Dershan Luo, PhD

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Yoder, A, Netherton, T, Wang, X, Lim, TY, Wang, C, Luo, D, Wang, C, Thrower, SL, Nguyen, C, Lyu, H, Scally, CP, Roland, CL, Mitra, D, Bishop, AJ, Farooqi, AS, Guadagnolo, BA. The Impact of Radiation Dose to Bowel on the Risk of Developing Gastrointestinal Toxicities When Treating Abdominopelvic Soft-Tissue Sarcomas With Preoperative Radiation Therapy. Advances in Radiation Oncology 11(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026.
2. Pan T, Thomas MA, Lu Y, Luo D. Improving data-driven gated (DDG) PET and CT registration in thoracic lesions: a comparison of AI registration and DDG CT. EJNMMI Phys (2025) 12(87), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41026324.
3. Lim, TY, Luo, D, Moradi-Kurdestany, J, Wang, X, Tailor, RC. Film measurements of kilovoltage x-ray percentage depth doses for different energies and field sizes. British Journal of Radiology 98(1172):1298-1304, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40424360.
4. Yoder A, Netherton T, Wang X, Lim T-Y, Wang H, Luo D, Wang C, Thrower S, Nguyen C, Mitra D, Bishop A J, Farooqi A S, Guadagnolo B A. The impact of tumor location and radiation dose to bowel on the risk of developing gastrointestinal toxicities when treating abdominopelvic soft tissue sarcomas with preoperative radiation therapy. Practical Radiation Oncology. e-Pub 2025.
5. Sun P, Thomas MA, Luo D, Pan T. New full-counts phase-matched data-driven gated (DDG) PET/CT. Med Phys 51(7):4646-4654, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38648671.
6. Sun P, Thomas MA, Luo D, Pan T. Correcting CT misregistration in data-driven gated (DDG) PET with PET self-gating and deformable image registration. Med Phys 51(3):1626-1636, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38285623.
7. Buszek SM, Tran B, Long JP, Luo D, Suki D, Li J, Ferguson S, Chung C. Postoperative Management of Recurrence after Radiosurgery and Surgical Resection for Brain Metastases and Predicting Benefit from Adjuvant Radiation. Practical Radiation Oncology 13(6):e499-e503, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37295724.
8. McGovern SL, Luo D, Johnson J, Nguyen K, Li J, McAleer MF, Yeboa D, Grosshans DR, Ghia AJ, Chung C, Bishop AJ, Song J, Thall PF, Brown PD, Mahajan A. A Prospective Study of Conventionally Fractionated Dose Constraints for Re-Irradiation of Primary Brain Tumors in Adults. Practical Radiation Oncology 13(3):231-238, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36596356.
9. Pan T, Thomas MA, Luo D. Data-driven gated CT: An automated respiratory gating method to enable data-driven gated PET/CT. Medical Physics 49(6):3597-3611, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35324002.
10. Xu Q, Kubicek G, Mulvihill D, Goldman W, Eastwick G, Turtz A, Fan J, Luo D. Evaluating the Impact of Prescription Isodose Line (IDL) on Plan Quality Using Gamma Knife Inverse Planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys 22(9):289-297, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34402582.
11. Thrower SL, Al Feghali KA, Luo D, Paddick I, Hou P, Briere T, Li J, McAleer MF, McGovern SL, Woodhouse KD, Yeboa DN, Brock KK, Chung C. The Effect of Slice Thickness on Contours of Brain Metastases for Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Advances in Radiation Oncology 6(4):100708, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34124413.
12. Pan T, Lu Y, Thomas MA, Liao Z, Luo D. New Data-Driven Gated PET/CT Free of Misregistration Artifacts. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(5):1638-1646, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33186619.
13. Han EY, Diagaradjane P, Luo D, Ding Y, Kalaitzakis G, Zoros E, Zourari K, Boursianis T, Pappas E, Wen Z, Wang J, Briere TM. Validation of PTV margin for Gamma Knife Icon frameless treatment using a PseudoPatient® Prime anthropomorphic phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(9):278-285, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32786141.
14. Xu Q, Kubicek G, Mulvihill D, Eastwick G, Goldman H, Turtz AR, Fan J, Luo D. Tuning-Target-Guided Inverse Planning of Brain Tumors with Abutting Organs at Risk during Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Cureus 12(8):e9585, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32923191.
15. Xu Q, Luo D, Mulvihill D, Goldman W, Turtz A, Kubicek GJ. Dosimetric Comparison of Inverse and Forward Planning for Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases. Medical Dosimetry 45(4):317-320, 2020. PMID: 32522429.
16. Baltz GC, Briere T, Luo D, Howell R, Krafft S, Han EY. 3D-Printed Headrest for Frameless Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Design and Validation. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(9):6-15, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32603542.
17. Luo D, Han EY, Wen Z, Mackin DS, Krafft SP, Li J, Wang X, Briere TM. Technical Note: Use of uniform shots for robust planning of mask-based treatment in Gamma Knife Icon. Physica Medica 73:135-157, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32361402.
