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Walter J. Curran

Walter J. Curran

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Medicine

D-Index
121
Citations
70357
World Ranking
3554
National Ranking
1958

Overview

Walter J. Curran is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine with a substantial body of work spanning over 222 publications. Within this domain, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their research covers a range of topics, specifically:

  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Walter J. Curran has contributed to several journals frequently, with a notable number of publications in:

  • Medical Physics (20 publications)
  • Physics in Medicine and Biology (16 publications)
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (16 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (11 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (9 publications)

Among the recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • "Deep learning in medical image registration: a review," 2020, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • "A review on medical imaging synthesis using deep learning and its clinical applications," 2020, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
  • "A review of deep learning based methods for medical image multi-organ segmentation," 2021, Physica Medica
  • "CBCT-based synthetic CT generation using deep-attention cycleGAN for pancreatic adaptive radiotherapy," 2020, Medical Physics
  • "Tumor-draining lymph node is important for a robust abscopal effect stimulated by radiotherapy," 2020, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Xiaofeng Yang (80 coauthored works)
  • Yang Lei (75 coauthored works)
  • Tonghe Wang (64 coauthored works)
  • Tian Liu (32 coauthored works)
  • Yabo Fu (24 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Trial of Bevacizumab for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

    Mark R. Gilbert;James J. Dignam;Terri S. Armstrong;Terri S. Armstrong;Jeffrey Scott Wefel

  • Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial

    David W Andrews;Charles B Scott;Paul W Sperduto;Adam E Flanders

  • Lung cancer: current therapies and new targeted treatments

    Fred R Hirsch;Giorgio V Scagliotti;James L Mulshine;Regina Kwon

  • Standard-dose versus high-dose conformal radiotherapy with concurrent and consolidation carboplatin plus paclitaxel with or without cetuximab for patients with stage IIIA or IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer (RTOG 0617): a randomised, two-by-two factorial phase 3 study

    Jeffrey D. Bradley;Rebecca Paulus;Ritsuko Komaki;Gregory Masters

  • Meta-Analysis of Concomitant Versus Sequential Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Anne Aupérin;Cecile Le Péchoux;Estelle Rolland;Walter J. Curran

  • Recursive Partitioning Analysis of Prognostic Factors in Three Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Malignant Glioma Trials

    Walter J. Curran;Charles B. Scott;John Horton;James S. Nelson

  • Sequential vs Concurrent Chemoradiation for Stage III Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Randomized Phase III Trial RTOG 9410

    Walter J. Curran;Rebecca Paulus;Corey J. Langer;Ritsuko Komaki

  • Phase III trial of chemoradiotherapy for anaplastic oligodendroglioma: long-term results of RTOG 9402.

    Gregory Cairncross;Meihua Wang;Edward Shaw;Robert Jenkins

  • A New Prognostic Index and Comparison to Three Other Indices for Patients With Brain Metastases: An Analysis of 1,960 Patients in the RTOG Database

    Paul W. Sperduto;Brian Berkey;Laurie E. Gaspar;Minesh Mehta

  • Common toxicity criteria: version 2.0. an improved reference for grading the acute effects of cancer treatment: impact on radiotherapy

    Andy Trotti;Roger Byhardt;Joanne Stetz;Clement Gwede

  • Dose-Dense Temozolomide for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma: A Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial

    Mark R. Gilbert;Meihua Wang;Kenneth D. Aldape;Roger Stupp

  • Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 88–08 and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 4588: Preliminary Results of a Phase III Trial in Regionally Advanced, Unresectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    William T. Sause;Charles Scott;Samuel Taylor;David H Johnson

  • Radiation plus Procarbazine, CCNU, and Vincristine in Low-Grade Glioma

    Jan C. Buckner;Edward G. Shaw;Stephanie L. Pugh;Arnab Chakravarti

  • Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Plus Radiotherapy Compared With Radiotherapy Alone for Pure and Mixed Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma: Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402

    Gregory Cairncross;B. Berkey;Edward G. Shaw;Robert Brian Jenkins

  • Final Results of Phase III Trial in Regionally Advanced Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer : Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, and Southwest Oncology Group

    William Sause;Patricia Kolesar;Samuel Taylor;David H Johnson

  • RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOLLOWED BY CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE TO CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE FOR PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME: REPORT OF RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP 93-05 PROTOCOL

    Luis Souhami;Wendy Seiferheld;David Brachman;Ervin B. Podgorsak

  • Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Prognostic Model

    Lauren E. Abrey;Leah Ben-Porat;Katherine S. Panageas;Joachim Yahalom

  • Validation of the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) classification for brain metastases.

    Laurie E. Gaspar;Charles Scott;Kevin Murray;Walter Curran

  • Neurocognitive Function and Progression in Patients With Brain Metastases Treated With Whole-Brain Radiation and Motexafin Gadolinium: Results of a Randomized Phase III Trial

    Christina A. Meyers;Jennifer A. Smith;Andrea Bezjak;Minesh P. Mehta

  • Combined Chemoradiotherapy Regimens of Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Locally Advanced Multi-Modality Protocol

    Chandra P. Belani;Hak Choy;Phil Bonomi;Charles Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Yang Lei
Yang Lei University of Nevada Reno
Tonghe Wang
Tonghe Wang Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Minesh P. Mehta
Minesh P. Mehta University of Maryland, Baltimore
Taofeek K. Owonikoko
Taofeek K. Owonikoko Emory University
Suresh S. Ramalingam
Suresh S. Ramalingam Emory University
Fadlo R. Khuri
Fadlo R. Khuri American University of Beirut
David W. Andrews
David W. Andrews Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Corey J. Langer
Corey J. Langer University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey J. Olson
Jeffrey J. Olson Emory University
Xingming Deng
Xingming Deng Emory University

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