Pamela A Myers, PhD, DABR

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Stathakis, S, Ritter, T, Feygelman, V, Poppe, B, Myers, PA, Antes, K, Gao, S, Riegel, AC, Narayanasamy, G, Shi, J, Muthukumaran, M, Napolitano, ME, Giuliacci, A. AAPM TG report 312. Medical physics 52(8), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
2. Paschal, HM, Kabat, CN, Martin, T, Saenz, D, Myers, PA, Rasmussen, K, Stathakis, S, Bonnen, M, Papanikolaou, N, Kirby, N. Dosimetric characterization of a new surface-conforming electron MLC prototype. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 25(2), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37858985.
3. Paschal HMP, Kabat CN, Papaconstadopoulos P, Kirby NA, Myers PA, Wagner TD, Stathakis S. Monte Carlo modeling of the Elekta Versa HD and patient dose calculation with EGSnrc/BEAMnrc. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(9):e13715, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35985698.
4. Bice, N, Fakhreddine, MH, Li, R, Nguyen, D, Kabat, CN, Myers, PA, Papanikolaou, N, Kirby, N. Latent space arc therapy optimization. Physics in medicine and biology 66(21), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34352744.
5. Naessig, M, Hernandez, S, Astorga, NR, McCulloch, J, Saenz, D, Myers, PA, Rasmussen, K, Stathakis, S, Ha, CS, Papanikolaou, N, Ford, JR, Kirby, N. A customizable aluminum compensator system for total body irradiation. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 22(10):36-44, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34432944.
6. Bice, N, Kirby, N, Li, R, Nguyen, D, Bahr, T, Kabat, CN, Myers, PA, Papanikolaou, N, Fakhreddine, MH. A sensitivity analysis of probability maps in deep-learning-based anatomical segmentation. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 22(8):105-119, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34231950.
7. Rembish, J, Myers, PA, Saenz, D, Kirby, N, Papanikolaou, N, Stathakis, S. Effects of varying statistical uncertainty using a Monte Carlo based treatment planning system for VMAT. Journal of B.U.ON 26(4):1683, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34565034.
8. Baley, C, Kirby, N, Wagner, T, Papanikolaou, N, Myers, PA, Rasmussen, K, Stathakis, S, Saenz, D. On the evaluation of mobile target trajectory between four-dimensional computer tomography and four-dimensional cone-beam computer tomography. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 22(7):198-207, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34085384.
9. Bry, V, Licon, AL, McCulloch, J, Kirby, N, Myers, PA, Saenz, D, Stathakis, S, Papanikolaou, N, Rasmussen, K. Quantifying false positional corrections due to facial motion using SGRT with open-face Masks. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 22(4):172-183, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33739569.
10. Rembish, J, Myers, PA, Kirby, N, Saenz, D, Rasmussen, K, Papanikolaou, N, Stathakis, S. An evaluation of Pencil Beam vs Monte Carlo calculations for intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery. Journal of B.U.ON 25(6):2731-2736, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33455120.
11. Licon AL, Alexandrian A, Saenz D, Myers P, Rasmussen K, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N. An open-source tool to visualize potential cone collisions while planning SRS cases. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(10):40-47, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32779832.
12. McCulloch J, Pawlowski J, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Shi Z, Myers P, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Saenz DL. Patient-specific dose quality assurance of single-isocenter multiple brain metastasis stereotactic radiosurgery using PTW Octavius 4D. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(9):107-115, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32681753.
13. Bosse C, Narayanasamy G, Saenz D, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Dose Calculation Comparisons between Three Modern Treatment Planning Systems. J Med Phys 45(3):143-147, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33487926.
14. Nicewonger D, Myers PA, Saenz D, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. PTW QUICKCHECKwebline: Daily quality assurance phantom comparison and overall performance 24(4):1727-1734, 2019. PMID: 31646832.
15. Stathakis S, Narayanasamy G, Licon A, Myers PA, Li Y, Crownover R, Papanikolaou N. A dosimetric comparison between volumetric-modulated arc therapy and dynamic conformal arc therapy in SBRT. J BUON 24(2):838-843, 2019. PMID: 31128044.
16. Hanania A, Myers PA, Yoder A, Bulut A, Yu Z H, Eraj S, Bowers J, Bonnen M, Echeverria A, Hall T, Anderson M, Ludwig M. Inversely and adaptively planned interstitial brachytherapy: A single implant approach. Gynecol Oncol 152(2):353-360, 2019. PMID: 30449720.
17. Kabat C, Defoor D, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Evaluation of the Elekta Agility MLC performance using high-resolution log files. Med Phys 46(3):1397-1407, 2019. PMID: 30702748.
18. Bronk J, Myers PA, Tran D, Bryan J, Wagner T, Bonnen M, Ludwig M. Acute toxicities after volumetric modulated arc therapy for craniospinal irradiation in adults. Journal of Radiation Oncology 7:317-323, 2018.
19. Stathakis S, Mavroidis P, Markovic M, Myers PA, Papanikolaou N. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy patient specific quality assurance using a two-dimensional array at extended Source to Surface Distance. J BUON 20(4):1154-1163, 2015. PMID: 26416070.
20. Myers PA, Mavroidis P, Komisopoulos G, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Pediatric Cranio-spinal Axis Irradiation: Comparison of Radiation-induced Secondary Malignancy Estimations Based on Three Methods of Analysis for Three Different Treatment Modalities. Technol Cancer Res Treat 14(2):169-80, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 24684581.
21. Myers PA, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Comparing conformal, arc radiotherapy and helical tomotherapy in craniospinal irradiation planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(5):4724, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25207562.
22. Myers PA, Stathakis S, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N. Comparing conformal, arc radiotherapy, and helical tomotherapy in craniospinal irradiation planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(5):12-28, 2014. PMID: 25207562.
23. Myers PA, Stathakis S, Buckey C, Papanikolaou N. VMAT monthly QA using two techniques: 2D ion chamber array with an isocentric gantry mount and an in vivo dosimetric device attached to gantry. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice 13(2):240-246, 2014.
24. Stathakis S, Myers PA, Esquivel C, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N. Characterization of a novel 2D array dosimeter for patient-specific quality assurance with volumetric arc therapy. Med Phys 40(7):071731, 2013. PMID: 23822435.
25. Myers PA, Stathakis S, Gutierrez A, Esquivel C, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N. Dosimetric Comparison of Craniospinal Axis Irradiation (CSI) Treatments Using Helical Tomotherapy, SmartarcTM, and 3D Conventional Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering, and Radiation Oncology 2:30-38, 2013.
26. Stathakis S, Esquivel C, Vasquez Quino L, Myers PA, Calvo O, Mavroidis P, Gutierrez A, Papanikolaou N. Accuracy of the small field dosimetry using the Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm within and beyond heterogeneous media for 6MV photon beams. Int J Med Phys Clin Eng Radiat Oncol 1(3):78-87, 2012.
27. Myers PA, Stathakis S, Gutierrez A, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N. Evaluation of PTW Seven29 for tomotherapy patient specific quality assurance and comparison with ScandiDos Delta4. J Med Phys 37(2):72-80, 2012. PMID: 22557796.
28. Moeller L, Tamo FK, Thomas A, Shib Y, Simmons L, Phillips T, Cunningham M, Yu ZH, Prajapati S, Vijayan S, Myers PA, Han EY, Su S, Klopp A, Kim Y. Dosimetric Impact of Different Bladder Volumes on Sparing Organs at Risk in CT-based Cervix HDR Brachytherapy. Medical Dosimetry.
29. Wilson Robert, Funk P, Chiu D, Toups N, Andrews K, Patel J, Corona I, Myers PA, Kirby N, Papanikolaou N, Newman N. Thoracic Vertebral Bone Marrow Sparing in Patients Undergoing Thoracic and Esophageal Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Radiation Protection Dosimetry.

