapy Spares Normal Epithelial and Mesenchymal Tissues While Preserving Sarcoma Response" (2021), published in Cancer Research
  • "Roadmap: proton therapy physics and biology" (2020), published in Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • "Strategies for effective physics plan and chart review in radiation therapy: Report of AAPM Task Group 275" (2020), published in Medical Physics
  • "Comparison of FLASH Proton Entrance and the Spread-Out Bragg Peak Dose Regions in the Sparing of Mouse Intestinal Crypts and in a Pancreatic Tumor Model" (2021), published in Cancers

Their scholarly work frequently appears in respected scientific journals with repeated contributions to International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Medical Physics, Cancer Research, Radiotherapy and Oncology, and Physica Medica.

Lei Dong's research centers on main topics that include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Radiation Dose and Imaging, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Radiation Effects in Electronics, and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Collaboration forms an important aspect of their work, with frequent coauthorship alongside researchers such as Wei Zou, James M. Metz, Eric S. Diffenderfer, Keith A. Cengel, and Boon-Keng Teo.

Best Publications

  • Long-Term Results of the M. D. Anderson Randomized Dose-Escalation Trial for Prostate Cancer

    Deborah A. Kuban;Susan L. Tucker;Lei Dong;George Starkschall

  • Quantification of volumetric and geometric changes occurring during fractionated radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer using an integrated CT/linear accelerator system.

    Jerry L. Barker;Adam S. Garden;K.Kian Ang;Jennifer C. O'Daniel

  • Validation of an accelerated 'demons' algorithm for deformable image registration in radiation therapy.

    He Wang;Lei Dong;Jennifer O'Daniel;Radhe Mohan

  • Increased risk of biochemical and local failure in patients with distended rectum on the planning CT for prostate cancer radiotherapy.

    Renaud de Crevoisier;Susan L. Tucker;Lei Dong;Radhe Mohan

  • Assessing Respiration-Induced Tumor Motion and Internal Target Volume Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer

    H. Helen Liu;Peter Balter;Teresa Tutt;Bum Choi

  • Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: A report of the AAPM TG-179

    Jean Pierre Bissonnette;Peter A. Balter;Lei Dong;Katja M. Langen

  • Comprehensive analysis of proton range uncertainties related to patient stopping-power-ratio estimation using the stoichiometric calibration

    Ming Yang;Ming Yang;X. Ronald Zhu;Peter C. Park;Uwe Titt

  • Design, Implementation, and in Vivo Validation of a Novel Proton FLASH Radiation Therapy System.

    Eric S. Diffenderfer;Ioannis I. Verginadis;Michele M. Kim;Khayrullo Shoniyozov

  • Late rectal toxicity: dose-volume effects of conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

    Eugene H Huang;Alan Pollack;Larry Levy;George Starkschall

  • Feasibility of sparing lung and other thoracic structures with intensity-modulated radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer.

    H.Helen Liu;Xiaochun Wang;Lei Dong;Qiuwen Wu

  • Use of deformed intensity distributions for on-line modification of image-guided IMRT to account for interfractional anatomic changes

    Radhe Mohan;Xiaodong Zhang;He Wang;Yixiu Kang

  • Adaptive radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer: Initial clinical outcomes from a prospective trial

    David L. Schwartz;David L. Schwartz;David L. Schwartz;Adam S Garden;Jimmy Thomas;Yipei Chen

  • Stereotactic body radiation therapy in centrally and superiorly located stage I or isolated recurrent non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Joe Y Chang;Peter A Balter;Lei Dong;Qiuan Yang

  • Osteoradionecrosis and Radiation Dose to the Mandible in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer

    Chiaojung Jillian Tsai;Theresa M. Hofstede;Erich M. Sturgis;Adam S. Garden

  • Intrafraction prostate motion during IMRT for prostate cancer.

    Eugene Huang;Lei Dong;Anurag Chandra;Deborah A Kuban

  • Report of the AAPM TG-256 on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beams in radiation therapy

    Harald Paganetti;Eleanor Blakely;Alejandro Carabe-Fernandez;David J. Carlson

  • Adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer--dosimetric results from a prospective clinical trial.

    David L. Schwartz;David L. Schwartz;David L. Schwartz;Adam S Garden;Shalin Jyotindra Shah;Gregory Chronowski

  • Implementation and validation of a three-dimensional deformable registration algorithm for targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy.

    He Wang;Lei Dong;Ming Fwu Lii;Andrew L. Lee

  • Multiple regions-of-interest analysis of setup uncertainties for head-and-neck cancer radiotherapy

    Lifei Zhang;Adam S. Garden;Justin Lo;K. Kian Ang

  • 4D Proton treatment planning strategy for mobile lung tumors

    Yixiu Kang;Xiaodong Zhang;Joe Y. Chang;He Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Radhe Mohan
Radhe Mohan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hui Lin
Hui Lin Jiangxi Normal University
Deborah A. Kuban
Deborah A. Kuban The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ritsuko Komaki
Ritsuko Komaki The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Joe Y. Chang
Joe Y. Chang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Constantinos Koumenis
Constantinos Koumenis University of Pennsylvania
Andy J. Minn
Andy J. Minn University of Pennsylvania
C. Clifton Ling
C. Clifton Ling Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou
Artemis G. Hatzigeorgiou University Of Thessaly

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