Xiaodong Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Regular Faculty Member, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2001 | Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA, PHD, Physics |
2001 | Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA, MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
1994 | Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, USA, MS, Nuclear Physics |
1991 | University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, USA, BS, Physics |
Board Certifications
2008 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2021
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2009 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Committee Member, External Advisory Committee for Clinical Trials and Biomarker Research for Massachusetts General Hospital Federal Share of Proton Beam Program Income, 2015 - Present
Honors & Awards
2014 | Proton Therapy Center - Medical Director Appreciation Award, Proton Therapy Center of UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2011 | Manuscript selected as the feature article of Physics in Medicine and Biology (Zhang X et al. Phys. Med. Biol. 56:7725, 2011), Institute of Physics |
2011 | Manuscript (Zhang et al. Phys. Med. Biol., 56, 7725, 2011) featured on Medical Physics Web, December 22, 2011, and in article by Jude Dineley, “Bragg curve model ramps clinic efficiency” December 22, |
2009 | Manuscript (Zhang et al. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.., 77, 357-366, 2010) featured on Medical Physics Web, Oct 2, 2009, and in article by Tami Freeman, “IMPT preferable for advanced lung cancer” Oct 2, |
2008 | Ohio University Spirit Award, Ohio University |
2008 | Robert M. Chamberlain Distinguished Mentor Award Nomination, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2008 | Leadership Award for Special Contributions in Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2001 | Silver Quill Awards for technical publications in Motorola, Motorola |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- X Ronald Zhu, Yuting Li, Ming Yang, Thomas J Whitaker, Paige A Taylor, Xiaodong Zhang, Falk Poenisch, Narayan Sahoo, Zhongxing Liao, and Joe Y Chang. Stereotactic body proton therapy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer – Technical challenges and solutions: The MD Anderson experience. Jour. of Radiosurgery and SBRT 9:75-82, 2023.
- Ivan Vazquez, Mary P Gronberg, Xiaodong Zhang, X Ronald Zhu, Steven J Frank, Ming Yang. A deep learning-based approach for statistical robustness evaluation in proton therapy treatment planning: a feasibility study. Physics in Medicine & Biology 68(9):095014, 2023.
- Mei Chen, Wenhua Cao, Pablo Yepes, Fada Guan, Falk Poenisch, Cheng Xu, Jiayi Chen, Yupeng Li, Ivan Vazquez, Ming Yang, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang. Impact of dose calculation accuracy on inverse linear energy transfer optimization for intensity‐modulated proton therapy. Precision Radiation Oncology 7(1):36-44, 2023.
- Wenhua Cao, Yupeng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Falk Poenisch, Pablo Yepes, Narayan Sahoo, David Grosshans, Susan McGovern, G Brandon Gunn, Steven J Frank, Xiaorong R Zhu. Intensity modulated proton arc therapy via geometry‐based energy selection for ependymoma. Journal of applied clinical medical physics:e13954, 2023.
- Eric D Brooks, Xiaochun Wang, Brian De, Vivek Verma, Tyler D Williamson, Rachel Hunter, Abdallah SR Mohamed, Matthew S Ning, Xiaodong Zhang, Joe Y Chang. An algorithm for thoracic re-irradiation using biologically effective dose: a common language on how to treat in a “no-treat zone”. Radiation Oncology 17(1-11), 2022.
- Mei Chen, Zeming Wang, Shengpeng Jiang, Jian Sun, Li Wang, Narayan Sahoo, G Brandon Gunn, Steven J Frank, Cheng Xu, Jiayi Chen, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Joe Y Chang, Zhongxing Liao, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang. Predictive performance of different NTCP techniques for radiation-induced esophagitis in NSCLC patients receiving proton radiotherapy. Scientific Reports 12(1):1-8, 2022.
- Shengpeng Jiang, Yi Xue, Ming Li, Chengwen Yang, Daguang Zhang, Qingxin Wang, Jing Wang, Jie Chen, Jinqiang You, Zhiyong Yuan, Xiaochun Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Wei Wang. Artificial Intelligence-Based Automated Treatment Planning of Postmastectomy Volumetric Modulated Arc Radiotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology 12:871871-871871, 2022.
- Jia-Yun Chen, Da-Quan Wang, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Qi Fu, Xue-Na Yan, Kuo Men, Jian-Rong Dai, Nan Bi. Sparing lung tissue with virtual block method in VMAT planning for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Nuclear Science and Techniques 33(4):1-15, 2022.
- Grete May Engeseth, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Pablo Yepes, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Radhe Mohan, Clifton Dave Fuller, Camilla Hanquist Stokkevåg, Richard Wu, Xiaodong Zhang, Steven Jay Frank, Gary Brandon Gunn. Impact of RBE variations on risk estimates of temporal lobe necrosis in patients treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy for head and neck cancer. Acta Oncologica 61(2):215-222, 2022.
- Uwe Titt, Ming Yang, Xiaochun Wang, Kiminori Iga, Nathaniel Fredette, Emil Schueler, Steven H Lin, X Ron Zhu, Narayan Sahoo, Albert C Koong, Xiaodong Zhang, Radhe Mohan. Design and validation of a synchrotron proton beam line for FLASH radiotherapy preclinical research experiments. Medical physics 49(1):497-509, 2022.
- Yaying Shi, Christian Micklisch, Erum Mushtaq, Salman Avestimehr, Yonghong Yan, Xiaodong Zhang. An Ensemble Approach to Automatic Brain Tumor Segmentation. International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop:138-148, 2022.
- Grete May Engeseth, Renjie He, Dragan Mirkovic, Pablo Yepes, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Sonja Stieb, Clifton Dave Fuller, Richard Wu, Xiadong Zhang, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Camilla Hanquist Stokkevåg, Radhe Mohan, Steven Jay Frank, Gary Brandon Gunn. Mixed effect modelling of dose and Linear Energy Transfer correlations with brain image changes after intensity modulated proton therapy for skull base head and neck cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics 111(3):684-692, 2021.
