Ramesh Tailor

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Wolfe T, Chatterjee D, Lee J, Grant JD, Bhattarai S, Tailor R, Goodrich G, Nicolucci P, Krishnan S. Targeted gold nanoparticles enhance sensitization of prostate tumors to megavoltage radiation therapy in vivo. Corrigendum to this article in" [Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 11 (2015) 1277-1283]. Nanomedicine 12(3):851-2, 4/2016. e-Pub 3/2016. PMID: 27018259. Nanomedicine 11(5):1277-1283, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25652893.
2. Ibbott GS, Hanson WF, O'Meara E, Kuske RR, Arthur D, Rabinovitch R, White J, Wilenzick RM, Harris I, Tailor RC. Dose specification and quality assurance of radiation therapy oncology group protocol 95-17; a cooperative group study of iridium-192 breast implants as sole therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(5):1572-1578, 2007. PMID: 18035213.
3. Tailor RC, Hanson WF, Wells N, Ibbott GS. Consistency of absorbed dose to water measurements using 21 ion-chamber models following the AAPM TG51 and TG21 calibration protocols. Med Phys 33(6):1818-1828, 2006. PMID: 16872089.
4. Beddar AS, Tailor RC. Calibration of low-energy electron beams from a mobile linear accelerator with plane-parallel chambers using both TG-51 and TG-21 protocols. Phys Med Biol 49(8):N105-N110, 2004. PMID: 15152696.
5. Aguirre J, Tailor R, Ibbott G, Stovall M, Hanson W . TLD as a remote verification of output for radiotherapy beams: 25 years of experience, in press 2003. IAEA Proceedings, 2003.
6. Tailor R, Hanson W, Ibbott G. Response to comment on calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies. Med Phys 30:478-480, 2003.
7. Tailor RC, Followill DS, Hernandez N, Ibbott GS, Hanson WF. Predictability of electron cone ratios with respect to linac make and model. J Appl Clin Med Phys 4(2):172-8, 2003. PMID: 12777153.
8. Tailor RC, Hanson WF, Ibbott GS. TG-51: experience from 150 institutions, common errors, and helpful hints. J Appl Clin Med Phys 4(2):102-111, 2003. PMID: 12777144.
9. Tailor RC, Hanson WF. Calculated absorbed-dose ratios, TG51/TG21, for most widely used cylindrical and parallel-plate ion chambers over a range of photon and electron energies. Med Phys 29(7):1464-72, 2002. PMID: 12148727.
10. Kirsner SM, Prado KL, Tailor RC, Bencomo JA. Verification of the accuracy of 3D calculations of breast dose during tangential irradiation: measurements in a breast phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2(3):149-156, 2001. PMID: 11602011.
11. Followill DS, Tailor RC, Tello VM, Hanson WF. An empirical relationship for determining photon beam quality in TG-21 from a ratio of percent depth doses. Med Phys 25(7 Pt 1):1202-1205, 1998. PMID: 9682206.
12. Tailor RC, Tello VM, Schroy CB, Vossler M, Hanson WF. A generic off-axis energy correction for linac photon-beam dosimetry. Med Phys 25(5):662-667, 1998. PMID: 9608476.
13. Tailor RC, Chu C, Followill DS, Hanson WF. Equilibration of air temperature inside the thimble of a Farmer-type ion chamber. Med Phys 25(4):496-502, 1998. PMID: 9571617.
14. Tailor RC, Followill DS, Hanson WF. A first order approximation of field-size and depth dependence of wedge transmission. Med Phys 25(2):241-244, 1998. PMID: 9507486.
15. Tailor RC, Tello VM. Depth of ionization chamber in water. Phys Med Biol 40(8):1389-1392, 1995. PMID: 7480120.
16. Tello VM, Tailor RC, Hanson WF. How water equivalent are water-equivalent solid materials for output calibration of photon and electron beams?. Med Phys 22(7):1177-1189, 1995. PMID: 7565393.
17. Marcinkowski A, Finlay R, Randers-Pherson G, Brient D, Kurup R, Mellema S, Meigooni A, Tailor R,. Neutron emission cross-sections at 25.7 MeV from V-51, Cu-65, Nb-93, and Bi-209. Nuclear Science and Engineering 83:13-21, 1983.
18. Tailor R, Rapaport J, Finlay R, Randers-Pherson G. Neutron scattering from Mg-26. Nuclear Physics A 401:237-251, 1983.
19. Yiming Y, Brient D, Finlay R, Randers-Pherson G, Marcinkowski A, Tailor R, Rapaport J. Interaction of 11MeV neutrons with Y-89. Nuclear Physics 390:449-460, 1982.
