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      Brigid McDonald Image

      Brigid McDonald, PhD

      Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology

      Present Title & Affiliation

      Primary Appointment

      Medical Physics Resident, Radiation Physics, Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

      Education & Training

      Degree-Granting Education

      2022The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, US, Medical Physics, PhD
      2016The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US, Physics, BS

      Postgraduate Training

      2024-nullMedical Physics Residency, Therapeutic Medical Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
      2022-2024Postdoctoral Fellow, Image-Guided Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

      Licenses & Certifications

      2025Texas Medical Board

      Experience & Service

      Intramural Institutional Committee Activities

      Member, Head & Neck MR-Linac Working Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2019 - 2022

      Extramural Institutional Committee Activities

      Non-voting guest (trainee member), Working Group on Imaging for Treatment Assessment, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2021 - 2022

      Member, Dose Accumulation Working Group, Elekta MR-Linac Consortium, 2020 - 2023

      Non-voting guest (trainee member), Working Group on Student and Trainee Research, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2020

      Member, Head and Neck Tumor Site Group, Elekta MR-Linac Consortium, 2019 - Present

      Member, Functional Imaging Biomarkers Group, Elekta MR-Linac Consortium, 2019 - Present

      Honors & Awards

      2025 - PresentASTRO Annual Meeting Travel Award, American Society for Radiation Oncology
      2025 - Present1st Place in Poster Competition, Winter Institute of Medical Physics
      2025 - PresentTrainee Peer-to-Peer Mentor Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2023 - PresentHonorable Mention in Poster Competition at Trainee Research Day, MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2022 - PresentThird Place in Young Investigator Symposium, Southwest Chapter of American Association of Physicists in Medicine
      2022 - 2024T32 Fellowship in Image-Guided Cancer Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2021 - PresentPresidents’ Research Scholarship, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      2021 - Present1st Place in Poster Competition, Winter Institute of Medical Physics
      2020 - PresentEarly Career Scholarship, Winter Institute of Medical Physics
      2020 - PresentDr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      2019 - PresentPeople's Choice Award in Oral Presentation Skills Competition (GSBS Student Research Day), MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      2019 - PresentExpanding Horizons Travel Grant, American Association of Physicists in Medicine
      2018 - PresentThe Fadine Jackson Roquemore Scholarship in Cancer Research, MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
      2015 - PresentWinner of Oral Presentation Competition, American Physical Society's Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
      2015 - PresentSigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society

