Abstracts

1. El Naqa I., Deasy J., and Vicic M., “Locally Adaptive Denoising of Monte Carlo Dose Distributions via Hybrid Median Filtering”, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

2. Deasy J., El Naqa I., and Vicic M., “Validation maps for bias correction in Monte Carlo denoising”,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

3. Deasy J. and El Naqa I., “Adaptive gridding for IMRT dose calculations” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

4. Lee E., Deasy J., El Naqa I., Kawrakow I., and Vicic M, “Integrating a Monte Carlo Based Optimization Module into CERR for designing IMRT

Plans,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003

5. El Naqa I., Low D. A., Deasy J.O., Amini A., Parikh P., and Nystrom M., “Automated Breathing Motion Tracking for 4D Computed Tomography,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

6. El Naqa I., Low D. A., Deasy J.O., Amini A., Parikh P., and Nystrom M., “Automated Breathing Motion Tracking for 4D Computed Tomography,” In Proceedings of Medical Imaging Conference (MIC), Portland, OR, 2003.

7. Low D. A., Wahab S., El Naqa I., Bradley J., Kalinin E., Bradley J., Mutic S., Dempsey J., and Singh A., “Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Using a 16-Slice Scanner,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

8. Wahab S., Low D. A., Bradley J., El Naqa I., Parikh P., and Nystrom M., “Use of Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography in Conformal Therapy Planning for Lung Cancer,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003,

9. Kalinin E., Low D. A., El Naqa I., and Parikh P., “Quantitative Spirometry for 4D Computed Tomography,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), San Diego, CA, 2003.

10. Deasy J. O., Bradley J., El Naqa I., Bosch W., Vicic M., Purdy J., “Risk of radiation pneumonitis classified via dosimetric parameters,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Salt Lake, UT, 2003.

11. Parikh PJ, Singh AK, Perreira G, Nystrom M, El Naqa I, and Low D, “A Novel, Prospective 4D CT Method of Analyzing of Pancreas, Liver, Kidney and Spleen Intra-Fraction Motion,” American Radium Society 86th Annual Meeting, 2004.

12. El Naqa I, Low DA, Nystrom M, Parikh P, Lu W, Deasy JO, Amini A, Hubenschmidt J, and Wahab S, “An Optical Flow Approach for Automated Breathing Motion Tracking in 4D Computed Tomography,” Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Seoul, Korea, May 9-14, 2004, 74-77.

13. Deasy JO, El Naqa I, Kawrakow I, Siebers J, “A Comparison of Monte-Carlo Denoising Techniques,” Current Topics in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning, Advanced Workshop, Montreal, Canada, May 3-5, 2004, pp. 18 (abstract).

14. El Naqa I, Deasy JO, Siebers J , “Statistical-Based Methods for Monte-Carlo Denoising,” Current Topics in Monte Carlo Treatment Planning, Advanced Workshop, Montreal, Canada, May 3-5, 2004, pp. 19.

15. I El Naqa, D Low, W Lu, M Nystrom, P Parikh, J Deasy, A Amini, J Hubenschmidt, S Wahab, J Bradley,” A Multi-Frame Optical Flow Approach for Automated Breathing Motion Tracking in 4D Computed Tomography,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, Accepted.

16. S Wahab, P Parikh, W Lu, M Nystrom, I El Naqa, J Hubenschmidt, J Bradley, D Low, “Tumor Motion Mapping Using Four Dimensional Computed Tomography,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, Accepted.

17. J Deasy, I El Naqa, I Kawrakow, J Siebers, M Wickerhauser, M Vicic, M Fippel,” Improvements in Monte Carlo Denoising Based On Batching,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, Accepted.

18. M Nystrom, W Lu, P Parikh, I El Naqa, D Low, “A Comparison of Spirometry and Abdominal Height as 4DCT Metrics,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, Accepted.

19. W Lu, P Parikh, I El Naqa, M Nystrom, J Hubenschmidt, S Wahab, A Singh, G Christensen, S Mutic, J Bradley, D Low, “Quantification of the Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Process,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

20. P Lindsay, J Deasy, I El Naqa, M Vicic,” Monte Carlo Corrected DVHs for Retrospective Dose-Volume Modeling,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

21. D Low, R Laforest, P Parikh, W Lu, I El Naqa, J Hubenschmidt, S Mutic, S Wahab, T Miller, J Bradley,” 4D PET: Quantitative Validation,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

22. I El Naqa, J Bradley, J Deasy, K Biehl, R Laforest, D Low,” Improved Analysis of PET Images for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning: De-Blurring and Automated Segmentation Techniques,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

23. A Blanco, J Deasy, I El Naqa, “Normal Tissue Complication Probability Modeling Techniques Using Bootstrap Replicates of the Variable Selection Process,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Pittsburg, PA, 2004.

24. A. Hope, I. El Naqa, P. Lindsay, M. Vicic, JO Deasy, “Radiation Pneumonitis/Fibrosis Risk based on Dosimetric, Clinical, and Location-related Factors,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, 2004.

25. C. Zakarian, P. Lindsay, I. El Naqa, JO Deasy, “Fast IMRT treatment planning based on Monte Carlo pre-computed beamlets,” ,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, 2004.

26. Angel Blanco, Joseph O. Deasy, Issam El Naqa, Gregg E. Franklin, “Dose-Volume Modeling of Salivary Function In Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Radiation, ” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, 2004.

27. Jie Zheng, Dalin Tang, Issam El Naqa, Faith E. Rowold, Thomas Pilgram,Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Pamela K. Woodard,” Quantification of Vulnerability of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque with MRI and Biomechanics: An Ex vivo Study,” 12th Annual International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 16 May 2004.

28. Parikh, Parag; Wahab, Sasha; Lu, Wei; Nantz, Reagan; Hubenschmidt, James; Nystrom, Michelle; El Naqa, Issam; Pierburg, Beth; Bradley, Jeff D; Low, Daniel A.,“ Conformal Treatment Planning Using 4DCT Can Decrease Ipsilateral Lung Dose and Improve Tumor Coverage: A Prospective 4DCT Treatment Planning Study,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, 2004.

29. Lu, Wei; Parikh, Parag; El Naqa, Issam; Nystrom, Michelle; Hubenschmidt, James; Wahab, Sasha; Mutic, Sasa ; Singh, Anurag; Christensen, Gary; Bradley, Jeffrey D.; Low, Daniel A., “Quantification of the Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Process,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Atlanta, 2004.

