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Chee-Wai Cheng Department of Radiation Oncology University Hospitals/Case Medical Center 11100 Euclid Ave. Cleveland OH 44106 (216) 844-2571 Email: [email protected] [email protected] EDUCATION: 1972: B.Sc. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Physics, Honors) 1976: M.Sc. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Physics) 1979: Ph.D. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Physics) POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING: 1979-1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Queen’s University,
Kingston, Ontario 1981-1982 Research Associate, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Queen’s University,
Kingston, Ontario 1982-1984 Research Associate, Radiological Research Laboratories, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 1984-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Physics, Manitoba Cancer Treatment and
Research Foundation, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1985-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston, MA ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 1985-1986 Clinical Fellow, Department of Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA 1986-1990 Instructor, Department of Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA 1990-1995 Assistant Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of
Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1995-1999 Associate Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of
Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2009-2014 Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation
Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 2009-2014 Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Purdue University,
Lafayette, IN 2010-2014 Graduate Faculty, special appointment, Purdue University Graduate
School, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
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2014 Professor, Clinical Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2015-present Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 1986-1990 Staff Physicist, New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA Deputy Chief, Treatment Planning Section, Joint Center for Radiation
Therapy, Boston, MA 1990-1999 Radiation Physicist, University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ 1995-1999 Clinical Director, Physics Section, Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Arizona 1999-2001 Lead Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Morristown Memorial
Hospital, Morristown, NJ 2001-2005 Chief Physicist, Arizona Oncology Associates, Tucson, AZ 2005-2009 Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Morristown
Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey 2009-2013 Director of Medical Physics, IU Health Proton Therapy Center (formerly
Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute), Bloomington, IN 2014 Physicist V, University Hospitals/Siedman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH Director of Proton Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology,
University Hospitals/Siedman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH 2016 Interim Chief of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology,
University Hospitals/Cleveland Medical Center AWARDS AND HONORS: 1973-1979 Edwards Christie Stevens Scholarship for Research in Nuclear Physics 1979-1981 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Queen’s University,
Kingston, Ontario 1984 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Manitoba Cancer Treatment and
Research Foundation, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1992 AAPM Medical Physics Travel Award. 1995, 1996 Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. 1997 Foreign Travel Grant, University of Arizona. 2007 Fellow of AAPM. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS: 1993 PI, Biomedical Research Support Grant, University of Arizona
Project title: Portal imaging with computed radiography Amount awarded: $5000
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PI, Elsa Pardee Foundation Project title: Determination of the optimal screen for a computed radiography cassette used for portal imaging Amount awarded: $3000
1994 Co-investigator (25%), NIH Small Business Innovation Research Grant, Phase I (PI: Hans Roehrig, Department of Radiology) Project title: Improved detector for electronic radiotherapy imaging. Amount awarded: $75000
1995 Co-investigator (25%), Industrial contract with InfiMed to develop a high performance real time portal imager (PI: Hans Roehrig, Department of Radiology).
Amount awarded: $50000 1998 Co-investigator (25%), Industrial contract with InfiMed to develop a high
performance real time portal imager (PI: Hans Roehrig, Department of Radiology).
Amount awarded: $50000 2011-2013 Co-investigator (5%), Supported by PerkinElmer: 4D tracking mechanism
for moving tumors with dynamic MLC in proton therapy (PI: Huanmei Wu, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI). Amounted awarded: $200,000
2013-2014 Co-investigator (5%), Supported by PerkinElmer: 4D tracking mechanism for moving tumors with dynamic MLC (PI: Huanmei Wu, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI). Amounted awarded: $50,000
2011-2013 Consultant. Supported by Varian Medical System: Optimization of 4D proton treatment planning with interplay effects (PI: PI: Huanmei Wu, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI) Amount awarded: $189,960
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: 1987 Member, Document Review Group, Technical Committee No. 62,
International Electro-technical Commission. 1988 Member, American Association of Physicists in Medicine Faculty, 1988
Summer School, American Association of Physicists in Medicine. 1990 Faculty, Harvard Medical School Continuing Education, 1990:
Radiosurgery Update. 1991 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1994 Member of a study group for the American Institute of Biological
Sciences (AIBS) Ad hoc member of a study group for the Breast Cancer Research Program,
Office of the Health Affairs, University of California Reviewer, Physics Division, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty, Midyear Educational Conference for the Arizona State Society of Radiological Technologies
Member, Executive Committee, Arizona School of Radiation Therapists
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1995-1999 Member, Medical Radiation Safety Committee, University of Arizona 1996-present Member, Radiation Safety Committee, Tucson Medical Center Reviewer, Physics Division, National Science Foundation (NSF) 1996-1999 Member, Legislation and Regulation Committee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 1997 Reviewer, Alberta Cancer Board. 1997-1999 Member, Research Committee, AAPM. 1997 Member, New York Academy of Science 1999-2004 Member, Membership Committee, AAPM Member, Asian Oceanic Affairs Subcommittee (International Affairs) 1999-2001 Member, AAPM New Jersey Chapter 2000-2001 Member, American Colleges of Radiology Member, Institutional Review Board, Morristown Memorial Hospital 2004 Member, Radiotherapy Committee (RTC), AAPM
Member, RTC Ad hoc committee to review RPC operation 2004-present Co-Chair, Task Group 106, AAPM. Commissioning equipment and
procedures 2005-2006 Member, Therapy Physics Committee (TPC), AAPM
Member, TPC Ad hoc committee to review RPC operation 2005-present Member, Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Subcommittee,
Therapy Physics Committee 2005-2006 Member, Working Group on Recommendations for Radiotherapy External
Beam Quality Assurance 2006 Chair, TPC ad hoc committee to site visit RPC. 2007-present Member, Task Group 155, AAPM. Small Fields and Non-Equilibrium
Condition Photon Beam Dosimetry 2010-present Member, Work group of Radiation Dosimetry, AAPM. 2012-present Member, American Board of Radiology, Committee on Practice
Parameters and Standards - Medical Physics Co-Chair, Collaborative Committee, ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for
Medical Physics Performance Monitoring of Image-Guided External Beam Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Member, Collaborative Committee, ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for the Performance of Low-Dose Brachytherapy Physics
2014 Co-Chair, Collaborative Committee, ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for the Performance of High dose Rate Brachytherapy Physics Member, ACR-AAPM Committee on Medical physicist qualifications Member, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
2016 Medical Physics Liaison, ACR-AAPM Practice parameters and technical standards. Chair, ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for the Performance of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy.
JOURNAL REVIEWER AND EDITOR 1985-present Reviewer:
Medical Physics Journal
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Practical Radiation Oncology Journal of Medical Physics British Journal Radiology
2005-present Guest Associate Editor, Medical Physics Journal 2016 Editorial Board, International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology
Editorial Board, Journal of Proton Therapy PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE 1989 Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Radiology. 1991 Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Medical Physics. COMS physicist (Collaborative Ocular Melanoma study) 1993 Therapeutic Radiological Physics, Texas Board of Licensure for
Professional Medical Physicist, MPO148. Radiation Physics, Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency, 2113-T. 1999 Qualified Medical Physicist, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New
Jersey 2010 Approved Radiation Oncology Physicist #453, Indiana State Department
of Health. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1980-1981 Nuclear astrophysics 550, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario 1982-1984 Quality assurance in diagnostic radiology, The Toronto Institute of
Medical Technology 1986-1990 Treatment planning, Radiotherapist students, Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences Treatment planning, residents physics course, Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston. 1989-1990 Coordinator of Radiotherapy course, the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. 1990-1999 Radiation physics, residents, Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Arizona. 1992-1995 Radiation physics and treatment planning, the Arizona School of
Radiation Therapists 1995 Physics 102, Department of Physics, University of Arizona.
Physics 103, Medical physics colloquium, Department of Physics, University of Arizona. Medical physics 402/502, Department of Physics, University of Arizona. Coordinator of Physics Course for the Arizona School of Radiation Therapists
1996 Physics 102, Department of Physics, University of Arizona. Medical Physics 402/502, Department of Physics, University of Arizona
1997 Facilitator, College of Medicine, University of Arizona.
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Medical Physics 402/502, Department of Physics, University of Arizona 2001 Radiation Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore
Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Radiation Physics, Muhlenberg Schools of Nursing, Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences, Plainfield, NJ
2004-2009 Author of physics modules for the on-line dosimetrist school at Stanford University.
2010-2013 Proton therapy, special topics in radiation physics for MD residents physics class, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine.
2010-present Advisor of Ph.D. students: Masaki Suga (Osaka University), Shiv Srivastava (Purdue University), Honghuan Liu (Physics Department, Indiana University).
Mentor of physics resident: Yingcui Jia 2014-present Proton Therapy, Residents physics lecture, Department of Radiation
Oncology, Case-Western Reserve University. PATENTS Methods for producing a range of therapeutic radiation energy levels Inventors: Chee-Wai Cheng, James Robert Wong US Patent 6,459,762, 2002 EP Patent 1,368,093, 2003 WO Patent WO/2002/071,919, 2002 A multi-leaf collimator for proton therapy Inventors: Vadim Moskvin, Chee-Wai Cheng US Patent 8,575,579 System and method for concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy cancer treatment, and chemotherapeutic agent detection strategy Inventors: Vadim Moskvin, Chee-Wai Cheng, Mark McDonald, Indra J Das Patent pending PCT/US2013/035886 Revolving collimator for proton stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), small field dosimetry method and treatment Inventors: Vadim Moskvin, Chee-Wai Cheng, Mark McDonald, Indra J Das Patent pending PCT/US2013/038995 INVITED LECTURE 1. Cheng, C.W. Problems associated with tangential breast irradiation. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California in San
Francisco, January, 1988.
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2. Cheng, C.W. CT-MR Treatment planning interface. AAPM Summer School, Austin, Texas, 1988. 3. Cheng, C.W. Conformal therapy. AAPM Summer School, Austin, Texas, 1988. 4. Cheng, C.W. Quality assurance and control in linear accelerator-based stereotactic
radiosurgery. Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1990.
5. Cheng, C.W. Three dimensional treatment planning. Refresher Course, ASTRO, San Diego, 1992. 6. Roehrig, H., Cheng, C.W. Real-time imaging detectors for portal imaging. SPIE Technical Conference. X-ray detectors and applications II. San Diego, CA, July, 1993. 7. Cheng, C.W. Conformal therapy.
Arizona State Society of Radiologic Technologists, Mid-year Educational Conference, Mesa, Arizona, 1995.
8. Cheng, C.W. Portal imaging with CCD camera and flat-panel detector.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, 1998.
9. Cheng, C.W. Portal imaging with CCD camera and flat-panel detector.
Special Round, Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, 1998.