      Professional Memberships

      International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

      2019 - Present

      American Society for Radiation Oncology

      2018 - Present

      Radiological Society of North America

      2018 - Present

      American Association of Physicists in Medicine

      2016 - Present

      Selected Presentations & Talks

      Local Presentations

      1. 2025. Brachytherapy Dose Calculation Formalisms: TG-43 and Beyond. Invited. Department of Radiation Physics Resident Discussion. Houston, Texas, US.
      2. 2025. Total Body Irradiation: Classic and Emerging Techniques. Invited. Department of Radiation Physics Resident Discussion. Houston, Texas, US.
      3. 2024. Technical Development Towards Biological Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy with Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Head and Neck Cancers. Invited. Image Guided Cancer Therapy Trainee Research Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
      4. 2023. Diffusion-weighted MRI for Treatment Response Assessment in Head and Neck Cancers. Invited. Image Guided Cancer Therapy and Imaging-Driven Biologically-Informed Therapy Program Seminar Series. Houston, Texas, US.
      5. 2023. Prospective Technical Evaluation of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Sequences on 1.5T MR-Linac and MR Simulator Devices for Head and Neck Cancers. Poster. MD Anderson Trainee Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
      6. 2023. Evaluation of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Sequences on the MR-Linac. Invited. Image Guided Cancer Therapy Trainee Research Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
      7. 2021. Development of Advanced MR-guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy Workflows for Head and Neck Cancers. Invited. Presidents’ Research Scholars Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
      8. 2021. Autosegmentation on T2-Weighted MRI for Off-line Dose Reconstruction in MR-Linac Adapt-to-Position Workflow for Head and Neck Cancers. Invited. Medical Physics Program Summer Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
      9. 2020. Pulse Sequence Optimization of non-EPI Diffusion Sequences on a 1.5T MR-Linac. Invited. Medical Physics Program Summer Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
      10. 2019. MD Anderson’s First Clinical Experience with Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers on the MR-Linac. Poster. MD Anderson Radiation Oncology Strategic Initiatives Fall Retreat. Houston, Texas, US.
      11. 2019. Using Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Treatment Planning in Radiation Therapy. Invited. GSBS Student Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
      12. 2019. Independent Validation of Deformable Image Registration for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers. Invited. Medical Physics Program Summer Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
      13. 2018. Evaluation of a Lung-Equivalent Gel Dosimeter for MR Image-Guided Radiation Therapy. Invited. Medical Physics Program Summer Seminar. Houston, Texas, US.
      14. 2018. Development of a Lung-Equivalent Fricke Gel Dosimeter. Poster. GSBS Student Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
      15. 2015. Dual-Modality Tomosynthesis Breast Imaging Technique. Poster. University of Virginia Public Day. Charlottesville, Virginia, US.
      16. 2014. Comparison of BSGI and DMT Breast Imaging Techniques using Gelatin and Point-Source Phantoms. Invited. Sigma Pi Sigma Undergraduate Research Symposium. Charlottesville, Virginia, US.
      17. 2014. An Evaluation of Techniques for Recruitment of Students into Science and Technology Programs at Mbarara University. UVA Center for Global Health Symposium. Charlottesville, Virginia, US.

      Regional Presentations

      1. 2024. MR-guided Radiotherapy: Functional Imaging Applications in Adaptive Radiotherapy. Invited. AAPM Southeast Chapter Meeting. Hilton Head, South Carolina, US.
      2. 2018. Fricke and Polymer Gel Dosimeters for IMRT Quality Assurance in a Pre-Clinical MR-Linac. Poster. AAPM Southwest Chapter Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
      3. 2015. Comparison of BSGI and DMT Breast Imaging Techniques using Gelatin and Point-Source Phantoms. Conference. Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. Durham, North Carolina, US.

      National Presentations

      1. 2025. Early Prediction of HNSCC Outcomes Using ADC Metrics. Conference. ASTRO Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, US.
      2. 2025. Optimizing Atlas Counts for MRI-Guided Atlas-Based Autosegmentation of Swallowing Muscles in Head and Neck Radiotherapy. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
      3. 2025. Diffusion-weighted MRI for RT Response Prediction in HNSCC. Poster. Winter Institute of Medical Physics Annual Meeting. Breckenridge, Colorado, US.
      4. 2024. Technical Roadmap towards MRI Biomarker-guided ART: The MDACC Experience. Invited. Winter Institute of Medical Physics Annual Meeting. Breckenridge, Colorado, US.
      5. 2023. Evaluation of Diffusion-Weighted MRI Sequences on the MR-Linac. Invited. Winter Institute of Medical Physics Annual Meeting. Breckenridge, Colorado, US.
      6. 2023. Geometric Distortion in Echo Planar Imaging and Turbo Spin Echo-based Diffusion-weighted MRI Sequences on a 1.5T MR-Linac for Head and Neck Cancers. Conference. AAPM Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas, US.
      7. 2022. In Vivo and Phantom Test-Retest Evaluation of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging on a 1.5T MR-Linac and a 1.5T MR Simulator in Oropharyngeal Cancers. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
      8. 2021. Autosegmentation on Low-Resolution T2-Weighted MRI of Head and Neck Cancers for Off-Line Dose Reconstruction in MR-Linac Adapt-to-Position Workflow. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference.
      9. 2021. Autosegmentation on Low-Resolution MR-Linac Images for Off-line Dose Reconstruction in Head and Neck Cancers: Population Atlas-Based Autosegmentation vs. Individualized Patient Prior vs. Deep Learning. Poster. Winter Institute of Medical Physics Annual Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
      10. 2020. Pulse Sequence Optimization for Non-EPI Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Sequences for Head & Neck on a 1.5T MR-Linac. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
      11. 2020. Initial Experience with MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Daily Setup and Dosimetric Variability on an MR- Linac. Poster. Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium. Scottsdale, Arizona, US.
      12. 2019. Independent Validation of Deformable Image Registration for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
      13. 2018. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous 3D Dosimeters for IMRT End-To-End Testing in a Pre-Clinical MR-Linac. Poster. AAPM Annual Meeting. Nashville, Tennessee, US.

      International Presentations

      1. 2025. Functional Diffusion Mapping in Weekly SPLICE-DWI Data for Outcome Prediction in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Poster. ISMRM Annual Meeting. Honolulu, US.
      2. 2024. Technical Roadmap towards BIgART for Head and Neck Cancers on the MR-Linac. Invited. Invited Seminar for the Department of Radiotherapy. Amsterdam, NL.
      3. 2024. Reproducibility of Echo Planar Imaging Diffusion-weighted MRI for Head and Neck Cancers on the MR-Linac. Conference. MR-Linac Consortium Meeting. Singapore, SG.
      4. 2024. Test-retest Repeatability of Echo Planar Imaging Diffusion-weighted MRI on a 1.5T MR-linac for Head and Neck Cancers. Poster. ISMRM Annual Meeting. Singapore, SG.
      5. 2023. Technical Comparison of MR-Linac DWI Sequences for Head and Neck Cancers: Results from a Prospective Test-Retest Study and Geometric Distortion Analysis. Conference. MR-Linac Consortium Meeting. Amsterdam, NL.
      6. 2022. Weekly Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Kinetics in HPV-positive Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients Undergoing Definitive Radiation Therapy. Poster. ISMRM Annual Meeting. London, GB.
      7. 2020. Integration of Functional Imaging Biomarkers into Adaptive Workflow: Updates from an Academic-Industrial Partnership Grant. Invited. MR-Linac Consortium Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
      8. 2020. Pulse Sequence Optimization for TSE and SPLICE DWI Sequences on 1.5T MR-Linac. Conference. MR-Linac Consortium Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
      9. 2020. FREEDOM-RT Project: An Academic-Industrial Partnership Grant. Invited. Meeting of Elekta and Philips MR-Linac Senior Leadership. Virtual Meeting, US.
      10. 2020. DWI in Head and Neck at MD Anderson: Preliminary Results and Future Plans. Invited. Functional Imaging Biomarkers Working Group Meeting. Virtual Meeting, US.
      11. 2019. Adaptive Radiotherapy: Challenges and Benefits. Invited. Curso de Radioterapia de Última Geração e Controle de Qualidade (Conference on State-of-the-Art Radiotherapy and Quality Control). Sao Paolo, BR.
      12. 2019. Why Start an MR-Linac Program Now. Invited. Curso de Radioterapia de Última Geração e Controle de Qualidade (Conference on State-of-the-Art Radiotherapy and Quality Control). Sao Paolo, BR.
      13. 2019. MR-Guided Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers: The MD Anderson Experience. Poster. MR-Linac Consortium Meeting. Amsterdam, NL.
      14. 2018. Evaluation of a Lung-Equivalent Gel Dosimeter for MR Image-Guided Radiation Therapy. Conference. International Conference on 3D and Advanced Dosimetry (IC3Ddose). Kunshan, CN.
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      Grant & Contract Support

      Date: 2023 - 2025
      Title:In Vivo Validation of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient as a Quantitative Imaging Biomarker for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
      Funding Source:ASTRO-AAPM Physics Resident/Post-Doctoral Fellow Seed Grant
      Role:PI
      Date: 2020 - 2024
      Title:Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Radiotherapy Treatment Response in Head and Neck Cancers
      Funding Source:ISMRM Research Exchange Grant
      Role:PI
      Date: 2019 - 2022
      Title:Diffusion-Weighted Imaging-Based Adaptive Replanning for the MR-Linac
      Funding Source:NIH/NIDCR
      Role:PI
      ID:F31DE029093

      Selected Publications

      Peer-Reviewed Articles

      1. McDonald BA, El-Habashy D, He R, Mulder S, Mirbahaeddin S, Mohamed ASR, Ahmed S, Ding Y, Wang J, Lai SY, Dresner A, Christodouleas J, Fuller CD. Test-Retest Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Reproducibility in Head and Neck Cancer Using a 1.5-T MR-Linac. Radiol Imaging Cancer 8(1):e250143, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41543375.
      2. Belal Z, Wahid KA, Stieb S, Drummey R, Sharafi CS, Hutcheson KA, Lai SY, Fuller CD, McDonald B. Optimizing Atlas Counts for MRI-Guided Atlas-Based Autosegmentation of Swallowing Muscles in Head and Neck Radiotherapy. medRxiv, 2025. PMID: 40766135.
      3. Nosrat F, Dede C, McCullum LB, Garcia R, Mohamed ASR, Scott JG, Bates JE, McDonald BA, Wahid KA, Naser MA, He R, Karagoz A, Moreno AC, van Dijk LV, Brock KK, Heukelom J, Hosseinian S, Hemmati M, Schaefer AJ, Fuller CD. Optimal timing of organs-at-risk-sparing adaptive radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer under re-planning resource constraints. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 33:100715, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40123771.
      4. Eijkelenkamp H, Grimbergen G, McDonald B, Rutgers R, Schakel T, Beijst C, Philippens M, Meijer G, Intven M. Repeatability of rectal cancer apparent diffusion coefficient measurements on a 1.5 T MR-linac. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 33:100720, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40104214.
      5. Wahid KA, Dede C, El-Habashy DM, Kamel S, Rooney MK, Khamis Y, Abdelaal MRA, Ahmed S, Corrigan KL, Chang E, Dudzinski SO, Salzillo TC, McDonald BA, Mulder SL, McCullum L, Alakayleh Q, Sjogreen C, He R, Mohamed ASR, Lai SY, Christodouleas JP, Schaefer AJ, Naser MA, Fuller CD. Overview of the Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for Magnetic Resonance Guided Applications (HNTS-MRG) 2024 Challenge. Head Neck Tumor Segm MR Guid Appl (2024) 15273:1-35, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40115167.
      6. El-Habashy DM, Wahid KA, He R, McDonald B, Mulder SJ, Ding Y, Salzillo T, Lai SY, Christodouleas J, Dresner A, Wang J, Naser MA, Fuller CD, Mohamed ASR. Dataset of weekly intra-treatment diffusion weighted imaging in head and neck cancer patients treated with MR-Linac. Sci Data 11(1):487, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38734679.
      7. McDonald BA, Cardenas CE, O'Connell N, Ahmed S, Naser MA, Wahid KA, Xu J, Thill D, Zuhour RJ, Mesko S, Augustyn A, Buszek SM, Grant S, Chapman BV, Bagley AF, He R, Mohamed ASR, Christodouleas J, Brock KK, Fuller CD. Investigation of autosegmentation techniques on T2-weighted MRI for off-line dose reconstruction in MR-linac workflow for head and neck cancers. Med Phys 51(1):278-291, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37475466.
      8. Salzillo TC, Dresner MA, Way A, Wahid KA, McDonald BA, Mulder S, Naser MA, He R, Ding Y, Yoder A, Ahmed S, Corrigan KL, Manzar GS, Andring L, Pinnix C, Stafford RJ, Mohamed ASR, Christodouleas J, Wang J, Fuller CD. Development and implementation of optimized endogenous contrast sequences for delineation in adaptive radiotherapy on a 1.5T MR-linear-accelerator: a prospective R-IDEAL stage 0-2a quantitative/qualitative evaluation of in vivo site-specific quality-assurance using a 3D T2 fat-suppressed platform for head and neck cancer. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 10(6):065501, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37937259.
      9. Zhao Y, Chen X, McDonald B, Yu C, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD, Court LE, Pan T, Wang H, Wang X, Phan J, Yang J. A transformer-based hierarchical registration framework for multimodality deformable image registration. Comput Med Imaging Graph 108:102286, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37625307.
      10. McDonald BA, Salzillo T, Mulder S, Ahmed S, Dresner A, Preston K, He R, Christodouleas J, Mohamed ASR, Philippens M, van Houdt P, Thorwarth D, Wang J, Shukla Dave A, Boss M, Fuller CD. Prospective evaluation of in vivo and phantom repeatability and reproducibility of diffusion-weighted MRI sequences on 1.5 T MRI-linear accelerator (MR-Linac) and MR simulator devices for head and neck cancers. Radiother Oncol 185:109717, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37211282.
      11. El-Habashy DM, Wahid KA, He R, McDonald B, Rigert J, Mulder SJ, Lim TY, Wang X, Yang J, Ding Y, Naser MA, Ng SP, Bahig H, Salzillo TC, Preston KE, Abobakr M, Shehata MA, Elkhouly EA, Alagizy HA, Hegazy AH, Mohammadseid M, Terhaard C, Philippens M, Rosenthal DI, Wang J, Lai SY, Dresner A, Christodouleas JC, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD. Longitudinal diffusion and volumetric kinetics of head and neck cancer magnetic resonance on a 1.5 T MR-linear accelerator hybrid system: A prospective R-IDEAL stage 2a imaging biomarker characterization/pre-qualification study. Radiother Oncol 42:100666, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 3758380.
      12. Mohamed ASR, Abusaif A, He R, Wahid KA, Salama V, Youssef S, McDonald BA, Naser M, Ding Y, Salzillo TC, AboBakr MA, Wang J, Lai SY, Fuller CD. Prospective validation of diffusion-weighted MRI as a biomarker of tumor response and oncologic outcomes in head and neck cancer: Results from an observational biomarker pre-qualification study. Radiother Oncol 183:109641, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36990394.
      13. Naser MA, Wahid KA, Ahmed S, Salama V, Dede C, Edwards BW, Lin R, McDonald B, Salzillo TC, He R, Ding Y, Abdelaal MA, Thill D, O'Connell N, Willcut V, Christodouleas JP, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Mohamed ASR. Quality assurance assessment of intra-acquisition diffusion-weighted and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging registration and contour propagation for head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Med Phys 50(4):2089-2099, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36519973.
      14. Sanders KL, Mulder S, Wahid KA, McDonald BA, Ahmed S, Salzillo TC, He R, Naser MA, Dede C, Salama V, Way A, Sharafi CS, Mohamed ASR, Rigert J, Chambers M, Moreno AC, Hutcheston KA, Lai SY, Fuller CD, van Dijk LV. Improved Xerostomia Prediction in Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Dixon Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Glandular Adiposity: Validation of Semi-Quantitative Parotid T1 Signal Intensity Metrics for Biomarker Pre-Qualification. e-Pub 2022.
      15. Wahid KA, Ahmed S, He R, van Dijk LV, Teuwen J, McDonald BA, Salama V, Mohamed ASR, Salzillo T, Dede C, Taku N, Lai SY, Fuller CD, Naser MA. Evaluation of deep learning-based multiparametric MRI oropharyngeal primary tumor auto-segmentation and investigation of input channel effects: Results from a prospective imaging registry. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 32:6-14, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34765748.
      16. Wahid KA, Xu J, El-Habashy D, Khamis Y, Abobakr M, McDonald B, O' Connell N, Thill D, Ahmed S, Sharafi CS, Preston K, Salzillo TC, Mohamed ASR, He R, Cho N, Christodouleas J, Fuller CD, Naser MA. Deep-learning-based generation of synthetic 6-minute MRI from 2-minute MRI for use in head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Front Oncol 12:975902, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36425548.
      17. Wahid KA, He R, McDonald BA, Anderson BM, Salzillo T, Mulder S, Wang J, Sharafi CS, McCoy LA, Naser MA, Ahmed S, Sanders KL, Mohamed ASR, Ding Y, Wang J, Hutcheson K, Lai SY, Fuller CD, van Dijk LV. Intensity standardization methods in magnetic resonance imaging of head and neck cancer. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 20:88-93, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34849414.
      18. McDonald BA, Vedam S, Yang J, Wang J, Castillo P, Lee B, Sobremonte A, Ahmed S, Ding Y, Mohamed ASR, Balter P, Hughes N, Thorwarth D, Nachbar M, Philippens MEP, Terhaard CHJ, Zips D, Boke S, Awan MJ, Christodouleas J, Fuller CD. Initial Feasibility and Clinical Implementation of Daily MR-Guided Adaptive Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy on a 1.5T MR-Linac System: Prospective R-IDEAL 2a/2b Systematic Clinical Evaluation of Technical Innovation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(5):1606-1618, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33340604.
      19. Stieb S, Mohamed ASR, He R, Zhu LL, McDonald BA, Wahid K, van Dijk LV, Ventura J, Ahmed S, McCoy L, Deshpande TS, Grant S, Reddy JP, Phan J, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Frank SJ, Gunn GB, Fuller CD. Development and validation of a contouring guideline for the taste bud bearing tongue mucosa. Radiother Oncol 157:63-69, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33217499.
      20. Sen A, Anderson BM, Cazoulat G, McCulloch MM, Elganainy D, McDonald BA, He Y, Mohamed ASR, Elgohari BA, Zaid M, Koay EJ, Brock KK. Accuracy of deformable image registration techniques for alignment of longitudinal cholangiocarcinoma CT images. Med Phys 47(4):1670-1679, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31958147.
      21. McDonald BA, Lee HJ, Ibbott GS. Low-density gel dosimeter for measurement of the electron return effect in an MR-linac. Phys Med Biol 64(20):205016, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31505483.

      Review Articles

      1. McDonald BA, Dal Bello R, Fuller CD, Balermpas P. The Use of MR-Guided Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer and Recommended Reporting Guidance. Semin Radiat Oncol 34(1):69-83, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38105096.
      2. Mulder SL, Heukelom J, McDonald BA, Van Dijk L, Wahid KA, Sanders K, Salzillo TC, Hemmati M, Schaefer A, Fuller CD. MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for OAR Sparing in Head and Neck Cancers. Cancers (Basel) 14(8), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35454816.
      3. Hall WA, Paulson E, Li XA, Erickson B, Schultz C, Tree A, Awan M, Low DA, McDonald BA, Salzillo T, Glide-Hurst CK, Kishan AU, Fuller CD. Magnetic resonance linear accelerator technology and adaptive radiation therapy: An overview for clinicians. CA Cancer J Clin 72(1):34-56, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34792808.
      4. McDonald BA, Zachiu C, Christodouleas J, Naser MA, Ruschin M, Sonke JJ, Thorwarth D, Letourneau D, Tyagi N, Tadic T, Yang J, Li XA, Bernchou U, Hyer DE, Snyder JE, Bubula-Rehm E, Fuller CD, Brock KK. Dose accumulation for MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy: From practical considerations to state-of-the-art clinical implementation. Front Oncol 12:1086258, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36776378.
      5. Salzillo TC, Taku N, Wahid KA, McDonald BA, Wang J, van Dijk LV, Rigert JM, Mohamed ASR, Wang J, Lai SY, Fuller CD. Advances in Imaging for HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer: Applications to Radiation Oncology. Semin Radiat Oncol 31(4):371-388, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34455992.
      6. van Houdt PJ, Saeed H, Thorwarth D, Fuller CD, Hall WA, McDonald BA, Shukla-Dave A, Kooreman ES, Philippens MEP, van Lier ALHMW, Keesman R, Mahmood F, Coolens C, Stanescu T, Wang J, Tyagi N, Wetscherek A, van der Heide UA. Integration of quantitative imaging biomarkers in clinical trials for MR-guided radiotherapy: Conceptual guidance for multicentre studies from the MR-Linac Consortium Imaging Biomarker Working Group. Eur J Cancer 153:64-71, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34144436.
      7. Stieb S, Kiser K, van Dijk L, Livingstone NR, Elhalawani H, Elgohari B, McDonald B, Ventura J, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD. Imaging for Response Assessment in Radiation Oncology: Current and Emerging Techniques. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 34(1):293-306, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31739950.
      8. Stieb S, McDonald B, Gronberg M, Engeseth GM, He R, Fuller CD. Imaging for Target Delineation and Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology: Current and Emerging Techniques. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 33(6):963-975, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31668214.

      Other Articles

      1. Thrower SL, McDonald BA, Kim M Highlights of the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Pract Radiat Oncol 14(4):e301-e304, 2024. PMID: 38493371.

      Abstracts

      1. McDonald BA, Mulder S, Schakel T, Reinders F, Kuijer K, Doornaert P, McCullum L, West N, de Bree R, de Ridder M, Terhaard C, Philippens M. Early Prediction of Radiotherapy Outcome Using ADC Metrics for Head & Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 123 Supplement 1, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
      2. El-Habashy D, Wahid KA, He R, Ding Y, Wang J, Preston K, Salzillo T, Naser M, McDonald B, Abobakr M, Shehata MA, Elkhouly E, Alagizy H, Hegazy AH, Fuller CD, Mohamed AS. Longitudinal Monitoring of Quantitative Imaging Kinetics of Primary Tumor and Nodal Volumes Using the MR-Linac Device in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 117(2 Supplement):E663-E664, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      3. Zhao Y, Chen X, McDonald BA, Yu C, Court LE, Pan T, Wang H, Wang X, Phan J, Yang J. Patch-RegNet: a hierarchical deformable registration framework for inter-/intra-modality head-and-neck image registration with ViT-Morph. Proc SPIE Med Imag 2023 12464:1246403, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
      4. Wahid KA, Ahmed S, He R, van Dijk LV, Teuwen J, McDonald BA, Salama V, Mohamed AS, Salzillo T, Dede C, Taku N, Lai S, Fuller CD, Naser M. Auto-Segmentation of Oropharyngeal Cancer Primary Tumors Using Multiparametric MRI-Based Deep Learning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 112(5):E31, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
      5. K Brock, Ohrt A, Cazoulat G, McCulloch M, Balter P, Ohrt J, Svensson S, Nilsson R, Andersson S, Mohamed A, Bahig H, Ding Y, Wang J, McDonald BA, Yang J, Vedam S, Elgohari B, Sen A, Fuller C. CBCT Padding for Full Field of View Daily Dose Accumulation and Head and Neck Adaptive Radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 152 Supplement 1:S900-S901, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
      6. McDonald B, Vedam S, Yang J, Castillo P, Sobremonte A, Lee B, Wang J, Hughes N, Mohammedsaid M, Fuller CD. Initial Experience with MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: Daily Setup and Dosimetric Variability on an MR-Linac. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 106(5):P1171, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
      7. Wang L, Cao J, Lee H, Liu Z, Lin E, Ding Y, Wen Z, McDonald B, Vedam S, Martel MK, Fuller CD, Wang J, Krafft SP, Du W, Tailor RC, Ibbott GS, Frank SJ. Preclinical in vivo Human Tumor Response to Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Linear Accelerator versus Conventional Linear Accelerator. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 105(1 Supplement):E657-E658, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
      8. McDonald BA, Lee HJ, Ibbott GS. Evaluation of a Lung-Equivalent Gel Dosimeter for MR Image-Guided Radiation Therapy. J Phys Conf Ser 1305:012012, 2019. e-Pub 2019.

      Book Chapters

      1. Khriguian J, Gharzai L, Heukelom J, McDonald BA, Fuller CD. Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers with MR-Linac. In: A Practical Guide to MR-Linac: Technical Innovation and Clinical Implications. Springer Nature, 2024.
      2. McDonald BA, Zhu LL, Placide J, Preston K, Mulder S, Fuller CD. Case Study: Adaptive Radiotherapy in the Clinic. In: Machine Learning in Clinical Radiation Oncology: A Guide for Clinicians. 1. Elsevier, 2023.
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