30. H. Zhang, I. El Naqa, F. Rowold, J. O. Deasy, P. K. Woodard, R. J. Gropler, J. Zheng, “Improvement of Myocardial BOLD Imaging By A Hybrid Median Filter Denoising Method,” Proc. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 13, pp. 1626, 2005.

31. Alaly J., Zakarian K., Lindsay P., El Naqa I., Hope A, Spezi E., Deasy J., Software Tools for 4D and Adaptive Treatment Planning Data Visualization and Manipulation (CERR Ver 3), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

32. El Naqa I., Clark V., Bradley J, Deasy J., “Machine Learning Methods for Radiobiological Outcomes Modelling,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

33. Deasy J., El Naqa I., Lindsay P., “Multi-Variable Modelling of Radiotherapy Outcomes: Determing Optimal Model Size,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

34. Suneja G., El Naqa I., Alaly J., Lindsay P., Hope A., Deasy J., “Dose Response Explorer: An Open Source-Code Matlab-Based Tool for Modeling Treatment Outcomes as a Function of Predictive Factors,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

35. El Naqa I., Low D., Bradley J., Vicic M., Deasy J., Deblurring of Breathing Motion Artifacts in Thoracic PET Images,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

36. Lindsay P., El Naqa I., Hope A., Bradley J., Vicic M., Deasy J., Monte-Carlo based Retrospective calculations for Outcome Modelling,” American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Seattle, WA, 2005.

37. Zhang H., El Naqa I., Rowold F., Deasy JO, Woodard PK, Gropler R, Zheng J., “Improvement of Myocardial BOLD Imaging By A Hybrid Median Filter Denoising Method, 13th Annual International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Meeting, Miami, Florida, 2005.

38. Lindsay P., El Naqa I., Hope A., Bradley J.; Vicic M., Deasy JO., “Modeling of Pneumonitis Risk using Monte Carlo Corrected Dosimetry,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Denver, CO, October 2005.

39. Hope A., Lindsay P., El Naqa I., Bradley J.; Vicic M., Deasy JO., “Clinical, dosimetric, and location-related factors to predict local control in non-small cell lung cancer,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Denver, CO, October 2005.

40. Bradley J.; Deasy J., El Naqa I, Lindsay P., Hope A., Bosch W.; Matthews ., Sause W., Graham M., “Predictors of Lung Toxicity from the RTOG 9311 Radiation Dose Escalation Trial: GTV Position is Important ,” American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), Denver, CO, October 2005.

41. Deasy JO., Hope A., Lindsay P., El Naqa I., Bradley J.; Vicic M., "Radiation pneumonitis risk based on clinical, dosimetric, and location related factors," 7th International Conference on Dose, Time and Fractionation in Radiation Oncology in Madison, Wisconsin, September, 2005.

42. Deasy J, Blanco A., Vicic M., El Naqa I, "Dose-volume modeling of xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer receiving radiation therapy," 7th International Conference on Dose, Time and Fractionation in Radiation Oncology in Madison, Wisconsin, September, 2005.

43. El Naqa I, Bradley J.; Deasy J., "Machine Learning Methods for radiobiological outcome modeling," 7th International Conference on Dose, Time and Fractionation in Radiation Oncology in Madison, Wisconsin, September, 2005.

44. J. Deasy, D Khullar, A Apte, A Hope, J Alaly, V Clark, I El Naqa, E Spezi "The Computational Environment for Radiotherapy Research: New Tools for Multi-Modality Imaging, Treatment Plan Comparisons, and Plan Evaluations," American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Orlando, FL, 2006.

45. V Clark, I El Naqa, A Hope, G Suneja, J Bradley, J Deasy "Can Dose-Volume Parameters Be Replaced with GEUD in the Treatment Planning Process?," American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Orlando, FL, 2006.

46. I El Naqa, J Cui, G Olivera, J Deasy "Using Convolution Superposition to Guide Denoising of Monte-Carlo Dose Distributions," American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Orlando, FL, 2006.

47. I El Naqa , K Bae, J Zheng, D Khullar, J Bradley, P Grigsby, D Low, J Deasy "Concurrent Multimodality Image Segmentation," American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Orlando, FL, 2006. (Received special recognition by presentation at the prestigious Laughlin Science Council Research Symposium: Multimodality fusion).

48. K Zakaryan, J Cui, J Alaly, I El Naqa, J Simon, W Simon, D Low, J Deasy "PlanCheck: A System for Routine Clinical Comparison of IMRT Treatment Plans with Monte Carlo Recalculations," American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Orlando, FL, 2006.

49. D. Mansur, T. Deschields, I. El Naqa, "Survivorship in Prostate Cancer Patients: A prospective study", RSNA, Chicago, IL 2006.

50. I. El Naqa, V. H. Clark, Y. Chen, M. Vicic, D. Khullar, S. Shimpi, A. Hope, J. Bradley, J. O. Deasy, "Treatment Outcome-based Objective Functions for IMRT Treatment Planning,", ASTRO, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

51. E. Foster, I. El Naqa, B. Meyers, R. Govindan, J. Bradley, "Survival of Patients with Esophageal Cancer Involving Gastric or Celiac Nodes," ASTRO, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

52. J. O. Deasy, I. El Naqa, A. H. Hope, P. E. Lindsay, W. T. Sause, M. L. Graham, W. R. Bosch, J. W. Matthews, J. D. Bradley," A Statistical Model of the Risk of Radiation Pneumonitis Based on Combined RTOG and Washington University Data," ASTRO, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

53. S. H. Wahab, J. Shriki, I. El Naqa, B. A. Siegel, P. W. Grigsby," The Use of PET to Demonstrate Bone Marrow Preservation with IMRT," ASTRO, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

54. W. L. Thorstad, S. Hong, R. C. Paniello, G. J. Spector, J. O. Deasy, I. M. El Naqa, D. Khullar, S. Shimpi, B. H. Haughey, " Prognostic Significance of GTV in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma Treated with IMRT," ASTRO, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

55. Nitin Ohri, Wade L. Thorstad, Brian Nussenbaum, Douglas R. Adkins, Issam M. El Naqa, Bruce H. Haughey, and Joseph O. Deasy, “Identifying dosimetric predictors of swallowing dysfunction in head and neck cancer patients treated with IMRT,” American Head & Neck Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2007.

