Publications

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. Han, J., Kim, S., Ha, S., & Sung, W. (2026). Quantitative relationship between microdosimetric quantities and plasmid DNA damage induced by auger electrons. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 71(14), 145020.

2. Kim, S., & Sung, W. (2026). Framework for subcellular localization of alpha-emitting radionuclides. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 71(13), 135004.

3. Ha, S., Kang, H., Kang, D. S., Jang, J., Oh, J. S., & Sung, W. (2026). A deep learning-based framework for patient-specific radiation dose prediction in beta-emitting radionuclide therapies. Physics in Medicine & Biology, 71(8), 085006.

4. Kim, S., Han, J., Sung, W., & Tattenberg, S. (2026). Preliminary treatment planning strategy for blood dose reduction in head and neck radiotherapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 27(4), e70579.

5. Kim, Y., Lee, J., Chamseddine, I., Grassberger, C., Yoon, H. I., Kim, K. H., ... & Sung, W. (2026). Personalized survival models for choosing irradiated tumor burden on combined radiotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors in stage IV NSCLC patients. Physica Medica, 143, 105751.

6. Ha, S., Lee, T. H., Chie, E. K., Son, J., Choi, C. H., Kang, H. C., & Sung, W. (2026). Blood dose estimates in radiotherapy and correlations with adverse clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal of radiation research, 67(1), 148-157.

7. Tattenberg, S., Shin, J., Hoehr, C., Ding, X., Deraniyagala, R. L., & Sung, W. (2026). Dynamic blood dose estimates in radiotherapy and correlations with adverse clinical outcomes in brain, head‐and‐neck, and lung cancer patients. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 27(1), e70341.

8. S Ha, BH Kang, HJ Kim, HG Wu, JH Lee, W Sung, "Prognostic impact of dose to circulating blood cells in non-small cell lung cancer patients after chemoradiotherapy." Translational Lung Cancer Research 14.9 (2025): 3900-3912.

9. S Ha, J Han, S Kim, D Kang, W Sung, “Assessing dose variability in PET/CT-based voxel dosimetry for Y-90 radioembolization”, Nuclear Engineering and Technology (2025)

10. S Kim, HK Byun, W Sung, “Spatial dose-response pattern associated with severe radiation-induced lymphopenia in the liver: A voxel-based analysis”, International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics (2025)

11. S Lee, S Kim, S Ha, KH Choi, W Sung, “Exploring the impact of pelvic radiotherapy dose distribution on lymphocyte counts: a voxel-based analysis”, Radiation Oncology (2025)

12. DS Kang, Y Kim, S Ha, S Kim, W Sung, “Radioactivity evaluation induced by beamline components in the ocular proton treatment”, Nuclear Engineering and Technology (2025)

13. D Kim, Y Kim, W Sung et al., “Prognostic models for progression-free survival in atypical meningioma: Comparison of machine learning-based approach and the COX model in an Asian multicenter study”, Radiotherapy and Oncology (2025)

14. S Tattenberg, J Shin, C Hoehr, W Sung, “Correlation of dynamic blood dose with clinical outcomes in radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer”, Radiotherapy and Oncology (2024)

15. M Kang, Y Shin, Y Kim, S Ha, W Sung, “Modeling the Synergistic Impact of Yttrium 90 Radioembolization and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on Hepatocellular Carcinoma”, Bioengineering (2024)

16. E Choi, Y Kim, W Sung, “Improving reconstruction speed of positron emission particle tracking by efficient gradient calculation” , IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences (2024)

17. S Kim, HK Byun, J Shin, IJ Lee, W Sung, “Normal tissue complication probability modeling of severe radiation-induced lymphopenia using blood dose for hepatocellular carcinoma patients”, International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics (2024)

18. Y Kim, KH Kim, J Park, HI Yoon, W Sung, “Prognosis prediction for glioblastoma multiforme patients using machine learning approaches: development of the clinically applicable model”, Radiotherapy and Oncology (2023)

19. Y Shin, JS Chang, Y Kim, SJ Shin, J Kim, TH Kim, M Liu, R Olson, JS Kim, W Sung, “Mathematical prediction with pretreatment growth rate of metastatic cancer on outcomes: implications for the characterization of oligometastatic disease”, Frontiers in Oncology (2023)

20. Y Kim, B-Y Choe, TS Suh, W Sung, “A mathematical model for predicting patient responses to combined radiotherapy with CTLA-4 immune checkpoint inhibitors”, Cells (2023)

21. H Song, Y Kim, W Sung, “Modeling of the FLASH effect for ion beam radiation therapy”, Physica Medica (2023)

22. W Sung, TS Hong, MC Poznansky, H Paganetti, C Grassberger “Mathematical modeling to simulate the effect of adding radiotherapy to immunotherapy and application to hepatocellular carcinoma”, International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics (2022)

23. W Sung, C Grassberger, A McNamara, L Basler, S Ehrbar, S Tanadini-Lang, T Hong, H Paganetti, “A Tumor-Immune Interaction Model for Hepatocellular Carcinoma based on measured Lymphocyte Counts in Patients undergoing Radiotherapy”, Radiotherapy and Oncology (2020) **ASTRO 2019 Translational Science Award

24. W Sung, Y Jeong, H Kim, H Jeong, C Grassberger, S Jung, G-O Ahn, I H Kim, J Schuemann, K Lee, S-J Ye, “Computational Modeling and Clonogenic Assay for Radioenhancement of Gold Nanoparticles using 3D live cell images”, Radiation Research (2018)

25. W Sung, J Schuemann, “Energy Optimization in Gold Nanoparticle Enhanced Radiation Therapy”, Physics in Medicine and Biology (2018)

26. W Sung, JI Park, J Kim, J Carlson, S-J Ye, JM Park, “Monte Carlo simulation for scanning technique with scattering foil free electron beam: a proof of concept study”, PlosOne (2017)

27. W Sung, S-J Ye, AL McNamara, SJ McMahon,  J Hainfeld, J Shin, H Smilowitz, H Paganetti, J Schuemann, “Dependence of Gold Nanoparticle Radiosensitization on Cell Geometry”, Nanoscale (2017)

28. W Sung, S Jung, Sung-Joon Ye, “Evaluation of the microscopic dose enhancement for nanoparticle-enhanced Auger therapy” Physics in Medicine and Biology (2016)

29. W Sung, J Kim, HS Kim, HJ Kim, YH Lee, S-J Ye, “Performance of the irregular surface compensator compared with four-field box and intensity modulated radiation therapy for gynecologic cancer” Physica Medica (2016)

30. W Sung, S Kim, J Kim, J Lee, Y Shin, JY Jung, and S-J Ye, “Dosimetric perturbations due to an implanted cardiac pacemaker in MammoSite® treatment,” Medical Physics (2012)

31. W Sung, JM Park, CH Choi, SW Ha, and S-J Ye, “The Effect of Photon Energy on Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Plans for Prostate Cancer,” Radiation Oncology Journal. (2012)

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