- Michael D Chuong, Christopher L Hallemeier, Heng Li, Xiaorong Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Erik J Tryggestad, Jen Yu, Ming Yang, J Isabelle Choi, Minglei Kang, Wei Liu, Antje Knopf, Arturs Meijers, Jason K Molitoris, Smith Apisarnthanarax, Huan Giap, Bradford S Hoppe, Percy Lee, Joe Y Chang, Charles B Simone 2nd, Steven H Lin. Executive summary of clinical and technical guidelines for esophageal cancer proton beam therapy from the Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group thoracic and gastrointestinal subcommittees. Frontiers in Oncology 11(748331), 2021.
- Grete May Engeseth, Liv Bolstad Hysing, Pablo Yepes, Helge Egil Seime Pettersen, Radhe Mohan, Clifton Dave Fuller, Camilla Hanquist Stokkevåg, Richard Wu, Xiaodong Zhang, Steven Jay Frank, Gary Brandon Gunn. Impact of RBE variations on risk estimates of temporal lobe necrosis in patients treated with intensity-modulated proton therapy for head and neck cancer. Acta Oncologica:1-8, 2021.
- Zeng J, Badiyan SN, Garces YI, Wong T, Zhang X, Simone CB, Chang JY, Knopf AC, Mori S, Iwata H, Meijers A.. Consensus Statement on Proton Therapy in Mesothelioma. Practical Radiation Oncology 11(2):119-133, 2021.
- Olsi Gjyshi, Ting Xu, Adnan Elhammali, David Boyce-Fappiano, Stephen G Chun, Saumil Gandhi, Percy Lee, Aileen B Chen, Steven H Lin, Joe Y Chang, Anne Tsao, Carl M Gay, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, John V Heymach, Frank V Fossella, Charles Lu, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Zhongxing Liao. Toxicity and Survival After Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Versus Passive Scattering Proton Therapy for NSCLC. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 16(2):269-277, 2021.
- Daniela Branco, Stephen Kry, Paige Taylor, Xiaodong Zhang, John Rong, Steven Frank, David Followill. Dosimetric impact of commercial CT metal artifact reduction algorithms and a novel in‐house algorithm for proton therapy of head and neck cancer. Medical Physics 48(1):445-455, 2021. e-Pub 2020.
- Daniela Branco, Stephen Kry, Paige Taylor, John Rong, Xiaodong Zhang, Steven Frank, David Followill. Evaluation of image quality of a novel computed tomography metal artifact management technique on an anthropomorphic head and neck phantom. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 17:111-116, 2021.
- Zhang X. A Review of the Robust Optimization Process and Advances with Monte Carlo in the Proton Therapy Management of Head and Neck Tumors. Int J Part Ther 8(1):14-24, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34285932.
- Hanania AN, Zhang X, Gunn GB, Rosenthal DI, Garden AS, Fuller CD, Phan J, Reddy JP, Moreno A, Chronowski G, Shah S, Ausat N, Hanna E, Ferrarotto R, Frank SJ. Proton Therapy for Major Salivary Gland Cancer: Clinical Outcomes. Int J Part Ther 8(1):261-272, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34285952.
- Mei Chen, Jinzhong Yang, Zhongxing Liao, Jiayi Chen, Cheng Xu, Xiaodong He, Xiaodong Zhang, Ronald X Zhu, Heng Li. Anatomic change over the course of treatment for non–small cell lung cancer patients and its impact on intensity-modulated radiation therapy and passive-scattering proton therapy deliveries 15(1):1-11, 2020.
- Grete May Engeseth, S Stieb, R He, M Brydøy, Dave Fuller, AS Garden, J Phan, WH Morrison, JP Reddy, R Wu, X Zhang, Brandon Gunn. Outcome and patterns of radiation associated brain image changes after proton therapy for head and neck skull base cancers. Radiotherapy and Oncology 151:119-125, 2020.
- Daquan Wang, Jiayun Chen, Xiaodong Zhang, Tao Zhang, Luhua Wang, Qinfu Feng, Zongmei Zhou, Jianrong Dai, Nan Bi. Sparing Organs at Risk with Simultaneous Integrated Boost Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An Automatic Treatment Planning Study. Cancer Management and Research 12:9643-9653, 2020.
- Li Wang, Jianzhong Cao, Xiaochun Wang, Eric Lin, Zeming Wang, Yuting Li, Yupeng Li, Mei Chen, Xianliang Wang, Bo Jiang, Ruiping Zhang, Narayan Sahoo, Xiaodong Zhang, X Ronald Zhu, Jeffrey N Myers, Steven J Frank. Proton and photon radiosensitization effects of niraparib, a PARP‐1/‐2 inhibitor, on human head and neck cancer cells. Head & Neck 42(9):2244-2256, 2020.
- Branco D, Kry S, Taylor P, Rong J, Zhang X, Peterson C, Frank S, Followill D. Development of a stereoscopic CT metal artifact management algorithm using gantry angle tilts for head and neck patients. J Appl Clin Med Phys 21(8):120-130, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32506820.
- Zeming Wang, Mei Chen, Jian Sun, Shengpeng Jiang, Li Wang, Xiaochun Wang, Narayan Sahoo, G Brandon Gunn, Steven J Frank, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Zhongxing Liao, Joe Y Chang, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang. Lyman–Kutcher–Burman normal tissue complication probability modeling for radiation-induced esophagitis in non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving proton radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology 146:200-204, 2020.
- Chen M, Yepes P, Hojo Y, Poenisch F, Li Y, Chen J, Xu C, He X, Gunn GB, Frank SJ, Sahoo N, Li H, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Transitioning from measurement-based to combined patient-specific quality assurance for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Br J Radiol 93(1107):20190669, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31799859.
- Wang L, Yang L, Han S, Zhu J, Li Y, Wang Z, Fan YH, Lin E, Zhang R, Sahoo N, Li Y, Zhang X, Wang X, Li T, Zhu XR, Zhu H, Heymach JV, Myers JN, Frank SJ. Patterns of protein expression in human head and neck cancer cell lines differ after proton vs photon radiotherapy. Head Neck 42(2):289-301, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31710172.
- Duo Ma, Lawrence Bronk, Matthew Kerr, Mary Sobieski, Mei Chen, Changran Geng, Joycelyn Yiu, Xiaochun Wang, Narayan Sahoo, Wenhua Cao, Xiaodong Zhang, Clifford Stephan, Radhe Mohan, David R Grosshans, Fada Guan. Exploring the advantages of intensity-modulated proton therapy: experimental validation of biological effects using two different beam intensity-modulation patterns Authors. Scientific reports 10(1):1-13, 2020.
