Ergun Ahunbay, PhD

Associate Professor

Locations

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Medical Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001
MS, Medical Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1996
BS, Nuclear Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1993

Biography

Training

Post Doctoral Research Associate at MR Center, Harper Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2001-2002)

Certifications

Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Radiology (2005)

Clinical Appointments

Lead Physicist: Drexel Town Square Health Center, 2018 – present

Staff Physicist: Froedtert Hospital, 2004 – present

Research Interests

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)

A Patient-Specific Autosegmentation Strategy Using Multi-Input Deformable Image Registration for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Feasibility Study.

(Zhang Y, Paulson E, Lim S, Hall WA, Ahunbay E, Mickevicius NJ, Straza MW, Erickson B, Li XA.) Adv Radiat Oncol. 2020 Nov;5(Suppl 1):17-25 PMID: 33150269 11/06/2020
4D-MRI driven MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy for abdominal stereotactic body radiation therapy on a high field MR-Linac: Implementation and initial clinical experience.

(Paulson ES, Ahunbay E, Chen X, Mickevicius NJ, Chen GP, Schultz C, Erickson B, Straza M, Hall WA, Li XA.) Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jul;23:72-79 PMID: 32490218 PMCID: PMC7256110 06/04/2020
Indications of Online Adaptive Replanning Based On Organ Deformation.

(Lim SN, Ahunbay EE, Nasief H, Zheng C, Lawton C, Li XA.) Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Mar - Apr;10(2):e95-e102 PMID: 31446149 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073000078 08/26/2019
Automated air region delineation on MRI for synthetic CT creation.

(Thapa R, Ahunbay E, Nasief H, Chen X, Allen Li X.) Phys Med Biol. 2020 01 17;65(2):025009 PMID: 31775128 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078512072 11/28/2019
Initial clinical experience of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases, primary liver malignancy, and pancreatic cancer with 4D-MRI based online adaptation and real-time MRI monitoring using a 1.5 Tesla MR-Linac.

(Hall WA, Straza MW, Chen X, Mickevicius N, Erickson B, Schultz C, Awan M, Ahunbay E, Li XA, Paulson ES.) PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0236570 PMID: 32764748 PMCID: PMC7413561 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089301005 08/09/2020
A daily end-to-end quality assurance workflow for MR-guided online adaptive radiation therapy on MR-Linac.

(Chen X, Ahunbay E, Paulson ES, Chen G, Li XA.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Jan;21(1):205-212 PMID: 31799753 PMCID: PMC6964761 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076117374 12/05/2019
Measurement validation of treatment planning for a MR-Linac.

(Chen X, Paulson ES, Ahunbay E, Sanli A, Klawikowski S, Li XA.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019 Jul;20(7):28-38 PMID: 31254376 PMCID: PMC6612768 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068650421 06/30/2019
A Technique to Rapidly Generate Synthetic Computed Tomography for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Online Adaptive Replanning: An Exploratory Study.

(Ahunbay EE, Thapa R, Chen X, Paulson E, Li XA.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 04 01;103(5):1261-1270 PMID: 30550817 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060989536 12/15/2018
Technical Note: Acceleration of online adaptive replanning with automation and parallel operations.

(Zhang J, Ahunbay E, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2018 Oct;45(10):4370-4376 PMID: 30053325 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054366556 07/28/2018
A fast 4D IMRT/VMAT planning method based on segment aperture morphing.

(Klawikowski S, Tai A, Ates O, Ahunbay E, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2018 Apr;45(4):1594-1602 PMID: 29394460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042275205 02/03/2018
Clinical experience with planning, quality assurance, and delivery of burst-mode modulated arc therapy.

(Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep;17(5):1-13 PMID: 28297461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995550727 03/16/2017
SU-F-J-173: Online Replanning for Dose Painting Based On Changing ADC Map of Pancreas Cancer.

(Ates O, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Li X.) Med Phys. 2016 Jun;43(6):3447-3448 PMID: 28046785 01/04/2017

Ergun Ahunbay, PhD