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Chao-Jen Lai

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Interests

  • Digital radiography, digital mammography, and cone-beam CT imaging techniques
  • Imaging quality measurement and observer performance

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2000 University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, PHD, Nuclear Engineering
1995 University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, MS, Health Physics
1986 National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, BS, Nuclear Engineering

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Instructor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 7/2004-12/2009

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Lai CJ, Chen L, Zhang H, Liu X, Zhong Y, Shen Y, Ge S, Yi Y, Wang T, Yang WT, Whitman GJ, Shaw CC. Reduction in x-ray scatter and radiation dose for volume-of-interest (VOI) cone beam breast CT: a phantom study. Phys Med Biol 54(21):6691-709, 11/2009. PMID: 19841514.
2. Liu X, Lai CJ, Chen L, Han T, Zhong Y, Shen Y, Wang T, Shaw CC. Scan equalization digital radiography (SEDR) implemented with an amorphous selenium flat-panel detector: initial experience. Phys Med Biol 54(22):6959-6978, 11/2009. PMID: 19887717.
3. Chen L, Shen Y, Lai C, Han T, Zhong Y, Ge S, Liu X, Wang T, Yang WT, Whitman GJ, Shaw CC. Dual resolution cone beam breast CT: a feasibility study. Med Phys 36(9):4007-14, 9/2009. PMCID: PMC2738741.
4. Zhang HJ, Yang JJ, Lu JP, Lai CJ, Sheng J, Li YX, Hao Q, Zhang SM, Gupta S. Use of intra-arterial chemotherapy and embolization before limb salvage surgery for osteosarcoma of the lower extremity. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32(4):672-8, 7/2009. e-Pub 3/2009. PMID: 19296158.
5. Chen L, Shaw CC, Altunbas MC, Lai CJ, Liu X, Han T, Wang, T. Yang WT, Whitman GJ. Feasibility of volume-of-interest (VOI) scanning technique in cone beam breast CT - a preliminary study. Med Phys 35(8):3482-90, 8/2008. PMID: 18777908.
6. Lai CJ, Shaw CC, Geiser W, Chen L, Arribas E, Stephens T, Davis PL, Ayyar GP, Dogan BE, Nguyen VA, Whitman GJ, Yang WT. Comparison of slot scanning digital mammography system with full-field digital mammography system. Med Phys 35(6):2339-46, 6/2008. PMID: 18649467.
7. Liu X, Shaw CC, Lai CJ, Altunbas MC, Chen L, Han T, Wang T. Scatter rejection and low-contrast performance of a slot-scan digital chest radiography system with electronic aft-collimation: a chest phantom study. Med Phys 35(6):2391-402, 6/2008. PMID: 18649472.
8. Lai CJ, Shaw CC, Chen L, Altunbas MC, Liu X, Han T, Wang T, Yang WT, Whitman GJ, Tu SJ. Visibility of microcalcification in cone beam breast CT: effects of X-ray tube voltage and radiation dose. Med Phys 34(7):2995-3004, 7/2007. PMID: 17822008.
9. Lai CJ, Shaw CC, Whitman GJ, Yang WT, Dempsey PJ, Nguyen V, Ice MF. Receiver operating characteristic analysis for the detection of simulated microcalcifications on mammograms using hardcopy images. Phys Med Biol 51(16):3901-19, 8/2006. PMID: 16885614.
10. Lai CJ, Shaw CC, Whitman GJ, Johnston DA, Yang WT, Selinko V, Arribas E, Dogan B, Kappadath SC. Visibility of simulated microcalcifications--a hardcopy-based comparison of three mammographic systems. Med Phys 32(1):182-94, 1/2005. PMID: 15719969.

Last updated: 11/24/2010