56. El Naqa I, Apte A., Deasy J.O., “Dose Response Explorer System”, Open Source Solutions for Multi-Center Information Management (MCIM) Workshop, April 30 – May 3, 2007, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

57. J Cui, S Davidson, P Lindsay, D Followill, I El Naqa, J Deasy, “A Comparison of DPM and VMC++ Mont Carlo codes applied to heterogeneous media,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

58. S Goddu, S Chaudhari, D Pratt, D Khullar, A Apte, S Mutic, I Zoberi, I El Naqa, V Willcut, S Powell, D Low, “Helical Tomotherapy Planning for Left-Sided Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Lymph Nodes: Compared to Conventional Multi-Port-Breast Technique,”AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

59. Y Wu, D Yang, D Khullar, I El Naqa, J Deasy, “An Open-source radiotherapy image registration toolkit integrated with CERR,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

60. A Apte, I El Naqa, J Deasy, “An interactive software tool for modifying outcome models and predicting patient specific outcomes in treatment planning,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

61. D Yang, W Lu, D Low, I El Naqa, “A novel 4D-CT reconstruction method and estimation of respiratory motion,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

62. D Yang, J Hubenschmidt, S Goddu, P Parikh, J Deasy, D Low, I El Naqa, “A biomechanical phantom for validation of deformable multimodality image algorithms,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

63. I El Naqa, S Mutic, D Yang, D Khullar, J Deasy, “A validation study of concurrent multimodality segmentation,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

64. I El Naqa, P Grigsby, A Apte, E Kidd, S Chaudhari, D Yang, J Deasy, “Beyond SUV: New methods for assessing treatment response in PET images,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

65. J Symanzik, B Wallett, J Zheng, I El Naqa, D Yang, J Deasy, W Shannon, “The 'Image Tour' as an aid to managing and reviewing multi-modality image data sets,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

66. D Mullen, D Khullar, A Apte, I El Naqa, J Deasy, “Outcomes-based quality improvement: the future role of outcomes in monitoring the radiotherapy process,” AAPM, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.

67. Issam El Naqa, Jeffrey D. Bradley., and Joseph O. Deasy, “Improved Radiation Pneumonitis Risk Modeling Using a Nonlinear Approach,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

68. D. M. Macdonald, I. M. El Naqa, A. J. Hope, J. O. Deasy, W. L. Thorstad, “IMRT for Nasopharyngeal Cancer: The Washington University in St. Louis Experience,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

69. A. J. Hope, M. Georg, D. Yang, I. El Naqa, P. E. Lindsay, W. Lu, R. Pless, D. A. Low, J. O. Deasy, “Incorporating population-based breathing motion improves radiation pneumonitis modeling correlation,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

70. K. Brock et al. on Behalf of Deformable Registration Accuracy Consortium. “A Multi-Institution Deformable Registration Accuracy Study,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

71. Michalski J., Lawton C., El-Naqa I., Lee, Zeitman, Valicenti, Catton, Ritter, Pisansky, Sandler, Kuban, Seider, Roach, Shipley, “Variation in the Definition of Clinical Target Volumes for Postoperative Conformal Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

72. Kidd EA, El Naqa IM, Deasy JO, Grigsby PW, “FDG Metabolic Heterogeneity of Cervical Cancer,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

73. D. Pratt, I. El Naqa, J. Bradley, “Pulmonary Function Testing After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Medically Inoperable Patients With Early Stage NSCLC,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

74. D.M. Macdonald, I.M. El Naqa, A.J. Hope, J.O. Deasy, W.L. Thorstad, “IMRT for Nasopharyngeal Cancer: The Washington University in St. Louis Experience,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

75. W.A. Russell, B.H. Haughey, J.O. Deasy, I.M. El Naqa, W.L. Thorstad, “Correlation of Dose and Fraction Size With Locoregional Control in Head and Neck Carcinoma Treated With IMRT,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007

76. C.A. Lawton, J. Michalski, I. El-Naqa, D. Kuban, W.R. Lee, S. Rosenthal, A. Zietman, H. Sandler, M. Roach, “Variation in the Definition of Clinical Target Volumes for Pelvic Node Conformal Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer,” ASTRO, Los Angeles, California, 2007.

77. Issam El Naqa, Jeff M. Michalski, Colleen Lawton, Aditya Apte, Walter Bosch D.Sc., and Joseph O. Deasy, “Investigation of statistical methods to analyze target volume definition among experts in radiotherapy treatment planning,” 9th Biennial ESTRO Meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy, Spain, Barcelona, September 8 - 13, 2007.

78. Lakshmi Santanam, Esthappan, Jacqueline, Thorstad, Wade L., El Naqa, Issam M., Mutic, Sasa, Low, Daniel A., Klein, Eric E., Hubenschmidt, James P., Drzymala, Robert E., Goddu, Sreekrishna M. “Accuracy of treatment position localization using 2D registration and Cone beam CT imaging techniques” 9th Biennial ESTRO Meeting on Physics and Radiation Technology for Clinical Radiotherapy, Spain, Barcelona, September 8 - 13, 2007.

79. CA Lawton, J Michalski, I El Naqa, M Buyyounowsky, WR Lee, C Menard, E O’Meara , S Rosenthal, M Ritter, and M Seider “RTOG Genitourinary radiation oncology specialists reach consensus on pelvic lymph node volumes for high risk prostate cancer,” ASCO/ Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

80. J Michalski, CA Lawton, I El Naqa, M Buyyounowsky, WR Lee, C Menard, E O’Meara , S Rosenthal, M Ritter, and M Seider. “RTOG GU radiation oncology specialists reach consensus on prostatic fossa clinical target volume for radiation therapy following radical prostatectomy,” ASCO/ Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, San Francisco, CA 2008.

81. I El Naqa, A Apte, D Yang, C Noel, J Bradley, J Deasy, “A robust approach for estimating tumor volume change during radiotherapy of lung cancer,” AAPM, Houston, TX, 2008.

82. I. El Naqa, A Nofal, M Trovo, A Apte, D Yang, J Bradley, J Deasy, D Low, “Assessment of PET estimated tumor volume by four-dimensional computed tomography measurements,” AAPM, Houston, TX, 2008.

83. D Yang, A Apte, L Santanam, I El Naqa, J Deasy, “Image and Dose Processing for Image Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy and Outcome Research,” AAPM, Houston, TX, 2008.

84. D Yang, W Lu, D Low, J Deasy, I El Naqa, “4DCT motion estimation and modeling,” AAPM, Houston, TX, 2008.

85. J Cui, S Davidson, V Willcut, I El Naqa, D Followill, J Deasy, “Comparisons of a Monte Carlo IMRT plan recalculation results with the Pinnacle treatment planning system,” AAPM, Houston, TX, 2008.