18. Pan T, Hasegawa A, Luo D, Wu CC, Vikram R. Technical Note: Impact on central frequency and noise magnitude ratios by advanced CT image reconstruction techniques. Med Phys 47(2):480-487, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31778233.
19. Pan EY, Luo D, Pan T. Brief Report: Potential effects of low-dose average CT on cardiac implantable electronic devices. J Nucl Cardiol 26(4):1161-1165, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 29344923.
20. Han EY, Luo D, Kim JO, Tharp K, Wen Z, Briere TM. Dosimetric validation of the Gamma Knife® IconTM plan adaptation and high-definition motion management system with a motorized anthropomorphic head phantom. Jour. of Radiosurgery and SBRT 6(3):217-226, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31998542.
21. Jensen GL, Wu H, Luo D, Ho JC, Allen PK, Briere TM, Brown PD, Li J. Use of three pins in Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases. Jour. of Radiosurgery and SBRT 6(3):209-216, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31998541.
22. Wang H, Yang JN, Zhang X, Li J, Frank SJ, Zhao Z, Luo D, Zhu X, Wang C, Tung S, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Ghia AJ, Reddy JP, Raza SM, Monte FD, Chambers MS, Brown PD, Su S, Phan J. Treatment-Plan Comparison of Three Advanced Radiation Treatment Modalities for Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck. Int. J. Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology 8(2):106-120, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
23. Wang X, Yang J, Zhao Z, Luo D, Court L, Zhang Y, Weksberg D, Brown PD, Li J, Ghia AJ. Dosimetric impact of esophagus motion in single fraction spine stereotactic body radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 64(11):115010, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31018191.
24. Han EY, Wang H, Luo D, Li J, Wang X. Dosimetric comparison of fractionated radiosurgery plans using frameless Gamma Knife ICON and CyberKnife systems with linear accelerator-based radiosurgery plans for multiple large brain metastases. J Neurosurg 132(5):1473-1479, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30952125.
25. Phan J, Pollard C, Brown PD, Guha-Thakurta N, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Frank SJ, Gunn GB, Morrison WH, Ho JC, Li J, Ghia AJ, Yang JN, Luo D, Wang HC, Su SY, Raza SM, Gidley PW, Hanna EY, DeMonte F. Stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal pain secondary to recurrent malignant skull base tumors. Journal of Neurosurgery 130(3):1-10, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29701557.
26. Wang X, Zhao Z, Luo D, Yang JN, Yang J, Chang EL, Brown PD, Li J, McAleer MF, Ghia AJ. Submillimeter alignment of more than three contiguous vertebrae in spinal SRS/SBRT with 6-degree couch. J Appl Clin Med Phys 18(5):225-236, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28786235.
27. Pan T, Martin RM, Luo D. New prospective 4D-CT for mitigating the effects of irregular respiratory motion. Phys Med Biol 62(15):N350-N361, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28715346.
28. Ho JC, Luo D, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson SD, Ghia AJ, Yang JN, Brown PD, Voong KR. Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Using Only 3 Pins. Neurosurgery 78(6):877-82, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26488329.
29. Wang H, Wang C, Tung S, Dimmitt AW, Wong PF, Edson MA, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD, Gunn GB, Takiar V, Wang XA, Luo D, Yang JN, Wong J, Phan J. Improved setup and positioning accuracy using a three-point customized cushion/mask/bite-block immobilization system for stereotactic reirradiation of head and neck cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 17(3):6038, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27167275.
30. Wang X, Ghia AJ, Zhao Z, Yang J, Luo D, Briere TM, Pino R, Li J, Mcaleer MF, Weksberg DC, Chang EL, Brown PD, Yang JN. Prospective evaluation of target and spinal cord motion and dosimetric changes with respiration in spinal stereotactic body radiation therapy utilizing 4-D CT. J Radiosurgery and SBRT 4(3):191-201, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
31. Voong KR, Farnia B, Wang Q, Luo D, McAleer MF, Rao G, Guha-Thakurta N, Likhacheva A, Ghia AJ, Brown PD, Li J. Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of brainstem metastases: The MD Anderson experience. Neurooncol Pract 2(1):40-47, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26034640.
32. Riegel AC, Bucci MK, Mawlawi OR, Ahmad M, Luo D, Chandler A, Pan T. Defining internal target volume using positron emission tomography for radiation therapy planning of moving lung tumors. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(1):279-289, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24423860.
33. Faught AM, Kry SF, Luo D, Molineu A, Bellezza D, Gerber RL, Davidson SE, Bosch W, Drzymala RE, Galvin J, Timmerman R, Sheehan J, Gillin MT, Ibbott GS, Followill DS. Development of a modified head and neck quality assurance phantom for use in stereotactic radiosurgery trials. J Appl Clin Med Phys 14(4):4313, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23835394.
34. Pan T, Riegel AC, Ahmad MU, Sun X, Chang JY, Luo D. New weighted maximum-intensity-projection images from cine CT for delineation of the lung tumor plus motion. Med Phys 40(6):061901, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23718592.