20. Vijay Y, Tailor R, Shishodia Y. Pulse height analyzer circuit with constant Wwndow width. Indian J of Pure & Applied Physics 20(9):725-727, 1982.

Abstracts

1. Gronberg M, Tailor R, Smith S, Kry S, Followill D, Stojadinovic S, Niedzielski J, Lindsay P, Krishnan S, Aquirre J, Fujimoto T, Taniguchi C, Howell R. A Multi-Institutional End-To-End Dosimetry Mail Audit for Orthovoltage Small Animal Irradiators. AAPM ePoster Library, 2020.
2. Jayarathna S, Tailor R, Moktan H, Cho SH. A Custom-Made Jig for In-Air Ionization Chamber Measurements and Quality Assurance of the Mark I-68 Cs-137 Irradiator. AAPM ePoster Library, 2020.
3. Mirkovic D, Bartkosk D, Tailor R, Kurdestany JM, Salehpour M. Beam Modeling for a Novel Convergent X-Ray Treatment Machine, 2020.
4. Shetty G, Mitchell JM, Lam TNA, Phan TT, Tailor RC, Peters KA, Penedo CM, Hanna C, Orwig KE, Meistrich ML. Functional Sperm Production in Prepubertally Irradiated Rhesus Monkeys by Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transportation. American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, 2020.
5. Wang L, Cao J, Lee H, Liu Z, Lin E, Ding Y, Wen Z, McDonald B, Vedam S, Martel M, Wang J, Kraft S, Du W, Tailor R, Ibbott G, Frank S. Preclinical in vivo Human Tumor Response to Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Linear Accelerator versus Linear Accelerator. 2019 ASTRO Annual Meeting - ePoster, 2019.
6. Venkatesulu B, Sharma A, Pollard-Larkin J, Sadagopan R, Tailor R, Aleman G, Neri S, Symons J, Gillin M, Balter P, Lin S, Krishnan S. Ultrahigh Dose Rate FLASH Radiation Does Not Spare the Immune System in Cardiac and Splenic Models of Lymphopenia. 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting TU-F115-GePD-F4-05 - Oral Presentation, 2019.
7. Pollard-Larkin J, Tailor R, Balter P, Gillin M, Symons J, Sadagopan R. Characterizations of a Non-Clinical FLASH Beam. 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting - ePoster PO-GePV-P-37, 2019.
8. Pollard-Larkin J, Sadagopan R, Tailor R, Aleman G, Symons J, Balter P, Gillin M. Conversion of a Clinical Linac to Non-Clinical FLASH Mode. 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting - ePoster PO-GePV-T-385, 2019.
9. Jayarathna S, Tailor R, Ahmed M, Cho S. An Ionization Chamber Mounting Jig for In-Air Output Calibration and Quality Assurance of Commerical Cs-137 Irradiators. 2019 AAPM Annual Meeting - ePoster PO-GePV-T-388, 2019.
10. Vassantachart A, He Y, Tailor RC, Dilmanian A, Krishnan S. “Orthovolage X-Ray Minibeam Therapy of Moving Targets”. Int J of Rad Onc Bio Phys - 2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting - Poster 3739 99(2):E731 - E732, 2017.
11. Bodd M, Lee J, Mackeyev Y, Aliru ML, Aziz K, Sanders K, Khoo A, Tailor RC, Krishnan S. “Radiosensitization of Triple Negative Breast Cancer with Gold Nanosphere Conjugates Targeting the Folate Receptor”. Int J of Rad Onc Bio Phys - 2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting - Poster 3379 99(2):E579 - E580, 2017.
12. Singh PK, Li X, Zhang J, Liu G, Bhattarai S, Ahmad M, Bodd M, Chadha AS, Tailor RC, Krishnan S. “Development of Wnt/Notch Activators as Mitigators of Acute Radiation Gastrointestinal Syndrome”. Int J of Rad Onc Bio Phys - 2017 ASTRO Annual Meeting - Oral Presentation(41):S20, 2017.
13. Piotrowski S, DharmraJ N, Clark A, Tailor R, Bankson J, Hill L, Lai S, F. Kasper K, Young S. “Development of a Novel Pre-Clinical Model of Compromised Oral Wound Healing”. 2017 AADR/CADR Annual Meeting - Oral Presentation 2826618, 2017.
14. Boyle G, Vera E, Berger AM, Scheurer ME, McAleer MF, Tailor RC, Mahajan A, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS, Brenton G. “Zebrafish Model for the Study of Sleep-Wake disturbance in Radiation-Treated Patients with Malignant Gliomas”. Talk?. 8th Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, 2017.