10. Cheng, C.W. Portal imaging with CCD camera and flat-panel detector.
Visiting Professor Lecture, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
11. Cheng, C.W., Wong, J.R., Uematsu M. Precise tumor localization and dose delivery
for conformal prostate irradiation. 2nd International Congress on Medical Radiation Physics, Beijing, China, May 27-29, 2000.
12. Cheng, C.W, Wong J.R., Uematsu M. Precise tumor localization and dose delivery
for conformal prostate irradiation. Montefiore Medical Center, New York. 2000.
13. Cheng, C.W, Wong JR. Retrofitting of an in-room sliding gantry CT scanner in an
existing treatment room: acceptance, commissioning and clinical implementation for precise three dimensional conformal therapy. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.
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14. Das IJ, Cheng, CW. Film dosimetry. Refresher course, AAPM annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001.
15. Cheng CW, Wong J. Commissioning and clinical implementation of a CT scanner
‘Primatom’ installed in an existing treatment room and clinical experience on prostate irradiation. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 9, 2002.
16. Das IJ, Cheng, CW. Film dosimetry. Refresher course, AAPM annual meeting
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002. 17. Cheng, CW Radiation therapy of lung cancer, from the conventional 3D to image
guided RT, what next? 3rd Annual Miami Cancer Center Oncology symposium, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Davie, FL, Mar. 10, 2007.
18. Cheng CW TG106: Accelerator beam data commissioning, equipment and
procedures, SEAAPM annual meeting, Atlanta Hilton, Mar. 23-24, 2007.
19. Cheng CW, Zhu T, Li AX. TG106: Accelerator beam data commissioning,
equipment and procedures, Therapy Physics Symposium, ACMP annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 25-30, 2007.
20. Cheng CW Proton Therapy. Visiting Professor, Department of Radiation
Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Dec. 14, 2009. 21. Cheng CW Current research interest at MPRI. School of Health Sciences, Purdue
University, Lafayette, IN. May 21, 2010. 22. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. ORVC, The Jian Z Wang
Honorary Symposium, Bloomington, IN. September 10-11, 2010. 23. Cheng CW A Quality Management Program (QMP) for Craniospinal Irradiation
(CSI) with Proton Therapy: A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Approach. AAPM-ORVC, Louisville, KY, Oct. 7-8, 2011.
24. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC. Oct. 21, 2011. 25. Cheng CW Tungsten MLC for proton therapy: a double edge sword. Departmetn
of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC. Oct. 21, 2011.
26. Cheng CW Uncertainties in proton therapy. iRCMS phase II kick-off meeting,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY. Jan. 4-7, 2012.
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27. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. World Congress in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, May 26-31, 2012, Beijing, China.
28. Zhao L, Coutinho L, Cao N, Cheng C-W, Das IJ. Temporal response of Gafchromic
EBT2 radiochromic film in proton beam irradiation. World Congress in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, May 26-31, 2012, Beijing, China.
29. Cheng CW An update on the research activities at the IU Health Proton Therapy
Center. 9th Medical Physics Conference, Osaka University, Dec. 12-14, 2012. Osaka, Japan.
30. Cheng CW Accuracy in proton therapy. Hyogo Ion Beam Medical Center, Dec.
12-14, 2012. Hyogo, Japan. 31. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. Department of Radiation
Oncology, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH. July, 2013.
32. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. Department of Radiation
Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. September 20, 2013.
33. Cheng CW Spot scanning with a rapid cycling medical synchrotron. Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuen, Taiwan, Oct. 25, 2013.
34. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. Chinese Society of
Medical Physics Taipei Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 25, 2013. 35. Cheng CW Factors affecting accuracy in proton therapy. Hong Kong Sanitorium
and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Oct. 28, 2013. BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS 1. Cheng, CW CT-MR Treatment Planning Interface. Medical Physics Monograph, No. 17: 316-332, 1990. 2. Cheng, CW Conformal Therapy. Medical Physics Monograph, No. 17: 341-354,
1990. 3. Cheng CW, Gao Z, Langley B, Merrick S, Wong JR.
Predicting isocenter shift due to prostate motion and selecting patient specific posterior margin for IGRT of prostate. J. Nucl. Med. Rad.
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Oncol. Special issue: Image-guided radiation therapy. doi: 10.4172/2155-9619.S3-001, 2013.
MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS: MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS: 1. Cheng CW, King JD. Cross-sections for the 42Ca (p, γ)43Sc, 42Ca (α, n) 45Ti and
44Ca (p, n)44Sc reactions. J. Phys. G. 5:1261-1266, 1979. 2. King, JD, Cheng CW. Cross-sections for the 26Mg(p, n)26Al(7.3x105 yr) and
26Mg(p, n)26Al (6.35 s) reactions. Can. J. Phys. 57:286-291, 1979. 3. Vlieks AE, Cheng CW, King JD. Cross-section and stellar rates for the 42Ca(p,
γ)43Sc reaction. Nucl. Phys. A309:506-514, 1979. 4. Cheng CW, King JD. Cross-section and thermonuclear reaction rates for the
58Ni(p, γ) reaction. Can. J. Phys. 58:1677-1683, 1980. 5. Cheng CW, King JD. Stellar rates for the 24Mg(α, n)27Si, 25Mg (p, n)25Al, 27Al (p,
n)27Si and 27Si(α, n)31S reactions. Astrophys. J. 241:844-847, 1980. 6. Cheng, CW, King JD. Cross-section and thermonuclear reaction rates for the
24Mg(α, n)27Si, 25Mg(p, n)25Al, 27Al(p, n)27Si and 28Si (α, n)31S reactions. Can. J. Phys. 58:697-702, 1980.
7. Cheng CW, King JD. Rates for some reactions involving 42Ca and 44Ca.
Astrophys. J. Suppl. 72:475-479, 1980. 8. Barfoot KM, Cheng CW, MacArthur JD., Robertson BC, Saha SK, Wilson KM.
Bulk elemental analysis by the inelastic scattering of neutrons produced with a Van de Graaff accelerator. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS28:1644-1646, 1981.
9. Cheng CW, Keinonen J, Saha SK, Mak HB, McLatchie W. Hydrogen burning of
39K in explosive oxygen burning. Can. J. Phys. 59:238-243, 1981. 10. Saha SK, Cheng CW, Barfoot KM, MacArthur JD, Robertson BC. Bulk elemental
Analysis using γ-rays from inelastic scattering of neutrons produced by the 13C(α, n)16O Reaction. Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. 201:465-471, 1982.
11. Holloway AF, Cheng CW, Paix D. Speeds of film-screen combinations for
radiography. J. Can. Assoc. Radiol. 34:331-334, 1983. 12. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson J. Port film enhancement by digital processing.
SPIE, Medical Imaging and Instrumentation 555:103-108, 1985.
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13. Shalev S, Arenson J, Cheng CW, Kettner B. Biomedical image processing with
the DICOM-8. IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 991-995, 1985.
14. Armstrong DS, Saha SK, Cheng CW, Adamides E, Henrikson A, Lone MA,
Robertson BC. Gamma-ray strength function of 198Hg. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B. 14(2):179-185, 1986.
15. Krist T, Scanlon PJ, Mertens P, Barfoot KM, Reid I, Cheng CW. Precision
measurements of energy losses of He ions in thin carbon foils. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B. 14(2):179-185, 1986.
16. Cheng CW, Chin LM, Kijewski PK. A coordinate transfer of anatomical
information from CT to treatment simulation. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 13:1559-1569, 1987.
17. Cheng CW, Chin LM. A computer-aided treatment planning technique for
universal wedges. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 13:1927-1935, 1987. 18. Chin LW, Siddon RL, Cheng CW, Rice RK, Petti PL, Mijnheer BJ. Influence of
lung on 3D dose distribution of tangential breast treatment. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on The Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Netherlands, p. 169-177, 1987.
19. Chin LM, Cheng CW, Siddon RL, Rice RK, Mijnheer BJ. Three-dimensional
photon dose distributions with lung corrections for tangential breast treatment. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 17:1327-1335, 1989.
20. Bornstein BA, Cheng CW, Rhodes LM., Rashid H, Stomper PC, Siddon RL,
Harris JR. Can measurements taken at simulation be used to predict the volume of lung within the radiation therapy field in breast cancer patients? Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 18: 181-187, 1990.
21. Loeffler J, Kooy HM, Wen P, Fine HA, Cheng CW, Mannaarino EG, Tsai JS,
Alexander E. The treatment of recurrent brain metastasis with stereotactic radiosurgery. J. Clin. Oncol. 8:576-582, 1990.
22. Tsai JS, Buck BA, Alexander E III, Svensson G, Cheng CW, Mannarino EG,
Loeffler JS. Quality assurance in stereotactic radiosurgery using a standard linear accelerator. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 21:737-748, 1991.
23. Kooy HM, Nedzi LA, Loeffler JS, Alexander E III, Cheng CW, Mannarino EG,
Holupka EJ, Siddon RL. Treatment planning for stereotactic radiosurgery of intracranial lesions. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 21:683-693, 1991.
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24. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Fosmire H, Kase KR, Fitzgerald TJ. Tolerance in setup and dosimetric errors in the radiation treatment of breast cancer. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 26:883-890, 1993.
25. Roehrig H, Cheng CW. Real time imaging detectors for portal imaging.
Proceedings, SPIE X-ray Detector Physics and Applications II 2009:144-167, 1993. 26. Das IJ, Harrington JC, Akber SF, Tomer AF, Murray JC, Cheng CW. Dosimetric
problems at low monitor unit settings for scanned and scattering foil electron beams. Med. Phys. 21(6):821-826, 1994.
27. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Stea B. The effect of the number of computed tomographic
slices and the evaluation of treatment planning systems in the radiation therapy of intact breast. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 30:183-195, 1994.
28. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Chen DJ. Dosimetry in the moving gap region in craniospinal
irradiation. Brit. J. Radiol. 67:1017-1022, 1994. 29. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Healey GA. Optimum field size and choice of beam
normalization in electron beam treatment. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 31:157-164, 1995.
30. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Chen D.J. Dosimetry in the moving gap region in craniospinal irradiation with systematic overlapping fields. Brit. J. Radiol. 68:670-671,1995. 31. Cheng CW, Taylor, KW, Holloway AF. Spectrum and angular distribution
measurements of monoenergetic X-rays scattered from a water phantom: A comparison with Monte Carlo calculations. Med. Phys. 22:1235-1245, 1995.
32. Hamilton A, Lulu B, Stea B, Cheng CW, Cassady JR. The use of gold foil
wrapping for radiation protection of the spinal cord for recurrent tumor therapy. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 32:507-511, 1995.
33. Das IJ, McGee KP, Cheng CW. Electron beam characteristics at extended
distances. Med. Phys. 22:1667-1674, 1995. 34. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Gross E, Cetas TC, Dallas WJ, Yu T, Berger H. Electronic
portal imaging systems with improved performance for setup verification and dosimetry. Proceeding of the 9th International Symposium in Computer Assisted Radiology, Berlin, p. 1100-1108, 1995.