- Yang Z, Zhang X, Wang X, Zhu XR, Gunn B, Frank SJ, Chang Y, Li Q, Yang K, Wu G, Liao L, Li Y, Chen M, Li H. Multiple-CT optimization: An adaptive optimization method to account for anatomical changes in intensity-modulated proton therapy for head and neck cancers. Radiother Oncol 142:124-132, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31564553.
- Zhang R, Zhu L, Cai Z, Jiang W, Li J, Yang C, Yu C, Jiang B, Wang W, Xu W, Chai X, Zhang X, Tang Y. Potential feature exploration and model development based on 18F-FDG PET/CT images for differentiating benign and malignant lung lesions. Eur J Radiol 121:108735, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31733432.
- Heng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Yupeng Li, Ronald X Zhu. An analytical model for the upper bound estimation of respiratory motion–induced dose uncertainty in spot‐scanning proton beam therapy. Medical Physics 46(11):5249-5261, 2019.
- Li Liao, Gino J. Lim, Xiaodong Zhang. A Molecular Dynamics Approach for Optimizing Beam Intensities in IMPT Treatment Planning. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics 7(9):2130-2147, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Adnan Elhammali, Pierre Blanchard, Alison Yoder, Zhongxing Liao, Xiaodong Zhang, X Ronald Zhu, Pamela K Allen, Melenda Jeter, James Welsh, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen. Clinical outcomes after intensity-modulated proton therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 136:136-142, 2019.
- Yang Z, Li H, Li Y, Li Y, Chang Y, Li Q, Yang K, Wu G, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Gillin M, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Statistical evaluation of worst-case robust optimization intensity-modulated proton therapy plans using an exhaustive sampling approach. Radiat Oncol 14(1):129, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31324257.
- Zhiyong Yang, Yu Chang, Kristy K Brock, Guillaume Cazoulat, Eugene J Koay, Albert C Koong, Joseph M Herman, Peter C Park, Falk Poenisch, Qin Li, Kunyu Yang, Gang Wu, Brian Anderson, Andrea N Ohrt, Yupeng Li, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Heng Li. Effect of setup and inter-fraction anatomical changes on the accumulated dose in CT-guided breath-hold intensity modulated proton therapy of liver malignancies. Radiotherapy and Oncology 134:101-109, 2019.
- He Wang, James N Yang, Xiaodong Zhang, Jing Li, Steven J Frank, Zhongxiang Zhao, Dershan Luo, Xiaorong Zhu, Congjun Wang, Samuel Tung, Adam S Garden, David I Rosenthal, Clifton David Fuller, Gary Brandon Gunn, Amol J Ghia, Jay P Reddy, Shaan M Raza, Franco De Monte, Mark S Chambers, Paul D Brown, Shirley Su, Jack Phan. Treatment-Plan Comparison of Three Advanced Radiation Treatment Modalities for Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy to the Head and Neck. International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology 8(2):106, 2019.
- Li Wang , Shichao Han, Jinming Zhu, Xiaochun Wang, Yuting Li , Zeming Wang, Eric Lin, Xiaofang Wang, David P. Molkentine, Pierre Blanchard, Yining Yang, Ruiping Zhang, Narayan Sahoo, Michael Gillin, Xiaorong Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Jeffrey N. Myers, Steven J. Frank. Proton versus photon radiation–induced cell death in head and neck cancer cells. Head & Neck 41(1):46-55, 2019.
- Tanaya S. DeshpandePierre BlanchardLi WangRobert L. FooteXiaodong ZhangSteven J. Frank. Radiation-Related Alterations of Taste Function in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: a Systematic Review. Current Treatment Options in Oncology 19:72, 2018.
- Narayan Sahoo, Falk Poenisch, Xiaodong Zhang, Yupeng Li, MingFu Lii, Heng Li, Archana S Gautam, Richard Wu, Michael Gillin, Xiaorong R Zhu. 3D treatment planning system—Varian Eclipse for proton therapy planning. Medical Dosimetry 43(2):184-194, 2018.
- Nantavithya C, Gomez DR, Wei X, Komaki R, Liao Z, Lin SH, Jeter M, Nguyen QN, Li H, Zhang X, Poenisch F, Zhu XR, Balter PA, Feng L, Choi NC, Mohan R, Chang JY. Phase 2 Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Body Proton Therapy for High-Risk, Medically Inoperable, Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 101(3):558-563, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29680255.
- Wang X, Li H, Zhu XR, Hou Q, Liao L, Jiang B, Li Y, Wang P, Lang J, Zhang X. Multiple-CT optimization of intensity-modulated proton therapy - Is it possible to eliminate adaptive planning?. Radiother Oncol 128(1):167-173, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29054378.
- Bo Jiang, Xiaochun Wang, Yang Zhang, Fada Guan, Yupeng Li, Xianliang Wang, Ronald X Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang. Power-law relationship in the long-tailed sections of proton dose distributions. Scientific Report 8(1):10413, 2018.
- Jeter MD, Gomez D, Nguyen QN, Komaki R, Zhang X, Zhu X, O'Reilly M, Fossella FV, Xu T, Wei X, Wang H, Yang W, Tsao A, Mohan R, Liao Z. Simultaneous Integrated Boost for Radiation Dose Escalation to the Gross Tumor Volume With Intensity Modulated (Photon) Radiation Therapy or Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy for Stage II to III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase 1 Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 100(3):730-737, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29248169.
- Hartman, X Zhang, XR Zhu, SJ Frank, JJW Lagendijk, BW Raaymakers. TOPAS Monte Carlo model of MD anderson scanning proton beam for simulation studies in proton therapy. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 4(3):037001, 2018.
- Jennifer C Ho, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Heng Li, Pamela K Allen, Xiaodong Zhang, Zhongxing Liao, X Ronald Zhu, Daniel Gomez, Steven H Lin, Michael Gillin, Ritsuko Komaki, Stephen Hahn, Joe Y Chang. Reirradiation of thoracic cancers with intensity modulated proton therapy. Practical radiation oncology 8(1):58-65, 2018.
- Xianliang Wang, Yupeng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Heng Li, Koichi Miyazaki, Rintaro Fujimoto, Hiroshi Akiyama, Michael T Gillin, Falk Poenisch, Narayan Sahoo, David Grosshans, Brandon Gunn, Steven Jay Frank, Pei Wang, Jinyi Lang, Qing Hou, Xiaorong Ronald Zhu. Synchrotron-Based Pencil Beam Scanning Nozzle with an Integrated Mini-Ridge Filter: A Dosimetric Study to Optimize Treatment Delivery. Cancers 9(12):170, 2017.
- Daniela Branco, Paige Taylor, Xiaodong Zhang, Heng Li, Michele Guindani, David Followill. An Anthropomorphic Head and Neck Quality Assurance Phantom for Credentialing of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy. International Journal of Particle Therapy 4(3):40-47, 2017.
- Joe Y Chang, Xiaodong Zhang, Antje Knopf, Heng Li, Shinichiro Mori, Lei Dong, Hsiao-Ming Lu, Wei Liu, Shahed N Badiyan, Stephen Both, Arturs Meijers, Liyong Lin, Stella Flampouri, Zuofeng Li, Kikuo Umegaki, Charles B Simone, Xiaorong R Zhu. Consensus guidelines for implementing pencil beam scanning proton therapy for thoracic malignancies on behalf of PTCOG thoracic and lymphoma subcommittee. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 99(1):41-50, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- J. Y. Chang, C. Lu, V.K. Lam, R. Komaki, J.D. Cox, S. Hahn, Z. Liao, J. Welsch, D. Gomez, M. Jeter, M. O'Reiley, X. R. Zhu, X. Zhang, H. Li, J. V. Heymach, A.A. Vaporciyan, R. Mohan. Final Results of a Phase II Trial of Proton Beam Radiotherapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncology 3(8):e172032-e172032, 2017.
- Abdallah SR Mohamed, Brian P Hobbs, Katherine A Hutcheson, Michael S Murri, Naveen Garg, Juhee Song, G Brandon Gunn, Vlad Sandulache, Beth M Beadle, Jack Phan, William H Morrison, Steven J Frank, Pierre Blanchard, Adam S Garden, Hesham El-Halawani, Mona Kamal, Mark S Chambers, Jan S Lewin, Renata Ferrarotto, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Theresa M Hofstede, Richard C Cardoso, Ann M Gillenwater, Erich M Sturgis, Randal S Weber, David I Rosenthal, Clifton D Fuller, Stephen Y Lai. Dose-volume correlates of mandibular osteoradionecrosis in Oropharynx cancer patients receiving intensity-modulated radiotherapy: Results from a case-matched comparison. Radiotherapy and Oncology 124(2):232-239, 2017.
- W. Zhang, X. Zhang, P. Yang, P Blanchard, A Garden, B. Gunn, C. Fuller, M. Chambers, K Hutcheson, R. Ye, S. Y. Lai, M.A.S. Radwan, X. R. Zhu, S. J. Frank. Intensity-modulated proton therapy and osteoradionecrosis in oropharyngeal cancer. Radiother Oncol 123(4):401-405, 2017.
- Yang Zhang, Matthew Kerr, Fada Guan, Joris Hartman, Bo Jiang, Narayan Sahoo, Xiaorong Zhu, Michael Gillin, Wei Qian, Xiaodong Zhang. Dose calculation for spot scanning proton therapy with the application of a range shifter. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 3(3):035019. e-Pub 2017.
- W Zhang, Q Pang, X Zhang, C Yan, Q Wang, J Yang, S Yu, X Liu, Y Pan, Z Yuan, P Wang, Z Xiao. Programmed death‐ligand 1 is prognostic factor in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and is associated with epidermal growth factor receptor. Cancer science 108(4):590-597, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Wang L, Wang X, Li Y, Han S, Zhu J, Wang X, Molkentine DP, Blanchard P, Yang Y, Zhang R, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Myers JN, Frank SJ. Human papillomavirus status and the relative biological effectiveness of proton radiotherapy in head and neck cancer cells. Head Neck 39(4):708-715, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28039958.
- Chang JY, Zhang W, Komaki R, Choi NC, Chan S, Gomez D, O'Reilly M, Jeter M, Gillin M, Zhu X, Zhang X, Mohan R, Swisher S, Hahn S, Cox JD. Long-term outcome of phase I/II prospective study of dose-escalated proton therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. Radiother Oncol 122(2):274-280, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28139305.
- Blanchard P, Wong AJ, Gunn GB, Garden AS, Mohamed AS, Rosenthal DI, Crutison J, Wu R, Zhang X, Zhu XR, Mohan R, Amin MV, Fuller CD, Frank SJ. Toward a model-based patient selection strategy for proton therapy: External validation of photon-derived normal tissue complication probability models in a head and neck proton therapy cohort. Radiother Oncol 121(3):381-386. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27641784.
- Li Liao, Gino J Lim, Yupeng Li, Juan Yu, Narayan Sahoo, Heng Li, Michael Gillin, X Ronald Zhu, Anita Mahajan, Steven J Frank, David R Grosshans, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Daniel Gomez, Xiaodong Zhang. Robust Optimization for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Plans with Multi-Isocenter Large Fields. International Journal of Particle Therapy 3(2):305-311, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Kazumichi Suzuki, Matthew B Palmer, Narayan Sahoo, Xiaodong Zhang, Falk Poenisch, Dennis S Mackin, Amy Y Liu, Richard Wu, X Ronald Zhu, Steven J Frank, Michael T Gillin, Andrew K Lee. Quantitative analysis of treatment process time and throughput capacity for spot scanning proton therapy. Medical Physics 43(7):3975-3986, 2016.
- Shengpeng Jiang, Jingqian Wang, Heng Li, Li Liao, Yupeng Li, Xiaochun Wang, Yining Yang, Ronald X Zhu, Narayan Sahoo, Michael T Gillin, Yoshifumi Hojo, Jian Sun, Joe Y Chang, Zhongxing Liao, David Grosshans, Steven J Frank, Xiaodong Zhang. Novel Hybrid Scattering-and Scanning-Beam Proton Therapy Approach. International Journal of Particle Therapy 3(1):37-50, 2016.
- Holliday EB, Esmaeli B, Pinckard J, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Morrison WH, Kies MS, Gunn GB, Fuller CD, Phan J, Beadle BM, Zhu XR, Zhang X, Frank SJ. A Multidisciplinary Orbit-Sparing Treatment Approach that Includes Proton Therapy for Epithelial Tumors of the Orbit and Ocular Adnexa. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 95(1):344-52, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26454680.
- Jen Yu, Xiaodong Zhang, Li Liao, Heng Li, Ronald Zhu, Peter C Park, Narayan Sahoo, Michael Gillin, Yupeng Li, Joe Y Chang, Ritsuko Komaki, Steven H Lin. Motion-robust intensity-modulated proton therapy for distal esophageal cancer. Medical Physics 43(3):1111-1118, 2016.
- Giaddui T, Chen W, Yu J, Lin L, Simone CB, Yuan L, Gong YU, Wu QJ, Mohan R, Zhang X, Bluett JB, Gillin M, Moore K, O'Meara E, Presley J, Bradley JD, Liao Z, Galvin J, Xiao Y. Establishing the feasibility of the dosimetric compliance criteria of RTOG 1308: phase III randomized trial comparing overall survival after photon versus proton radiochemotherapy for inoperable stage II-IIIB NSCLC. Radiat Oncol 11(1):66, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27142674.
- Emma Holliday, Onita Bhattasali, Merrill S Kies, Ehab Hanna, Adam S Garden, David I Rosenthal, William H Morrison, G Brandon Gunn, Jack Phan, X Ronald Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Steven J Frank. Postoperative Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma. International Journal of Particle Therapy 2(4):533-543, 2016.
- Li H, Zhu XR, Zhang X. Reducing dose uncertainty for spot-scanning proton beam therapy of moving tumors by optimizing the spot delivery sequence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(3):547-56, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26460997.
- Li Y, Niemela P, Liao L, Jiang S, Li H, Poenisch F, Zhu XR, Siljamaki S, Vanderstraeten R, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Zhang X. Selective Robust Optimization: a New Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Optimization Strategy. Med Phys 42(8):4840-4847, 2015. PMID: 26233211.
- Pan HY, Jiang S, Sutton J, Liao Z, Chance WW, Frank SJ, Zhu XR, Li H, Fontanilla HP, Zhang X, Gomez DR. Early experience with intensity modulated proton therapy for lung-intact mesothelioma: a case series. Pract Radiat Oncol 5(4):e345-53, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25572666.
- Emma B Holliday, Adam S Garden, David I Rosenthal, C David Fuller, William H Morrison, G Brandon Gunn, Jack Phan, Beth M Beadle, Xiarong R Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang, Ehab Hanna, Bonnie S Glisson, Katherine A Hutcheson, Adel K El-Naggar, Ji-Hong Hong, Tsung-Min Hung, Esengul K Uzel, Gary Lewis, Steven J Frank. Proton Therapy Reduces Treatment-Related Toxicities for Patients with Nasopharyngeal Cancer: A Case-Match Control Study of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity-Modulated Photon Therapy. International Journal of Particle Therapy 2(1):19-28, 2015.
- Heng Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Peter Park, Wei Liu, Joe Chang, Zhongxing Liao, Steve Frank, Yupeng Li, Falk Poenisch, Radhe Mohan, Michael Gillin, Ronald Zhu. Robust optimization in intensity-modulated proton therapy to account for anatomy changes in lung cancer patients. Radiotherapy and Oncology 114(3):367-372, 2015.
- 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. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25867000.
- Cao, W.; Lim, G.J.; Li, Y.; Zhu, X.R.; Zhang, X. . Improved Beam Angle Arrangement in Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Treatment Planning for Localized Prostate Cancer. Cancers 7(2):574-584, 2015.
- 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. International Journal of Particle Physics 1(3):711-720, 2014.
- Chang JY, Li H, Zhu XR, Liao Z, Zhao L, Liu A, Li Y, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Gomez DR, Wu R, Gillin M, Zhang X. Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated proton therapy for thoracic malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 90(4):809-818, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25260491.
- Cao W, Lim G, Liao L, Li Y, Jiang S, Li X, Li H, Suzuki K, Zhu XR, Gomez D, Zhang X. Proton energy optimization and reduction for intensity-modulated proton therapy. Phys Med Biol 59(21):6341, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25295881.
- Frank SJ, Cox JD, Gillin M, Mohan R, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Gunn GB, Weber RS, Kies MS, Lewin JS, Munsell MF, Palmer MB, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Liu W, Zhu XR. Multifield Optimization Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Head and Neck Tumors: A Translation to Practice. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 89(4):846-853, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24867532.
- Li Y, Kardar L, Li X, Li H, Cao W, Chang JY, Liao L, Zhu RX, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Liao Z, Komaki R, Cox JD, Lim G, Zhang X. On the interplay effects with proton scanning beams in stage III lung cancer. Med Phys 41(2):021721, 2014. PMID: 24506612.
- 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.
- Li H, Liu W, Park P, Matney J, Liao Z, Chang J, Zhang X, Li Y, Zhu RX. Evaluation of the systematic error in using 3D dose calculation in scanning beam proton therapy for lung cancer. J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(5):4810, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25207565.
- Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Li H, Zhang X, Sahoo N, Wu RY, Li X, Lee AK, Chang EL, Choi S, Pugh T, Frank SJ, Gillin MT, Mahajan A, Grosshans DR. A single-field integrated boost treatment planning technique for spot scanning proton therapy. Radiat Oncol 9(1):202, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25212571.
- 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. PMID: 24320494.
- Li H, Park P, Liu W, Matney J, Liao Z, Balter P, Li Y, Zhang X, Li X, Zhu XR. Patient-specific quantification of respiratory motion-induced dose uncertainty for step-and-shoot IMRT of lung cancer. Med Phys 40(12):121712, 2013. PMID: 24320498.
- Wang X, Zhang X, Li X, Amos RA, Shaitelman SF, Hoffman K, Howell RM, Salehpour M, Zhang SX, Sun TL, Smith B, Tereffe W, Perkins GH, Buchholz TA, Strom EA, Woodward WA. Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation Using Intensity-Modulated Proton Radiotherapy: Do Uncertainties Outweigh Potential Benefits. The British Journal of Radiology 86(20130176), 2013.
- W. Cao, G. Lim, Xiaoqiang Li, Yupeng Li, X. R. Zhu, X. Zhang. Incorporating deliverable monitor unit constraints into spot intensity optimization in IMPT treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology 58(15):5113, 2013.
- Quan EM, Liu W, Wu R, Li Y, Frank SJ, Zhang X, Zhu XR, Mohan R. Preliminary evaluation of multi-field and single-field optimization for the treatment planning of spot-scanning proton therapy of head and neck cancer. Med Phys 40(8):1709, 2013. PMID: 23927306.
- 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.
- Zhu XR, Poenisch F, Lii M, Sawakuchi G, Titt U, Bues M, Song X, Zhang X, Li Y, Ciangaru G, Li H, Taylor MB, Suzuki K, Mohan R, Gillin MT, Sahoo N. Commissioning dose computation models for spot scanning. Medical Physics 40:041723, 2013.
- Li H, Sahoo N, Poenisch F, Suzuki K, Li Y, Li X, Zhang X, Lee AK, Gillin MT, Zhu XR. Use of treatment log files in spot scanning proton therapy as part of patient-specific quality assurance. Med Phys 40(2):021703, 2013. PMID: 23387726.
- Heng Li, Yupeng Li, X. Zhang, Xiaoqiang Li, W Liu, M.T. Gillin, X.R. Zhu. Dynamically accumulated dose and 4D accumulated dose for moving tumors. Medical Physics 39(12):7359, 2012.
- Quan EM, Chang JY, Liao Z, Xia T, Yuan Z, Liu H, Li X, Wages C, Mohan R, Zhang X. Automated VMAT treatment planning for stage III lung cancer: how does it compare with IMRT?. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys 84(1):e69-e76, 2012.
- Cao W, Lim G, Lee A, Li Y, Liu W, Zhu Ron, Zhang X. Uncertainty incorporated beam angle optimization for IMPT treatment planning. Medical Physics 39(8):5248, 2012.
- Quan EM, Li X, Wang X, Kudchadker,R, Johnson J, Lee A, Kuban D, Zhang X. A comprehensive comparison of IMRT and VMAT plan quality for prostate cancer treatment. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys 83(4):1169-1178, 2012.
- Liu W, Li Y, Cao W, Li X, Zhang X. Influence of robust optimization in intensity-modulated proton therapy with different dose delivery techniques. Medical Physics 39(6):3089, 2012.
- Li Y, Zhu RX, Sahoo N, Anand A, Zhang X. Beyond Gaussians: a study of single spot modeling for scanning proton dose calculation. Phys Med Biol 57(4):983-997, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22297324.
- Liu W, Zhang X, Li Y, Mohan R. Robust Optimization of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Med Phys 39(2):1079, 2012. PMID: 22320818.
- Demkov AA, Seo H, Zhang X, Ramdani J. Using Zintl-Klemm intermetalics in oxide-semiconductor heteroepitaxy. Applied Physics Letter 100:07162, 2012.
- Zhang X, Liu W, Li Y, Li X, Quan M, Mohan R, Anand A, Sahoo N, Gillin M, Zhu XR. Parameterization of multiple Bragg curves for scanning proton beams using simultaneous fitting of multiple curves. Phys Med Biol 56(24):7725, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22085829.
- Wang X, Amos RA, Zhang X, Taddei J, Woodward WA, Karen H, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Oh J, Perkins GH, Salehpour M, Zhang S, Sun TL, Gillin MT, Buchholz T, Strom EA. Potential Clinic Improvements of External Beam Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation (APBI) Using Multiple Proton Beam Configurations. Int. J. Radio. Oncol. Biol. Phys 80(5):1464-1472, 2011.
- Register SP, Zhang X, Mohan R, Chang JY. Proton Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Clinically Challenging Cases of Centrally and Superiorly Located Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(4):1015-1022, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20615629.
- Zhang X, Li X, Quan EM, Pan X, Li Y. A methodology for automatic intensity-modulated radiation treatment planning for lung cancer. Phys Med Biol 56(13):3873-3893, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21654043.
- Cai B, Zhang X and Drabold D. Building Block Modeling Technique: Application to Tenary Chalcogenide Glasses, g-Ge2As4Se4 and g-AsGe0.8Se0.8. Physics Review B 83(0):092202, 2011.
- Li Y, Zhang X, Mohan R.. Efficient dose calculation strategy for intensity modulated proton therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology 56:N71-84, 2011.
- Li X, Wang X, Li Y, Zhang X. A 4D IMRT planning method using deformable image registration to improve normal tissue sparing with contemporary delivery techniques. Radiat Oncol 6(83):83, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21771333.
- Zhu XR, Sahoo N, Zhang X, Robertson D, Li H, Choi S, Lee AK, Gillin MT. Intensity modulated proton therapy treatment planning using single-field optimization: The impact of monitor unit constraints on plan quality. Medical Physics 37(3):1210-1219, 2010.
- Zhang, X, Li Y, Pan X, Li X, Mohan R, Komaki R, Cox JD, Chang JY. Reduced normal tissue dose and individualized radical radiotherapy by IMPT compared with IMRT in NSCLC. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys 77(2):357-366, 2010.
- Torres M, Chang E, Mahajan A, Lege D, Riley B, Zhang X, Lii M, Kornguth D, Pelloski C, Woo S. Optimal treatment planning for skull base chordoma: Photons, Protons, or a combination of both. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys 74(4):1033-1039, 2009.
- Pan X, Zhang X, Li Y, Mohan R, Liao Z. Impact of using different four-dimensional computed tomography data sets to design proton treatment plans for distal esophageal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(2):601-9, 2009. PMID: 19147024.
- Demkov AA, Zhang XD. Theory of the Sr-induced reconstruction of the Si (001) surface. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 103(10):103710, 2008.
- Hui Z, Zhang X, Starkschall G, Li Y, Mohan R, Komaki R, Cox JD, Chang JY. Effects of interfractional motion and anatomic changes on proton therapy dose distribution in lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 72(5):1385-95. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18486357.
- Wang X, Krishnan S, Zhang X, Dong L, Briere T, Crane CH, Gillin M, Mohan R, Beddar S. Proton radiotherapy for liver tumors: dosimetric advantages over photon plans. Medical Dosimetry 33(4):259-267, 2008. PMID: 18973852.
- Li, Y, Zhang X, Lii M, Sahoo N, Zhu XR, Gillin M, and Mohan R.. Incorporating partial shining in proton pencil beam dose calculation algorithm. Phys. Med. Biol 53(3):605-616, 2008. PMID: 18199905.
- Zhang X., Zhao K., Guerrero T., Mcguire S., Yaremko B., Komaki R., Cox J.D., Hui Z., Li Y., Newhauser W., Mohan R., Liao Z.,. 4D-based treatment planning for intensity-modulated radiation therapy and proton therapy for distal esophagus cancer. Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys 72:278-287, 2008.
- Kang Y, Zhang X, Chang JY, Wang H, Wei X, Liao Z, Komaki R, Cox JD, Balter PA, Liu H, Zhu XR, Mohan R, Dong L. 4D Proton treatment planning strategy for mobile lung tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67:906-914, 2007. PMID: 17293240.
- Zhang X, Dong L, Lee AK, Cox JD, Kuban DA, Zhu RX, Wang X, Li Y, Newhauser WD, Gillin M, Mohan R. Effect of anatomic motion on proton therapy dose distribution in prostate cancer treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67:620-629, 2007. PMID: 17236979.
- Li Y, Zhang X, Dong L, Mohan R. A novel patch field optimization algorithm using optimized grid filter for passively scattered proton beams. Phys. Med. Biol 52:N265-N275, 2007.
- Chang J, Zhang X, Cox JD. Conformity index (CI) and radiation treatment of lung cancer. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys 68:1272, 2007.
- Newhauser W, Fontenot J, Zheng Y, Polf J, Titt U, Koch N, Zhang X, Mohan R. Monte Carlo simulations for configuring and testing an analytical proton dose-calculation algorithm. Phys. Med. Biol 52:4569-4584, 2007.
- Liu HH, Jauregui M, Zhang X, Wang X, Dong L, Mohan R. Beam angle optimization and reduction for intensity-modulated radiation therapy of non-small-cell lung cancers. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 65(2):561-572, 2006. PMID: 16690438.
- Zhang X, Wang X, Dong L, Liu H, Mohan R. A sensitivity-guided algorithm for automated determination of IMRT objective function parameters. Med. Phys 33:2935-2944, 2006. PMID: 16964872.
- Chang JY, Zhang X, Wang X, Kang Y, Riley B, Bilton S, Mohan R, Komaki R, Cox JD. Significant reduction of normal tissue dose by proton radiotherapy compared with three-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated radiation therapy in Stage I or Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65(4):1087-96, 2006. PMID: 16682145.
- Wang X, Zhang X, Dong L, Liu H, Gillin M, Anand A, Ang K, Mohan R. Effective of non-coplanar IMRT planning using a parallelized multiresolution beam angle optimization method for paranasal sinus carcinoma. Int J Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 63:549-601, 2005.
- Mohan R, Zhang X, Wang H, Kang Y, Wang XC, Liu H, Dong L. Use of deformed intensity distributions for on-line modification of image-guided IMRT to account for interfractional anatomic changes. Int J Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys 61:1258-1266, 2005. PMID: 15752908.
- Wang X, Zhang X, Dong L, Liu H, Wu Q, Mohan R. Development of beam angle optimization for IMRT using accelerated exhaustive search strategy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 60:1325-1137, 2004. PMID: 15519806.
- Zhang X, Liu H, Wang X, Dong L, Wu Q, Mohan R. Speed and convergence properties of gradient algorithms for optimization of IMRT. Med. Phys 31:1141-1152, 2004. PMID: 15191303.
- Fonseca L, Korkin A, Demkov AA, Zhang X, Knizhnik A. Atomistic calculation of leakage current through ultra-thin metal-oxide barriers. Microelectronic engineering 69:130-137, 2003.
- Droopad R, Yu Z, Li H, Liang Y, Overgaard C, Demkov AA, Zhang X, Moore K, Eisenbeiser K, Hu M, Curless J, Finder J. Development of integrated hetero structures on silicon by MBE. J. Crystal Growth 251:638, 2003.
- Hu XM, Li H, Liang Y, Wei Y, Yu Z, Marshall D, Edwards J, Droopad R, Zhang X, Demkov AA, Moore K, Kulik J. The interface of epitaxial SrTiO3 on silicon: in situ and ex situ studies. Appl. Phys. Lett 82:203, 2003.
- Tisinger LH, Liu R, Kulik J, Zhang X, Ramdani J, Demkov AA. Ultraviolet-Raman studies of SrTiO3 ultrathin films on Si. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 21(1):53-56, 2003.
- Li H, Hu X, Wei Y, Yu Z, Zhang X, Droopad R, Demkov AA, Edwards J, Moore K, Ooms W, Kulik J, Fejes PJ. Two-dimensional growth of high-quality strontium titanate thin films on Si. J. Appl. Phys 93:4521, 2003.
- Zhang X, Demkov AA. Theory of the atomic and electronic structure of the Si/SrTiO3 interface. Phys. Rev. B 68:125323, 2003.
- Taraskin SN, Fry PA, Zhang X, Drabold DA, Elliott SR. Spatial decay of the single-particle density matrix in tight-binding metals: Analytic results in two dimensions. Phys. Rev. B 66:233101, 2002.
- Zhang X, Demkov A. Steps on the (001) SrTiO3 surface. J. of Vac, Sci. Tech. B 20:1664, 2002.
- Zhang X, Fonseca L, Demkov AA. First principles study of electron transport through atomistic metal-oxide-semiconductor structures. In proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Computational Nanoscience, ICCN 2002, M. Laudon and B.Romanowicz, Eds. Computational Publications):322, 2002.
- Zhang X, Fonseca L, Demkov AA. The application of density functional, local orbitals, and scattering theory to quantum transport. Phys. Stat. Sol. B 233:70, 2002.
- Demkov AA, Zhang X, Drabold D. Towards a First principle simulation and current-voltage characteristic of atomistic metal-oxide-semiconductor structures. Phys. Rev. B 64:125306, 2001.
- Demkov AA, Zhang X, Heater Loechelt.. Theoretical investigation of ultrathin gate dielectrics. VLSI Design 13:1-4, 2001.
- Zhang X and Drabold D. Properties of the density matrix from realistic calculations. Phys. Rev. B 63:233109, 2001.
- Zhang X, Drabold D. Understanding light induced electron spin resonance by ab-inito molecular dynamic simulation. Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 24-25:3190, 2001.
- Demkov AA, Liu R, Zhang X. Theoretical investigation of gate dielectrics. Proceedings of the 27th International symposium on Compound Semiconductors (IEEE) 27:155, 2000.
- Demkov AA, Liu R, Zhang X, Heater Loechelt.. Theoretical and experimental investigation of ultra-thin oxynitrides and the role of nitrogen at the Si-SiO2 interface. J. of Vac. Suf. Tech B18:2388, 2000.
- Zhang X, Drabold D. Structural and electronic properties of amorphous GeSe2 surfaces. Phys. Rev. B 62(23):15695-15701, 2000.
- Wang Z, Wang XB, Wang XC, Zhang X. Spectra of halo nuclei. Communications in Theoretical Physics 33(1):81-86, 2000.
- Zhang X, Drabold D. ab-initio simulation of photo-structural change in amorphous selenium. Physical Review Letters 83(24):5042-5045, 1999.
- Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang XC, Wang XB. Self-similar structure shell model. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics 22(4):333-340, 1998.
- Zhang X., Drabold D.. Evidence for valence alternation and new model for amorphous Selenium. J. Non Crysal Solids 241:195, 1998.
- Chen L, Ge L, Zhang X, Zhang F. Isospin equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Heavy Ion Collision at intermediate energies. J. Phys. G 23:211-218, 1997.
- Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang XC, Wang XB. Structure of Light Nuclei on Neutron Drip line. Communications in Theoretical Physics 49:49-56, 1997.
- L. Ge and X. Zhang. Study of Reaction Induced by Radioactive Beams. Nuclear Physics Review 14:19-26, 1997.
- X Zhang and L Ge. Study of -(11)Li-Induced Reactions via QMD Model. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics 20:270-276, 1996.
- Chen L, Zhang X, Ge L. Isospin Effect on pre-equilibrium nucleon emission in Heavy Ion Collision. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics (in Chinese) 20:1091-1096, 1996.
- Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang XC, Wang XB. Ground State Properties of Halo Nuclei. Z. Phys A 356:255, 1996.
- Zhang X, Ge L. Fluctuations and Emission of Intermediate Mass Fragments in HIC. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics (in Chinese) 19(10):945-951, 1995.
- Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang XC, Wang XB. Structure of Halo Nuclei. Chin. J. of Nucl. Phys 17:137, 1995.
- Wang Z, Zhang X, Wang XC, Wang XB. Physical Mechanism of Neutron Halo on Drip Line Light Nuclei. Chin. Phys. Lett 12:705, 1995.
- Ge L, Zhang X, Zhu Q. Intermittence in Heavy Collision at Intermediate and High Energies. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics (in Chinese) 18:428-432, 1994.
- Zhu Q, Ge L, Zhang X. Isospin Effect in Heavy Ion Collision. High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics (in Chinese) 18:853-857, 1994.
- Zhang X, Ge L, Zhu Q. Intermittence in Heavy ion Collision at Intermediate and High Energies. Chinese J. of Nuclear Physics 16:308, 1994.
- Xin Wang, Peter SN van Rossum, Yan Chu, Brian P Hobbs, Clemens Grassberger, Theodore S Hong, Zhongxing Liao, Jinzhong Yang, Xiaodong Zhang, Tucker Netherton, Radhe Mohan, Steven H Lin. Severe Lymphopenia During Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Comprehensive Analysis of Randomized Phase 2B Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics.
- Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Ting Xu, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Tinsu Pan, Yang Lu, Jorge A Irizarry-Caro, Radhe Mohan, Xiaodong Zhang, Qing H Meng, Ruitao Lin, Tianlin Xu, Anita Deswal, Zhongxing Liao. Coronary artery calcium score on standard of care oncologic CT scans for the prediction of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.
Invited Articles
- Wang X, Woodward W, Zhang X, Taddei P. Proton Therapy for breast cancer, invited. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 101:1085-1088, 2009.
Editorials
- Demkov AA, Zhang X, Allmen P. Preface:. Phys. Stat. Sol. B 233:3, 2002.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Optimizing Proton Radiation Therapy |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Advanced optimization techniques in Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy |
Funding Source: | Rice University |
Role: | Co-Principal Investigator |
Title: | Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy |
Funding Source: | Sister Institution Network Fund-MDACC and DKFZ |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Using the mdaccAutoPlan system to improve radiotherapy plan quality while reducing cost |
Funding Source: | Sister Institution Network Fund-MDACC |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Evaluate Pinnacle Proton Dose Engine |
Funding Source: | Philips |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Knowledge-Based Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy Treatment Planning |
Funding Source: | Varian Medical System |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Minimizing dose uncertainty for spot scanning proton beam of moving tumors by optimization |
Funding Source: | Varian Medical Systems |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Philips Pinnacle3 Proton Planning for IMPT Beta version |
Funding Source: | Philips Medical System |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Improving the clinical effectiveness and understanding of the biophysical basis - Core B: Clinical & Research Support at MDACC |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Effects of HPV status and fraction numbers on the relative biological effectiveness of proton beam therapy in head and neck cancer models |
Funding Source: | MD Anderson |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Combining DNA damage repair—targeted therapy with proton, carbon ion, or photon radiotherapy to improve outcomes in prostate cancer and head and neck cancer |
Funding Source: | Sister Institution Network Fund-MDACC |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Clinical Potential of a Monte Carlo-Based Biological Dose Optimization System for Intensity-Modulated Particle Therapy |
Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Particle/Proton therapy translational research platform |
Funding Source: | The Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (Oden Institute), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson), and Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) |
Role: | Principal Investigator-MDACC |
Title: | Risk prediction and longitudinal assessment of cardiotoxicity and functional capacity trajectory in NSCLC patients |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
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