15. Prajapati S, Lewis D, Tung S, Tailor RC, Chi P. “Improving Prescription-Dose Accuracy in Total-Body Irradiation Using Treatment-Planning System for 15 MV Beam”. AAPM Annual Meeting - Poster SU-I-GPD-T-502, 2017.
16. Wang C, Wang H, Liu Y, Tailor RC, Tung S, Chi P, Dabaja B, Pinnix C. “Statical Analysis of In-Vivo Measurements of Doses at Various Body-Sites of Patients Treated with Total Sin Electron Irradiation Therapy”. AAPM Annual Meeting - Poster, 2017.
17. Rubinstein A, Peterson C, Kingsley C, Pollard C, Tailor R, Followill D, Melancon A, Court L. “A Pre-Clinical Study of Radiation-Induced Lung Toxicity when treating in a Strong Magnetic-Field”. Oral Presentation (MO-AB-FS4-2). AAPM Annual Meeting, 2017.
18. Aliru ML, Aziz K, Bodd M, Sanders K, Mahadevan LSK, Sahoo N, Tailor RC, Krishnan S. “Targeted Gold Nanoparticles Enhance Radiation Effets in Pancreatic Tumor Models”. Int J of Rad Onco Biol Phys - 2017 ASTRO - Poster 99(2):E574-E575, 2017.
19. Vassantachart A, Tailor R, Dilmanian A, Eley J, Krishnan S. Mini-beam Therapy and Tissue Sparing Potential. J of Investigative Medicine, Western Regional Meeting (Carmel, CA), 2016.
20. Lewis D, Chi P, Tailor R, Aristophanous M, and Tung S. Verification of Total Body Irradiation MU Lookup Table Accuracy Using Treatment-Planning System for Wide Range of Patient Sizes. Med Phys, AAPM Annual Meeting 43:3556, 2016.
21. Rubinstein A, Kingsley C, Melancon A, Tailor R, Pollard J. Guindani M, Followill D, Hazle J, Court L. A Comparison of Noninvasive Technique to Assess Radiation-Induced Lung Damage in Mice. Med Phys, AAPM Annual Meeting 43:3783, 2016.
22. Rubinstein A, Tailor R, Melancon A, Pollard J, Guindani M, Followill D, Hazle J, Court L. Field-Induced Dose Effects in a Mouse Lung Phantom. Med Phys, AAPM Annual Meeting 43:3873, 2016.
23. Suami Hiroo, Mario Scaglion, Dixon Katherine A, Tailor Ramesh C.. Manifestation of Lymphedema and Effect of the Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer on the Recipient Lymphatic: A study in a Canine Model. World Congress of Lymphology Meeting, San Francisco, 2015.
24. Wen Z, Mathis M V P, Sawakuchi G O, Flint D, Tailor R, Ibbott G S.. Study of Potential Effects of a Strong Magnetic Field on Radiation Dosimeters (TLD, OSLD, EBT3, Presage). World Congress of Medical Physics, 2015.
25. Bernstein M B, Gameiro S R, Malamas A, Wolfe T, Sahoo N, Tailor R C, Padikiti R, Guha C P, Hahn Stephen M, Hodge James W, Krishnan S.. Proton Irradiation Modulates Tumor Phenotype Leading to Enhanced Immune-Mediated Cell Killing. ASTRO, 2015.
26. Roed Y, Tailor R, Pinsky L, Ibbott G. Study of a Unique 3D-Dosimeter for Commissioning Radiation-Treatment Machines. (Med Phys) - AAPM Annual meeting (Anaheim)(42):3501, 2015.
27. Diagaradjane P, Deorukhkar A, Sankaranarayanapillai M, Manohar N, Singh P, Goodrich G, Tailor R, Cho S, and Krishnan S.. Enhancing the Tumor Specific Radiosensitization Using Molecular Targetted Gold Nanorods. E-Poster TU-F-CAMPUS-Y-03. (Med Phys) AAPM Annual meeting (Anaheim)(42):3644, 2015.
28. Singh Pankaj K, Deorukhkar Amit, Diep Nga, Chatterjee Dev, Diagaradjane Parmesh, Tailor Ramesh C, Bomalaski John, and Krishnan Sunil. Radio-sensitization of Pancreatic Cancer by Arginine: Role of Early ER Stress Proteins. Poster Radiation Research Society meeting Sep 19-22, 2015, 2015.
29. Rehman J, Tailor R, Khan I, Ashraf J, Afzal M, Ibbott G. Reduction of the Risk of Secondary Cancer Induction Using VMAT for Head and Neck Cancer. International J of Biomedical and Biological Engineering 1, 2014.