86. I. El Naqa , J. Bradley, C. Guild, A. Apte, S. Fergus, F. Dehdashti , B. Siegel, J. Deasy, “Pattern Recognition Analysis of FDG-PET Uptake Characteristics for Assessing Response in NSCLC post-radiotherapy treatment,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2008

87. Jeffrey Bradley, Issam El Naqa, Marco Trovo, and Robert Drzymala, “SBRT for Early-stage NSCLC; The Predominant Failure Pattern is Distant Metastasis,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2008

88. Y. M. Sheref, I. El Naqa, A. Apte, S. Fergus, J. Deasy, W. L. Thorstad, E. Donnelly, “Dose-Outcome Relationships in Head-and-Neck Cancer Patients Post Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2008

89. J. O. Deasy, M. Trovo, E. X. Huang, Y. Mu, I. El Naqa, J. D. Bradley, “High-dose Heart Irradiation is a Statistically Significant Risk Factor for Radiation Pneumonitis Within Logistic-multivariate Modeling,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2008

90. Y. Mu, A. J. Hope, P. Lindsay, I. El Naqa, A. Apte, J. O. Deasy, J. D. Bradley, “Statistical Modeling of Tumor Control Probability for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Radiotherapy,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2008

91. J. O. Deasy, M Trovo, E. Huang, Y. Mu, I. El Naqa, and J. D. Bradley, “Predicting Radiation Pneumonitis: The Effect Of Heart, Lung, And Bronchial Dose-Volume Variables,” International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical Strategies in Radiation Oncology (ICTR), Geneva, Switzerland, 2009.

92. J. O. Deasy, I. El Naqa, and J. D. Bradley, “image-based modeling of tumor control and normal tissue complication probability,” International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical Strategies in Radiation Oncology (ICTR), Geneva, Switzerland, 2009.

93. Chad Denlinger, Jeffrey Bradley, Issam El Naqa, Jennifer Zoole, Sasha Krupnick MD, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Patterson, Bryan Meyers , Traves Crabtree, “Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy vs. Surgical Resection for Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High Risk Patients,” The 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), May 9-13, , Boston, MA, USA, 2009.

94. S. Spencer, D. Almiron-Bonin, J. Bradley, J. Deasy, I. El Naqa, “A Proteomics and Systems Biology Approach for Biomarker Discovery in Radiation-Induced Lung Inflammation,” Undergraduate Research Symposium at Washington University in St.Louis, St. Louis, MO, April 25^th, 2009.

95. A. Apte, J Deasy, W Bosch, I El Naqa, “Tools and Methods for Consensus Generation from Experts’ Contours for Radiotherapy Structure Definition,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

96. E Huang, P Lindsay, A Hope, I El Naqa, J Bradley, J Deasy, “The effect of Monte Carlo-based dose calculations on tumor control probability modeling,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

97. E Huang, J Bradley, I El Naqa, M Trovo, J Deasy, “Validating normal tissue complication probability models: a study of generalizability and datapooling for predictive radiation pneumonitis modeling,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

98. S Oddiraju, S Mutic, I El Naqa, D Low, “Modeling and error analysis of the clinical process in Radiation Therapy,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

99. S Mutic, S Oddiraju, P Parikh, S Brame, I El Naqa, D Low, B Wu, “Experience with Error Reporting and Tracking Database Tool for Process Improvement in Radiation Oncology,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

100. I El Naqa, M Vaidya, A Apte, S Fergus, J Deasy, J Bradley, “A Multimodality imaging approach for predicting radiation induced lung injury,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

101. M Vaidya, J Bradley, A Apte, D Yang, I El Naqa,”Predicting tumor local control in lung cancer from pre-treatment PET/CT image features,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

102. I El Naqa, J Bradley , J Deasy, “Nonlinear kernels as a visual analytics tool for radiotherapy treatment outcomes,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

103. D Yang, I El Naqa, W Lu, S Goddu, O Pechenaya, J Deasy, D Low, “Inverse consistency deformable image registration on partially matched images,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

104. D Yang, I El Naqa, A Apte, Y Wu, S Goddu, S Mutic, J Deasy, D Low, “DIRART - a software suite for deformable image registration and adaptive radiotherapy research,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2009.

105. Jeffrey Craft, Sarah Spencer, Rawan Al-Lozi, Jeff Bradley, Joseph Deasy, Issam El Naqa, Integrating Serum Biomarkers and Dose-Volume Metrics to Predict Radiation Pneumonitis, ASTRO, Chicago, IL, 2009 (accepted for oral presentation)

106. E. X. Huang, J. D. Bradley, I. E. Naqa, W. Bosch, J. Matthews, W. Sause, M.V. Graham, and J. O. Deasy, “Predicting the risk of acute esophagitis based on dose-volume factors: Combined modeling of RTOG 93-11 and institutional data, ASTRO, Chicago, IL, 2009

107. E. X. Huang, J. D. Bradley, I. E. Naqa, W. Bosch, J. Matthews, W. Sause, M.V. Graham, and J. O. Deasy, “Predicting the risk of acute esophagitis based on dose-volume factors: Combined modeling of RTOG 93-11 and institutional data, ESTRO, Maastricht, Netherland, 2009

108. J. Oh, S. Spencer, C. Lichti, R. Townsend, C. Craft, J. Deasy, J. Bradley, I. El Naqa, “Discovery of blood biomarkers for radiation pneumonitis by proteomics analysis,” ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging in St Louis, MO, September 11-12, 2009.

109. Kidd EA, El Naqa I, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Grigsby PW FDG-PET-based Prognostic Nomogram for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer, Radium Society, Cancun, Mexico.