35. Likhacheva A, Pinnix CC, Parikh NR, Allen PK, McAleer MF, Chiu MS, Sulman EP, Mahajan A, Guha-Thakurta N, Prabhu SS, Cahill DP, Luo D, Shiu AS, Brown PD, Chang EL. Predictors of Survival in Contemporary Practice After Initial Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85(3):656-61, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 22898384.
36. Likhacheva A, Pinnix CC, Parikh N, Allen PK, Guha-Thakurta N, McAleer M, Sulman EP, Mahajan A, Shiu A, Luo D, Chiu M, Brown PD, Prabhu SS, Chang EL. Validation of Recursive Partitioning Analysis and Diagnosis-Specific Graded Prognostic Assessment in patients treated initially with radiosurgery alone. J Neurosurg 117 Suppl:38-44, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23205787.
37. Weksberg DC, Palmer MB, Vu KN, Rebueno NC, Sharp HJ, Luo D, Yang JN, Shiu AS, Rhines LD, McAleer MF, Brown PD, Chang EL. Generalizable Class Solutions for Treatment Planning of Spinal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84(3):847-53, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22445000.
38. Luo D, Pan T. SU-D-217A-06: Impact of Anterior-Posterior (AP) and Posterior-Anterior (PA) Scout Scans on the CT Radiation Dose in the Whole Body PET/CT Scan. Med Phys 39(6Part3):3621, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28517389.
39. Faught A, Kry S, Luo D, Molineu A, Bellezza D, Gerber R, Davidson S, Bosch W, Galvin J, Drzymala R, Timmerman R, Sheehan J, Gillin M, Ibbott G, Followill D. SU-E-T-190: Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Modified, Anthropomorphic, Head, Quality Assurance Phantom for Use in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Med Phys 39(6Part12):3746-3747, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28517809.
40. Pulliam KB, Howell RM, Followill D, Luo D, White RA, Kry SF. The clinical impact of the couch top and rails on IMRT and arc therapy. Phys Med Biol 56(23):7435-47, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22056949.
41. Du W, Yang J, Luo D, Martel M. A simple method to quantify the coincidence between portal image graticules and radiation field centers or radiation isocenter. Med Phys 37(5):2256-63, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20527559.
42. Riegel AC, Bucci MK, Mawlawi O, Johnson V, Ahmad M, Sun X, Luo D, Chandler A, Pan T. Target definition of moving lung tumors in positron emission tomography: Correlation of optimal activity concentration thresholds with object size, motion extent, and source-to-background ratio. Medical Physics 37(4):1742-52, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20443495.
43. McCurdy M, McAleer MF, Wei W, Ezhil M, Johnson V, Khan M, Baker J, Luo D, Ajani J, Guerrero T. Induction and Concurrent Taxanes Enhance both the Pulmonary Metabolic Radiation Response and the Radiation Pneumonitis Response in Patients with Esophagus Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76(3):816-823, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 19525073.
44. Du W, Yang JN, Chang EL, Luo D, McAleer MF, Shiu A, Martel MK. A Quality Assurance Procedure to Evaluate Cone-beam CT Image Center Congruence with the Radiation Isocenter of a Linear Accelerator. J Appl Clin Med Phys 11(4):3297, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21081890.
45. Hart JP, McCurdy MR, Ezhil M, Wei W, Khan M, Luo D, Munden RF, Johnson VE, Guerrero TM. Radiation pneumonitis: correlation of toxicity with pulmonary metabolic radiation response. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4):967-71, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18495373.
46. Chi PC, Mawlawi O, Luo D, Liao Z, Macapinlac HA, Pan T. Effects of respiration-averaged computed tomography on positron emission tomography/computed tomography quantification and its potential impact on gross tumor volume delineation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(3):890-9, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18514781.
47. Pan T, Sun X, Luo D. Improvement of the cine-CT based 4D-CT imaging. Med Phys 34(11):4499-503, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18072515.
48. Guerrero T, Johnson V, Hart J, Pan T, Khan M, Luo D, Liao Z, Ajani J, Stevens C, Komaki R. Radiation pneumonitis: local dose versus [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake response in irradiated lung. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(4):1030-5, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17398033.
49. Liu HH, Balter P, Tutt T, Choi B, Zhang J, Wang C, Chi M, Luo D, Pan T, Hunjan S, Starkschall G, Rosen I, Prado K, Liao Z, Chang J, Komaki R, Cox JD, Mohan R, Dong L. Assessing Respiration-Induced Tumor Motion and Internal Target Volume Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(2):531-540, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17398035.
50. Chi PC, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Balter PA, Luo D, Mohan R, Pan T. Design of respiration averaged CT for attenuation correction of the PET data from PET/CT. Med Phys 34(6):2039-2047, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17654907.
51. Starkschall G, Desai N, Balter P, Prado K, Luo D, Cody D, Pan T. Quantitative assessment of four-dimensional computed tomography image acquisition quality. J Appl Clin Med Phys 8(3):2362, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17712299.
52. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Luo D, Liu HH, Chi PC, Mar MV, Gladish G, Truong M, Erasmus J, Jr, Liao Z, Macapinlac HA. Attenuation correction of PET cardiac data with low-dose average CT in PET/CT. Med Phys 33(10):3931-8, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17089855.
53. Chi PC, Balter P, Luo D, Mohan R, Pan T. Relation of external surface to internal tumor motion studied with cine CT. Med Phys 33(9):3116-3123, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 17022203.
54. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Luo D, Liu HH, Castillo R, Mohan R, Liao Z, Macapinlac HA. Attenuation correction of PET images with respiration-averaged CT images in PET/CT. J Nucl Med 46(9):1481-1487, 2005. e-Pub 2005. PMID: 16157531.
55. Pan TS, Luo DS, Kohli V, King MA. Influence of OSEM, elliptical orbits and background activity on SPECT 3D resolution recovery. Phys Med Biol 42(12):2517-29, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9434304.
56. Xia W, Glick SJ, Pan TS, Soares EJ, Luo D-S. Region of Interest Evaluation of SPECT Image Reconstruction Methods Using a Realistic Brain Phantom. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 44(3):1336-41, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
57. Luo D-S, King MA, Morgan HT, Pan T-S, Xia W, Pretorius PH, Case JA. Investigations into Possible Causes of Hot Inferior Wall Artifacts in Attenuation Corrected Cardiac Perfusion Images. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 44(3):1146-53, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
58. King MA, Pan TS, Luo DS. An Investigation of Aliasing with Gaussian Diffusion Modeling of SPECT System Spatial Resolution. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 44(3):1375-80, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
59. Pan TS, King MA, Luo DS, Dahlberg ST, Villegas BJ. Estimation of attenuation maps from scatter and photopeak window single photon-emission computed tomographic images of technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi. J Nucl Cardiol 4(1 Pt 1):42-51, 1997. e-Pub 1997. PMID: 9138839.
60. Luo DS, King MA, T-S P, Xia W. Evaluation of the Effects of Patient Arm Attenuation in SPECT Cardiac Perfusion Imaging. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 43(6):3291-99, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
61. Pretorius PH, King MA, Glick SJ, Pan TS, Luo DS. Reducing the Effect of Non-Stationary Resolution on Activity Quantitation with the Frequency Distance Relationship in SPECT. IEEE Trans Nuclear Science 43(6):3335-41, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
62. King MA, Luo D, Dahlberg ST, Villegas BJ, Penney BC, Morgan HT. Transmission imaging of large attenuators using a slant hole collimator on a three-headed SPECT system. Med Phys 23(2):263-72, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8668108.
63. Luo DS, Yagle AE. A Kalman Filtering Approach to Stochastic Global and Region-of-Interest Tomography. IEEE Trans Image Process 5(3):471-9, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 18285132.
64. Case JA, Pan TS, King MA, Luo DS, Penney BC, Rabin MSZ. Reduction of Truncation Artifacts in Fan Beam Transmission Imaging Using a Spatially Varying Gamma Prior. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 42(6):2260-65, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
65. Pan TS, King MA, Penney BC, Rajeevan N, Luo DS, Case JA. Reduction of Truncation Artifacts in Fan Beam Transmission by Using Parallel Beam Emission Data. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 42(4):1310-20, 1995. e-Pub 1995.
66. Luo DS, King MA, Glick SJ. Local Geometry Variable Conductance Diffusion for Post-reconstruction Filtering. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 41(6):2800-6, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
67. Glick SJ, deVries DJ, Luo DS, King MA. Distance-Dependent Restoration Filtering of Dual Photopeak Window Scatter Compensated SPECT Images. IEEE Trans. Nuclear Science 41(6):2787-92, 1994. e-Pub 1994.
68. Sulieman M, Mejia E, Montemayor S, Kramer B, Phan J, Luo D, Weiliang D, Wang X. Magnitude and potential predictor of dosimetric uncertainties associated with beam modeling and calculation for complex HN SBRT plans. Medical Dosimetry.
69. Wang X, Wang C, Wang H, Luo D, Du W, Phan J. An investigation of dosimetric uncertainties associated with beam modeling and calculation for complex HN SBRT plans. Practical Radiation Oncology.

Review Articles

1. Pan, T, Luo, D. Data-driven gated positron emission tomography/computed tomography for radiotherapy. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 31, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39040434.

Professional Educational Materials

1. Luo D, Briere TM. Gamma Knife Dosimetrist Training Plan. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2022.
2. Luo D. Generating Octavius IMRT QA report using VeriSoft. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2020.
3. Luo D, Du W, Nguyen A, Balter P. Exactrac Remote Setup. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2020.
4. Luo D. Exactrac Orientation Chart. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2014.
5. Luo D, Pan T. How to Make Square MR using AW workstation. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2014.
6. Balter P, Luo D. Procedures for 4DCT / PET-4DCT Simulation. Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2006.

Other Articles

1. D-S L, Williams JJ, Limkeman MK, Cook MJ, Oswalt EL, Feilen MP, McDaniel DL Crystal-Based Coincidence Timing Calibration for PET Scanner. Conference Record of the 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Norfolk, VA, 2002.
2. Granfors PR, Albagli D, Tkaczyk EJ, Aufrichtig R, Netel H, Brunst G, Boudry JM, Luo DS Performance of a Flat-Panel Cardiac Detector. Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, Physics of Medical Imaging 4320:77-86, 2001.
3. D-S L, King MA, Morgan HT, T--S P, Xia W, Pretorius PH, Case JA Investigations into Possible Causes of Hot Inferior Wall Artifacts in Attenuation Corrected Cardiac Perfusion Images. Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Anaheim, CA:1062-66, 1996.
4. King MA, T-S P, D-S L Fast Spatial-Domain Convolution which Accounts for System Spatial Resolution. Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Anaheim, CA:1653-7, 1996.
5. D-S L, King MA, T-S P, Xia W Evaluation of the Effects of Patient Arm Attenuation in Cardiac Perfusion Imaging. Conference Record of the 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1995.
6. Case JA, King MA, D-S L, Soares EJ, Rabin MSZ Determination of Concave Body Outlines from SPECT Projection Data. Conference Record of the 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA:944-8, 1995.
7. T-S P, D-S L, King MA Design of an Efficient 3-D Projector and Backprojector Pair for SPECT. Proceedings of the 1995 International Meeting on Fully 3-D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France:181-5, 1995.
8. D-S L, T-S P, King MA, Xia W Investigation of the Use of Conjugate Views to Correct for Truncation in SPECT. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Abstract Book 36:40P, 1995.
9. D-S L, King MA Combination of Butterworth and Variable Conductance Diffusion Approach for Filtered Back-Projection Reconstructions. Proc. of SPIE Medical Imaging, Image Processing 2434, San Diego, CA:636-47, 1995.
10. King MA, Luo DS, Dahlberg ST, Penney BC, Morgan HT Transmission and Emission SPECT Imaging of Attenuator and Source Distributions Larger than the Camera Field of View. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Abstract Book 35:92P, 1994.
11. D-S L, Glick SJ, King MA, T-S P Incremental Restoration of SPECT Images. Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA:1662-6, 1993.
12. D-S L, King MA, Glick SJ Local Geometry Variable Conductance Diffusion for Post-reconstruction Filtering. Conference Record of the 1993 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA:1667-71, 1993.
13. Mardirossian G, Matsushita T, D-S L, Clune T, Botz E, Brill AB Calibration of X-ray Fluorescence Thyroid Imaging Measurement System. Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL:1345-7, 1992.
14. D-S L, Glick SJ, King MA, Byrne CL Post-reconstruction Filtering of SPECT Images by Variable Conductance Diffusion. Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Orlando, FL:1041-43, 1992.
15. D-S L, A-E Y A Kalman Filtering Approach to Stochastic Tomography. Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico:2038-42, 1991.
16. D-S L, Yagle AE A Kalman Filtering Approach to Stochastic Tomography. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Toronto, Canada:2589-92, 1991.
17. D-S L, Yagle AE Lattice Algorithms Applied to the Blind Deconvolution Problem. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Glasgow, Scotland:2341-4, 1989.
18. D-S L, C-T P An Optimal Speed Controller for Current-Fed Induction Motor Drive Systems. Proc. National Symposium on Automatic Control, (Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.), 1986.

Abstracts

1. Pan T, Zhao GZ, Luo D. New Data-Driven Gated (DDG) PET/CT for Radiation Treatment Planning of NSCLC. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 117(2, Supplement):S87-S88, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
2. Yoder A, Netherton T, Wang X, Lim T-Y, Wang H, Luo D, Wang C, Thrower S, Nguyen C, Mitra D, Bishop A J, Farooqi A S, Guadagnolo B A. The impact of tumor location and radiation dose to bowel on the risk of developing gastrointestinal toxicities when treating abdominopelvic soft tissue sarcomas with preoperative radiation therapy. CTOS 2023 Durblin, Ireland, November 1-4, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
3. Pan T, Luo D. Development of a new automated data-driven gated (DDG) CT for radiation treatment planning. Radiotherapy and Oncology 170(Supplement 1):S48, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
4. Thrower S, Al Feghali KA, Luo D, Paddick I, Brock KK, Chung C. MR Slice Thickness Impacts Detection and Delineation of Brain Metastases for Treatment Determination, Radiosurgery Treatment Planning and Follow-Up. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 108(3, Supplement):e680, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
5. Diagaradjane, P, Han EY, Luo D, Ding Y, Kalaitzakis G, Zoros E, Zourari K, Boursianis T, Papps E, Wen Z, Wang J, Briere TM. PTV Margins for Gamma Knife Icon Frameless Treatment: A Validation Study. Medical Physics 47(6):e835, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
6. Luo D, Han E, Wang X, Briere TM. Use of non-composite shots for robust planning in Gamma Knife Icon mask-based treatment. ISRS 2019 Oral Presentation:B32-5 # 17882, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
7. Han EY, Luo D, Kim JO, Tharp K, Wen Z, Briere TM. End-To-End Test of the Gamma Knife Icon Plan Adaptation and High Definition Motion Management System Using a Motorized Anthropomorphic Head Phantom. Medical Physics 46(6):e202, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
8. Chetvertkov M, Luo D, Briere T. Evaluation of the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Clinical Workload at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Medical Physics 45(6):e200, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
9. Luo D, Wang X, Han E, Wen Z, Briere TM, Yang JN, Pan T. Comparison of Conventional CT and Dual Energy CT on Metal Artifact Reduction for pacemaker patients in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Medical Physics 44(6):2817, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
10. Wang X, Wang H, Luo D, Briere T, Han E, Wen Z, Zhao G, Yang J, Li J, McAleer M, Bishop A, Ghia A. Using Customized Headrest to Increase the Reproducibility of C-Spine Curvature in Spinal SBRT. Medical Physics 44(6):2778, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
11. Wen Z, Wang X, Luo D, Han E, Briere T, Yang J. Small Field Spine Radiosurgery IMRT QA with Octavius 4D: Chamber Comparison and Beam Model Assessment. Medical Physics 44(6):2950, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
12. Wang X, Rao G, Li J, McAleer M, McGovern S, Ghia A, Sulman E, Brown P, Ferguson S, Heimberger A, Lang Jr F, McCutcheon I, Prabhu S, Sawaya R, Weinberger J, Ahmed S, Luo D, Mahajan A. Pattern of Failure after Resection and Post-Operative Radiosurgery to the Surgical Cavity. Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT 5(Supplement 1):15, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
13. Luo D, Guha-Thakurta N, Wang X, Han E, Wang H, Li J, Pan T. Metal artifact reduction with Dual Energy CT for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in pacemaker patients. Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT 5(Supplement 1):44, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
14. Luo D, Hou P, H-LA L, Stafford JR, Wang, J, Wen Z, Jackson EF, Pan T, Yang JN. MRI Spatial Distortion Test for Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. 18th Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, May 15-19, 2016 e-Poster:p.215, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
15. Phan J, Wang H, Brown P, Garden A, Rosenthal D, Zhao Z, Luo D, Wang C, Tung S, Gunn B, Li J, Ghia A, Frank S, Yang J. Gamma Knife, Linac Photons, or Protons? Treatment Planning Comparison for Skull Base Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery. 18th Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, May 15-19, 2016 Oral Presentation:p.57, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
16. Mahajan A, Weinberg J, Guha N, Popovich S, Herzog C, Khatua S, Luo D, McAleer MF. Instittutional Experience of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pediatric Patients. 18th Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, May 15-19, 2016 e-Poster:p.83, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
17. Phan J, Brown P, Guha-Thakurta N, Rosenthal D, Garden A, Gunn G, Fuller C, Li J, Ghia A, Yang J, Luo D, Su S, Hanna E, Demonte F. Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia Secondary to Recurrent Skull Base Malignancies. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base 77(S 01):A119, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
18. Zhao Z, Yang JN, Wang X, Luo D, Briere TM, McAleer MF, Li J, Brown PD, Ghia AJ. Evaluation of Intrafraction Motion in 1000 Fractions of Spine Stereotactic Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(3S):Supplement, E607-E608, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
19. Phan J, Yang JN, Ghia AJ, Brown PD, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Wang C, Tung S, Luo D, Wang H. Dosimetric Comparison of Gamma Knife Extend to Linear Accelerator Base Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Plans for Fractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(3S):Supplement, E615-E616, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
20. Pham C, Alvarez P, Kry S, Luo D, Stingo F, Followill D. Characterization of OSLDs for Use in Small Field Photon Beam Dosimetry. Medical Physics 40(6):216, SU-E-T-56, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
21. Luo D, Eley JG, Newhauser WD, Brown PD. The effect of lesion location and head size on Gamma Plan treatment time. The 3rd Asian Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, Nov. 15-18, 2012 D-2:p. 42, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
22. Faught A, Kry S, Luo D, Molineu A, Bellezza D, Gerber R, Davidson S, Bosch W, Galvin J, Drzymala R, Timmerman R, Sheehan J, Gillin M, Ibbott G, Followill D. Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Modified, Anthropomorphic, Head, Quality Assurance Phantom for Use in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Medical Physics 39(6):3746, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
23. Luo D, Pan T. Impact of Anterior‐Posterior (AP) and Posterior‐Anterior (PA) Scout Scans on the CT Radiation Dose in the Whole Body PET/CT Scan. Medical Physics 39(6):3621, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