35. Sun C, Cheng CW, Lutz W. Measurement of the effective attenuation coefficients
with Model 6711 125I seeds. Med. Phys. 23:545-547,1996. 36. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Dosimetry with a new film for high energy photon and
electron beams. Med. Phys. 23(7):1225-1232, 1996.
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37. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Coia LR, Curran LW, Fein DA, Fowble B. Dose estimation to
critical organs from vertex field treatment of brain tumors. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 37(5):1023-1029, 1997.
38. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Tang W, Chang XS, Ceberg C, Tsai, JS, Fein DA, Fowble B.
Dosimetric comparison of treatment planning systems in irradiation of breast with tangential fields. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 38(4):835-842, 1997.
39. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Fein DA, Fowble B. Patterns of dose variability in radiation
prescription of breast cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 44:83-89, 1997. 40. Roehrig H, Tang C, Cheng CW, Dallas WJ. Portal imaging with flat panel detector
and CCD camera. SPIE, 3115:323-333, 1997. 41. Das IJ, McNeely S, Cheng CW. Ionization chamber shift correction and surface
dose measurements in electron beams. Phys. Med. Biol. 43(11):3419-3424, 1998. 42. Sun C, Cheng CW, Shimm DS, Cassady JR. Dose profiles in the region of
abutting photon and electron fields in the irradiation of head and neck tumors. Medical Dosimetry. 23(1):5-10, 1998.
43. Roehrig H, Tang C, Cheng CW, Dallas WJ. Flat panel detector, CCD cameras
and electron beam tube-based video camera for use in portal imaging. SPIE, 3336: 163-174, 1998.
44. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Treatment plan evaluation using dose-volume histogram
(DVH) and spatial dose-volume histogram (zDVH). Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 43:1143-1150, 1999.
45. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Akber SF. Low monitor units: Significance in special radiation
therapy irradiation. Phys. Med. Biol. 44(2):L1, 1999. 46. Cheng CW., Das IJ, Kapulsky A. Comparison of beam characteristics in normal
and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of a modern accelerator. IEEE Proceedings of the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, July 23-28, 2000.
47. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Steinberg T. Role of multileaf collimator (MLC) in replacing
shielding blocks in radiation therapy. International J of Cancer (Radiat. Oncol. Invest), 96: 385-395, 2001.
48. Wong JW, Cheng CW, Grimm L, Uematsu M. Clinical implementation of the
world’s first Primatom, a combination of CT scanner and linear accelerator, for precise tumor targeting and treatment. Physica Medica (Europen Journal of Medical Physics), 17: 271-276, 2001.
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49. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Comparison of beam characteristics in intensity modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT) and those under normal treatment conditions. Med. Phys. 29:226-230, 2002.
50. Bos LJ, Danciu C, Cheng CW, Brugmans MJP, van der Horst A, Minken A,
Mijnheer BJ. Inter-institutional variations of sensitometric curves of radiographic dosimetric films. Med. Phys. 29:1772-1780, 2002.
51. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Ndlovu AM. Suppression of dark current radiation (DCR) in
step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) by the initial pulse-forming network (IPFN). Med. Phys. 29:1974-1979, 2002.
52. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Ndlovu AM, Das IJ, Schiff P, Uematsu M. Dosimetric study
of virtual mini-multileaf and its clinical application. Radiat. Oncolo. Invest. Am J. Clin. Oncol. 26: e37-e44, 2003.
53. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Grimm L, Chow M, Uematsu. Commissioning and clinical
implementation of a CT scanner installed in an existing treatment room for precise tumor localization and early clinical experience. Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 26: e28-e36, 2003.
54. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Huq MS. Lateral loss and dose discrepancies of MLC segments
in the step-and-shoot approach of IMRT. Med. Phys. 30:2959-2968, 2003. 55. Cheng CW, Tang W, Das IJ. Beam characteristics of the upper and lower physical
wedges of Varian Accelerators. Phys. Med. Biol. 48:3667-3683, 2003. 56. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Mitra RK, Kassaee A, Tochner Z, Solin LJ, Transmission and
dose perturbations with high-Z materials in clinical electron beams. Med. Phys. 31:3213-3220, 2004.
57. Wong JW, Grimm L, Uematsu M, Oren, R, Cheng CW, Merrick S, Schiff, P.
Image-guided radiation therapy of prostate cancer by a CT-Linac combination: prostate movements and dosimetric considerations. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 61:561-569, 2005.
58. Cheng CW, Mitra R, Li XA, Das IJ. Dose perturbation in MammoSite due to
contrast medium: A Monte Carlo and experimental study. Med. Phys., 32: 2279-2287, 2005.
59. Fung A, Wong JR, Cheng CW., Grimm L, Uematsu M. A comparison of two
image fusion techniques in CT-on-rails localization of radiation deleivery. Physica Medica 21: 113-119, 2005.
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60. Das IJ, Shikama N, Cheng CW, Solin LJ. Choice of beam energy and dosimetric implications for radiation treatments in a sub-population of women with large breasts in the United States and Japan. Med. Dos. 31:216-223, 2006.
61. Cheng CW, Sang Cho, Taylor M., Das IJ. IMRT dosimetry and determination of
zero field size percent depth doses and tissue maximum ratios. Med. Phys. 34: 3149-3157, 2007.
62. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Chopra K, Mitra RK, Srivastava S, Glatstein E. IMRT dose
prescription, recording and delivery: a pattern of variability among institutions and treatment planning systems. J Nat. Can. Inst. 100:300-307, 2008. (This paper is selected by the Journal for Press release, and is selected as the paper of discussion in the Editorial of the Journal).
63. Wong JR, Gao Z, Uematsu M, Merrick S, Machernis NP, Chen T, Cheng CW.
Interfractional prostate shifts-Review of 1870 CT scans obtained during Image Guided Radiation Therapy using a Primatom for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72:1396-1402, 2008.
64. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Ahnesjö, A, Gibbons J, Li XA, Lowenstein J, Mitra RK,
Simons WE, Watts RJ, Zhu TZ. Accelerator beam data commissioning equipment and procedures: Report of the TG-106 of the Therapy Physics Committee of the AAPM. Med. Phys. 35: 4186-4215, 2008. (Also in Japanese translation 2013).
65. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Chopra K, Mitra RK, Srivastava S, Glatstein E. Letter to the
Editor. IMRT dose prescription, recording and delivery: a pattern of variability among institutions and treatment planning systems. J Nat. Can. Inst. 100:300-307, 2008.
66. Wong JR, Gao Z, Merrick S, Wilson P, Uematsu M, Woo K, Cheng CW. Potential
for higher treatment failure in obese patients: correlation of elevated body mass index and increased daily prostate variations from the radiation beam isocenters in an analysis of 1465 computer tomographic images. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 75:49-55, 2009.
67. Cheng CW, Wolanski M, Zhao Q, Fanelli L, Gautam A, Pack P, Das IJ. Dosimetric
characteristics of a single use MOSFET dosimeter for in-vivo dosimetry in proton therapy. Med. Phys. 37:4266-4273, 2010.
68. Trofimov A, Mauceri S, Nguyen P, Lu H.-M., Engelsman M, Efstathiou J, Merrick
S, Cheng CW, Wong J, Zietman A. Interfractional variations in the set-up of pelvic bony anatomy and soft tissue, and their implication in proton therapy of the prostate Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 80:928-937, 2011 [2010, Oct. ePub ahead of print]
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69. Das IJ, Cao M, Cheng CW, Misic V, Scheuring K, Schüle E, Johnstone PAS. A quality assurance phantom for electronic portal imaging devices. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 12:391-403, 2011.
70. ZhaoQ, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ. The effects of scanning field changes on the
output of the uniform scanning proton beam. Med. Phys. 38:4655-4661, 2011. 71. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Pitfalls of tungsten multi-leaf collimator in Proton
therapy. Med. Physics. 38:6397-6406, 2011. 72. Cheng CW, Gao Z, Langley B, Merrick S, Wong JR. Predicting isocenter shift due
to prostate motion and selecting patient specific posterior margin for IGRT of prostate. J. Nucl. Med. Rad. Oncol. 2011, special issue: S3-001, doi: 10.4172/2155-9619.S3-001
73. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Fanelli L, Zhao L, Das IJ. A semi-empirical model for the
therapeutic range and dose shift estimation caused by high atomic number inhomogeneities in proton beam therapy. J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 13:3-12, 2012.
74. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Zhao Q, Das IJ. Comment on ‘Comparison of secondary
neutron dose in proton therapy resulting from the use of a tungsten alloy MLC or a brass collimator system’. [Med. Phys. 38(11), 6248–6256 (2011)]. Med. Phys. 39:2303-2305, 2012.
75. Gossman MS, Graham JD, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Coutinho L, Tamez D, Jeffrey A.
Larose JA. Evaluation of a ventricular assist device system: stability in a proton beam therapy. ASAIO Journal, 58:597-600 2012.
76. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Zhao L, Zhao Q, Johnstone PAS. Factors Affecting Accuracy
in Proton Therapy. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, IFMBE Proceedings 39:1769 – 1771, 2012. www.springerlink.com
77. Zhao L, Coutinho L, Cao N, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Temporal Response of
Gafchromic EBT2 Radiochromic Film in Proton Beam Irradiation. M. Long (Ed.): World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, IFMBE Proceedings 39:1164–1167, 2012. www.springerlink.com
78. Zhao L, Newton J, Oldham M, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Adamovics J. Feasibility of
using PRESAGE® for relative 3D dosimetry of small proton fields. Phys. Med. Biol. 57: N431-N443, 2012.
79. Cheng CW, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Zhao Q, James J, Dikeman K, Mills M, Li M,
Srivastava SP, Lu XQ, Das IJ. Comparison of tissue characterization curves for different CT scanners: implication in proton therapy treatment planning. Translational Cancer Research Special Issue, 1: 236-246, 2012. [DOI:
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10.3978/j.issn.2218-676X.2012.11.05]. Featured in MDLinx.com (http://www.mdlinx.com/oncology/news-article.cfm/4404242).
80. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Srivastava SP, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Simmons, Johnstone
PAS, Buchsbaum J. Dosimetric comparison between proton and photon beams in the moving gap region in cranio-spinal irradiation (CSI). Acta Oncologica. 52:553-560, 2013. [Mar. 2012. ePub ahead of print].
81. Wu H, Zhao Q, Lu M, Das IJ, Chen H, Cheng CW. Sub-sequence Based Treatment
Failure Detection and Intervention in Image Guided Radiotherapy. 2013 IEEE/ACIS 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS). 195-200, 2013.
82. Srivastava SP, Das IJ, Kumar A, Johnstone PAS, Cheng CW. Impact of rectal
balloon filling materials on the dosimetry of prostate and organs at risk in photon beam therapy. JACMP, 14:81-91, 2013.