110. R. Al-Lozi, X Li , J White, A Apte, A Tai, J Michalski, W Bosch, I El Naqa, “Validation Study of a Software Tool for Consensus Analysis of Experts’ Contours for Generating Atlases of Radiotherapy Target and Normal Structures,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

111. J Oh, Y Yang , I El Naqa, “A Novel Relevance Feedback Approach for Efficient Mammogram Image Retrieval,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

112. A Apte, R Al-Lozi, G Pereira, J Matthew, D Mansur, J Deasy, I El Naqa, “A Graphical Tool for Assessing Margin Definition From Daily Deformations,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

113. M Vaidya , R Al-Lozi, D Yang, D Low, I El Naqa, “Respiratory Phase Effect On Tumor Shrinkage Analysis,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

114. I Dasanayake, J Li, I El Naqa, “A Dynamical System Approach for Real-Time IMRT Optimization,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

115. H Zaidi, C Fuentes, I El Naqa, “Comparative Methods for PET Image Segmentation in Pharyngolaryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

116. S Lee, G Stroian, I El Naqa, J Seuntjens, “Image-Based Scoring of Radiation Injury in Lung for Dose-Effect Correlations: Analysis of Sources of Uncertainties,” AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010 (Laughlin Science Symposium)

117. B White, S Wuenschel, T Zhao, J Lamb, I El Naqa, D Low, “Distribution of Lung Tissue Motion During Free Breathing,” submitted to AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

118. E Huang, J Bradley, I El Naqa, L Pesce, J Deasy, “Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) Modeling Using Self-Organizing Map (SOM),” submitted to AAPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

119. I El Naqa, M Vaidya, K Creach, J Seuntjens, J Bradley, “Integrating PET/CT Image Features for Prediction of Radiotherapy Local Failure in Lung Cancer,” imaging for Treatment assessment in radiotherapy (ITART) National Harbor, Maryland

120. Kidd EA, Dehdashti F, El Naqa I Siegel BA, Grigsby PW, “Changes in FDG Uptake in Cervical Cancer during Treatment,” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

121. J. Oh, J. Craft, R. Al-Lozi, M. Vaidya, Y. Meng, J. O. Deasy, J. Bradley, I. El Naqa, “A Bayesian network approach for predicting local failure in lung cancer using physical and biological variables,” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

122. C. R. Spencer, H. Gay, J. O. Deasy, I. El Naqa, B. H. Haughey, D. Adkins, W. L. Thorstad, “Patterns of Failure after IMRT in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck,” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

123. Matthew E. Johnson, Gisele C. Pereira, Issam M. El Naqa, S. Murty Goddu, Rawan Al-Lozi, Aditya Apte, David B. Mansur, “Assessment of PTV for Whole Stomach Irradiation Using Daily Image Guidance,” submitted to ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

124. Karen Lim and et al., “Variability in Clinical Target Volume Delineation for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Three Challenging Cervix Cancer Scenarios,” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

125. Hiram A. Gay, Chirstopher R. Spencer, James S. Lewis, Jr., Esther Liu, Issam El Naqa, Douglas Adkins, Joseph O. Deasy, Brian Nussenbaum, Bruce H. Haughey, Wade L. Thorstad, “Outcomes of p16 Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Postoperative Adjuvant IMRT +/- Chemotherapy: a Retrospective Analysis,” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

126. J. R. Olsen, C. G. Robinson, I. El Naqa, K. M. Creach, R. E. Drzymala, C. Bloch, P. J. Parikh, J. D. Bradley, “Comparison of three treatment schemes for lung SBRT,” submitted to ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

127. Santanam, Lakshmi; Parikh, Parag J.; Issam El Naqa; Bradley, Jeffrey D.; Noel, Camille, Ge, Jiajia “CBCT alone is not sufficient for SBRT alignment of abdominal tumors: Increased risk of marginal miss when using ConeBeam CT imaging alone for delivery of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to abdominal targets,” submitted to ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

128. Creach KM, Al-lozi R, El Naqa I, Bradley JD, Olsen JR, Parikh PJ, Dryzmala RE, Bloch C, Robinson CG “Dosimetric Prediction of Chest Wall Toxicity after Lung SBRT,” submitted to ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

129. J. Craft, J. Oh, M. Ju, J. Deasy, J. Bradley, I. El Naqa, “Quantitative mass spectroscopy and the identification of alpha2macroglobulin as a potential biomarker for radiation pneumonitis.” ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

130. Daniel Ma, J. Esthappan, I. El Naqa, J. Deasy, C. Raptis, P. Grigsby, “Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Values in Diffusion Weighted Imaging is Correlated with Disease Progression in Cervical Cancer Patients,” submitted to ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

131. D. Wang, W. Bosch, D. kirsch, R. Lozi, I. El Naqa, D. Roberge, S. Finkelstein, I. Petersen, N. Saito, T. DeLaney, “Variations In The Gross Target Volume And Clinical Target Volume Evaluated By RTOG Sarcoma Radiation Oncologists For Preoperative Radiotherapy Of Primary Extremity Sarcoma, ASTRO, San Diego, CA, 2010.

132. Jung Hun Oh, Jeffrey M. Craft, Rawan Al-Lozi, Manushka Vaidya, Yifan Meng, Jeffery D. Bradley, Joseph O. Deasy, Issam El Naqa, “Integrating dosimetry and biomarkers via a Bayesian network for predicting radiotherapy response in lung cancer,” ESTRO, London, England, 2011.

133. S Lee, G Stroian, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “Model for Time-Dependent Radiation-Induced Lung Disease Risk Based On Systematic Image-Based Scoring and Monte-Carlo Dose Calculations,” AAPM, Vancouver, BC, 2011

134. I El Naqa, “An Anomaly Detector for Radiotherapy Quality Assurance Using Machine Learning,” AAPM, Vancouver, BC, 2011

135. A Apte, D Mansur, I El Naqa, “A Learning Method for Assessing Margin Definition From Daily Image Deformations,” AAPM, Vancouver, BC, 2011.

136. I El Naqa, “Investigation of Joint Registration/segmentation for Multimodality Target Definition in Image-Guided Radiotherapy,” AAPM, Vancouver, BC, 2011

137. N Shin, C Laude, E Soisson, I El Naqa, C Freeman, D Roberge, J Seuntjens, W Parker, “Risk of Radiation-Induced Secondary Cancers in Paediatric Patients: A Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy,” AAPM, Vancouver, BC, 2011.

138. N Shin, C Laude, E Soisson, I El Naqa, C Freeman, D Roberge, J Seuntjens, W Parker, Modeling Second Cancer Risk Following Radiation of Paediatric Medulloblastoma: A Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Tomotherapy, PROS, Venice Italy, 2011.

139. N Shin, C Laude, E Soisson, I El Naqa, C Freeman, D Roberge, J Seuntjens, W Parker, Risk of Radiation-Induced Secondary Cancers in Paediatric Patients with CNS Tumours: A Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy, ASTRO, Miami, FL, 2011

140. S Lee, G Stroian, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, Analytical model for radiation-induced lung injury based on local image scoring and Monte-Carlo dose calculation: Investigation of post-RT temporal dependency, ASTRO, Miami, FL, 2011

141. I. El Naqa, J. Bradley, J. Oh, J. Craft, J. Deasy, “Investigating Alpha-2-Macroglobulin and Its Dosimetric Interactions for Predicting Radiation Pneumonitis,” ASTRO, Miami, FL, 2011.