Abstracts

1. Martin T, Saenz D, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N. An Easy to Create In-House Phantom for TG-132 Deformable Image Registration Evaluation. 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting 46(6).
2. Escobar AM, Fahmy SM, Little ML, Pineda YL, Saeed Z, Syed HM, Thang SH, Spicer C, Simmons LA, Myers PA, Yu ZH. Comparison of normal tissue toxicity and target coverage robustness of two simultaneous integrated boost planning techniques for cervical cancer with positive lymph nodes. 2025 AAMD Annual Conference.
3. Moeller L, Tamo FK, Thomas A, Shib Y, Simmons L, Phillips T, Cunningham M, Yu ZH, Prajapati S, Vijayan S, Myers PA, Han EY, Su S, Yusung Kim AK. Dosimetric Impact of Different Bladder Volumes on Sparing Organs at Risk in CT-based Cervix HDR Brachytherapy. 2025 AAMD Annual Conference.
4. Ghahremani S, Dolormente K, Ha C, Livadiotis G, Papanikolaou N, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Saenz D, Myers PA, Mavroidis P, Stathakis S. Sensitivity of Dose Volume Objectives On Radiation Therapy Optimization Algorithms. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
5. Kabat C, Mavroidis P, Parenica H, Nicewonger D, Defoor D, Rasmussen K, Myers PA, Saenz D, Kirby N, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N. A Flexible Radiobiological Tool for the Evaluation of Radiotherapy Treatment Plans. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
6. Bry V, McCulloch J, Rembish J, Papanikolaou N, Crownover R, Kirby N, Saenz D, Myers PA, Stathakis S, Rasmussen K. Comparing the Accuracy of Surface Guided Imaging to Orthogonal X-Rays for Stereotactic Radiosurgery. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
7. Baley C, Stathakis S, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Papanikolaou N, Saenz D. Validation of Simulated Target Motion Spatial Accuracy of Elekta Symmetry Versus 4D CT. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
8. Kabat C, Defoor D, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Evaluation of the Elekta Agility MLC performance using high]resolution log files. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(3).
9. Rembish J, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Saenz D, Bry V, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Evaluating the Effects of Varying Statistical Uncertainity Using a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
10. McCulloch J, Bry V, Papanikolaou N, Saenz D, Myers PA, Kirby N, Stathakis S, Rasmussen K. Quantifying the Effect of Eye Movement on Surface Guided Imaging for Stereotactic Radiosurgery. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
11. Saenz D, McCulloch J, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Myers PA, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N. On the Spatial Accuracy of Single Isocenter Multiple Brain Metastases SRS with BrainLab Elements. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
12. Licon A, Stathakis S, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA. Effect of Photon Energy on Whole Brain Radiation Therapy. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
13. Kabat C, Solis J, Schantz T, Graham B, Defoor D, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Jones W, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. An Ideal Planning Assistant Application for Planning Guidance and Patient Review in Radiotherapy. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
14. Rembish J, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Saenz D, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Kabat C, Bice N, Stathakis S. Developing An Automated Method for Pre-Treatment Data Transfer Checks. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
15. Myers PA, Kabat C, Saenz D, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. A Software Tool to Harvest and Analyze MLC Log Files of the Elekta VersaHD Linear Accelerator. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
16. Parenica H, Kabat C, Fischer K, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Myers PA, Mavroidis P, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Monte Carlo Modeling and Patient Dose Calculation Using DOSXYZnrc for the Elekta Versa HD with the Agility Collimator. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
17. Baley C, Stathakis S, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Papanikolaou N, Saenz D. Dose Verification of Four-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography for Target Localization of Planned and Unplanned Target Motion. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
18. Parenica H, Kabat C, Papaconstadopoulos P, Kirby N, Myers PA, Wagner T, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Clinical Implementation of Monte Carlo Modeling of the Elekta VersaHD with Agility Collimator. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
19. Nicewonger D, Rasmussen K, Stathakis S, Fischer K, McCulloch J, Naessig M, Licon A, Alecu I, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N, Saenz D, Myers PA. A Novel Method Using KV and MV Imaging of a Linear Accelerator to Improve Metal and MRI Compatible HDR Applicator Source Simulation and Delivery. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
20. Bry V, Parenica H, Rembish J, Licon A, Naessig M, Fischer K, Martin T, Myers PA, Kirby N, Stathakis S. Surface Guided Imaging and Facial Motion with Open Face Masks. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
21. Licon A, Rasmussen K, Kirby N, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA, Crownover R, Saenz D. Beam Arrangement as a Method to Reduce Dose to An Implanted Cardiac Device for Cranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy Patients. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
22. McCulloch J, Pawlowski J, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Shi Z, Myers PA, Stathakis S, Papapanikolaou N, Saenz D. Use of Octavius 4D for the Patient Specific Dose Validation of Single- Isocenter Multiple Brain Metastasis Stereotactic Radiosurgery. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting 47(6).
