
Dennis Mackin, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Associate Professor, UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2010 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D |
2007 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, Physics and Astronomy, M.S |
1995 | University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, US, Mathematics, B.S |
Postgraduate Training
2022-2022 | Clinical Training, Radiosurgery Essential Course, Brainlab Academy, Munich |
2010-2011 | Post-doctoral fellowship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Research, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2018
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Sr. Computational Scientist, Department of Radiation Physics - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2016
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Director of Interactive Services, Versant, Milwaukee, WI, 1999 - 2002
Consultant, New Resources Corporation, Milwaukee, WI, 1998 - 1999
Consultant, Spectrum Technology Group, McLean, VA, 1998 - 1998
Management Consultant, Price Waterhouse LLC, Falls Church, VA, 1995 - 1998
Institutional Committee Activities
Voting Member, Journal for Applied Clinical Medical Physics Award Selection Committee (JACMPAS), 2024 - 2026
Senator, Faculty Senate, 2022 - Present
Member, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) Knudson Award Committee, 2019 - 2019
Honors & Awards
2018 | 2018 Science Council Session, American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
2018 | Young Investigator Runner Up (Rachel Ger) - SW AAPM 2018 (Dennis Mackin Mentor), Southwest Chapter of American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Valencia Lozano I, Dedes G, Peterson S, Mackin D, Zoglauer A, Beddar S, Avery S, Polf J, Parodi K. Comparison of reconstructed prompt gamma emissions using maximum likelihood estimation and origin ensemble algorithms for a Compton camera system tailored to proton range monitoring. Z Med Phys 33(2):124-134, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35750591.
- Polf JC, Barajas CA, Peterson SW, Mackin DS, Beddar S, Ren L, Gobbert MK. Applications of Machine Learning to Improve the Clinical Viability of Compton Camera Based in vivo Range Verification in Proton Radiotherapy. Front Phys 10, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36119562.
- Polf JC, Maggi P, Panthi R, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S. The effects of Compton camera data acquisition and readout timing on PG imaging for proton range verification. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 6(3):355-373, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36092269.
- Panthi R, Maggi P, Peterson S, Mackin D, Polf J, Beddar S. Secondary Particle Interactions in a Compton Camera Designed for in vivo Range Verification of Proton Therapy. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 5(3):383-391, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34056151.
- Barua S, Elhalawani H, Volpe S, Al Feghali KA, Yang P, Ng SP, Elgohari B, Granberry RC, Mackin DS, Gunn GB, Hutcheson KA, Chambers MS, Court LE, Mohamed ASR, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Rao A. Computed Tomography Radiomics Kinetics as Early Imaging Correlates of Osteoradionecrosis in Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients. Front Artif Intell 4:618469, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33898983.
- Lee J, Steinmann A, Ding Y, Lee H, Owens C, Wang J, Yang J, Followill D, Ger R, MacKin D, Court LE. Radiomics feature robustness as measured using an MRI phantom. Sci Rep 11(1):3973, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33597610.
- Maggi P, Peterson S, Panthi R, Mackin D, Yang H, He Z, Beddar S, Polf J. Computational model for detector timing effects in Compton-camera based prompt-gamma imaging for proton radiotherapy. Phys Med Biol 65(12):125004, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32320971.
- Luo D, Han EY, Wen Z, Mackin DS, Krafft SP, Li J, Wang X, Briere TM. Use of uniform shots for robust planning of mask-based treatment in Gamma Knife Icon. Phys Med 73:135-157, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32361402.
- Branco LRF, Ger RB, Mackin DS, Zhou S, Court LE, Layman RR. Technical Note: Proof of concept for radiomics-based quality assurance for computed tomography. J Appl Clin Med Phys 20(11):199-205, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31609076.
- Ger RB, Zhou S, Elgohari B, Elhalawani H, Mackin DM, Meier JG, Nguyen CM, Anderson BM, Gay C, Ning J, Fuller CD, Li H, Howell RM, Layman RR, Mawlawi O, Stafford RJ, Aerts H, Court LE. Radiomics features of the primary tumor fail to improve prediction of overall survival in large cohorts of CT- and PET-imaged head and neck cancer patients. PLoS One 14(9):e0222509, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31536526.
- Mackin D, Ger R, Gay S, Dodge C, Zhang L, Yang J, Jones AK, Court L. Matching and Homogenizing Convolution Kernels for Quantitative Studies in Computed Tomography. Invest Radiol 54(5):288-295, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30570504.
- Zhu Y, Mohamed ASR, Lai SY, Yang S, Kanwar A, Wei L, Kamal M, Sengupta S, Elhalawani H, Skinner H, Mackin DS, Shiao J, Messer J, Wong A, Ding Y, Zhang L, Court L, Ji Y, Fuller CD. Imaging-Genomic Study of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Associations Between Radiomic Phenotypes and Genomic Mechanisms via Integration of The Cancer Genome Atlas and The Cancer Imaging Archive. JCO Clin Cancer Inform 3:1-9, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30730765.
- Yang P, Mackin D, Elhalawani H, Zhang Z, Wu L, Jiang M, Peng W, Shi Y, Wang H, Mohamed AS, Wu H, Fuller CD, Jin H. Imaging/Molecular profiling of EGFR status in a Chinese population of inoperable NSCLC Adenocarcinomas. Int J Radiat Biol Phys 102(3):e715-e716, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Ger RB, Craft DF, Mackin DS, Zhou S, Layman RR, Jones AK, Elhalawani H, Fuller CD, Howell RM, Li H, Stafford RJ, Court LE. Practical guidelines for handling head and neck computed tomography artifacts for quantitative image analysis. Comput Med Imaging Graph 69:134-139, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30268005.