142. Mohsen Ahanj, Wayne Majkowski, Norma Ybarra, Krishinima Jeyaseelan, Issam El Naqa, “Optimal Control of Tumour Radiotherapy by Using Linear Quadratic and Competitive Lotka-Volterra Models,“ McGill, Bioengineering Symposium, 2011

143. James Coates, Sergio Faria, Sangkyu Lee, Issam El Naqa, “Multi-metric and analytical analysis of rectal toxicity in hypofractionated 3D-conformal radiotherapy treated prostate cancer patients,” McGill, Bioengineering Symposium, 2011

144. Maria Ola, Ybarra Norma, Jeyaseelan Krishinima, Seuntjens Jan, El Naqa Issam, “Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Recovery From Radiation-Induced Lung Injury’” 3rd Quebec Conference on Therapeutic Resistance in Cancer, Montreal, QC, 2012

145. Martin Carrier-Vallieres, Carolyn Freeman, Sonia Skamene, Issam El Naqa, “PET/MR imaging for prediction of tumor outcomes by wavelet image fusion and texture analysis,” Oral presentation, PET/MR and SPECT/MR: New Paradigms for Combined Modalities in Molecular Imaging Conference, PISA, Italy, 2012

146. Daniel Markel, M Vallières , C Freeman, Issam El Naqa, “A Novel Level Set Active Contour Algorithm for Multimodality Joint Segmentation/registration Using the Jensen-Renyi Divergence, “ AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

147. Daniel Markel, Habib Zaidi, Issam El Naqa, “A Novel Level Set Active Contour Algorithm Using the Jensen-Renyi Divergence for Tumor Segmentation in PET,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

148. Sangkyu Lee, Jeffrey Bradley, Norma Ybarra, Krishinima Jeyaseelan, Jan Seuntjens, Issam El Naqa, “Bayesian Network Framework for Biophysical Radiation Pneumonitis Modeling,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

149. M Serban, N Ybarra, S Lee, K Jeyaseelan, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “Treatment Planning Strategies for Lung Injury Studies in Rat Models in 6 MV Delivery,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

150. P Pater, M Bernal, I El Naqa, J Seuntjens, “Comparing DNA Strand Break Yields for Photons Under Different Irradiation Conditions with Geant4-DNA,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

151. P Watson, E Mainegra-Hing, E Soisson, I El Naqa, J Seuntjens, “Implementation of a Fast Monte Carlo Scatter Correction for Cone-Beam Computed Tomography,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

152. M Vallières, C Freeman, S Skamene, I El Naqa, “Prediction of Tumor Outcomes Through Wavelet Image Fusion and Texture Analysis of PET/MR Imaging,” AAPM, Charlotte, NC, 2012

153. M. A. Thomas, I. El Naqa, E. A. Kidd, F. Dehdashti1, J. K. Schwarz, P. W. Grigsby, “Intratumoral Heterogeneity Assessed by Extraction of Texture Features from PET Images of Cervical Cancer Patients,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2012.

154. P Watson, E Mainegra-Hing, E Soisson, I El Naqa, J Seuntjens, “Implementation of a Fast Monte Carlo Scatter Correction for Cone-Beam Computed Tomography,” CAP, Calgary, AB, 2012

155. M. Serban, M. Carrier-Vallieres, L. Hathout, C. Freeman, J. Seuntjens, I. El Naqa, “Dose Escalation Based On MR-PET/CT For Soft Tissue Sarcoma,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2012

156. M Vallières, C Freeman, S Skamene, I El Naqa, “FDG-PET Prognosis Factors in Patients with Soft-Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2012

157. Daniel Markel, M Vallières , C Freeman, Issam El Naqa, “A Novel Semi-Automated Multi-Modality Segmentation Tool for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning in Sarcoma Patients,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2012

158. Sangkyu Lee, Jeffrey Bradley, Norma Ybarra, Krishinima Jeyaseelan, Jan Seuntjens, Issam El Naqa, “A Bayesian Network approach for modeling of radiation pneumonitis,” ASTRO, Boston, MA, 2012

159. T. Shepherd, B. Berthon, P. Galavis, E. Spezi, A. Apte, J. A. Lee, D. Visvikis, M. Hatt, E. de Bernardi, S. Das, I. El Naqa, U. Nestle, C. Schmidtlein, H. Zaidi, and A. Kirov, “Design of a benchmark platform for evaluating PET-based contouring accuracy in oncology applications,” Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging 39, 155–303 (2012).

160. D Markel, I El Naqa, H Zaidi, “Registration/Segmentation for Adaptive Radiotherapy Using the Jensen Renyi Divergence,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

161. Y Zlateva, I El Naqa, N Quitoriano, “Red Spectral Shift of Cherenkov Emission with Applications in Image-Guided and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

162. P Pater, J Seuntjens, M Bernal, I El Naqa, “Electronic Equilibrium in RBE of DSB Induction in Monte Carlo Simulations of Low Energy Photon and Electron Track Structures,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

163. S Lee, J Bradley, N Ybarra, K Jeyaseelan, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “Assessment of Different Machine Learning Techniques for Multivariate Radiation Pneumonitis Modeling,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

164. M Vallieres, A Kumar, K Sultanem, I El Naqa, “FDG-PET Imaging Features Can Predict Treatment Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

165. M Vallieres, C Freeman, S Skamene, I El Naqa, “Joint FDG-PET/MR Imaging for the Early Prediction of Tumor Outcomes,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

166. S Asgharizadeh, A Syme, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, S Devic, H Bekerat, F DeBlois, “Patient Specific Quality Assurance Tool in Rectal Brachytherapy,” AAPM, Indiana, IN, 2013.