83. Buchsbaum JC, Besemer A, Simmons J, Hoene T, Simoneaux V, Sandefur A,
Wolanski M, Zhao L, Cheng CW. Supine proton beam craniospinal radiotherapy using a novel tabletop adapter. Med. Dos. 38:70-76, 2013.
84. Srivastava SP, Das IJ, Andrews J, Cheng CW. Dose perturbation due to metallic
breast expander in electron and photon beam treatment of breast cancer. J Radiat. Oncol.DOI 10.1007/s13566-013-0109-4, 2013.
85. Moskvin M, Lasley F, Geoffrey RL, Cheng CW, Das IJ, Buchsbaum JC. Acute
skin toxicity associated with proton beam therapy in spine and brain patients. J Rad. Oncol. 2014(3): 195-203.
86. Buchsbaum JC, McDonald MW, Johnstone PA, Hoene T, Mendonca M, Cheng
CW, Das IJ, McMullen KP, Wolanski MR. Range modulation in proton therapy planning: a simple method for mitigating effects of increased relative biological effectiveness at the end-of-range of clinical proton beams. Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan 2;9(1):2. [Epub ahead of print]
87. Das IJ, Moskvin V, Zhao Q, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS. Proton Therapy Facility
Planning From a Clinical Operational Model. Technology Cancer Research Treatment (2015); 14: 635-641[Epub ahead of print June 30, 2014].
88. Moskvin V, Estabrook NC, Cheng CW, Das IJ, Johnstone PAS. Effect of scanning
beam for superficial dose in proton therapy. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. (2015); 14:643-652 [Epub ahead of print June 16, 2014].
89. Sheng K, Dong P, Gautam A, Cheng C-W, Ruan D, Low D, Cao M, Lee SP,
Kupelian P. Evolution of Ipsilateral Head and Neck Radiotherapy. Current Cancer Therapy Reviews, 2014, 10, 000-00.
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90. Wu J, Wu H, Cheng CW. Intensity Modulated Proton Boost Therapy with Prostate
Seed Implant. Int. J Med. Phys. Clin. Engineering and Radiat. Oncol. 2015; 4:76-83.
91. Wessels BW, Brindle J, Cheng CW, Rhodes CR, Albani DM, Sohn JW, Lo S, Ellis
RJ, Mansur DB. Retrospective Prostate treatment plan comparison for Proton, Tomotherapy, and Cyberknife Therapy. International J Proton Therapy (2015); 2(2) 1-9.
92. Jia Y, Zhao L, Cheng CW, McDonald M, Das IJ. Dose perturbation effect of
metallic spinal implants in proton beam therapy. JACMP (2015); 16:333-344.
93. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Image-guidance based target volume margin expansion in IMRT of head and neck cancer. Technology Cancer Res. Treatment -(2016) 15:107-113.
94. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. The Effect of slice thickness on target and organs at risk volumes, dosimetric coverage and radiobiological impact in IMRT planning. Clin. Transl. Oncol. (2016) 18:469-479.
95. Das IJ, Minsong Cao, Cheng CW. Impact of CT imaging parameters for
inhomogeneity correction in radiation treatment planning. J Med. Phys. (2016) 41: 3-11.
96. Cheng CW. Editorial: Journal of Proton Therapy, a new kid on the block, or not. http://protonjournal.org/index.php/jpt/article/view/jpt11.4
97. Cheng CW, Liu H, Lee S-Y. Spot Scanning with A Rapid Cycling Proton Beam:
Dose Delivery Algorithms. Journal of Proton Therapy. (2016) 2: 1-9.
98. Cantley J. Cheng CW, Jesseph FB, Podder TK, Collussi VC, Traughber BJ, Ponsky LE, Ellis RJ. Real-time in-vivo dosimetry for SBRT prostate treatment using plastic scintillating dosimetry embedded in a rectal balloon: a case study. 2016; 17: 305-311, JACMP.
99. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. The dosimetric and radiobiological impact of
calculation grid size on head and neck IMRT. Practical Radiat. Oncol. (In press) 2016 Oct 11. pii: S1879-8500(16)30218-1. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.10.001. [Epub ahead of print].
100. Cheng CW, Ferguson S, Jordan, Jesseph F, Johnson M, Bouchet L, Mansur DB,
Wessels B. Impact of the high magnetic field and RF power in a superconducting cyclotron on the operation of a nearby MRI facility. J Proton Therapy 2016; 2:1-10.
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101. Xue J, McKay JD, Grimm J, Cheng C-W, Berg R, Grimm SL, Xu Q, Subedi G, Das JD. Small-Field Dose Measurements in Heterogeneous Media. Phys. Med. Biology (Accepted) 2017.
102. Su KH, Kuo JW, Van Hedent S, Jordan DW, Klahr P, Al Helo R, Liang F, Qian P,
Pereira GC, Rassouli N, Gilkeson RC, Traughber BT, Cheng CW, Muzic, Jr. RF. Machine Learning-Based Spectral CT Parametric Mapping. (Accepted) Medical Physics, 2017.
103. Mao S, Wu H, Lu M, Cheng C-W. Multiple 3D marker localization and tracking
systems in image-guided radiotherapy. Int. J. Robotics automation (Accepted), 2017.
ACR TECHNICAL STANDARD AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES 1. ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for Medical Physics Performance Monitoring of
Image-Guided External Beam Radiation Therapy (IGRT). ACR: Cheng CW (co-chair), Watchman CJ (co-chair). Galvin JM, AAPM: Fontenot JD, Jiang S, Yin F-F, 2014. http://www.acr.org/~/media/ACR/Documents/PGTS/standards/IGRT.pdf
2. ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for The Performance of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Physics. ACR: Able (co-chair), C, Cheng CW (co-chair), Winston JW, AAPM: Dixit N, Ouhib Z, Prisciandoro JI. (2015); p.1-15.
3. ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for The Performance of Low Dose Rate
Brachytherapy Physics. ACR: Able, C., Cheng CW, Winston JW, AAPM: Chen Z, Cirino ET, Rivard MJ. (2015); p.1-10.
4. ACR–AAPM Technical Standard for The Performance of Proton Beam Radiation Therapy. ACR: Cheng CW (chair). (2017); p.1-10.
5. ACR–ASTRO Practice parameter for the performance of proton beam radiation therapy. ACR: Shih H, Cheng CW, Daartz J, DeLaney T, Hartsell W, Indelicato D. ASTRO: Apisarnthanarax S, Keole S, Rengan R. (under review) 2017.
NON-PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
1. Wong JW, Grimm L, Uematsu M, Oren R, Chow M, Cheng CW, Scher A, Schiff
P, Smith TJ. Treatment of lung tumor with stereotactic radiation therapy using the world’s first Primatom – A case report. Electromedica Newsletter, 69: 2001.
2. Cheng CW. Review of Practical implementation of light ion beam treatments. Med. Phys. 41: 0173021-2, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4851515
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3. Cheng CW. Editorial: Journal of Proton Therapy, a new kid on the block, or not.
http://protonjournal.org/index.php/jpt/article/view/jpt11.4 CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
1. Vlieks AE, Cheng CW, King JD. The 42Ca(p, γ) reaction and its role in stellar
nucleosynthesis. Physics in Canada 32:Paper AE7, 1976. 2. Cheng CW, King JD. Cross-sections and reaction rates of some alpha-induced and
proton-induced reactions. Eastern Regional Nuclear Physics Conference, Chalk River, 1977.
3. Cheng CW, King, J.D. Stellar reaction rates for the 58Ni(p, γ)59Cu reaction.
Eastern Regional Nuclear Physics Conference, Chalk River, 1977. 4. Cheng CW, Keinonen J, Saha SK, Mak HB, McLatchie W. Hydrogen burning of
39K in explosive oxygen burning. Physics in Canada, 36:Paper E02, 1980. 5. Cheng CW, Saha SK, Mak HB, McLatchie W. Thermonuclear reaction rate of
23Na(α, p) in explosive carbon and neon burning. Physics in Canada, 37:Paper GB5, 1981.
6. Cheng CW, Holloway AF, Taylor KW. The angular distribution of the fluence and spectrum of scattered mono-energetic X-rays. Radiology, 149:Paper #780, 1983.
69th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1983.
7. Armstrong BD, Saha SK, Adamides E, Wang SS, Cheng CW, Henrikson A, Lone
MA, Robertson BC. Strength function measurement from the 197Au(p, γ) reaction at Ep = 4.0 MeV. Eastern Regional Nuclear Physics Conference, Hamilton, 1984.
8. Armstrong D, Saha SK, Adamides E, Wang SS, Cheng CW, Henrikson A, Lone
MA, Robertson BC. Strength function measurement from the 197Au(p, γ) reaction at Ep = 4.0 MeV. Physics in Canada, 40:Paper PP16, 1984.
9. Cheng CW, Shalev S, Arenson J. Port film enhancement. Presented at the
WESCAN Conference, March 1985. 10. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson J. Port film enhancement by digital processing.
Presented at “Medical Imaging and Instrumentation 1985”, Society of Photog. Scientists and Engineering, Boston, April 1985.
11. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson J. Digital field subtraction angiography. Brit. J. of
Radiol. 58:791, 1985.
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12. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson J. Port film enhancement by digital processing.
Brit. J. of Radiol. 58:809, 1985. 13. Cheng, CW, Shalev S. Evaluation of digital enhancement of port films. Presented
at the Can. Assoc. of Radiol., July 1985. 14. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson JS, Morrow I. Digital film subtraction
angiography. Presented at the Canadian Association of Radiologists, July 1985. 15. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Arenson JS, Morrow I. Film-based digital subtraction
angiography. Presented at the XVIth International Congress of Radiology, Hawaii, July 1985.
16. Shalev S, Cheng CW, Cosby S, Reinstein L. Objective evaluation of the quality of
portal Films. Med. Phys. 13:610, 1986. 17. Cheng CW, Chin LM. A computer-aided treatment planning technique for
multiple static photon beams. Med. Phys. 13:588, 1986. 18. Cheng CW, Chin LM, Kijewski PK. A technique for using anatomical information
from CT during treatment simulation. Med. Phys. 13:575, 1986. 19. Chin LM, Cheng CW, Siddon RL, Rice RK, Mijnheer BJ. Three-dimensional
photon dose distributions with lung corrections for tangential breast treatment. Radiology, 65(P) Suppl.:185, 1987.
20. Bornstein BA, Cheng CW, Rhodes L, Rashid H, Stomper PC, Harris JR. Can
measurements taken at simulation be used to predict the volume of lung within the radiation therapy treatment field in breast cancer patients? ASTRO Meeting, New Orleans, 1988.