30. Mathis M, Sawakuchi G, Flint D, Tailor R, Beddar S, Ibbott G, Wen Z. Effects of a Strong Magnetic Field on Selected Radiation Dosimeters. Scientific Exhibit, Combined Scientific Meeting (CSM), Melbourne, 2014.
31. Singh P, Diagaradjane P, Wolfe T, Lee JiHyoun, Tailor R, Krishnan S. Influence of Sub-cellular Localization and Micro-environment on Radio-Sensitization of Cancer Cells by Conjugated Gold Nano-particles. Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas (Received Scholar in Training Award), 2014.
32. Mathis M, Wen Z, Tailor R, Sawakuchi G, Flint D, Beddar S, Ibbott G. Effects of a Strong Magnetic Field on Selected Radiation Dosimeters. Poster SU-E-T-368, AAPM Annual Meeting, Austin, 2014.
33. Diagaradjane P, Deorukhkar A, Singh P, Tailor R, Diep N, Garden A, Ang K, Krishnan S. Radiation Response Modulation of Head and Neck Cancer using Targeted Gold Nanorods: a pre-clinical study. Radiation Research Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2013.
34. Han T, Tailor R, Melancon A, Howell R, Mourtada F and Salehpour M. A comprehensive investigation of dosimetric uncertanties in junction region of breast superclavicular and tangential fields. Med Phys 40:SU-C-137-07, 2013.
35. Rubinstein A, Yang J, Martin R, Kingsley C, Delacerda J, Michel K, Zhang L, Tailor R, Pan T, Yan P, Hazle J, Court L. Respiratory motion management for high-precision small animal irradiation. Med Phys, 2013.
36. Rubinstein A, Tailor R, Zhao Z, Yang J. Is EBT3 energy independent for radiation-therapy photon & electron Beams. Med Phys 40:SU-E-T-101, 2013.
37. Pant V, Xiong S, Chau G, Tailor R, Vassilev L, and Lozano G. Evaluating the efficacy of acute p53-activation in radiation-induced gastro-intestinal syndrome protection. Poster presentation, 7th International Mdm2 Workshop, Cambridge, UK, 2013.
38. Diagaradjane P, Deorukhkar A, Singh P, Tailor R, Garden A, Myers J, Ang K, Krishnan S. Radiation Response Modulation using EGFR Gold Nanorods. Gordon Research Conferences on Cancer Nano-Technology, Vermont, 2013.
39. Diagaradjane P, Deorukhkar A, Singh P, Tailor R, Garden A, Ang K, Krishnan S. Modulating the radiation response of head and neck cancer cells using EGFR Gold Nanorods. NIH-ASTRO Joint Workshop on Technology for Innovation in Radiation Oncology, Bethesda, 2013.
40. Vinod P, Shunbin X, Gilda C, Tailor R, Lyubomir V, Guillermina L. Evaluating the efficacy of acute p53 activation in radiation-induced gastro-intestinal syndrome protection. 2013 Genes and Development Retreat, 2013.
41. Anand A, Tung S, Tailor R, Morrison W, Zhu X. Dosimetric evaluation of tungsten eye-shield in 9, 12, and 16 MeV electron beams using ebt2 gafchromic film. ASTRO Annual Meeting, 2012.
42. Melancon A, Gillin M, Tailor R. Assessment of field-junction dosimetry: pinnacle V9.0 versus film (ebt2). Med Phys 39(6):SU-E-T-527, 2012.
43. Klein D, Wootten L, Tailor R, Beddar S. Investigating the effects of using several calibration conditions on the measurement accuracy of plastic scintillation detectors. Med Phys 38(6):SU-C-224-11, 2011.
44. Arjomandy B, Tailor R. An assessment of EBT2 gafchromic film as a potential depth-dose measurement of radio-therapy beams. Med Phys 38(6):SU-E-T-224, 2011.
45. Wang X, Tailor R, Yang J, Court L, chung H, Bicic M, Dong L. Accurate small MLC field and penumbra modeling and its clinical impact,oral presentation. Med Phys 38(6):SU-E-T-878, 2011.
46. Takahashi O, Komaki R, Jurgensmeier JM, Ryan AJ, Smith PD, Bekele BN, WistubaII, Jacogy JJ, Tailor RC, Korshunova MV, Biernacka A, Hosho K, Erez B, Herbst RS, O'Reilly MS. VEGF signaling inhibition by cediranib enhances the antitumor and anti-metastatic effects of radiation therapy more substantially than paclitaxel in a nurine orthotopic model of lung cancer, oral presentation. 14th World Congress on lung cancer, Netherlands, 2011.