- Zhang Z, Yang P, Chen T, Mackin D, Elhalawani H, Wu L, Wang H, Zhou R, Liang Z, Jiang M, Peng W, Shi Y, Mohamed AS, Fuller CD, Jin H, Li J, Wang Y. Can CT-Derived Radiomics Features be Correlated with Intrinsic Pathological Tumor Characteristics in Invasive Adenocarcinomas of the Lung?. Int J Radiat Biol Phys 102(3):e720-e721, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Elhalawani H, Mackin D, Ger RB, Lin T, Mohamed AS, Rock C, Gunn GB, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Fuller CD. FDG-PET Imaging-derived Radiomics Correlates of Human Papillomavirus Status: Connecting the Dots in the Oropharyngeal Cancer Biology, Metabolism, and Imaging Interplay. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 102(3):e262, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Owens CA, Peterson CB, Tang C, Koay EJ, Yu W, Mackin DS, Li J, Salehpour MR, Fuentes DT, Court LE, Yang J. Lung tumor segmentation methods: Impact on the uncertainty of radiomics features for non-small cell lung cancer. PLoS One 13(10):e0205003, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30286184.
- Giustina JD, Casilag J, Gregori E, Jacobs A, Barajas C, Gobbert MK, Polf J, Mackin D. Speedup Potential for Reconstruction Techniques for Prompt Gamma Imaging During Proton Radiotherapy. Amer J Undergrad Rsch 1(4):22-37, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Ger RB, Zhou S, Chi PM, Lee HJ, Layman RR, Jones AK, Goff DL, Fuller CD, Howell RM, Li H, Stafford RJ, Court LE, Mackin DS. Comprehensive investigation on controlling for CT imaging variabilities in radiomics studies. Sci Rep 8(1):13047, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30158540.
- Elhalawani H, Lin TA, Volpe S, Mohamed ASR, White AL, Zafereo J, Wong AJ, Berends JE, AboHashem S, Williams B, Aymard JM, Kanwar A, Perni S, Rock CD, Cooksey L, Campbell S, Yang P, Nguyen K, Ger RB, Cardenas CE, Fave XJ, Sansone C, Piantadosi G, Marrone S, Liu R, Huang C, Yu K, Li T, Yu Y, Zhang Y, Zhu H, Morris JS, Baladandayuthapani V, Shumway JW, Ghosh A, Pöhlmann A, Phoulady HA, Goyal V, Canahuate G, Marai GE, Vock D, Lai SY, Mackin DS, Court LE, Freymann J, Farahani K, Kaplathy-Cramer J, Fuller CD. Machine Learning Applications in Head and Neck Radiation Oncology: Lessons from Open-Source Radiomics Challenges. Front Oncol 8:294, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30175071.
- Zhang Z, Yang J, Ho A, Jiang W, Logan J, Wang X, Brown PD, McGovern SL, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson SD, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Court LE, Li J. Correction to: A predictive model for distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumour progression after gamma knife radiosurgery based on radiomic features from MR images. Eur Radiol 28(8):3570-3571, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29541912.
- Zhang Z, Yang J, Ho A, Jiang W, Logan J, Wang X, Brown PD, McGovern SL, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson SD, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Court LE, Li J. A predictive model for distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumour progression after gamma knife radiosurgery based on radiomic features from MR images. Eur Radiol 28(8):3570-3571, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Mackin D, Ger R, Zhang L, Yang J, Chi P, Bache S, Dodge C, Jones A, Court L. Homogenizing Reconstruction Kernels for CT Radiomics. Med Phys 45(6), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Peterson S, Leigh M, Mackin D, Chen H, Maggi P, Beddar S, Polf J. Studies of Prototype Dual Head Compton Camera for Applications in Medical Imaging. Med Phys 45(6):E491-E491, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Zhang Z, Yang J, Ho A, Jiang W, Logan J, Wang X, Brown PD, McGovern SL, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson SD, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Court LE, Li J. A predictive model for distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor progression after gamma knife radiosurgery based on radiomic features from MR images. Eur Radiol 28(6):2255-2263, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29178031.
- Kisling K, Ger R, Cardenas C, Rubinstein A, Netherton T, Ingram W, Fave X, Owens C, Anderson B, Lee J, Gay S, Yang J, McCarroll R, Mackin D, Li Y, Rhee D, Edward S, He Y, David S, Nitsch P, Balter P, Court L. Broadening the Graduate School Experience: Paper-In-A-Day. Med Phys 45(6):E195-E196, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Ger R, Mackin D, Zhou S, Chi P, Lee H, Layman R, Jones A, Goff D, Fuller C, Howell R, Li H, Stafford R, Court L. Harmonized CT Protocols for High Quality Radiomics Studies. Med Phys 45(6), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Jiang M, Yang P, Mackin D, Elhalawani H, Zhang Z, Peng W, Shi Y, Wang H, Jin H, Mohamed A, Court, L, Fuller CD, Wu L. An imaging/biology correlation study between radiomics features and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutational status in a uniform Chinese cohort of locally advance lung adenocarcinomas. J Clin Oncol 36(15 Suppl):e20540-e20540, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Yang P, Mackin D, Chen C, Mohamed ASR, Elhalawani H, Shi Y, Yao J, Volpe S, Jin H, Fuller CD. Discrimination of Epstein-Barr Virus Status in MPC Using CT-Derived Radiomics Features: Linking Imaging Phenotypes to Tumor Biology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 100(5):1361, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Elhalawani H, Mohamed ASR, Kanwar A, Dursteler A, Rock CD, Eraj SE, Meheissen M, Volpe S, Yang P, Granberry R, Ger R, Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Marai GE, Vock D, Canahuate G, Mackin D, Gunn GB, Rao A, Fuller CD. EP-2121: Serial Parotid Gland Radiomic-based Model Predicts Post-Radiation Xerostomia in Oropharyngeal Cancer. Radiother Oncol 127, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Elhalawani HE, Mohamed ASR, Volpe S, Yang P, Campbell S, Granberry R, Ger R, Fave X, Zhang L, Marai GE, Vock D, Canahuate GM, Mackin D, Gunn GB, Rao A, Fuller CD. PO-0991: Serial tumor radiomic features predict response of head and neck cancer treated with Radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 127:S551, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Della-Giustina J, Barajas C, Gobbert MK, Mackin DS, Polf J. Hybrid MPI+ OpenMP parallelization of image reconstruction in proton beam therapy on multi-core and many-core processors. Proceedings of the High Performance Computing Symposium:11, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Ger R, Zhou S, Chi P, Goff D, Zhang L, Lee H, Fuller C, Howell R, Li H, Stafford J, Court L, Mackin D. Quantitative image feature variability amongst CT scanners with a controlled scan protocol. Med Imag 2018: Computer-Aided Diagnosis 10575:105751O, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Jensen GL, Yost CM, Mackin DS, Fried DV, Zhou S, Court LE, Gomez DR. Prognostic Value of Combining a Quantitative Image Feature from Positron Emission Tomography with Clinical Factors in Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Radiother Oncol 126(2):362-367, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29196095.
- Mackin D, Ger R, Dodge C, Fave X, Chi PC, Zhang L, Yang J, Bache S, Dodge C, Jones AK, Court L. Effect of tube current on computed tomography radiomic features. Sci Rep 8(1):2354, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29403060.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Chen H, Avery S, Beddar S, Polf JC. 3D prompt gamma imaging for proton beam range verification. Phys Med Biol 63(3):035019, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29380750.
- Elhalawani H, Kanwar A, Mohamed A, White A, Zafereo J, Wong A, Berends J, AboHashem S, Williams B, Aymard J, Perni S, Messer J, Warren B, Youssef B, Yang P, Meheissen M, Kamal M, Elgohari B, Ger R, Cardenas C, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Marai E, Vock D, Canahaute G, Lai S, Gunn G, Garden A, Rosenthal D, Court L, Fuller C. Investigation of a radiomics-based signature for local recurrence using primary tumor texture analysis in oropharyngeal head and neck cancer patients. Scientific Reports 8(1):1524, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29367653.
- Ger RB, Cardenas CE, Anderson BM, Yang J, Mackin DS, Zhang L, Court LE. Guidelines and Experience Using Imaging Biomarker Explorer (IBEX) for Radiomics. J Vis Exp(131):57132, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29364284.
- Mackin D, Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Jones AK, Ng CS, Court L. Correction: Harmonizing the pixel size in retrospective computed tomography radiomics studies. PLoS One 13(1):e0191597, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29342209.
- Peterson SW, Hillebrand M, Mackin D, Draeger, Beddar S, Polf J. Tracking Electrons Produced by Compton Scatter within a Prompt Gamma Imaging Device. Proceedings of SAIP2016, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Mackin D, Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Jones AK, Ng CS, Court L. Harmonizing the Pixel Size in Retrospective Computed Tomography Radiomics Studies. PLoS One 12(9):e0178524, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28934225.
- Rubinstein AE, Ingram WS, Anderson BM, Gay SS, Fave XJ, Ger RB, McCarroll RE, Owens CA, Netherton TJ, Kisling KD, Court LE, Yang J, Li Y, Lee J, Mackin DS, Cardenas CE. Cost-effective immobilization for whole brain radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 18(4):116-122, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28585732.
- Draeger E, Peterson S, Mackin D, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf JC. Feasibility Studies of a New Event Selection Method to Improve Spatial Resolution of Compton Imaging for Medical Applications. IEEE Trans Radiat Plasma Med Sci 1(4):358-367, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28736766.
- Li R, Yin F, Li R, Mackin D. Radiomics for Lung Cancer. Med Phys 44(6):3181-3181, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Mackin D, Balter P, Gomez DR, Followill D, Jones AK, Stingo F, Mohan R, Liao Z, Court LE. Using Pretreatment Radiomics and Delta-Radiomics Features to Predict Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 98(1):249, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28587041.
- Yasaka K, Akai H, Mackin D, Court L, Moros E, Ohtomo K, Kiryu S. Precision of quantitative computed tomography texture analysis using image filtering: a phantom study for scanner variability. Medicine (Baltimore) 96(21):e6993, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28538408.
- Mackin D, Draeger E, Peterson S, Polf J, Beddar S. In Vivo Verification of Particle Therapy: How Compton Camera Configurations Affect 3D Image Quality. J Phys: Conference Series, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Mackin D, Balter P, Gomez D, Followill D, Jones AK, Stingo F, Liao Z, Mohan R, Court L. Delta-radiomics features for the prediction of patient outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer. Sci Rep 7(1):588, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28373718.
- Shafiq-ul-Hassan M, Zhang GG, Latifi K, Ullah G, Hunt DC, Balagurunathan Y, Abdalah MA, Schabath MB, Goldgof DG, Mackin D, Court LE, Gillies RJ, Moros EG. Intrinsic dependencies of CT radiomic features on voxel size and number of gray levels. Med Phys 44(3):1050-1062, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28112418.
- Court L, Fave X, Mackin D, Yang J, Lee J S, Lifei Z. Computational resources for radiomics. Transl Can Res 5(4):340-348, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Mackin D, Balter P, Gomez D, Followill D, Jones A, Stingo F, Court L. Impact of image preprocessing on the volume dependence and prognostic potential of radiomics features in non-small cell lung cancer. Transl Can Res 5(4):349-363, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Suzuki K, Palmer MB, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Mackin DS, Liu AY, Wu R, Zhu XR, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Lee AK. Quantitative analysis of treatment process time and throughput capacity for spot scanning proton therapy. Med Phys 43(7):3975-3986, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27370116.
- Fave X, Mackin D, Yang J, Zhang J, Fried D, Balter P, Followill D, Gomez D, Jones AK, Stingo F, Fontenot J, Court L. Can radiomics features be reproducibly measured from CBCT images for patients with non-small cell lung cancer?. Med Phys 42(12):6784-6797, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26632036.
- Mackin D, Fave X, Zhang L, Fried D, Yang J, Taylor B, Rodriguez-Rivera E, Dodge C, Jones AK, Court L. Measuring Computed Tomography Scanner Variability of Radiomics Features. Invest Radiol 50(11):757-765, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26115366.
- Polf JC, Avery S, Mackin DS, Beddar S. Imaging of prompt gamma rays emitted during delivery of clinical proton beams with a Compton camera: feasibility studies for range verification. Phys Med Biol 60(18):7085-7099, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26317610.
- McCleskey M, Kaye W, Mackin DS, Beddar S, He Z, Polf JC. Evaluation of a multistage CdZnTe compton camera for prompt y imaging for proton therapy. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 785:163-169, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Mackin D, Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Li H, Sahoo N, Kerr M, Holmes C, Li Y, Lii MF, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin M, Frank S, Grosshans D, Zhang X. Spot-scanning proton therapy patient-specific quality assurance: Results from 309 treatment plans. International Journal of Particle Therapy 1(3):711-720, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Lee E, Polf JC, Mackin DS, Beddar S, Dolney D, Ainsley C, Kassaee A, Avery S. Study of the angular dependence of a prompt gamma detector response during proton radiation therapy. Int J Particle Ther 1(3):731-744, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Polf JC, Mackin D, Lee E, Avery S, Beddar S. Detecting prompt gamma emission during proton therapy: the effects of detector size and distance from the patient. Phys Med Biol 59(9):2325-2340, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24732052.
- Mackin D, Li Y, Taylor MB, Kerr M, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Li H, Lii J, Amos R, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin MT, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Improving spot-scanning proton therapy patient specific quality assurance with HPlusQA, a second-check dose calculation engine. Med Phys 40(12):121708, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24320494.
- Polf JC, Panthi R, Mackin DS, McCleskey M, Saastamoinen A, Roeder BT, Beddar S. Measurement of characteristic prompt gamma rays emitted from oxygen and carbon in tissue-equivalent samples during proton beam irradiation. Phys Med Biol 58(17):5821-5831, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23920051.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Beddar S. The effects of Doppler broadening and detector resolution on the performance of three-stage Compton cameras. Med Phys 40(1):012402, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23298111.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in pp Collisions using Events with Two Leptons. Phys Rev 86(5):051103, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mackin D, Peterson S, Beddar S, Polf J. Evaluation of a stochastic reconstruction algorithm for use in Compton camera imaging and beam range verification from secondary gamma emission during proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 57(11):3537-3553, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22588144.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. A measurement of the WZ and ZZ production cross sections using leptonic final states in 8.6 fb-1 of pp collisions. Phys Rev D 85(11):112005, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurements of WW and WZ production in W + jets final states in pp collisions. Phys Rev Lett 108(18):181803, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22681058.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. An improved determination of the width of the top quark. Phys Rev D 85(9):091104, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Lett B 710(4):569-577, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Aaltonen T, Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero EA, Collaborations) CDF. Combination of CDF and DO measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays. Phys Rev D 85(7):071106, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for universal extra dimensions in pp collisions. Phys Rev Lett 108(13):131802, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22540694.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for charged massive long-lived particles. Phys Rev Lett 108(12):121802, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22540571.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for a Narrow tt Resonance in pp Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Rev D 85(5):051101, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the inclusive jet cross section in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Rev D 85(5), 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the CP -violating phase ϕ J/ψϕ s using the flavor-tagged decay B 0 s →J/ψϕ in 8 fb −1 of pp ¯ collisions. Phys Rev D 85(3):032006, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for anomalous Wtb couplings in single top quark production in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Lett B 708(1):21-26, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for doubly charged Higgs boson pair production in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 108(2):021801, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22324670.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the relative branching ratio of Measurement of the relative branching ratio of B 0 s →J/ψf 0 (980) to B 0 s →J/ψϕ →J/ψf 0 (980) to B 0 s →J/ψϕ. Phys Rev D 85(1):011103, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Evidence for spin correlation in t ¯t production. Phys Rev Lett 108(3):032004, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22400731.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the inclusive jet cross section in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Am Phys Soc, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurements of single top quark production cross sections and | Vtb in pp collisions at $#8730s = 1.96 TeV. Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 84(11), 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Wγ production and limits on anomalous WWγ couplings in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 107(24):241803, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22242992.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Forward-backward asymmetry in top quark-antiquark production. Phys Rev D 84(11):112005, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurements of inclusive W + jets production rates as a function of jet transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Lett B 705(3):200-207, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. High mass exclusive diffractive dijet production in pp collisions at $#8730s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Lett B 705(3):193-199, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for first generation leptoquark pair production in the electron + missing energy + jets final state. Phys Rev D 84(7):071104, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of three-jet differential cross sections dσ3 jet/dM3 jet in p¯p collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Lett B 704(5):434-441, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for the standard model and a fermiophobic Higgs boson in diphoton final states. Phys Rev Lett 107(15):151801, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for a fermiophobic and standard model Higgs boson in diphoton final states. Phys Rev Lett 107(15):151801, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22107284.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Precision measurement of the ratio B(t Wb)/B(t Wq) and extraction of V(tb). Phys Rev Lett 107(12):121802, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22026765.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Direct measurement of the mass difference between top and antitop quarks. Phys Rev D 84(5):052005, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs produced in association with b quarks in pp collisions at s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 107(12):121801, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22026764.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the anomalous like-sign dimuon charge asymmetry with 9 fb- of pp collisions. Phys Rev D 84(5):052007, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Precise measurement of the top quark mass in the dilepton channel at D0. Phys Rev Lett 107(8):082004, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21929164.
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- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Measurement of the Lambda b lifetime in the exclusive decay Lambda b --> J/psi Lambda. Phys Rev Lett 99(14):142001, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17930660.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for stopped gluinos from pp collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 99(13):131801, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17930574.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Search for third-generation scalar leptoquarks in pp at square root s=1.96 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 99(6):061801, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17930814.
- Abazov VM, et al, Mackin D, (Dzero Collaboration) EA. Direct observation of the strange b baryon Xib-. Phys Rev Lett 99(5):052001, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17930744.
Other Articles
- Polf JC, Barajas CA, Kroiz GC, Peterson SW, Maggi P, Mackin DS, Beddar S, Gobbert MK A study of the clinical viability of a prototype Compton camera for prompt gamma imaging based proton beam range verification, 2021.
- Barua D, Elhalawani H, Volpe S, Al Feghali K, Yang P, Ng SP, Elgohari B, Granberry RC, Mackin DS, Gunn GB, Hutcheason KA, Chambers MS, Court LE, Mohamed A, Fuller CD, Lai SY, Rao A Discovering early imaging biomarkers of osteoradionecrosis in oropharyngeal cancer by characterization of temporal changes in computed tomography mandibular radiomic features. Front Artif Intell 4:618469, 2021.
- Polf JC, Avery S, Mackin DS, Beddar S Reply to Comment on 'Imaging of prompt gamma rays emitted during delivery of clinical proton beams with a Compton camera: feasibility studies for range verification'. Phys Med Biol 61(24):8945–8946, 2016. PMID: 27910821.
- Zhu XR, Li Y, Mackin D, Li H, Poenisch F, Lee AK, Mahajan A, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Sahoo N, Zhang X Towards effective and efficient patient-specific quality assurance for spot scanning proton therapy. Cancers (Basel) 7(2):631-47, 2015. PMID: 25867000.
Abstracts
- McGovern S, Mackin D, Li J, Paulino A, Grosshans D, Weinberg J, Sandberg D, Chintagumpala M, Gill J, Zaky W, Briere T, McAleer MF. RONC-06. Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy for pediatric brain metastases or recurrences. Neuro Oncol 24(Suppl 1):i177, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Bronk J, Muir M, Mackin D, et al. Feasibility of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (NTMS) Based Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Tractography of Motor Pathways in Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Cross-Sectional Dosimetric and Patient Outcomes Analysis. Neuro-oncology Advances, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Walker CM, Mackin D, Staffort J, Hou P, Taylor BA, Briere TM, Krafft SP, Yung JP, Wood JW. MRI Protocol Analysis Tool for Stereotactic Brain Radiotherapy Quality Assurance, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Peterson S, Mackin DS, Hillebrand M, Draeger E, Polf JC, Beddar S. Tracking Electrons Produced by Compton Scatter within a Prompt Gamma Imaging Device. Physics, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Gay S, Rubinstein A, Ingram W, Anderson B, Fave X, Ger R, McCarroll R, Owens C, Netherton T, Kisling K, Court L, Yang J, Li Y, Lee J, Mackin D, Cardenas C. Low-Cost Immobilization Techniques for Whole-Brain Irradiation. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Hao Y, Paul J, Noid G, Court L, Mackin D, Liu Y, Li X. Time Stability and Repeatability of CT Texture Measurements on Longitudinal CTs. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chen H, Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Beddar S, Polf J. Using Multiple Cameras to Improve Image Reconstruction of Prompt Gamma Emission During Proton Beam Radiotherapy. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Valencia Lozano I, Dedes G, Mackin D, Zoglauer A, Draeger E, Chen H, Beddar S, Aldawood S, Liprandi S, Miani A, Mayerhofer M, Thirolf P, Polf J, Prodi K. Quantitative Comparison of Two Prompt-Gamma Image Reconstruction Algorithms Using Compton Camera Detection Systems. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Yang J, Steinmann A, Mackin D, Stafford R, Followill D, Li J, Court L. Development of An MRI Radiomics Phantom. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Mackin D, Ger R, Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Bache S, Chi P, Jones A, Dodge C, Court L. The Effect of Reducing Milliamp Seconds on Computed Tomography Radiomics Features. Med Phys 44(6), 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Yost C, Mackin D, Fried D, Zhou S, Gomez DR. Prognostic Value of FDG Positron Emission Tomography Quantitative Image Features Combined with Clinical Prognostic Factors in Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol 96(2):E435, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Shafiq Ul Hassan M, Zhang G, Latifi K, Oliver J, Hunt D, Guzman R, Balagurunathan Y, Mackin D, Court L, Gillies R, Moros E. MO-DE-207B-04: Impact of Reconstruction Field of View On Radiomics Features in Computed Tomography (CT) Using a Texture Phantom. Med Phys 43(6):3705, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28046757.
- Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J, Peterson S, Draeger E. An Improved Method for Event Selection in Compton Camera Imaging for Particle Therapy, AAPM 2016, Washington DC. Med Phys 43(6):3454-3454, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Fave X, Zhang L, Yang J, Mackin D, Stingo F, Followill D, Balter P, Jones A, Gomez D, Court L. TU-D-207B-02: Delta-Radiomics: The Prognostic Value of Therapy-Induced Changes in Radiomics Features for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Med Phys 43(6):3750, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28046545.
- Mackin D, Court L, Ng C, Yang J, Zhang L, Fave X. SU-F-R-09: Homogenization of CT Images for Radiomics Studies: It's Like Butter(worth). Med Phys 43(6):3374-3375, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28047510.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf J. SU-F-J-189: A Method to Improve the Spatial Resolution of Prompt Gamma Based Compton Imaging for Proton Range Verification. Med Phys 43(6):3451, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28046264.
- Zhang Z, Ho A, Wang X, Brown P, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson S, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Li J, Yang J. A Prediction Model for Distinguishing Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Progression after Gamma Knife Radiosurgery based on Radiomics features from MR Images, AAPM 2016, Washington, DC. Med Phys 43(6):3750, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28048017.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf J. A Method to Improve the spatial Resolution of Prompt Gamma Based Compton Imaging for Proton Range Verification, AAPM 2016, Washington DC. Med Phys 43(6):3451, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Zhang Z, Ho A, Wang X, Brown P, Guha-Thakurta N, Ferguson S, Fave X, Zhang L, Mackin D, Court L, Li J, Yang J. TU-D-207B-01: A Prediction Model for Distinguishing Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Progression after Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Based on Radiomics Features from MR Images. Med Phys 43(6):3750, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28048017.
- Mackin D, Ng C, Yang J, Zhang L, Fave X. Homogenization of CT Images for Radiomics Studies: It's Like Butter (worth), AAPM 2016, Washington DC. Med Phys 43(6):3374-3375, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28047510.
- Draeger E, Chen H, Mackin D, Peterson S, Avery S, Beddar S, Polf J. A 3-Dimensional Prompt Gamma Imaging System for Range Verification in Proton Radiotherapy, AAPM 2016, Washington DC. Med Phys 43(6):3757, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J, Peterson S, Draeger E. SU-F-J-200: An Improved Method for Event Selection in Compton Camera Imaging for Particle Therapy. Med Phys 43(6):3454, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28046853.
- Draeger E, Chen H, Mackin D, Peterson S, Avery S, Beddar S, Polf J. TU-FG-BRB-05: A 3-Dimensional Prompt Gamma Imaging System for Range Verification in Proton Radiotherapy. Med Phys 43(6):3757, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28047972.
- Hassan MS, Zhang G, Latifi K, Oliver J, Hunt D, Guzman R, Balagurunathan Y, Mackin D, Gillies R, Moros E. Impact of Reconstruction Field of View on Radiomics Features in Computed Tomography (CT) Using a Texture Phantom, AAPM 2016, Washington DC. Med Phys 43(6):3705, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Mackin D, Peterson S, Avery S, Chen H, Beddar S, Polf J. Improving Compton cameral based prompt gamma imaging for proton beam range verification. Int J Part Ther, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Mackin D, Draeger E, Peterson S, Avery S, Polf J, Beddar S. A Quasi-3D Algorithm for Count Starved Compton Camera Imaging. Int J Part Ther, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Draeger E, Peterson S, Mackin D, Beddar S, Polf J. Improving image reconstruction for Compton camera based imaging for proton radiotherapy verification. Radiother Oncol 119(S273), 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Polf J, Avery S, Mackin D, Beddar S. Imaging of Prompt Gamma Rays Emitted During Delivery of Clinical Proton Beams with a Compton Camera: Feasibility Studies for Range Verification, AAPM 2015 Anaheim, California. Med Phys 42:3679, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Mackin D, Zhang L, Fave X, Fried D, Yang J, Taylor B, Rodriguez-Rivera E, Dodge C, Jones A, Court L. Toward Understanding the Robustness of Radiomics Features in CT, AAPM 2015 Anaheim, California. Med Phys 42:3214, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Zhang L, Fried D, Fave X, Mackin D, Yang J, Court L. The Importance of Appropriate Image Preprocessing to Augment the Information of Radiomics Image Features, AAPM 2015 Anaheim, California. Med Phys 42:3326, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Polf JC, Beddar S, Mackin D. Verifying Proton Treatment Delivery Using Prompt Gamma Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 90(1):S923-S924, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Mackin D, Zhang X, Li Y, Li H, Wu R, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Kerr M, Holmes C, Zhu X, Sahoo N, Gillin M. MO-F-16A-05: Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy Patient-Specific Quality Assurance: Our Methodology and Results From 295 Treatment Plans. Med Phys 41(6):429, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 28036888.
- Polf J, Brown S, Mann J, Mackin D, Zheng Y, McCleskey M, Beddar S, He Z. SU-E-J-121: Measuring Prompt Gamma Emission Profiles with a Multi-Stage Compton Camera During Proton Beam Irradiaition: Initial Studies. Med Phys 41(6):183, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 28036739.
- Polf J, Brown S, Mann J, Mackin D, Zheng Y, McCleskey M, Beddar S, He Z. Measuring Prompt Gamma Emission Profiles with a Multi-Stage Compton Camera During Proton Beam Irradiation Initial Studies, AAPM 2014 Austin, Texas. Med Phys 41:183, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Mackin D, Zhang X, Li Y, Li H, Wu R, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Kerr M, Holmes C, Zhu X, Sahoo N, Gillin M. Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy Patient-Specific Quality Assurance: Our Methodology and Results from 295 Treatment Plans, AAPM 2014 Austin, Texas. Med Phys 41:429, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Mackin D, Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Li H, Sahoo N, Kerr M, Holmes C, Li Y, Lii M, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin MT, Frank SJ, Grosshans D, Zhang X. Spot-Scanning Proton Therapy Patient - Specific Quality Assurance: Results from 309 Treatment Plans. Intl J Par Ther, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Avery S, Lee E, Dolney D, Beddar S. Characteristics of Prompt Gamma Compton Interactions in Detectors, AAPM 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana. Med Phys 40:307, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Polf J, Mackin D, Lee E, Avery S, Dolney D, Beddar S. Characterizing Prompt Gamma Signal During Proton Radiotherapy, AAPM 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana. Med Phys 40:547, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Mackin D, Zhang X, Li Y, Taylor M, Kerr M, Holmes C, Sahoo N, Poenish F, Li H, Lii M, Amos R, Wu R, Suzuki K, Gillin M, Zhu X. Improving Spot Scanning Proton Therapy Patient-Specific Quality Assurance Through Early Application of Second-Check Dose Calculation Software. Med Phys 40:240, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Lee E, Polf J, Mackin D, Dolney D, Beddar S, Avery S. Patient-Based Study on Characteristic Prompt Gamma-Ray Spectra Using a Prompt Gamma Imaging System During Proton Therapy, AAPM 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana. Med Phys 40:381, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Beddar S. Three-stage compton cameral image resolution losses due detector effects, AAPM 2012 Charlotte, North Carolina. Med Phys 39(6):3882, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Mackin D, Peterson S, Polf J, Beddar S. SU-E-J-79: Using the Distance of Closest Approach to Improve Compton Camera Image Quality. Med Phys 39(6Part7):3670, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 28519827.
- Mackin D, Polf J, Peterson S, Gillin M, Beddar S. Evaluating a Stochastic Reconstruction Algorithm for Compton Camera Based Prompt Gamma Imaging during Proton Therapy, AAPM 2011 Vacouver, Canada. Med Phys 38:3567, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Peterson S, Polf J, Mackin D, Beddar S, Gillin M. Reconstructing Images of Prompt Gammas Emitted during Proton Radiotherapy, AAPM 2011 Vancouver, Canada. Med Phys 38:3853, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Mackin D. Search for pair production of the supersymmetric partner of the top quark in the (t)over-tilde-> b(b)over-bare +/- (v)over-tilde(v)over tilde> decay channel at DO (2009 17th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unificaition of Fundamental Interactions, Boston Massachusetts) 1200:271-274, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Mackin D. Search for pair production of the supersymmetric partner of the top quark in the (t)over-tilde->b(b)over-bare +/- (v)over-tilde(v)over tilde> decay channel at DO. 2009 17th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions, Boston, MA 1200:271-274, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Buehler M, Anderson J, Angstadt R Babukhadia L, Bhattacharjee M, Blazey G, Boeriu O, Borcherding F, Connolly B, Cooke M, Corcoran M, Desai S, Evans D, Gershtein Y, Grannis P, Grunendahl S, Han L, Hazen E, Heintz U, Hensel C, Hildreth M, Hoeth H, Hu Y, Jabeen S, Jain V, Johnson M, Khalatian S, Khalatyan N, Lincoln D, Linn S, Liu YW, Lizarazo J, Mackin D, Maravin Y, Martin M, Mommsen RK, Mutaf Y, Narain M, Noding C, Olsen J, Padley P, Pangilinam M, Partridge R, Ramirez-Gomez R, Rapisarda S, Stevenson K, Tomoto M, Vachon B, Wijnen T, Wilcer N, Wilson G, Wu SX, Wyatt T, Xu QC, Yip K. Upgrade and operation of the DO central track trigger (2007 11th International Vienna Conference on Instrumentation,Vienna, Australia), 2007. e-Pub 2007.
Book Chapters
- Mackin D, Court L. Radiomics and Quantitative Imaging. In: Big Data in Radiation Oncology. First Edition. Taylor and Francis Books, Inc, 22, 2019.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2018. Range uncertainty of and in vivo imaging in proton therapy. Conference. Range uncertainty of and in vivo imaging in proton therapy. Houston, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Investigation of MR Cube/Space Imaging for Defining Brain Lesion Contours for Gamma Knife Treatment Planning. Poster. AAPM 2024 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2024. MR QA for Treatment Planning of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Poster. AAPM 2024 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2024. Enhancing Gamma Knife Treatment Planning with Lightning. Poster. AAPM 2024 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2024. Image Registration Uncertainty in GammaKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Poster. AAPM 2024 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Log Angeles, CA, US.
- 2022. Improving Image Quality of Framed Gamma Knife Treatment Planning MRI with Flexible Array Coils. Conference. AAPM 2022 64th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Washington, DC, US.
- 2020. A Novel Kernel-Weighted Back-Projection Reconstruction Algorithm for Compton Camera Imaging. Conference. AAPM 2020 62nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Investigating the Impact of Secondaries Neutrons on Compton Camera for Medical Imaging. Conference. AAPM 2020 62nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Compton Camera Event Classification Using Artificial Neural Networks. Conference. AAPM 2020 62nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Detector Performance Effects on Compton Camera Data Quality. Conference. AAPM 2020 62nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Virtual, US.
- 2018. Harmonized CT Protocols for High Quality Radiomics Studies. Conference. AAPM 2018 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Nashville, TN, US.
- 2018. Broadening the Graduate School Experience: Paper‐In‐A‐Day. Conference. AAPM 2018 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Nashville, TN, US.
- 2018. Studies of Prototype Dual Head Compton Camera for Applications in Medical Imaging. Conference. AAPM 2018 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Nashville, TN, US.
- 2018. Homogenizing Reconstruction Kernels for CT Radiomics. Conference. AAPM 2018 60th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Nashville, TN, US.
- 2017. Uncertainty, Robustness, and Harmonization in Radiomics Studies of Lung Cancer. Conference. AAPM 2017 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Denver, CO, US.
- 2017. The Effect of Reducing Milliamp Seconds on Computed Tomography Radiomics Features. Conference. AAPM 2017 59th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Denver, CO, US.
- 2016. In Vivo Verification of Particle Therapy: How Compton Camera Configurations Affect 3D Image Quality. Conference. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2016. CT Scanner variability in radiomics: CCR phantom study results. Conference. Radiomics Meeting 2016. Clearwater, FL, US.
- 2015. Toward understanding the Robustness of Radiomics Features in CT. Conference. AAPM 2015 55th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Anaheim, CA, US.
- 2015. Toward homogenized CT Images for use in Radiomics: The Reconstruction field of view. Conference. Radiomics Meeting 2015. Clearwater, FL, US.
- 2014. Spot-scanning proton therapy patient-specific quality assurance: our methodology and results from 295 treatment plans. Conference. AAPM 2014 54th Annual Meeting & Exhibition. Austin, TX, US.
- 2013. Patient specific QA results for spot scanning proton therapy. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center, US.
- 2013. Improving spot scanning proton therapy patient-specific quality assurance through early application of second-check dose calculation software. Conference. AAPM 2013 53rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, US.
- 2013. Characteristics of Prompt Gamma Compton Interactions in Detectors. Conference. AAPM 2013 53rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, US.
- 2013. Occam's second check for spot scanning proton therapy. Conference. NIH-ASTRO Joint Workshop on Technology for Innovation in Radiation Oncology, Bethesda, 2013. Bethesda, Maryland, US.
- 2012. Improving Compton scatter camera images using classification and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, Interface 2012: Future of Statistical Computing: Internet Scale Data, Flexible Modeling, and Visualization. Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Using the distance of closest approach to improve Compton camera image quality. Conference. AAPM 2012 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, US.
- 2012. Three-stage Compton camera image resolution losses due to detector effects. Conference. AAPM 2012 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, US.
- 2011. A stochastic algorithm for Compton camera prompt gamma imaging during proton therapy. Conference. AAPM 2011 51st Annual Meeting & Exhibition, US.
- 2010. Search for pair production of the scalar top quark in the electron + muon final state. Conference. Batavia, IL, US.
International Presentations
- 2022. Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy for pediatric brain metastases or recurrences. Conference. Stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic radiotherapy for pediatric brain metastases or recurrences. Hamburg, DE.
- 2009. Search for pair production of the supersymmetric partner of the top quark in the electron plus muon final state at D0, Susy09. Conference. Search for pair production of the supersymmetric partner of the top quark in the electron plus muon final state at D0, Susy09. Boston, US.
Formal Peers
- 2018. Prompt Gamma Imaging. Invited. Cape Town, ZA.
- 2016. External Beam Therapy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Using secondary prompt gamma rays to image in-vivo beam range during proton radiotherapy. Invited, US.
- 2012. The physics of proton therapy. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Developing real-time imaging methods for dose delivery verification during proton radiotherapy. Invited, US.
Grant & Contract Support
Date: | 2017 - 2019 |
Title: | Understanding Uncertainties in Radiomics Studies |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Research Scientist |
ID: | R21CA216572 |
Date: | 2015 - 2020 |
Title: | Prompt Gamma Imaging for the in-vivo range verification during proton radiotherapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Research Scientist |
ID: | R01CA187416-01A1 |
Date: | 2013 - 2015 |
Title: | Development of a tool to extract quantitative image features and predict outcome |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Research Scientist |
ID: | R03CA178495-01 |
Date: | 2010 - 2013 |
Title: | Real-time verification of proton dose delivery |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Postdoctoral Fellow |
ID: | R21CA137362-03 |
Date: | 2010 - 2013 |
Title: | Philips Pinnacle Proton Planning for IMPT |
Funding Source: | Philips Corporation |
Role: | Research Scientist |
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