21. Chin LM, Cheng CW, Siddon RL, Rice RK, Mijnheer BJ, Harris JR. Three-
dimensional photon dose distribution with and without lung corrections for tangential breast treatment. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 1988.
22. Chin, LM, Rice RK, Obcemea CH, Cheng CW, Bjarngard BE. Measurement of K
X-ray yield from iodine irradiated by photons and electrons. 7th Annual Meeting of ESTRO, Den Haag, 1988.
23. Chin LM, Obcemea CH, Cheng CW, Rice RK, Siddon RL, Tarbell N, Mauch P.
Three-dimensional treatment planning for total body irradiation using a 4 MV facility. 7th Annual Meeting of ESTRO, Den Haag, 1988.
24. Cheng CW, Siddon RL, Bjarngard BE. A computer-controlled radiotherapy
technique for carcinoma of the esophagus. Med. Phys. 15:461, 1988.
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25. Cheng CW, Kijewski PK, Langer MA. Field shaping by multileaf collimators
(MLC), a comparison with conventional blocks. Med. Phys. 16:673, 1989. 26. Plunkett-Preswich ME, Cheng CW. Treatment planning using digitally
reconstructed Radiographs for customized vertex fields. Med. Phys. 17:505, 1990. 27. Cheng CW, Chin LM, Bornstein BA, Harris JR. 3D treatment planning in
tangential Breast irradiation with compensators. Med. Phys. 17:501, 1990. 28. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Fosmire H. Tolerance in setup and dosimetric errors in the
radiation treatment breast cancer. 14th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 1991.
29. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Stea B. Are three calculation planes adequate in the three
dimensional planning tangential breast irradiation? Med. Phys. 18:612, 1991. 30. Roehrig H, Barnea G, Cheng CW. High performance real time imaging using
scintillating glass and CCD. 2nd Annual International Workshop on Electronic Portal Imaging, Newport Beach, CA, April 3-4, 1992.
31. Cheng CW, Rhoerig H, Rehms K. Computed radiography in portal imaging.
Works in in Progress, AAPM meeting, Calgary, 1992. 32. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Chen DJ. Dosimetry in the moving gap region in cranial-spinal
irradiation. Med. Phys. 19:821, 1992. 33. Cheng CW. Three dimensional treatment planning. Int. J. Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys.
24:103, 1993. (Suppl.). 34. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Healey GA. Optimum field size and choice of beam
normalization in electron beam treatment. Int. J. Rad. Onc. Biol. Phys. 24:203, 1992 (Suppl.).
35. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Treatment plan evaluation using dose-volume histogram
(DVH) and Differential dose-volume histogram (dDVH). Presented at the AAPM meeting in Washington, D.C., 1993.
36. Roehrig H, Cheng CW. Real time imaging detectors for portal imaging. SPIE
Technical Conference “X-ray detector physics and applications II”, San Diego, CA, July 13-14, 1993.
37. Das IJ, Cheng CW. Electron beam characteristics at extended distances. Med.
Phys. 21(6):993, 1994.
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38. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Berger H, Bueno C. High performance realtime portal imaging using scintillating glass and a CCD. Presented at the Third International Workshop in Electronic Portal Imaging Devices, San Francisco, CA, 1994.
39. Cheng CW, Lutz W, Cetas T. Simultaneous heat and radiation for chest wall
recurrences. Med. Phys. 21(6):950, 1995. 40. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Cetas TC, Dallas WJ, Berger H, Bueno C. Electronic
portal imaging system with improved performance with respect to set-up verification and dosimetry. Presented at the 9th International Symposium and Exhibition in Computer Assisted Radiology, Berlin, June 21-25, 1995.
41. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Effect of energy, dose and dose rate on Pion. Presented at the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, July 1995.
42. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Tang W, Chang XS, Ceberg C, Cassady JR. Dosimetry
comparison of treatment planning systems in irradiation of breast with tangential fields. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 32:262, 1995.
43. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Fein DA, Fowble B. Patterns of dose variability in radiation
prescription of breast cancer. Int. J. Rad. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 32:256, 1995. 44. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Gross E, Cetas TC, Dallas WJ, Yu T, Berger H. Electronic
portal imaging systems with improved performance for setup verification and dosimetry. Presented at the Ninth International Symposium in Computer Assisted Radiology, Berlin, 1995.
45. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Roehrig H. Characteristics of CEA films for mega-voltage
portal imaging. Presented at the AAPM meeting in Philadelphia, July 1996. 46. Das IJ, Kagawa K, Cheng CW. Target coverage in conformal photon beam
treatments. Med. Phys. 23(6):1173-1174, 1996. 47. Pimperl C, Cetas T, Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Gross E, Myloyde T. Porous gold
seeds as targeting markers for conformal radiotherapy using an electronic portal imager for precise treatment setup. Presented at the Fourth International Workshop in Electronic Portal Imaging, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 10-12, 1996.
48. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Gross EJ, Cetas TC, Myloyde T, Pimperl C, Dallas WJ.
Electronic portal imaging system with improved performance for setup verification with gold seeds as targeting markers. Presented at the Fourth International Workshop in Electronic Portal Imaging, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 10-12, 1996.
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49. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Radiation safety in retro-fitted multi-leaf collimator used in radiation therapy. Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Radiation Dosimetry and Safety, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, March 31-April 2, 1997.
50. Das IJ, McNeely SW, Cheng CW. Effective point in measurements of ionization
chambers in electron beams. Presented at the AAPM meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1997.
51. Roehrig H, Cheng CW. Flat-panel detector and CCD camera for use in portal
imaging. Presented at the SPIE International Symposium on Medical Imaging. San Diego, CA. Paper 3336-17, 1998.
52. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Roehrig H. Characteristics of the CEA imaging system for
megavoltage port imaging. Presented at the AAPM meeting in San Antonio, TX, 1998.
53. Das IJ, Cheng, CW, Steinberg TH. Dosimetric undulation in multi-leaf collimator
fields. Presented at the AAPM meeting in San Antonio, Texas, July 1998. 54. Roehrig H, Cheng CW, Dallas WJ. Comparison of a flat-panel detector, two CCD
cameras and an electron beam tube-based video camera for use in portal imaging. Presented at the 5th International Workshop in Electronic Portal Imaging, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998.
55. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Steinberg TH. The role of multi-leaf collimator (MLC) in
replacing a cerrobend block in radiation therapy. Presented at the 84th Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1998.
56. Cheng CW, Wallace RH, Gorman JC. A 16-field technique for total skin electron
irradiation. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting in Nashville, TN, 1999. 57. Das IJ, Mitra RK, Cheng CW. Transmission and dose perturbation with high Z
materials in clinical electron beams. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting in Nashville, TN, 1999.
58. Cheng CW, Das IJ. The effect of multi-leaf collimator (MLC) replacing a
cerrobend block in radiation therapy. Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Medical Imaging, Medical Physics, and Precision Radiation Therapy, Guangzhou, China, 1999.
59. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Kapulsky A. Comparison of beam characteristics in Normal
and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) of a modern accelerator. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting in Chicago, IL, 2000.
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60. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Ndlovu AM, Das IJ, Schiff P, Uematzu M. Dosimetric study of Virtual Mini-multi-leaf and its clinical application. Presented at the ASTRO meeting in Boston, MA, 2000.
61. Shikama N, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Implication of three-dimensional dose distribution
for radiation treatment of breast cancer in a sub-population of extremely large breast women. Radiother. Oncol. Suppl. 1, 58:S77, 2001.
62. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Grimm L, Chow M, Smith TJ, Uematsu M. Commissioning
and clinical implementation of a CT Scanner Installed in an Existing Treatment Room for Precise Tumor Localization. Presented at the 83rd Annual meeting of the American Radium Society, April 25-29, San Diego, CA, 2001.
63. Grimm L, Ndlovu AM, Cheng CW, Wong JR. Clinical Applications and Quality
Assurance of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy” Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, April 25-29, 2001, San Diego CA.
64. Wong JR, Grimm L, Chow M, Uematsu M, Smith TJ, Cheng CW. Precise
Radiation treatment of Prostate Cancer by Correcting for the Daily Prostate Movement Using the Primatom. Presented at the 83rd Annual meeting of the American Radium Society, April 25-29, 2001, San Deigo, CA.
65. Grimm L, Cheng CW, Chow M. Clinical Applications and Quality Assurance of
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy”. Presented at the Symposium on Clinical Cancer Research in New Jersey, West Orange, NJ, March 2001.
66. Cheng CW, Wong J, Grimm L, Das IJ. The effect of beam characteristics on IMRT
delivery with the step-and-shoot technique. Poster presentation at the annual Morristown Memorial Hospital Research Day, Morristown, NJ, 2001.
67. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Huq MS, Grimm L. Lateral loss and dose discrepancies in the
step-and-shoot approach of IMRT beamlets. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001.
68. Das IJ, Cheng CW. Dosimetric characteristics of GAFchromic film. Presented at
the AAPM annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001. 69. Wong JR, Grimm LS, Chow M, Oren R, Scher A, Smith TJ, Schiff P, Uematsu M,
Cheng CW. Precise radiation treatment of prostate cancer by correcting for the intrinsic daily movements of the prostate or rectum using a novel combination of CT scanner and linear accelerator (Primatom). Presented at the 43rd annual meeting of ASTRO in San Francisco, CA, 2001.
70. Cheng CW, Grimm L, Wong J, Das IJ. The effect of beam characteristics on IMRT
delivery with the step-and-shoot technique. Accepted for presentation at the 87th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 2001.
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71. Cheng CW, Tang W, Das IJ. Beam characteristics and transmission factors of the
dual wedge system for Varian Clinac and EX accelerators. Presented at the 44th AAPM annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.
72. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Xiao Y, Galvin GM. Beam characteristics in intensity
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) of modern accelerators. Presented at the 44th AAPM annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.
73. Das IJ, Szeglin S, Bieda MR, Cheng CW. Leaves position accuracy and quality
assurance of MLC with an ion chamber array. Presented at the 44th AAPM annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.
74. Fung A, Grimm L, Cheng CW, Chow M, Sommer A, Uematsu M, Wong JR.
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy with FOCAL (Fusion Of CT And Linac): Comparison with Treatment Verification by Bony Landmarks. Presented at the 44th AAPM annual meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.
75. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Solin LJ. Contra-lateral radiation dose in breast treatment with
physical and soft wedges. Presented at the 88th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 2002.
76. Cheng CW, Das IJ. An accurate method of measuring total scatter factor, Scp.
Presented at the 45th AAPM annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2003. 77. Das IJ, Cheng CW. Dosimetry of Intensity Modulated Beamlets: Dependence on
Radiation Detectors. Presented at the 45th AAPM annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2003.
78. Das IJ, Cheng CW. Choice Of Radiation Detectors On The Quality Of
Commissioning Accelerator Beam Data. Presented at the 45th AAPM annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2003.