167. Y Zlateva, I El Naqa, M Evans, “preliminary study of cherenkov emission by radiotherapy treatment beams for potential applications as optical dosimeter,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

168. D Markel, I El Naqa, H Zaidi, “Novel Multimodality Segmentation using Level Sets and Jensen-Renyi Divergence,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

169. P Pater, J Seuntjens, M Bernal, I El Naqa, “A new probabilistic model for dna strand breaks simulation using monte carlo track structures,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

170. Martin Vallières, Carolyn R. Freeman, Sonia R. Skamene and Issam El Naqa, “Prediction of tumor outcomes using joint FDG-PET/MR diagnostic imaging features,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

171. Jeyaseelan K., Coates J., Ybarra N., David M., Faria S., Souhami L., Shenouda G., F Cury, M Duclos, El Naqa I. “Copy number variations as predictors of late toxicities in prostate cancer,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

172. Ola M Maria, Ahmed M Maria, Norma Ybarra, Krishinima Jeyaseelan, Sangkyu Lee, Jessica Perez, Shirley Lehnert, Sergio Faria, Monica Serban, Jan Seuntjens, Issam El Naqa, “The role of stem-like cells in regional radiosensitivity of the lung,” COMP-CARO, Montreal, QC, 2013.

173. Jeyaseelan K., Coates J., Ybarra N., David M., Faria S., Souhami L., Shenouda G., F Cury, M Duclos, El Naqa I. “Copy number variations as predictors of late toxicities in prostate cancer,” ASTRO, Atlanta, GA, 2013.

174. Ybarra N, Shenouda G., Jeyaseelan K, El Naqa I., “Radiosenstivity of Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma derived cells lines and normal tissue cells,” ASTRO, Atlanta, GA, 2013.

175. Ola M Maria, Ahmed M Maria, Norma Ybarra, Krishinima Jeyaseelan, Sangkyu Lee, Jessica Perez, Shirley Lehnert, Sergio Faria, Monica Serban, Jan Seuntjens, Issam El Naqa, “The role of stem-like cells in regional radiosensitivity of the lung,” ASTRO, Atlanta, GA, 2013.

176. Martin Vallières, Aditya Kumar, Kalil Sultanem and Issam El Naqa, “FDG-PET Image-derived Features can Determine HPV Status in Head and Neck Cancer,” ASTRO, Atlanta, GA, 2013.

177. El Naqa I, “Statistical methods for fitting of response/biological models to clinical data,” ESTRO Forum, Geneva, April 2013 (Invited teaching lecture).

178. El Naqa I, “Systems Radiobiology: At the intersection of physics and biology,” CAP, Montreal, QC, 2013 (Invited lecture).

179. D Markel, I El Naqa, H Zaidi, “Novel Multimodality Segmentation using Level Sets and Jensen-Renyi Divergence,” CAM, Waterloo, ON, 2013.

180. Y Zlateva, I El Naqa, N Quitoriano, “Red Spectral Shift of Cherenkov Emission with Applications in Image-Guided and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy,” CAM, Waterloo, ON, 2013.

181. Martin Vallières and Issam El Naqa, “FDG-PET/MR textural features for the early assessment of tumor aggressiveness,” AQPMC, Quebec City, QC, 2013.

182. S. Lee, N. Ybarra, K. Jeyaseelan, S. Faria, N. Kopek, M. Vallieres, I. El Naqa, “Association of Computed Tomography image textures with inflammatory biomarkers in radiation-induced lung injury,” ESTRO, Vienna, Austria, 2014.

183. D. Markel, I. El Issam El Naqa, “Development of a novel regimentation framework using the Jensen Renyi divergence for adaptive radiotherapy,” ESTRO, Vienna, Austria, 2014.

184. S. Devic, S. Asgharizadeh, A. Syme, F. DeBlois, J. Seuntjens, I. El Naqa, H. Bekerat, “Radiochromic film based patient specific QA for brachytherapy.” ESTRO, Vienna, Austria, 2014.

185. Y Zlateva, I El Naqa, “Investigation of Cherenkov Emission with Applications in Dosimetry, Image Guidance and Intensity Modulation in Radiation Therapy,” CIRMS, Gaithersburg, MD, 2014.

186. J Coates, K Jeyaseelan, N Ybarra, M David, S Faria, L Souhami, F Cury, M Duclos, I El Naqa, “Radiogenomic Modeling of Normal Tissue Toxicities in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Hypofractionated Radiotherapy, “BEST IN PHYSICS (THERAPY), AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

187. Y Zlateva, N Quitoriano, I El Naqa, “Shining Light On the Implementation of Cherenkov Emission in Radiation Therapy,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

188. D Markel, I El Naqa, I Levesque, “A 4D Lung Phantom for Coupled Registration/Segmentation Evaluation,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

189. S Hickling, M Hobson, I El Naqa, “Feasibility of X-Ray Acoustic Computed Tomography as a Tool for Calibration and In Vivo Dosimetry of Radiotherapy Electron and Photon Beams,” John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium, AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

190. P Pater, J Seuntjens , I El Naqa, “New Method to Simulate DNA Damage Using Ionization Cross-Sections and a Geometrical Nucleosome Model,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

191. S Lee, N Ybarra, K Jeyaseelan, S Faria, N Kopek, I El Naqa, “Ensemble of Graphical Models for Predicting Radiation Pneumontis Risk,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

192. P Pater, I El Naqa, J Seuntjens, “Sensitivity Analysis of the Threshold Energy for the Creation of Strand Breaks and of Single and Double Strand Break Clustering Conditions,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

193. M Vallieres, S Laberge, I Levesque, I El Naqa, “Enhancement of Texture-Based Metastasis Prediction Models Via the Optimization of PET/MRI Acquisition Protocols, “ AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

194. S Laberge, M Vallieres, I Levesque, I El Naqa, “STAMP: Simulator for Texture Analysis in MRI/PET,” AAPM, Austin, TX, 2014.

195. J Coates, K Jeyaseelan, N Ybarra, M David, S Faria, L Souhami, F Cury, M Duclos, I El Naqa, “Radiogenomic Modeling of Normal Tissue Toxicities in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Hypofractionated Radiotherapy,” J.R. Cunningham Young Investigator Symposium, COMP, Banff, AB, 2014.

196. Y Zlateva, N Quitoriano, I El Naqa, “Shining Light On the Implementation of Cherenkov Emission in Radiation Therapy,” COMP, Banff, AB, 2014.

