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Cutting-Edge Research

Ongoing Federal Research Support with UCSF Physics PI

  • Monte Carlo (Faddegon, Sheng)
  • Heavy ion and proton (Faddegon, Sheng, Scholey, Nano)
  • Hyperthermia (Diederich)
  • MR guided radiotherapy (Scholey, Yang)
  • Treatment planning and optimization for external beam and brachy(Sheng, Cunha)
  • Robotics in RT (Descovich, Sheng)
  • FLASH and radiobiology (Sheng)
  • Big Data, outcome (Morin, Lin, Witztum, Yang, Sharma, Ziemer)
  • Global health and health equality (Sharma, Valdes)
  • AI and machine learning (Capaldi, Lin, Ziemer, Valdes, Morin, Witztum, Scholey, Sheng)
  • Medical image formation, reconstruction and processing (Capaldi, Nano, Sheng)
  • Computational oncology (Faddegon, Sheng)
  • Quality, safety and workflow (Hirata, Hasse, Nano, Witztum)
  • NIH U24CA215123 (Faddegon)
  • The TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation, a Monte Carlo Simulation Tool for Physics, Biology and Clinical
  • NIH R01CA266467 (Faddegon)
  • Ionization Detail – Biologically based treatment planning for particle therapy beyond LET-RBE
  • NIH R01CA230323 (Everette, Diederich)
  • Image-guided ultrasound ablation for precision targeting of prostate cancer
  • NIH R01EB025990 (Diederich)
  • Deployable Ultrasound Applicators for MRI Guided Thermal Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer
  • NIH SB1DK108458 (Everette, Diederich)
  • Image-Guided Transurethral HIFU for Genitourinary Therapy
  • NIH R01EB029088 (Fan, Yang)
  • Multi-Task MR Simulation for Abdominal Radiation Treatment Planning
  • NIH R21CA267139 (Yang)
  • Advanced prediction of GBM recurrence (TIME) for personalized radiotherapy
  • NIH R01CA230278 (Sheng)
  • Robust IMPT with automated beam orientation and scanning spot optimization
  • NIH R44CA183390 (Yonemoto, Sheng)
  • Bringing 4π radiation therapy to the clinic
  • NIH R01CA259008 (Sheng)
  • Development of A High Throughput Image-Guided IMRT System for Preclinical Research
  • NIH R01CA255432 (Sheng, Boucher)
  • Development of an ultra-high dose rate rotational linac for FLASH Radiotherapy
  • NIH R01EB031577 (Sheng)
  • Precision breast radiotherapy with the soft robot and supine CT
  • NIH KEB026500 (Valdes)
  • Development of Accurate and Interpretable Machine Learning Algorithms for their application in Medicine

Physics Division Publications on Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=uOQnphEAAAAJ

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