79. Mitra R, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Dose perturbations due to contrast medium in
Mammosite: A new technique in breast treatment. Presented at the 45th AAPM annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2003.
80. Cheng CW, Taylor M., Das IJ. IMRT dosimetry and determination of zero field size
percent depth doses and tissue maximum ratios. Med. Phys. SU-GG-PDS-3, 46th AAPM annual meeting in Pittsburg, PA, 2004.
81. Cheng CW, V Moskvin, Taylor M, Das IJ. The dependence of film characteristics on
spectral variation. Med. Phys. SU-GG-PDS-5, 46th AAPM annual meeting in Pittsburg, PA, 2004.
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82. Lazarescu G, Das IJ, Avery S, Cheng CW. Polarity effect of commercially available Micro ionization chambers. Med. Phys. WE-E-BRB-6, 46th AAPM annual meeting in Pittsburg, PA, 2004.
83. Das IJ, Bieda M, Cheng CW, Chopra K, Hasson B, Jiang Z, Olch A, Mitra R, Murphy
S, Yang C. Dosimetric comparison of inverse treatment planning systems for intensity modulated radiation therapy: a collaborative study. Med. Phys., MO-D-BRA-8, 46th AAPM annual meeting in Pittsburg, PA, 2004.
84. Tsai JS, Lutz W, Mower H, Cheng CW, Lo T, Garren J, Leventhal H, Girshovich L,
Cassady JR. Clinical implementation of total skin electron therapy using 16-field technique. Med. Phys., PO-T-87, 46th AAPM annual meeting in Pittsburg, PA, 2004.
85. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Mitra R. MammoSite dosimetry under condition of insufficient
buildup and the proximity of the balloon to the lung. Presented at the 47th AAPM annual meeting in Seattle, WA, 2005.
86. Cheng CW, Chopra K, Das IJ. Dose variation on the simultaneous irradiation of head
and neck (H&N) cancer and supraclavicular nodal fields with step-and-shoot IMRT. Presented at the 47th AAPM annual meeting in Seattle, WA, 2005.
87. Olch AJ, Chopra K, Jiang Z, Mitra R, Hasson B, Chang S, Cheng CW, Das IJ.
Correlation between IMRT plan and delivery quality for 9 treatment planning systems. Presented at the 47th AAPM annual meeting in Seattle, WA, 2005.
88. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Gladstein E. Inhomogeneity correction in IMRT beamlets:
Significance in lung treatments. Presented at the 47th AAPM annual meeting in Seattle, WA, 2005.
89. Mitra RK, Bagala TR, Olch AJ, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Chopra KJ, Hasson BF, Jiang Z,
Murphy SC, Lian J, Ahnesjo A. Dosimetric Comparison of Inhomogeneity Corrections in IMRT Treatment Planning Systems: A Collaborative Study. Presented at the 47th AAPM annual meeting in Seattle, WA, 2005.
90. Das IJ, Both S, Cheng CW. Inhomogeneity correction in Brachytherapy Med.
Phys. 33: p.2112, 2006. 91. Cheng CW, Das IJ. Impact of MLC leaf size on the quality of IMRT plan. Med.
Phys. 33: p.2108, 2006. 92. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Srivastava SP, Both S. Feasibility Study of Focused and Non-
Focused Photon MLC for Electron IMRT. Med. Phys. 33: p.2104, 2006. 93. Das IJ, Both S, Cheng CW. Role of Collimator Angle Optimization in Intensity
Modulated Radiation Therapy. Med. Phys. 33: p.2200, 2006.
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94. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Chopra KL, Mitra RK, Shiv PS. Patterns of variability in prescription and delivered dose in IMRT among institutions and TPS. Presented at the ASTRO meeting in Philadelphia, 2006.
95. Wong JR, Uematsu M, Merrick S, Nolan PM, Cheng CW. Potential Incidence of
Target (PTV) underdose and Rectal Overdose—Review of 1762 CT scans obtained during Image Guided Radiation Therapy using an in room CT-on-Rail with a Linear Accelerator for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the ASTRO meeting in Philadelphia, 2006.
96. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Wong JR, Gao J, Merrick S, Jenq B, Chen T, El-Gabry M.
Physical characteristics of the Siemens 2.6 mm Moduleaf collimator (MMLC). Presented at the ESTRO meeting in Germany, 2006.
97. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Jenq B, Chen T, El-Gabry M, Wong JR. Geometric and
dosimetric considerations in partial breast irradiation (PBI) with elliptical MammoSite balloon. Presented at the RSNA meeting in Chicago, Nov., 2006.
98. Cheng CW, Gao JZ. The Use of ModuMLC® in Combination with IG-IMRT for
Treating a Very Small Eye Tumor. Med. Phys., 34:2497, 2007. 99. Das IJ, Chang SX, Cheng CW, Chopra K, Desrosiers C, Hasson B, Jiang Z, Mitra R,
Murphy S. Dosimetric Comparison of High-Z Inhomogeneity in IMRT: A Collaborative Study. Med. Phys., 34:2592-2593, 2007.
100. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Chopra K, Misic V, Schule E. Evaluation of Quality Assurance
Phantom for Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID). Med. Phys., 34:2371, 2007. 101. Gao JZ, Wong JR, Merrick S, Li M, Uematsu M, Cheng CW. Clinical
implementation of "Quasi Adaptive Margin" for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Presented at the 14th ECCO annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.
102. Wong JR, Merrick S, Gao J, Chen T, El-Gabry M, Uematsu M, Cheng CW.
Clinical Implementation of a Novel Method of Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) of Prostate Cancer by “Localization of Intrinsic Isocenter” and “Dynamic Margin”—Retrospective analysis of 3370 adaptive IGRT Deliveries using an In-Room CT on Rails System. Presented at the 14th ECCO annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.
103. Gao J, Wong JR, Merrick S, Cheng CW. A Novel Method Of Image Guided Radiation Treatment Of Prostate Cancer Using A Quasi-Adaptive Margin And Evidence Based Isocenter Shift. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.
104. Wong JR, Gao Z, Selvaggi P, Woo K, Merrick S, El-Gabry M, Chen T, Uemastu
M, Cheng CW. Comparison of interfractional prostate motion among normal,
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overweight and obese patient groups. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.
105. Merrick, S., Wong JR, Cheng C-W, Gao J. Dosimetric analysis of treatment plan
degradation after large shift corrections during image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) for the treatment of prostate cancer. Presented at the Clinical Cancer Research in New Jersey. May 1, 2008.
106. Cheng CW, Gao Z. Issues in image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and re-planning
with megavoltage cone beam CT (MVCT). Med. Phys. 35:2744, 2008 107. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Correction factor in output measurement for
small fields. Med. Phys. 35:2786, 2008 108. Das IJ, Cheng CW, Srivastava S, Desrosiers CM, Chang SX, Hasson BF, Jiang Z,
Mitra RK, Moskvin VP. Variability of low-Z Inhomogeneity Correction in IMRT/SBRT: A Multi-Institutional Collaborative Study. Med. Phys. 35:2985, 2008.
109. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Merick S, Langley, Gao Z. Predicting isocenter shift due to
prostate motion and selecting patient specific posterior margin for IGRT of prostate. Presented at the 50th ASTRO meeting in Boston, MA, 2008.
110. Merrick S, Wong, JR, Gao Z, Cheng CW, Chen T, El-Gabry M. Dosimetric
Analysis of Treatment Plan Degradation After Large Shift Corrections During Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 50th ASTRO meeting in Boston, MA, 2008.
111. Wong JR, Gao Z, Merrick S, Chen T, El-Gabry M, Cheng CW. Adipose-Tissue
Thickness is a more Accurate Indicator of the Variation of the Interfraction Prostate Position throughout radiation treatment than Patient’s weight or Body Mass Index. Presented at the 50th ASTRO meeting in Boston, MA, 2008.
112. Gao Z, Wong J, Merrick S, Chen T, Cheng CW. Accuracy and Validity of
Corrections of Isocenter using Bony Landmark Fusion or Surrogate Markers inside Prostate Glands_Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 50th ASTRO meeting in Boston, MA, 2008.
113. Merrick S, Wong, JR, Gao Z, Cheng CW, Chen T, El-Gabry M. Dosimetric
Analysis of Treatment Plan Degradation After Large Shift Corrections During Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 50th ESTRO meeting in Goteberg, Sweden, 2008.
114. Wong JR, Gao Z, Merrick S, Chen T, El-Gabry M, Cheng CW. Adipose-Tissue
Thickness is a more Accurate Indicator of the Variation of the Interfraction Prostate
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Position throughout radiation treatment than Patient’s weight or Body Mass Index. Presented at the 50th ESTRO meeting in Goteberg, Sweden, 2008.
115. Gao Z, Wong J, Merrick S, Chen T, Cheng CW. Accuracy and Validity of
Corrections of Isocenter using Bony Landmark Fusion or Surrogate Markers inside Prostate Glands Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 50th ESTRO meeting in Goteberg, Sweden, 2008.
116. Cheng CW, Wong JR, Merick S, Langley, Gao Z. Predicting isocenter shift due to
prostate motion and selecting patient specific posterior margin for IGRT of prostate. Presented at the 50th ESTRO meeting in Goteberg, Sweden, 2008.
117. Das IJ, Johnstone P, Cheng CW. Is There A Correlation Between Size of Planning
Target Volume (PTV) and Monitor Units In IMRT? Presented at the 50th ESTRO meeting in Goteberg, Sweden, 2008.
118. Merrick S, Wong JR, Cheng CW, El-Gabry M, Li M. Image-Guided Radiation
Therapy for Prostate Cancer. Annual meeting of the Oncol. Society of NJ. St. Barnabas Medical Center. May 6, 2009.
119. Wong JR, Gao Z, Merrick S, Wilson P, Uematsu M, Woo K, Cheng CW. Obesity
Issues in Radiation Therapy. Annual meeting of the Oncol. Society of NJ. St. Barnabas Medical Center. May 6, 2009.
120. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Srivastava S, Gao Z. QA of dose volume histogram. Annual
meeting of AAPM, Anaheim, CA, July, 2009. 121. Das IJ, Srivastava S, Cheng CW , Chopra K, Jones A, Mihailidis D, Pai S, Sarkar
A, Taylor M, Wuu C, Johnstone. Patterns of Care in the Era of ICRU-50 For 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy: A Multi-Institutional Study. Annual meeting of AAPM, Anaheim, CA, July, 2009.
122. Das IJ, Srivastva SP, Hanlon A, Cheng CW, Jones AO, Mahiladis D, Pai S, Taylor
M, Wuu CS, Johnstone PAS. Patterns of prescription and Dose delivery in 3D Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Accepted for presentation at the ASTRO annual meeting in Chicago, Nov., 2009.
123. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Johnstone PAS. Isocenter Shift in Image-Guided Proton
Therapy (IGPT) of Prostate Irradiation. Accepted for presentation at the ASTRO annual meeting in Chicago, Nov., 2009.
124. Li M, Wong JR, Merrick S, Cheng CW. “Anti-Bolus”--A Novel Method of
Minimizing Skin Fold Dosage of Large Breasts during External Beam Radiation. Accepted for presentation at the ASTRO annual meeting in Chicago, Nov., 2009.
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125. Wolanski M, Cheng CW, Gautum Singh A, Das IJ. Dosimetric characteristics of the OneDose MOSFET decector for in-vivo dosimetry in proton beam therapy (PBT). Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, 2009.
126. Das IJ, Moskvin V, Zhao Q, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS. Optimum Beam Energy
And Treatment Room Setup For A Proton Beam Therapy. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, 2009.
127. Andrews J, Cheng CW., Kagawa K, Das IJ, Johnstone P. Dosimetric Advantages
of Protons for Partial Breast Irradiation. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG at Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 2009.
128. Trofimov A, Mauceri S, Nguyen P, Lu H.-M., Engelsman M, Efstathiou J, Merrick
S, Cheng CW, Wong J, Zietman A. Interfractional variations in the set-up of pelvic bony anatomy and soft tissue, and their implication in proton therapy of the prostate Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG at Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 2009.
129. Das IJ, Fanelli L, Wolanski M, Sommers M, Cheng CW, Gautam AS, DesRosiers
D, Ko SC, Johnstone PAS. Low-Z Inhomogeneity Correction in Proton Beam Therapy. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG at Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 2009.
130. Ko SC, Hoene T, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS, DasI. Dosimetric comparison
between conventional para-aortic parallel opposed photon treatment and proton treatment for stage I seminoma patients. Accepted for presentation at the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, March, 2010.
131. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ Optimizing proton treatment plans with
respiratory motion for Uniform Scanning Proton Beam. Accepted for podium presentation at PTCOG 49, 2010.
132. Das IJ, Fanelli L, Gautam AS, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Allgower C, Cheng CW,
Johnstone PAS. Surface dose in proton beam therapy. Accepted for podium presentation at PTCOG 49, 2010.
133. Zhao L, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Srivastva S, Wolanski M, Allgower C, Gossman M,
James J, Mills M, Dickman K, Johnstone P, Dose perturbation from metallic ports in proton therapy: kVCT and MVCT based treatment planning and experimental evaluation. Accepted for podium presentation at PTCOG 49, 2010.
134. Das IJ, Bartlett G, Andrews J, Ko SC, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS. Understanding
surface dose in proton therapy and its impact on hypo-fractionated treatments. Accepted for podium presentation at PTCOG 49, 2010.
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135. Ko SC, Hoene T, Johnstone PAS, Thornton A, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Dosimetric comparison between conventional para-aortic parallel opposed photon treatment and proton treatment for early stage seminoma patients. Presented at PTCOG 49, 2010.
136. Cheng CW, Zhao L, Wolanski M, James J, Dickman K, Mills M, Das IJ. A method
to reduce range uncertainty in proton planning involving high-Z heterogeneities using modified Hounsfield unit-electron density curve. Presented at PTCOG 49, 2010.
137. Srivastava S, Das I, Andrews J, Kumar A, Cheng CW, Johnstone P. Dose
Perturbation Due to Metallic Breast Tissue Expander in Electron Treatment of Breast Cancer. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
138. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Gautam A, Cheng CW. Impact of quality of triaxial cable on
radiation dose measurement. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
139. Das IJ, Fanelli L, Gautam A, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Cheng CW. Factors impacting
surface dose in proton beam. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
140. Das IJ, Srivastva S, Cao M, Li M, Cheng CW. Understanding volume in dose
volume histogram. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
141. Zhao L , Cheng CW , Moskvin V, Wolanski M, James J, Gossman M, Dikeman K,
Srivastava S, Das I. Dose Uncertainty Due to High-Z Materials in Clinical Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
142. Zhao L, Cheng CW, Wolanski M, James J, Dikeman K, Allgower C, Fitzek M,
Mills M, Das IJ. Feasibility Study of MVCT Imaging Guided Adaptive Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
143. Zhao Q, Wu H, Pack D, Cheng CW Das IJ, The Effect of Scanning Pattern and
Dose Rate On Output Factor for Uniform Scanning Proton Beam. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
144. Zhao Q, Wu H, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Analysis of Influential Factors of Dose
Delivery to a Moving Tumor in Proton Radiotherapy Using Uniform Scanning Beam. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
145. Moskvin V, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Andrews J, Johnstone P.
Dose Perturbation by a Steel Magnetic Injection Port in a Breast Tissue Expander in
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Proton Radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo Study. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
146. Moskvin V, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Zhao L. Secondary Neutron Production by a
Scanning Proton Beam. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
147. Cheng CW, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Allgower C, Zhao Q, James J, Dikeman K, Mills
M, Li M, Frye D, Lu X, Srivastava S, Das IJ, Johnstone P. Implications for Proton Therapy Treatment Planning of Tissue Characterization Curves From Different CT Scanners. Presented at the 52nd AAPM annual meeting in Philadelphia, 2010.
148. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ, Impact/effect of respiratory motion in proton
beam therapy with uniform scanning. AAPM Ohio River Valley Chapter spring symposium 2010 (Best presentation award).
149. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Tumor motion effects for scattering proton
beam and uniform scanning proton beam, Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (SANTRO) symposium 2010.
150. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Kumar A, Johnstone PAS. Optimum margin for
target expansion in head and neck IMRT with daily IGRT. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2010.
151. Cheng CW, Allgower, C., Das, IJ, McHugh, L; Derenchuk, VP, Hawkins, B,
Johnstone, PAS. Isocentricity of gantry rotation beam lines and its effect on dose delivery in proton Therapy. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2010.
152. Moskvin VP, Cheng CW, Nichiporov D,Das IJ.A comparison of neutron activities
produced in brass and tungsten MLC: a Monte Carlo study. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting in San Diego, CA, 2010.
153. Zhao L, Cheng CW, Moskvin V, James JA, Gossman M, Das IJ. Towards
understanding the uncertainty in range and dose in presence of high-Z materials in proton therapy.
154. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Radiation treatment failure detection for
moving tumor with image guidance. Presented at the annual conference of the Ohio River Valley Chapter, AAPM, Mar. 2011.
155. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Multi-leaf Collimator for Proton Beam Therapy: A
Double Edge Sword. Presented at the annual conference of the Ohio River Valley Chapter, AAPM, Mar. 2011.
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156. Zhao L, Cheng CW and Das IJ. Verification of patient-specific depth dose distributions for uniformly scanned proton beams on irregular fields. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
157. Cheng CW, Buchsbaum J, Zhao L, Simmons J, Johnstone PAS, Das IJ. Field
Junction Dosimetry in Proton Therapy of Craniospinal Irradiation (CSI). Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
158. Das IJ, Bartlett G, Hoene T, Chang A, Buchsbaum J, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS.
Dosimetric Comparison of IMRT and Proton Beam Therapy for Posterior Fossae Tumors. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
159. Wu H, Zhao Q, Lu M, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Gamma Spectrum of Therapeutic Proton
Beam for the Design and Shielding of Treatment Room Electronics. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
160. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Comparison of Respiratory Motion Effects
between Scattering and Uniform Scanning Proton Beam. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
161. Moskvin VP, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Optimal Material for Multi-Leaf Collimator in
Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
162. Das IJ, Zhao Q, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS. Patterns of Technical Treatment
Parameters in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 50th PTCOG meeting in Philadelphia, PA, 2011.
163. Li M, Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Investigation of Positional Accuracy and
Reproducibility of Small Fields Defined by Collimating Jaws and MLC. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
164. Zhao Q, Wu H, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Comparing the Effects of Tumor Motion
Patterns and Beam Delivery Timing Between Scattering and Uniform Scanning Proton Beam. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
165. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Hazards of a Tungsten Multi-Leaf Collimator in
Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
166. Grimm J, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Grimm S, LaCouture T, Asbell S, Kramer N,
Pahlajani N, Chen Y, Xu Q, Xue J. Phantom Validation and Clinical Application of Monte Carlo for Small Field SBRT. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
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167. Gautam A, Srivastava S, Fanelli L, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Impact of Quality of Tri-Axial Cable On Radiation Dose Measurement in Proton Beam. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
168. Zhao L, Newton J, Adamovics J, Oldham M, Cheng CW, Das IJ. 3D Dosimetry
for Small Irregular Proton Fields Using a New PRESAGE® Dosimeter. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
169. Cheng CW, Srivastava S, Buchsbaum J, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Simmons J,
Johnstone PAS, Das IJ. Dosimetric Comparison Between Protons and Photons in the Field Junction in Craniospinal Irradiation (CSI). Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
170. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Kumar A, Johnstone PAS. Effect of Rectal
Balloon Fillings On Doses to Prostate, PTV and Rectum: An IMRT Planning Study. Presented at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
171. Gao Z, Cheng CW, Wu G, Li M. The Utilization of a Head-And-Neck IMRT QA
Benchmark to Identify the Cause of Individual IMRT QA Failure. Accepted for presentation at the Joint AAPM/ACMP meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.
172. Das IJ, Coutinho L, Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS. Dose Perturbations at
Tissue Interfaces in proton beam therapy. Presented at the PTCOG51, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
173. Cheng CW, Allgower C, Simmons J, Traci Conley, Das IJ, Simoneaux V, Zhao Li, Zhao Q, Johnstone PAS, Buchsbaum J. A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Approach for Craniospinal Irradiation (CSI) with Proton Therapy (PT). Presented at the PTCOG51, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
174. Klyachko AV, L. Coutinho L, Eads A , Luxnat M, Cheng CW, Das IJ, D.F.
Nichiporov. Small-Field Studies in Proton Therapy Beams with a GEM-based Dose Imaging Detector. Presented at the PTCOG51, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
175. Cheng CW, Zhao L, Zhao Q, Moskvin V, Buchsbaum J, Das IJ. Accuracy in
proton therapy. Presented at the PTCOG51, Seoul, Korea, 2012. 176. Moyers MF, Summers PA, Ibbott GS, Ballie N, Cheng CW, Ghebremedhin A,
Gillin M, Gutierrez-Garcia N, Herrup D, Lampie S, Lyong L, Mascia A, Ramirez H, Slopsema R, Tosh R. 2012 USA proton dosimetry intercomparison. Presented at the PTCOG51, Seoul, Korea, 2012.
177. Cheng CW, Das IJ, Zhao L, Zhao Q, Johnstone PAS. Factors Affecting Accuracy
in Proton Therapy. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, 2012.
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178. Zhao L, Coutinho L, Cao N, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Temporal Response of Gafchromic EBT2 Radiochromic Film in Proton Beam Irradiation. M. Long (Ed.): World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Beijing, China, 2012.
