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      Moiz Ahmad Image

      Moiz Ahmad, Ph.D.

      Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging

      About Dr. Moiz U. Ahmad

      Bio statement

      Dr. Moiz Ahmad is a medical physicist, certified by the American Board of Radiology and licensed in Texas for diagnostic medical physics. He supports quality control in interventional radiology and mammography.

      Dr. Ahmad’s primary research interests are: development of computed tomography technologies; and novel informatics-based approaches in quality control of medical imaging. Dr. Ahmad completed his doctoral dissertation in 2012 with a focus on improvements in image reconstruction for image-guided motion management in radiation therapy. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in 2016 with a focus on novel x-ray fluorescence imaging instrumentation and photon-counting flat-panel instrumentation.

      Dr. Ahmad serves on multiple departmental committees, is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and a regular reviewer for two peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is a faculty member of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) and lectures in a course in the Medical Physics program. He serves on the GSBS Medical Physics program's standing PhD Candidacy Examination Committee and regularly serves on students' PhD candidacy exams.

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      Present Title & Affiliation

      Primary Appointment

      Associate Professor, Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

      Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

      Associate Professor, Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

      Education & Training

      Degree-Granting Education

      2013The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, US, Medical Physics, Ph.D
      2005The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, US, Physics, BS
      2005The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, US, Electrical Engineering, BS

      Postgraduate Training

      2015-2016Research Fellowship, Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
      2013-2015Research Fellowship, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California

      Licenses & Certifications

      2018Medical Physics - Diagnostic
      2018The American Board of Radiology

      Experience & Service

      Faculty Academic Appointments

      Assistant Professor, Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2023

      Assistant Professor, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019

      Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

      Patient Safety and Quality Officer, Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present

      Other Professional Positions

      Medical Physics Journal Board of Associate Editors, Medical Physics Journal, 2025 - Present

      American College of Radiology Dose Index Registry CT Subcommittee, American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, 2022 - Present

      Extramural Institutional Committee Activities

      Member, Junior Faculty Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2023

      Editorial Activities

      Associate Editor, Medical physics, 2025 - Present

      Honors & Awards

      2018 - 2019Dean's Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine

      Professional Memberships

      American Association of Physicists in Medicine

      2017

      Selected Presentations & Talks

      Local Presentations

      1. 2018. Point-counterpoint: The future of medical physics (invited). Conference. Point-counterpoint: The future of medical physics (invited). Houston, TX, US.

      Regional Presentations

      1. 2023. Advances in Informatics-Based Quality Control in Diagnostic Radiology (invited). Conference. Advances in Informatics-Based Quality Control in Diagnostic Radiology (invited). Austin, TX, US.
      2. 2021. Automatic Noise Measurements in Clinical CT Imaging (invited). Conference. Automatic Noise Measurements in Clinical CT Imaging (invited). (virtual), US.

      National Presentations

      1. 2024. Patient-specific NEQ (f): Automatic local and global determination of spatial-frequency-dependent SNR and task performance in clinical CT. Conference. Patient-specific NEQ (f): Automatic local and global determination of spatial-frequency-dependent SNR and task performance in clinical CT. San Diego, CA, US.
      2. 2018. Quantitative Accuracy of Virtual Non-Contrast Imaging in Various Dual-Energy CT scanners. Conference. Quantitative Accuracy of Virtual Non-Contrast Imaging in Various Dual-Energy CT scanners. Nashville, TN, US.
      3. 2015. Proton-acoustic range verification in proton therapy. Conference. Proton-acoustic range verification in proton therapy. Anaheim, CA, US.
      4. 2013. Ultra-sensitive x-ray fluorescence computed tomography. Conference. Ultra-sensitive x-ray fluorescence computed tomography. Indianapolis, IN, US.
      5. 2011. Four-dimensional volume-of-interest reconstruction for cone-beam computerized tomography based image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. Conference. Four-dimensional volume-of-interest reconstruction for cone-beam computerized tomography based image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. Orlando, FL, US.
      6. 2011. Optimization of four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography in image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. Conference. Optimization of four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography in image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. Orlando, US.