47. Yaldo D, Tailor RC, Scarboro S, Sahoo N, Kry S, Kisling K, Followill D, Howell R. Evaluation of the anisotropic analytical algorithm (AAA) to the commissioning dataset. Med Phys 37(6):SU-GG-T-303, 2010.
48. Klein D, Tailor R, Archambault L, Wang L, Therriault-Proulx F, Beddar S. Measurement of small field output factors using plastic scintillation detectors. Med Phys 37(6):SU-GG-T-327, 2010.
49. Anand A, Arjomandy B, Tailor R, Sahoo N, Gillin M. Dose response and energy dependency of gafchromic EBT2 film over a wide range of beam energies and modalities. Med Phys 37(6):SU-GG-T-345, 2010.
50. Shiu A, Drzymala R, Alvarez P, Followill D, Tailor R. Investigation of large discrepancies in dose rates of gamma-knife units at various institutions. Med Phys 37(6):SU-GG-T-516, 2010.
51. Wang X, Yang J, Tailor R, Kry S, Vassiliev O. Effect of titanium rod on small spinal sterotactic radiosurgery (SSRS) dosimetry. ASTRO annual meeting, poster presentation, 2010.
52. Yu Z, Tailor RC, Ibbott GS, Well NH, Prado KL. Response of one dose and TLD100 dosimeters over 6MV to 103Pd equivalent. Med Phys 36(6):SU-FF-T-302, 2009.
53. Vicic M, Ohrt J, Laneave WS, Tailor RC, Prado KL. Quantitative determination of accelerator light and radiation fields using optical methods. Med Phys 36(6):SU-FF-T-293, 2009.
54. Schinkel C, Sahoo N, Tailor RC, Vicic M, Prado KL. Validation and implementation of semi-imperical methods to remove detector averaging from profiles for treatment-planning -system photon-beam modeling, oral presentation. Med Phys 36(6):TH-D-BRB-08, 2009.
55. Liu RR, Willis CE, Tailor RC, Vicic M, Prado KL. Computed Radiography in Radiation Oncology: A Study of Cassettes and Technique. Medical Physics 53(6):SU-GG-J-58, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
56. Wang Z, Kry S, Burgett E, Howell R, Tailor R, Oliver J, Followill D, Smith A, Salehpour M. Measurement of neutron spectrum and ambient dose equivalent around a mini-phantom at a proton therapy facility. Med Phys 35(6):TH-D-AUD A-02, 2008.
57. Tailor R, Ibbott G, Tolani N. Design of a jig for thermoluminesence dosimetry of brachtherapy sources in liquid water and the determination of correction factor for water equivalent plastics. AAPM Meeting, General Poster Discussion, 2007.
58. Tailor R, Tolani NB, Ibbott GS, Ha CS. Lessons from the in-vivo dosimetry practice for patients treated with total skin electron radiation therapy TSEB. MD Anderson Cancer Center ASTRO, Poster-viewing code 2894, 2006.
59. Alvarez P, Hernandez N, Followill D, Tailor R, Ibbott G. Characterization of EBT versus MD55 gafchromic films for relative dosimetry measurements. AAPM Meeting, Med Phys 33:2217, 2006.
60. Sadagopan R, Tailor R, Hernandez N, Followill D, Abbott G. Dose variation within lung tumor and in its fingerlike extension as a function of incident photon angle. AAPM Meeting, Med Phys 33:2284, 2006.
61. Simon W, Tailor R, Liu C, Palta J, Dempsey J, Bayouth J, Pavord D, Ibbott G. LINAC dosimetry benchmark data set. AAPM Meeting, Med Phys 33:2218, 2006.
62. Briere TM, Tailor R, Tolani NB, Prado KL, Lane RG, Woo SY, Ha CS, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. In-vivo dosimetry using disposable MOSFET dosimeters for total body irradiation. Med Phys 32:1996, 2005.
63. Briere TM, Tailor RC, Tolani NB, Prado KL, Lane RG, Woo SY, Ha CS, Gillin MT, Beddar AS. In-vivo dosimetry using disposable MOSFET dosimeters for total body irradiation. Med Phys 32:1996, 2005.
64. Tailor R, Esteban J, Abbott GS. TLD measurements in liquid water of dosimetry characteristics of a new 125I seed. Accepted as poster in AAPM meeting, 2003.
65. H. Moktan, S. Jayarathna, R. C. Tailor, and S. H. Cho. A custom-made cassette for in-water film dose measurements and quality assurance of 137Cs Blood Irradiators. AAPM 63rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition.