Weiliang Du, Ph.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Gao S, Muruganandham M, Du W, Ohrt J, Kudchadker RJ, Balter PA. Adding customized electron energy beams to TrueBeam linear accelerators. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(7):e13633, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35533212.
2. Fang R, Yang J, Du W, Court L. Automatic detection of graticule isocenter and scale from kV and MV images. J Appl Clin Med Phys 20(4):18-28, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30843335.
3. Hoffman KE, Voong KR, Levy LB, Allen PK, Choi S, Schlembach PJ, Lee AK, McGuire SE, Nguyen Q, Pugh TJ, Frank SJ, Kudchadker RJ, Du W, Kuban DA. Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated, Dose-Escalated, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Versus Conventionally Fractionated IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol 36(29):2943-2949, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30106637.
4. Du W, Gao S, Jiang W, Kudchadker RJ. Independent evaluation of the effectiveness of IsoCal in improving image center accuracy on Varian TrueBeam and Clinac machines. J Appl Clin Med Phys 19(5):483-490, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29956463.
5. Hoffman KE, Skinner H, Pugh TJ, Voong KR, Levy LB, Choi S, Frank SJ, Lee AK, Mahmood U, McGuire SE, Schlembach PJ, Du W, Johnson J, Kudchadker RJ, Kuban DA. Patient-reported urinary, bowel and sexual function after hypofractionated intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: results from a randomized trial. Am J Clin Oncol 41(6):558-567, 2018. PMID: 27635624.
6. Gao S, Du W, Balter P, Munro P, Jeung A. Evaluation of IsoCal geometric calibration system for Varian linacs equipped with on-board imager and electronic portal imaging device imaging systems. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(3):4688, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24892342.
7. Hoffman KE, Voong KR, Pugh TJ, Skinner H, Levy LB, Takiar V, Choi S, Du W, Frank SJ, Johnson J, Kanke J, Kudchadker RJ, Lee AK, Mahmood U, McGuire SE, Kuban DA. Risk of late toxicity in men receiving dose-escalated hypofractionated intensity modulated prostate radiation therapy: results from a randomized trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 88(5):1074-1084, 2014. PMID: 24661661.
8. Du W, Cho SH, Zhang X, Hoffman KE, Kudchadker RJ. Quantification of beam complexity in intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment plans. Med Phys 41(2):021716, 2014. PMID: 24506607.
9. Li X, Quan EM, Li Y, Pan X, Zhou Y, Wang X, Du W, Kudchadker RJ, Johnson JL, Kuban DA, Lee AK, Zhang X. A fully automated method for CT-on-rails-guided online adaptive planning for prostate cancer intensity modulated radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 86(5):835-41, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23726001.
10. Pair ML, Du W, Rojas HD, Kanke JE, McGuire SE, Lee AK, Kuban DA, Kudchadker RJ. Dosimetric effects of weight loss or gain during volumetric modulated arc therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Dosim 38(3):251-4, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23540491.
11. Likhacheva A, Palmer M, Du W, Brown PD, Mahajan A. Intensity modulated radiation therapy class solutions in Philips Pinnacle treatment planning for central nervous system malignancies: standardized, efficient, and effective. Pract Radiat Oncol 2(4):e145-e153, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 24674178.
12. Du W, Gao S, Wang X, Kudchadker RJ. Quantifying the gantry sag on linear accelerators and introducing an MLC-based compensation strategy. Med Phys 39(4):2156-62, 2012. PMID: 22482636.
13. Du W, Gao S. Measuring the wobble of radiation field centers during gantry rotation and collimator movement on a linear accelerator. Med Phys 38(8):4575-4578, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21928629.
14. Yang JN, Ding X, Du W, Pino R. Model-based calculations of off-axis ratio of conic beams for a dedicated 6MV radiosurgery unit. Med Phys 37(10):5542-5547, 2010. PMID: 21089780.
15. Du W, Yang JN, Chang EL, Luo D, McAleer MF, Shiu A, Martel MK. A quality assurance procedure to evaluate cone-beam CT image center congruence with the radiation isocenter of a linear accelerator. J Appl Clin Med Phys 11(4):15-26, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21081890.
16. Du W, Yang J, Luo D, Martel M. A simple method to quantify the coincidence between portal image graticules and radiation field centers or radiation isocenter. Med Phys 37(5):2256-2263, 2010. PMID: 20527559.
17. Wang X, Du W, Smith SA, Stovall M, Buchholz TA, Salehpour M. The radiation exposure from portal images during the course of breast radiotherapy. Am J Clin Oncol 31(4):345-351, 2008. PMID: 18845993.
18. Du W, Fan X, Foxley S, Zamora M, River JN, Culp RM, Karczmar GS. Comparison of high-resolution echo-planar spectroscopic imaging with conventional MR imaging of prostate tumors in mice. NMR Biomed 18:285-292, 2005.
19. Du W, Karczmar GS, Uftring SJ, Du YP. Anatomical and functional brain imaging using high-resolution echo-planar spectroscopic imaging at 1.5 Tesla. NMR Biomed 18:235-241, 2005.
20. Medved M, Newstead GM, Fan X, Du W, Du YP, MacEneaney PM, Culp RM, Kelcz F, Olopade OI, Zamora MA, Karczmar GS. Fourier components of inhomogeneously broadened water resonances in breast: a new source of MRI contrast. Magn Reson Med 52:193-196, 2004.
21. Medved M, Du W, Zamora MA, Fan X, Olopade OI, MacEneaney PM, Newstead G, Karczmar GS. The effect of varying spectral resolution on the quality of high spectral and spatial resolution magnetic resonance images of the breast. J Magn Reson Imaging 18:442-448, 2003.
22. Du W, Du YP, Fan X, Zamora MA, Karczmar GS. Reduction of spectral ghost artifacts in high-resolution echo-planar spectroscopic imaging of water and fat resonances. Magn Reson Med 49:1113-1120, 2003.
23. Du W, Du YP, Bick U, Fan X, MacEneaney PM, Zamora MA, Medved M, Karczmar GS. Breast MR imaging with high spectral and spatial resolutions: preliminary experience. Radiology 224(2):577-585, 2002. PMID: 12147859.
24. Du W, Karczmar GS, Pan X. Effects of constant frequency noise in magnetic resonance imaging with non-uniform k-space sampling. Med Phys 29:1832-1838, 2002.
25. Karczmar GS, Du W, Medved M, Bick U, MacEneany P, Du YP, Fan X, Zamora M, Lipton M. Spectrally inhomogeneous effects of contrast agents in breast lesion detected by high spectral and spatial resolution MRI. Acad Radiol 9:S352-S354, 2002.
26. Fan X, Du W, MacEneaney PM, Zamora M, Karczmar GS. Structure of the water resonance in small voxels in rat brain detected with high spectral and spatial resolution MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 16:547-552, 2002.

Abstracts

1. Wang L, Cao J, Lee H, Liu Z, Lin E, Ding Y, Wen Z, McDonald B, Vedam S, Martel M, Fuller C, Wang J, Krafft S, Du W, Tailor R, Ibbott G, Frank S. Preclinical in vivo human tumor response to magnetic resonance image-guided linear accelerator versus conventional linear accelerator. Int J Radiat Oncol Bio Phys 105(1):E657-E658, 2019.
2. Du W, Gao S, Jiang W. Assessing the accuracy of IsoCal-calibrated image centers on Varian TrueBeam machines. AAPM 59th Annual Meeting, 2017.
3. Choi S, Levy L, Lee KK, Nguyen QN, Lee AK, McGuire SE, Kudchaker RJ, Du W, Hoffman KE, Mahmood U, Frank SJ, Kuban DA. Identifying a subgroup of high-risk prostate cancer patients with worse clinical outcomes: should there be a “very high-risk” group?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 96(2):E240-E241, 2016.
4. Du W. Graphical user interface for digital Winston Lutz test-based localization of linac radiation isocenter and IGRT image centers. 2016 AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting, 2016.
5. W, Cho SH, Zhang X, Hoffman KE, Kudchadker RJ. Decoding the beam complexity in intensity-modulated radiation therapy plans. Med Phys 41(6):305, 2014.
6. Yang J, Du W, Li H, Luo D, McAleer MF, Martel MK, Gillin MT, Chang EL. Accurate spine SBRT setup with properly aligned MV and CBCT image systems. Med Phys 37(6):3311-3312, 2010.