      International Presentations

      1. 2016. First in-vivo Experiments with a large field-of-view flat Panel Photon-Counting Detector. Conference. First in-vivo Experiments with a large field-of-view flat Panel Photon-Counting Detector. Bamberg, DE.
      2. 2014. Improving the sensitivity of X-ray fluorescence molecular imaging by anisotropic detection. Conference. Improving the sensitivity of X-ray fluorescence molecular imaging by anisotropic detection. Seoul.
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      Grant & Contract Support

      Date: 2025 - 2026
      Title:Assess AI
      Funding Source:American College of Radiology
      Role:PI
      ID:64344
      Date: 2022 - 2025
      Title:Automated image quality assessment for AI applications in cancer treatment
      Funding Source:Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
      Role:Co-PI
      ID:RP220366
      Date: 2020 - 2024
      Title:Tumor Measurement Initiative
      Funding Source:The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
      Role:Co-I
      Date: 2013 - 2015
      Title:Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholar Program
      Funding Source:NIH/NCI
      Role:Postdoctoral Fellow
      ID:5R25-CA118681

      Selected Publications

      Peer-Reviewed Articles

      1. Thomas MA, Jacobsen MC, Jensen CT, Wagner-Bartak NA, Ahmad M, Layman RR. Quantifying the Performance of Enhanced Radiation Output, Dual-Source CT Relative to Traditional CT in Patients With Severe Obesity. Journal of computer assisted tomography. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 49(6):943-51, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40568947.
      2. Jensen, CT, Wong, VK, Likhari, GS, Daoud, T, Ahmad, M, Bassett Jr, R, Pasyar, S, Virarkar, M, Roman-Colon, AM, Liu, X. Dual-energy CT for differentiation of hypodense liver lesions in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. European Radiology 35(6):3538-3546, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39699673.
      3. Govyadinov, P, Layman, RR, Netherton, T, Mumme, R, Jones, AK, Court, LE, Ahmad, M. Robust automated method of spatial resolution measurement in radiotherapy CT simulation images. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 26(3), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39946267.
      4. Jones AK, Ahmad M, Raza SM, Chen SR, Siewerdsen JH. Cone-beam CT with a noncircular (sine-on-sphere) orbit: imaging performance of a clinical system for image-guided interventions. Journal of Medical Imaging 11(4):043503-043503, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39185476.
      5. McCoy K, Marisetty S, Tan D, Jensen CT, Siewerdsen JH, Peterson CB, Ahmad M. Automatic vessel attenuation measurement for quality control of contrast-enhanced CT: validation on the portal vein. Medical Physics, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
      6. McCoy, K, Marisetty, S, Tan, D, Jensen, CT, Siewerdsen, JH, Peterson, CB, Ahmad, M. Automatic vessel attenuation measurement for quality control of contrast-enhanced CT. Medical physics 51(9):5954-5964, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39031758.
      7. Szczykutowicz TP, Ahmad M, Liu X, Pozniak MA, Lubner MG, Jensen CT. How Do Cancer-Specific Computed Tomography Protocols Compare With the American College of Radiology Dose Index Registry? An Analysis of Computed Tomography Dose at 2 Cancer Centers. J Comput Assist Tomogr 47(3):429-436, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37185007.
      8. Ahmad M, Sun P, Peterson CB, Anderson MR, Liu X, Morani AC, Jensen CT. Low pitch significantly reduces helical artifacts in abdominal CT. Eur J Radiol 166:110977, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37481832.
      9. Ahmad M, Liu X, Morani AC, Ganeshan D, Anderson MR, Samei E, Jensen CT. Oncology-specific radiation dose and image noise reference levels in adult abdominal-pelvic CT. Clin Imaging 93:52-59, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36375364.
      10. Ahmad, M, Tan, D, Marisetty, S. Assessment of the global noise algorithm for automatic noise measurement in head CT examinations. Medical physics 48(10):5702-5711, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34314528.
      11. Ahmad M, Tan D, Marisetty S. Assessment of the Global Noise Algorithm for Automatic Noise Measurement in Head CT Examinations. Medical Physics 48(10):5702– 5711, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
      12. Ahmad M, Jacobsen MC, Thomas MA, Chen HS, Layman RR, Jones AK. A Benchmark for Automatic Noise Measurement in Clinical Computed Tomography. Medical Physics 48(2):640-647, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33283284.
      13. Vernekohl D, Ahmad M, Dai X, Zhao W, Cheng K, Xing L. Reduced acquisition time for L-shell x-ray fluorescence Computed tomography using polycapillary x-ray optics. Medical Physics 46(12), 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31512753.
      14. Ahmad M, Fahrig R, Pung L, Spahn M, Köster NS, Reitz S, Moore T, Choi JH, Hinshaw W, Xia Y, Müller K. Assessment of a photon-counting detector for a dual-energy C-arm angiographic system. Medical Physics 44(11):5938-5948, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28940528.
      15. Martin R, Ahmad M, Hugo G, Pan T. Iterative volume of interest based 4D cone-beam CT. Medical Physics 44(12):6515-6528, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28898423.
      16. Müller K, Datta S, Gehrisch S, Ahmad M, Mohammed MA, Rosenberg J, Hwang GL, Louie JD, Sze DY, Kothary N. The Role of Dual-Phase Cone-Beam CT in Predicting Short-Term Response after Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology 28(2):238-245, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27914917.
      17. Xiang L, Tang S, Ahmad M, Xing L. High Resolution X-ray-Induced Acoustic Tomography. Scientific Reports 6:26118, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27189746.
      18. Vernekohl D, Ahmad M, Chinn G, Xing L. Feasibility study of Compton cameras for x-ray fluorescence computed tomography with humans. Physics in Medicine and Biology 61(24):8521-8540, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27845933.
      19. Müller K, Datta S, Ahmad M, Choi J, Moore T, Pung L, Niebler C, Gold GE, Maier A, Fahrig R. Interventional dual-energy imaging-Feasibility of rapid kV-switching on a C-arm CT system. Medical Physics. Medical Physics 43(10):5537-5546, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      20. Kothary, Müller K, Datta S, Gehrisch S, Moore T, Ahmad M, Louie J, Wang D, Hwang G, Sze D. Utility of dual-phase cone-beam CT: Can it predict tumor response after super-selective TACE for HCC?. Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology 27(3):S86, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      21. Ahmad M, Xiang L, Yousefi S, Xing L. Theoretical detection threshold of the proton acoustic range verification technique. Medical Physics 42(10):5735-5744, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      22. Martin R, Rubinstein A, Ahmad M, Court L, Pan T. Evaluation of intrinsic respiratory signal determination methods for 4D CBCT adapted for mice. Medical Physics 42(1):154-64, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25563256.
      23. Bazalova-Carter M, M, Ahmad, Xing L, Fahrig R. Experimental validation of L-shell x-ray fluorescence computed tomography imaging: phantom study. Journal of Medical Imaging 2(4):43501:1-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      24. Ahmad M, Bazalova M, Fahrig R, Xing L. Optimized detector angular configuration increases the sensitivity of X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 34(5):1140-1147, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      25. Bazalova-Carter M, Ahmad M, Matsuura T, Takao S, Matsuo Y, Fahrig R, Shirato H, Umegaki K, Xing L. Proton-induced x-ray fluorescence CT imaging. Medical Physics 42(2):900-7, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25652502.
      26. Bazalova M, Ahmad M, Pratx G, Xing L. L-shell x-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) imaging of Cisplatin. Physics in Medicine and Biology 59(1):219-32, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24334507.
      27. Ahmad M, Bazalova M, Xiang L, Xing L. Order of magnitude sensitivity increase in X-ray Fluorescence Computed Tomography (XFCT) imaging with an optimized spectro-spatial detector configuration: theory and simulation. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 33(5):1119-28, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24770916.
      28. Wang C, Volotskova O, Lu K, Ahmad M, Sun C, Xing L, Lin W. Synergistic assembly of heavy metal clusters and luminescent organic bridging ligands in metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient X-ray scintillation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 136(17):6171-4, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24730683.
      29. Osakada Y, Pratx G, Sun C, Sakamoto M, Ahmad M, Volotskova O, Ong Q, Teranishi T, Harada Y, Xing L, Cui B. Hard X-ray-induced optical luminescence via biomolecule-directed metal clusters. Chemical Communications 50(27):3549-51, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24463467.
      30. 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. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 15(1):4600, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24423860.
      31. 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. Medical Physics 40(6):061901, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23718592.
      32. Castillo R, Castillo E, Fuentes D, Ahmad M, Wood AM, Ludwig MS, Guerrero T. A reference dataset for deformable image registration spatial accuracy evaluation using the COPDgene study archive. Physics in Medicine and Biology 58(9):2861-77, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23571679.
      33. Yan H, Wang X, Yin W, Pan T, Ahmad M, Mou X, Cerviño L, Jia X, Jiang SB. Extracting respiratory signals from thoracic cone beam CT projections. Physics in Medicine and Biology 58(5):1447-64, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23399757.
      34. Ahmad M, Pan T. Target-specific optimization of four-dimensional cone beam computed tomography. Medical Physics 39(9):5683-96, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22957634.
      35. Ahmad M, Balter P, Pan T. Four-dimensional volume-of-interest reconstruction for cone-beam computed tomography-guided radiation therapy. Medical Physics 38(10):5646-56, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21992381.
      36. Riegel AC, Bucci MK, Mawlawi OR, Johnson V, Ahmad M, Sun X, Luo D, Chandler AG, 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.
      37. Ahmad, M, Liu Y, Slavens ZW, Low R, Merkle E, Hwang KP, Vu A, Ma J. A method for automatic identification of water and fat images from a symmetrically sampled dual-echo Dixon technique. Magn Reson Imaging 28(3):427-33, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20061107.
      38. Riegel AC, Ahmad M, Sun X, Pan T. Dose calculation with respiration-averaged CT processed from cine CT without a respiratory surrogate. Medical Physics 35(12):5738-47, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19175131.

      Invited Articles

      1. Ahmad M, Pratx G, Bazalova M, Xing L. X-ray Luminescence and X-ray fluorescence computed tomography: new molecular imaging modalities. IEEE Access 2:1051-1061, 2014. e-Pub 2014.

      Review Articles

      1. Pung L, Ahmad M, Mueller K, Rosenberg J, Stave C, Hwang GL, Shah R, Kothary N. The Role of Cone-Beam CT in Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology 28(3):334-341, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28109724.

      Abstracts

      1. Pillai PS, Siewerdsen JH, Rypinski T, Deva A, Soni B, Jones AK, Ahmad M. Patient-specific NEQ(f): Automatic local and global determination of spatial-frequency-dependent SNR and task performance in clinical CT. SPIE Medical Imaging 2024: Physics of Medical Imaging, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
      2. PP. TH-730-361-2 - Operating Room Quality Assurance (ORQA): Statistical Process Control and Quantitative Imaging Metrology for Intraoperative CT. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      3. Hong J, Ahmad M. WE-1030-IePD-F2-1 - Evaluating the Impact of Using a Standardized Contrast-Enhanced CT Protocol in Image-Guided Liver Ablation Procedures. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      4. Jones AK, Ahmad M, Raza S, Chen S, Siewerdsen JH. Cone-beam CT with a noncircular (sine-on-sphere) orbit: imaging performance of a clinical system for image-guided interventions. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      5. Govyadinov P, Netherton T, Jones AK, Layman RR, Court LE, M| <. SU-330-IePD-F8-5 - An Automated Method of Spatial Resolution Measurement in Radiotherapy CT Simulation Images. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      6. Lopez BP, Ahmad M, Jones AK. TU-115-IePD-F9-5 - Retrospective Comparison of Peak Skin Doses Using New in-House Software and Original Hand Calculations in Fluoroscopy Guided Interventions. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      7. Thomas, M, Ahmad, M, Jacobsen, M, Wagner-Bartak, N, Jensen, C. Global Noise Analysis of Single and Dual Source CT for Obese Patients. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
      8. Ahmad, M, Jacobsen, M, Cody, D, Surabhi, V. Quantitative Accuracy of Virtual Non-Contrast Imaging in Various Dual-Energy CT Scanners. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
      9. Rubinstein, A, Ahmad, M, Feng, J, Codina, R, Svolos, P. An Evaluation of Automated Quality Assurance and Physics Testing of Mobile CT Units. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
      10. Ahmad, M, Thai, L, Feng, J. Evaluation of Image Quality in Fluoroscopic System. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
      11. Vernekohl, D, Ahmad, M, Chinn, g, Xing, l. X-ray fluorescence computed tomography with a compton camera for a clinical application. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      12. Vernekohl, D, Ahmad, M, Chinn, g, Xing, l. On-Board Molecular Imaging (OBMI) for Radiation Therapy. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      13. Xiang, L, Tang, S, Ahmad, M, Xing, L. XACT: A Novel Imaging Technique for Radiation Therapy Guidance. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      14. Xiang, x, Tang, S, Ahmad, M, Xing, L. TH‐AB‐209‐07: High Resolution X‐Ray‐Induced Acoustic Computed Tomography. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      15. Vernekohl, D, Streicher, M, Ahmad, M, Xing, l, He, z. Comparison of a large area czt detector to a spectroscopic cdte detector for x-ray fluorescence computed tomography. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      16. Martin, R, Ahmad, M, Pan, T. SU‐G‐BRA‐11: Tumor Tracking in An Iterative Volume of Interest Based 4D CBCT Reconstruction. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      17. Vernekohl, Ahmad D, M, Chinn, G, Xing, L. SU‐G‐IeP3‐10: Molecular Imaging with Clinical X‐Ray Sources and Compton Cameras. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      18. Mueller, N, Datta, s, Gehrisch, S, Moore, T, Ahmad, M, Louie, J, Wang, C. Utility of dual-phase cone-beam CT: Can it predict tumor response after super-selective TACE for HCC?. Society of Interventional Radiology, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      19. Yousefi, s, Ahmad, M, Xiang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, M, Tang, S, Zou, J. TU‐FG‐BRB‐08: Challenges, Limitations and Future Outlook Towards Clinical Translation of Proton Acoustic Range Verification. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      20. Yousefi, s, Ahmad, M, Xiang, L, Chen, Y, Zhang, M, Tang, S, Zou, W. From Simulation Studies to Clinical Measurements: Challenges, Limitations, and Future Outlook in Proton Acoustic Range Verification. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
      21. Ahmad, M, Xiang, L, Xing, L. WE‐EF‐303‐09: Proton‐Acoustic Range Verification in Proton Therapy. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      22. Bazalova, M, Ahmad, M, Zing, L, Fahrig, R. X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Superficial Malignancies Using Gold Nanoparticles. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      23. Bazalova-Carter, Ahmad M, M, Xing, L, Fahrig, R. TH‐AB‐204‐09: High‐Sensitivity L‐Shell X‐Ray Fluorescence CT Imaging of Gold. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
      24. Bazalova‐Carter, M, Ahmad, M, Matsuura, T, Takao, S, Matsuo, Y, Fahrig, R. TH‐AB‐204‐11: X‐Ray Fluorescence CT Induced by Proton Beam: Experiments and Simulations. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
      25. Ahmad, M, Bazalova, M, Xiang, L, Xing, L. X-Ray Fluorescence CT as a Novel Imaging Modality for Improved Radiation Therapy Target Delineation. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
      26. Ahmad, M, Bazalova, M, Fahring, R, Xing, L. TU‐A‐9A‐05: First Experimental Demonstration of the Anisotropic Detection Principle in X‐Ray Fluorescence Computed Tomography. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
      27. Bazalova, M, Ahmad, M, Fahrig, R, Zing, L. TU‐A‐9A‐09: Proton Beam X‐Ray Fluorescence CT. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
      28. Xiang, L, Fahimian, B, Ahmad, M, Buyyounouski, M, Xing, L. High Precision Focal Brachytherapy of Prostate Cancer Guided by Dual-Mode Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
      29. Martin, R, Ahmad, M, Hugo, G, Pan, T. MO‐F‐WAB‐10: Evaluation of Scan Time Required for Motion Tracking in Four‐Dimensional Cone Beam CT Using Patient Data Sets. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
      30. Fave, X, Balter, P, Martin, R, Ahmad, M, Pan, T, Court, L. SU‐E‐J‐168: Investigating the Feasibility of Vertical CBCT Imaging Using the Varian TrueBeam LINAC. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
      31. Martin, R, Rubinstein, Ahmad, M, Pan, T. SU‐D‐144‐02: Four‐Dimensional Cone Beam CT for a Small Animal Image Guided Radiation Therapy System Without Use of An External Respiratory Monitoring System. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
      32. Ahmad, M, Bazalova, M, Xing, L. TH‐A‐141‐05: Ultra‐Sensitive X‐Ray Fluorescence Computed Tomography. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
      33. Ahmad, M, Pan, T. SU‐E‐J‐129: Target‐Specific Optimization of Four‐Dimensional Cone Beam Computed Tomography. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
      34. Yan, H, Wang, X, Yin, W, Pat, T, Ahmad, M, Mou, X, Cervino L, Jia, X, Jiang, S. TU‐C‐213CD‐12: Respiratory Signal Extraction from Thoracic Cone Beam CT Projections. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
      35. Ahmad, M, Pan, T. Four-dimensional volume-of-interest reconstruction for cone-beam computerized tomography based image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
      36. Ahmad, M, Pan, T. Optimization of four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography in image-guided radiation therapy of the lung. The International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
      37. Riegel, A, Bucci, M, Mawlawi, O, Ahmad, M, Luo, D, Chandler, A, Pan, T. Development of new PET tumor delineation method for radiation therapy planning of NSCLC patients. Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
      38. Riegel, A, Bucci, M, Mawlawi, O, Ahmad, M, Sun, X, Chandler, A, Pan, T. Target Definition of Lung Cancer with PET/CT: Threshold Dependence on Lesion Size, Motion Extent, and Signal-to-background. American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
      39. Ahmad, M, Liu, Y, SLaven, Z, Low, R, Merkle, E, Hwang, K, Vu, A, Ma, J. SU‐FF‐I‐124: Automatic Identification of Water and Fat Images From a Symmetrically‐Sampled Dual‐Echo Dixon Technique. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
      40. Riegel, A, Bucci, M, Ahmad, M, Sun, X, Chandler, A, Mawlawi, Pan O, T. SU‐FF‐J‐175: Segmentation of Moving Targets in PET: Threshold Dependence On Lesion Size, Motion Extent, and Signal‐To‐Background. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
      41. Pan, T, Chang, J, Riegel, A, Ahmad, M, Sun, X, Luo, D. New Weighted Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) Images for Assessing Tumor Motion in the Thorax Without a Respiratory Surrogate. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
      42. Ahmad, M, Reigel, A, Pan, T. SU‐GG‐I‐07: Evaluation of Cine‐CT for Quantifying Respiratory Displacement of Lung Tumors Without a Respiratory Surrogate. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
      43. Garrido M, Jones AK, Ahmad M. Double Jeopardy: Radiation Output Increases As Table Height Decreases on an Interventional Fluoroscopy System Following a Major Software Update. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine 2024.
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