23. Rembish J, Kabat C, Jang E, Olivares M, Payne C, Rendon C, Kirby N, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA. The Impact of Plan Feasibility Predictions On VMAT Treatment Planning. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting 47(6).
24. Rembish J, Bice N, Kabat C, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA. Development of An Automated Pre-Treatment Data-Transfer Evaluation. 2020 Annual AAPM Meeting.
25. Parenica H, Kabat C, Papaconstadopoulos P, Kirby N, Myers PA, Wagner T, Papanikolaou N, Stathakis S. Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for Patient-Specific QA Based on Maching Log Files. 2021 Annual AAPM Meeting.
26. Bice N, Kirby N, Nguyen D, Kabat C, Myers PA, Papanikolaou N, Fakhreddine N. Latent Space Arc Therapy Optimization. 2021 Annual AAPM Meeting.
27. Baley C, Kirby N, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Saenz D. Optimizing Isocenter Placement Based On Rotational Uncertainty in Single-Isocenter SRS. 2021 Annual AAPM Meeting.
28. Patel J, Myers PA, Andrews K, Toups N, Corona I, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N, Newman N. Feasibility of Reducing Bone Marrow Dose for Esophageal and Lung Radiotherapy. 2022 Annual AAPM Meeting.
29. Alvarez A, Papanikolaou N, Myers PA, Kirby N, Rasmussen K, Saenz D. Correlation between Plan Quality Metrics and Planning Target Volume for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Treatments Using Brainlab Elements. 2023 Annual AAPM Meeting.
30. Cuthbert T, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N. Isopoint: External Validation of the Integrity of Physical Isocenter with Absolute and Relative Trending. 2023 AAPM Annual Conference.
31. Paschal H, Myers PA, Rasmussen K, Saenz D, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N. Designing a Surface-Contouring Flexible Collimator for Improving Electron Radiotherapy. 2023 Annual AAPM Meeting.
32. Bales K, George R, Naessig M, Fischer K, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N, Myers PA, Saenz D, Rasmussen K, Stathakis S. Dosimetric Evaluation of Electron Beam Doses at Various Interfaces 2019, Jun. p. e580. (Medical Physics. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
33. Nicewonger D, Stathakis S, Papanikolaou N, Kirby N, Saenz D, Myers PA, Fakhreddine M, Rasmussen K. Improvements in Efficiency and Accuracy for HDR Source Positioning Through the Use of a High Resolution Camera Localization System. 2019 Annual AAPM Meeting 46(6).
34. Sherrill M, Serafino N, Egbert Z, Pittock D, Myers P, Sandt M, Vijayan S, Nelson A. Assessing Clinical Viability of Contour Based Hybrid Deformable Registration (CBH DIR) through Analysis of Spatial Dose Mapping of Per Structure High Dose Regions and Contour Transfer Fidelity for GYN HDR/EBRT Combined Treatment. 2025 ASTRO Annual Meeting.