197. N. Ybarra, S. Lee, O. Maria, J. Krishinima Jeyaseelan, P. Jessica, S. Monica, I. El Naqa, “Impact Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Delivery Routes On Recovery From Radiation-induced Lung Injury Using Ct Densitometry: Preclinical Investigation,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

198. J Coates, K Jeyaseelan, N Ybarra, M David, S Faria, L Souhami, F Cury, M Duclos, I El Naqa, “Radiogenomic Modeling of Normal Tissue Toxicities in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Hypofractionated Radiotherapy,” BEST IN PHYSICS, ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

199. J. R. Perez, M. Vallieres, N. Ybarra, O. Maria, F. Chagnon, O. Lesur, I. El Naqa, “Fluorescence Endomicroscopy as a Tool to Assess Radiation-Induced Lung Damage, Protection and Regeneration,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

200. J. Tao, N. Ybarra, I. El Naqa, “A549 Lung Cancer Cells Up-Regulate Proto-Oncogene Expression in Mesenchymal Stem Cells,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

201. Khusraw Sabit, L Souhami, V. Panet-Raumond, G Shenouda, “Volumetric evolution of pituitary macroadenomas following surgical resection and indications for immediate adjuvant radiotherapy,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

202. Y Zlateva, N Quitoriano, I El Naqa, “Shining Light On the Implementation of Cherenkov Emission in Radiation Therapy,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

203. M. Vallières, C. R. Freeman, S. R. Skamene and I. El Naqa, “Early Assessment of Tumor Aggressiveness Using Joint FDG-PET/MR Textural Features,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

204. S Hickling, M Hobson, I El Naqa, “Feasibility of X-Ray Acoustic Computed Tomography as a Tool for Calibration and In Vivo Dosimetry of Radiotherapy Electron and Photon Beams,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

205. P Pater, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “Estimation of maximum DNA Damage from Low Energy Electrons, ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

206. Feng Liu, An Tai, Percy Lee, Tithi Biswas, X George Ding, Issam El Naqa, Jimm Grimm, Feng-ming Spring Kong, Tamara LaCouture, Billy Loo, Jr., Moyed Miften, Timothy Solberg, X Allen Li, “Relationship of Dose and TCP for SBRT of Lung Cancer as Analyzed from Pooled Studies with a New Radiobiological Model,” ASTRO, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

207. Khusraw Sabit, L Souhami, V. Panet-Raumond, G Shenouda, “Volumetric evolution of pituitary macroadenomas following surgical resection and indications for immediate adjuvant radiotherapy,” CARO, 2014.

208. Jessica Perez, Norma Ybarra, Ola Maria, Frederic Chagnon, Olivier Lesur, Issam El Naqa, “In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging and Endomicroscopy for Tracking of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Post-Radiotherapy Lung Injury Rat Model,” International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), Vancouver, BC, 2014.

209. Susannah Hickling, Pierre Leger, Issam El Naqa, “Development and validation of a simulation platform to model acoustic waves induced by linear accelerator irradiation,” International Workshop on Monte Carlo Techniques in Medical Physics (IWMC), Quebec City, QC, 2014.

210. Yana Zlateva* and Issam El Naqa, “Monte Carlo Simulation of Cherenkov Emission by High-Energy Radiotherapy Beams: Investigating a Novel Optical Approach to Dosimetry and Online Imaging in Radiotherapy, IWMC, Quebec City, QC, 2014.

211. J. Coates*, A.K. Jeyaseelan, N. Ybarra, J. Tao, M. David, S. Faria, L. Souhami, F. Cury, M. Duclos, I. El Naqa, “Evaluation of NTCP radiogenomic modelling frameworks in hypofractionated prostate cancer patients, ESTRO, Barcelona, 2015.

212. Yana Zlateva* and Issam El Naqa, “Cherenkov emission dosimetry for electron beam radiotherapy: a Monte Carlo feasibility study of absolute dose prediction,” IOMP Young Investigator, World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering.Toronto, ON, 2015.

213. James Coates, Asha K Jeyaseelan, Norma Ybarra, Jessie Tao, Marc David, Sergio Faria, Luis Souhami, Fabio Cury, Marie Duclos, Issam El Naqa, “Evaluation and Visualization of Radiogenomic Modeling Frameworks for the Prediction of Normal Tissue Toxicities,” World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering.Toronto, ON, 2015.

214. Jessica Perez, Norma Ybarra, Frederic Chagnon, Olivier Lesur, Issam El Naqa, “Quantitative image analysis of fluorescence endomicroscopy video sequences for mesenchymal stem cell tracking for regenerative lung treatment,” World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering.Toronto, ON, 2015.

215. D. Markel, J. Larkin, P. Leger, I. Levesque and I. El Naqa, “Development of a Multi-Modal 4D Biomechanical Phantom for Evaluation of Simultaneous Registration/Segmentation Algorithms,” World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering.Toronto, ON, 2015.

216. C.D. Soffientini, E. De Bernardi, G. Baselli and I. El Naqa, “GMM guided automated Level Set algorithm for PET image segmentation,” World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering.Toronto, ON, 2015.

217. Yana Zlateva* and Issam El Naqa, “Cherenkov Emission Dosimetry: Feasibility for Electron Radiotherapy, (Best of Physics (Therapy)), AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

218. D Markel*, I R. Levesque , J Larkin , P Leger , I El Naqa, “Temporally Realistic Manipulation a 4D Biomechanical Lung Phantom for Evaluation of Simultaneous Registration and Segmentation.” John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium, AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

219. S Hickling*, P Leger , I El Naqa, “Amplitude and Frequency Characteristics of Acoustic Waves Induced Following Radiotherapy Linear Accelerator Irradiation,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

220. J Seuntjens, L Beaulieu, L Collins, P Despres, S Devic, I El Naqa, J Nadeau, B Pike, A Reader, “The CREATE Medical Physics Research Training Network: Training of New Generation Innovator,” Innovation in Medical Physics Education, AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

221. F Liu, A Tai, P Lee, T Biswas, G Ding, I El Naqa, J Grimm, A Jackson, F Kong , T LaCouture, B Loo, M Miften, T Solberg, X Li, “Tumor Control Probability Modeling for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Early-Stage Lung Cancer Using Multiple Bio-Physical Models,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

222. P Pater, G Backstrom, S Enger, F Villegas, A Ahnesjo, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “Influence of Proton Track-Cell Nucleus Incidence Angle On Relative Biological Effectiveness,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

223. P Pater, G Backstrom, S Enger, F Villegas, A Ahnesjo, J Seuntjens, I El Naqa, “On the Value of LET as a Radiation Quality Descriptor for RBE,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

224. M Vallieres*, A Boustead , S Laberge , I R. Levesque , I El Naqa , “A Machine Learning Approach for Creating Texture-Preserved MRI Tumor Models From Clinical Sequences,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.

225. Z Ahmed, I El Naqa1 , I R. Levesque, “A Constrained Linear Reference Region Model For DCE-MRI,” AAPM, Anaheim, CA, 2015.