179. Wu H, Cheng CW. Dynamic Respiratory Gated Radiation Treatment using DMLC.
AAPM ORVC meeting, Columbus, OH. Feb., 2012. 180. Coutinho L, Das IJ, Würfel J, Cheng CW. Characteristics of Diode Detectors in
Proton Beam Dosimetry. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
181. Zhao L, Coutinho L, Cao N, Cheng CW, Das IJ. A Mathematical Model of the
Optical Density Growth of EBT2 Film After Proton Irradiation. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
182. Srivastava S, Nohadani O, Medawar C, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Inter Planner
Dosimetric Variations In IMRT. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
183. Srivastava S, Akino A, Cheng CW, I Das IJ. Penumbral Dose with Limited Scatter
in Photon Beams with and Without Flattening Filter. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
184. Srivastava S, Akino A, Cheng CW, I Das IJ. Penumbral Dose with Limited Scatter
in Photon Beams with and Without Flattening Filter. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
185. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, Anferov V, Nichiporov D, Zhao Q, Takashina M, Parola R,
Das IJ. A FLUKA Monte Carlo Computational Model of a Scanning Proton Beam Therapy Nozzle at IU Proton Therapy Center. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
186. Das IJ, Moskvin V, Coutinho L, Cheng CW. Dose Perturbation at Air-Tissue
Interface in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
187. Cheng CW, Allgower C, Simmons J, Conley T, Das IJ, Zhao L, Zhao Q, Johnstone
P, Buchsbaum J. A Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Approach for Cranio-spinal Irradiation (CSI) with Proton Therapy (PT). Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
188. Cheng CW, Zhao L, Zhao Q, Moskvin V, Buchsbaum J, Das IJ. Factors Affecting
Accuracy in Proton Therapy. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2012.
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189. Moskvin V, Ray GL, Lasley FD, Gautam AS, Cheng CW, Buchsbaum JC. Skin Reaction for Spine and Brain Patients at IU Health Proton Therapy Center: A Retrospective Study and Physics Consideration. Accepted for oral presentation at the ASTRO annual meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.
190. Aaron E, Cheng CW, Elson H, Lamba M. Empirical Determination of Output
Factors for Proton Therapy Fields using a Uniform Scanning Proton Beam and 10cm Snout. Presented at the ORVC Annual meeting in Cincinnati, OH, Mar. 4 2013 (4th place).
191. Jia Y, Zhao L, Cheng CW, McDonald M, Das IJ. Dose Perturbation of Spinal
Metal Implants in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the ORVC Annual meeting in Cincinnati, OH, Mar. 4 2013 (First place award).
192. Cheng CW, Wolanski M, Simmons J, Hoene T, Gautam A, Zhao L, Allgower C,
Buchsbaum J, Das IJ. A comparison of two treatment planning systems in proton therapy. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting. Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
193. Moskvin VP, Estabrook NC, Cheng CW, Johnstone PAS, Das IJ. Is Spot Scanning
Really The Next Big Thing? Views from Monte Carlo Modeling. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
194. Klyachko AV, Nichiporov DF, Coutinho L, Cheng CW, Luxnat M, Das IJ. Small-
Field Dosimetry in Proton Therapy with a GEM-based Dose Imaging Detector. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
195. Das IJ, Moskvin VP, Cheng CW. What is a Small field in a proton beam therapy?
Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013. 196. Jia Y, Zhao L, Cheng CW, McDonald M, Das IJ. Dose perturbation study for two
spinal metal implants in proton therapy beam. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
197. Coutinho L, Das IJ, Wuerfel J, Cheng CW. Characteristics of Diode Detectors in
Proton Beam Dosimetry. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
198. Zhao L, Allgower C, Wolanski M, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Dosimetric verification of
Eclipse treatment planning systems using uniform scanning proton beams. Accepted for presentation at the PTCOG-52 meeting, Essen, Germany, June 2-8, 2013.
199. Wu H, Zhao Q, Lu M, Das IJ, Chen H, Cheng CW. Sub-sequence Based Treatment
Failure Detection and Intervention in Image Guided Radiotherapy. Presented at the 2013 IEEE/ACIS 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS). Nigata, Japan, June 16-20, 2013.
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200. Sheng K, Dong P, Gautam A, Cheng CW, Ruan D, Low D, Cao M, Lee S, Kupelian. Evaluating Head-And-Neck 4pi Non-Coplanar Plans from the Perspective of Proton Therapy. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
201. Aaron E, Cheng CW, Lamba M. Empirical Determination of Output Factors for
Proton Therapy Fields Using a Uniform Scanning Proton Beam and 10cm Snout. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
202. McKay J, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Xue J, Grimm J, Berg R. Lung Material Phantom
for Small Field Monte Carlo Dose Validation. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
203. Wu H, Lu M, Cheng CW. An Innovative Iterative Neighboring Volume Morphing
Algorithm Based On Landmark Mesh to Create 3DCT During Treatment. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
204. Wu J, Cheng CW, Wu H. Feasibility Study of Prostate Seed Implant with Intensity
Modulated Proton Boost. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
205. Das IJ, Coutinho L, Zhao L, McEwen M, Cheng CW. Characteristics of Micro-
chambers for Dosimetry in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
206. Jia Y, Zhao L, Cheng CW, McDonald M, Das IJ. Dose Perturbation of Spinal
Metal Implants in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
207. Cheng CW, Takashina M, Suga M, Das IJ, Moskvin V. Factors Contributing to the
Increased Proton RBE at the Distal Edge of Bragg Peak. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
208. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Cheng CW. Radiobiological Implication of Margin for Target
Expansion in Head and Neck IMRT with Daily IGRT. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
209. Srivastava S, Das IJ, Cheng CW, Nohadani O. Study the Effect of Grid Size On
Head and Neck IMRT Dosimetry. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
210. Moskvin V, Cheng CW, McDonald M, Das IJ. A Revolving Collimator for Proton
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (pSRS). Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
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211. Moskvin V, Suga M, Cheng CW, Das IJ. An Effective Atomic Number of the Compounds in Proton Beam Therapy. Presented at the 55th AAPM annual meeting, Aug. 4-8, 2013, Indianapolis, IN.
212. Moskvin1 V, Cheng CW, McDonald MW, Das IJ. Reduced Secondary Neutrons
and Occupational Exposure with Optimization of Beam Shaping Device Material in Proton Therapy. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, Sept. 22-25, 2013, Atlanta, GA.
213. Wu H, Lu M, Zhao Q, Cheng CW. An Integrated Image Guided Proton Therapy
Monitoring System with Real-Time Image Processing and Treatment intervention. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, Sept. 22-25, 2013, Atlanta, GA.
214. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. Impact of calculation grid size on dosimetry and
radiobiological parameters for head and neck IMRT. Presented at the 56th AAPM annual meeting, July 19-24, 2014, Austin, TX.
215. Cheng CW, Wesssels B, Hamilton H, Difranco T, Mansur D. Workflow and
FMEA in a new proton therapy (PT) facility. Accepted for presentation at the 56th AAPM annual meeting, July 19-24, 2014, Austin, TX.
216. Cheng CW, Liu H, Lee S-Y. Spot Scanning Dose Delivery with Rapid Cycling
Proton Beams from RCMS. Accepted for presentation at the 56th AAPM annual meeting, July 19-24, 2014, Austin, TX.
217. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. The Effect of slice thickness on IMRT planning.
Accepted for presentation at the 56th AAPM annual meeting, July 19-24, 2014, Austin, TX.
218. Srivastava S, Cheng CW, Das IJ. The Effect Of Slice Thickness On Target And
Organs At Risk Volumes, Dosimetric Coverage And Radiobiological Impact In IMRT Planning. Accepted for presentation at the ASTRO annual meeting, Sept. 14-17, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
219. Cheng CW, Wessel B, Mansur D. To what extent does a high Z implant affect the
quality of a treatment plan in proton therapy (PT)? Presented at the PTCOG-NA, Houston, TX, Oct. 27-29, 2014.
220. Cheng CW, Liu H, Lee S-Y. Spot Scanning Dose Delivery with Rapid Cycling
Proton Beams from RCMS. Presented at the PTCOG-NA, Houston, TX, Oct.27-29, 2014.
221. Cheng CW, Liu H, Lee S-Y. Spot Scanning Dose Delivery with Rapid Cycling
Srivastava S, Cheng C-W, Das IJ. Estimation of whole body dose from cranial irradiation from C- and Perfexion series Gamma Knife units. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Anaheim, CA 2015.
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222. Srivastava S, Cheng C-W, Das IJ. IMRT dosimetry differences in an institution with community and academic model. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Anaheim, CA 2015.
223. Cheng C-W, Wessels B, Jesseph F, Mattson D, Mansur D, Machtay M.
Incorporating uncertainty analysis in plan comparison if VMAT, double scattering proton plan and IMPT for lung irradiation. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Anaheim, CA 2015.
224. Cheng C-W, Wessels B, F Jesseph, Mattson D, Manusr D. Plan comparison
between photon IMRT and proton plans incorporating uncertainty analysis. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Anaheim, CA 2015.
225. Cheng C-W, Yiran Z, Wessels B, Dorth J, Mansur, D. Treatment planning and
uncertainty analysis. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, San Antonio, TX 2015.
226. Cheng C-W, Ferguson S, Jesseph F, Johnson M, Jordan D, Bouchet L, Wessels B.
Impact of the high magnetic field and RF power in a superconducting cyclotron to a nearby MR facility. Presented at the PTCOG annual meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, May, 2016.
227. Cheng C-W, Lee S, Muzic R, Wessels B, Jesseph F, Ellis R, Mansur D,
Dhananntwari A. A preliminary study on the dosimetric impact of detector-based spectral CT on proton therapy treatment planning. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Washington DC, July 2016.
228. Cheng C-W, Wessels B, Jesseph F, Mattson D, Biswas T, Mansur D. Tumor regression (TR) in lung irradiation with proton beams. Presented at the ASTRO annual meeting, Boston MA, Sept. 25-29, 2016.
229. Cheng C-W, Srivastava S, Yuan J, Mattson D, Jesseph FB, Awan M, Mansur D,
Yao M. Effect of residual errors on TCP and NTCP values in H&N irradiation in photon and proton therapy: a treatment planning study. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2017.
230. Cheng C-W, Lee S, Yuan J, Lu M. Characteristics of a neutron imaging flat-panel detector (FPD) for proton therapy. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2017.
231. Yuan J, Sohn J, Cheng C-W, Wessels B, Kumar K, Mansur D, Machtay M. A Monte Carlo based dose verification tool for Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery treatment. Presented at the AAPM annual meeting, Denver Colorado, 2017.
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Signature: Chee-Wai Cheng ____________________ Date: July 24, 2017