24. Luo D, Eley JG, Newhauser WD, Brown PD. Optimizing GammaPlan treatment time. 16th Int'l Leksell Gamma Knife Society Meeting, March 25-29, 2012 P-PH-288:p. 86, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
25. Luo D, Eley J, Du W, Shiu A, Chang E, Brown P, Newhauser W. Should Treatment Time Be Included in Assessing the Quality of a Gamma Plan?. Med. Phys 38(6):3543, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
26. Pulliam K, Howell R, Followill D, Luo D, White R, Kry S. Clinical Impact of Couch Top and Couch Rails on Treatment Dose for IMRT and Arc Therapy. Med. Phys 38(6):3592, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
27. Faught A, Kry S, Luo D, Molineu A, Galvin J, Drzymala R, Timmerman R, Sheehan J, Gillin M, Ibbott G, Followill D. Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Modified, Anthropomorphic, Head and Neck, Quality Assurance Phantom for Use in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Medical Physics 38(6):3526, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
28. Vu KN, Palmer M, Rebueno N, Luo D, Chang E. Dosimetric Benchmarks Utilizing a Planning CTV (pCTV) Concept Based on Achievable Dose Gradients from 91 patients Treated with Intensity Modulated Stereotactic Spine Radiation Therapy (IMSRT). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 78(3):Supplement 1, S783-S784, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
29. Li Y, Li X, Luo D, Quan EM, Pan T, Sahoo N, Chang JY, Mohan R, Zhang X. A Novel Inverse Planning Strategy for Dose Escalation with PET Image Guidance in RT of NSCLC. Med. Phys 37(6):3211, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
30. Luo D, Mawlawi O, Vicic M, Balter PA, Martel MK, Pan T. A New Clinical Utility for Tumor Delineation using SUV of PET images in Treatment Planning. ITART June 21-22, 2010:PO-QI-5, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
31. Yang JN, Du W, Li H, Luo D, McAleer MF, Martel MK, Gillin MT, Chang EL. Accurate Spine SBRT Setup with Properly Aligned MV and CBCT Image Systems. Med. Phys 37(6):3311, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
32. Du W, Yang JN, Chang EL, Luo D, McAleer MF, Shiu A, Martel MK. Congruence of Cone-Beam CT Image Center with the Radiation Isocenter of a Linear Accelerator. Med. Phys 37(6):3162, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
33. Pan T, Riegel AC, Luo D, Mawlawi O, Rohren E. New PET/CT quantification strategies for treatment response assessment of the lung lesion. ITART June 21-22, 2010:TU-B-BRM-4, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
34. Du W, Yang J, Luo D, Martel M. Computerized Method for Quantifying the Alignment of Mechanical Or Digital Graticules Relative to Radiation Fields Using Electronic Portal Images. Medical Physics 36:2512, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
35. Pan T, Sun X, Luo D. A New Cost-effective and Workflow-efficient Amplitude-binning 4DCT. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 72(1):S622, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
36. Pan T, Chang JY, Riegel AC, Ahmad MU, Sun X, Luo D. New Weighted Maximum-Intensity-Projection (MIP) Images for Assessing Tumor Motion in the Thorax Without a Respiratory Surrogate. Medical Physics 35(6):2710-2711, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
37. Hart JP, Guerrero T, Johnson V, Khan M, Luo D, Pan T, Ajani J, Travis EL, Komaki R, Liao Z. Radiation Pneumonitis: Correlation of Clinical Toxicity With Pulmonary [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake Dose Response. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 69:S155, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
38. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Chi P, Luo D, Yeung H, Macapinlac H. Comparison of two implementations of average CT for attenuation correction of PET data in GE PET/CT. J Nuc Med 48:95P, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
39. Chi PM, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Luo D, Balter P, Mohan R, Pan T. New respiration-averaged CT without 4D-CT for attenuation correction of the PET data on PET/CT. J Nuc Med 47:53P, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
40. Pan T, Hamill JJ, Luo D, Mawlawi O, Macapinlac HA. PET imaging of the thorax with attenuation correction by time-averaging and attenuation-averaging of CT data from 4DCT. J Nuc Med 47:192P, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
41. Kudchadker R, Tolani N, Luo D, Kendall R, Mason B, Steadham R, Kanke J, Rosen I, Gillin M, Prado K. Evaluation and Commissioning of K&S Associates Inc. Diamond Monitor Unit Calculation Software. Medical Physics 33:2098, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
42. Starkschall G, Desai N, Balter P, Prado K, Luo D, Cody D, Pan T. Assessment of Four-Dimensional CT Image Acquisition Quality. Medical Physics 33:1986, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
43. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Chi PM, Luo D, Truong M, Erasmus J, Macapinlac HA. Attenuation correction of cardiac PET data with respiration-averaged CT on PET/CT. J Nuc. Med 47:385P, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
44. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Chi PM, Luo D, Truong M, Erasmus J, Macapinlac HA. New low-dose cine CT for quantitation of the PET data in the thorax on PET/CT. J Nuc. Med 47:395P, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
45. Hunjan SS, Balter P, Rosen I, Starkschall G, Prado K, Vedam S, Luo D, Liu H, Mohan R. Correlation Between External Fiducial and Internal Tumor Position During Breath-Hold CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66:S142-S143, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
46. Pan T, Luo D, Liu HH, Mawlawi O, Chi PM, Chang JY, Liao Z, Mohan R, Komaki R, Macapinlac HA. Improving Tumor Localization and Standard Uptake Value Quantitation of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Esophageal Cancer Patients by New Respiration-Averaged CT in PET/CT Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66:S468-S469, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
47. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Luo D, Balter P, Hunjan S, Liu HH, Prado K, Mohan R, Macapinlac HA. H.A. Attenuation correction of PET emission data with average CT for PET/CT. Soc of Nuc Med Conf:327, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
48. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh SA, Erdi YE, Luo D, Balter P, Hunjan S, Liu HH, Prado K, Mohan R, Macapinlac HA. Tumor quantitation in the thorax with average CT and helical CT on PET/CT. Soc of Nuc Med Conf:312, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
49. Pan T, Mawlawi O, Nehmeh S, Erdi Y, Luo D, Liu H, Hunjan S, Balter P, Prado K, Mohan R, Macapinlac H. A New Method for Improving PET and CT Registration in the Thorax On PET/CT. Medical Physics 32:1943, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
50. Chi P, Pan T, Balter P, Luo D, Mohan R. Using CT Cine Data as An Alternative Method for Respiratory Phase Analysis and a Potential Method for Tumor Motion Study. Medical Physics 32:1927, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
51. Balter P, Luo D, Chi P, Choi B, Dong L, Hunjan S, Mohan R, Pan T, Zhang J, Prado K. A Comparision of 4DCT with Breath-Hold CT for Determination of Tumor Motion with Respiration. Medical Physics 32:1919, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
52. Liu H, Wei X, Jang S, Jauregui M, Dong L, Balter P, Luo D, Pan T, Hunjan S, Starkschall G, Rosen I, Prado K, Liao Z, Chang J, Komaki R, Mohan R. Impact of Respiratory Motion On Dose Distributions and DVHs of Thoracic Structures — Evaluation Using 4DCT. Medical Physics 32:1924, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
53. Hunjan S, Rosen I, Balter PA, Prado K, Luo D, Starkschall G, Liu H, Stevens C, Mohan R. Characterization of Breathing Patterns of Patients undergoing Respiratory-Correlated Imaging. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Physics 23:S207-S208, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
54. Liu H, Choi B, Zhang J, Tutt T, Chi M, Wang C, Luo D, Prado K, Mohan R, Dong L, Balter P. Assessing Respiration-Induced Tumor Motion and Margin of Internal Target Volume for Image-Guided Radiotherapy of Lung Cancers. International Journal of Radiation Oncol Biol Phy 63:S30, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
55. Wang H-C A, Luo D, Pino R. Comparing Leakage Doses between Three Gamma Knife Icon Machines. AAPM 63rd Annual Meeting July 25-29, 2021 ePoster PO-GePV-T-161.
56. Luo D, Han EY, McAleer MF, Briere TM. Comparison of three cushion types for Gamma Knife Icon Mask Treatment. AAPM 63rd Annual Meeting July 25-29, 2021 ePoster PO-GePV-T-58.
57. Wang H-C, Teh B S, Pino R, Bulter EB, Luo D. Analysis of CBCT registrations for re-setup Gamma Knife® G-frame patients. ESTRO 2024 Glasgow, UK, May 3-7, 2024.
58. Wang X, Thrower SL, Luo D, Bishop AJ, Mitra D, Guadagnolo A, Farooqi AS. Markerless real-time verification of tumor location for SBRT of sarcoma and melanoma metastases to the lung. ESTRO 2024 Glasgow, UK, May 3-7, 2024.
59. Wang H-C, Teh B S, Pino R, Bulter EB, Luo D. Should we switch to convolution algorithm when treating AVMs embolized with Onyx?. ESTRO 2024 Glasgow, UK, May 3-7, 2024.
60. Mitchell D, Buszek SM, Tran B, Liu H-L A, Luo D, Ferguson S, Chung C. Classification of Tumor Progression and Radiation Necrosis following Gamma Knife for Brain Metastases using Radiomic Features and Clinical Variables. AAPM 63rd Annual Meeting July 25-29, 2021 Interactive ePoster WE-IePD-TRACK 2-6 (7/28/2021 3:00-3:30 PM).
61. Pan T, Luo D. Respiratory gated planning of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with new data-driven gated (DDG) PET/CT. ESTRO 2024 Glasgow, UK, May 3-7, 2024.
62. Wang H-C, Hsiao K-Y, Teh B S, Faraji A, Davidov V, Luo D. How re-docking affects patients’ setup for Gamma Knife® Leksell Vantage frame: An analysis of CBCT registrations. LGKS 2025 Stockholm, Sweden, October 19-21, 2025.

Patents

1. Pan T, Mawlawii O, Luo D, Kohlmyer S, P Hurley AD. System, Program Product, and Method for Attenuation Correction of Emission Data on PET/CT and SPECT/CT. Patent Number: 7,787,675.