Radiation Oncology | X. Allen Li, PhD | Prof, Chief of Medical Physics

X. Allen Li, PhD, DABMP, FAAPM

Professor and Chief, Medical Physics

Locations

Radiation Oncology

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1992
MS, Electron Optics and Electron Microscopy, Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, 1986
BS, Electron Physics, Department of Physics, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, 1983

Biography

Training

Clinical Physics Resident, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada (1993-1994)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ionizing Radiation, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada (1992-1993)

Certifications

Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, American Board of Medical Physicists (2001)

Medical Physics-Radiation Oncology Physics, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (1994)

Leadership Positions

Chief of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology

Research Interests

Adaptive radiation therapy
Biological modeling for radiation treatment planning
Anatomical/biological/functional imaging guided radiotherapy planning and delivery
Monte Carlo application to radiotherapy dosimetry

The Dosimetric Impact of Interfractional Organ-at-Risk Movement During Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.

(Schmid RK, Tai A, Klawikowski S, Straza M, Ramahi K, Li XA, Robbins JR.) Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Nov;9(6):e549-e558.
Texture-based, automatic contour validation for online adaptive replanning: A feasibility study on abdominal organs.

(Zhang Y, Plautz TE, Hao Y, Kinchen C, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2019 Sep;46(9):4010-4020.
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.
NCTN Assessment on Current Applications of Radiomics in Oncology.

(Nie K, Al-Hallaq H, Li XA, Benedict SH, Sohn JW, Moran JM, Fan Y, Huang M, Knopp MV, Michalski JM, Monroe J, Obcemea C, Tsien CI, Solberg T, Wu J, Xia P, Xiao Y, El Naqa I.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 06 01;104(2):302-315.
Serial T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images Acquired on a 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Linear Accelerator Reveal Radiomic Feature Variation in Organs at Risk: An Exploratory Analysis of Novel Metrics of Tissue Response in Prostate Cancer.

(Lorenz JW, Schott D, Rein L, Mostafaei F, Noid G, Lawton C, Bedi M, Li XA, Schultz CJ, Paulson E, Hall WA.) Cureus. 2019 Apr 20;11(4):e4510.
Local Control After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

(Lee P, Loo BW Jr, Biswas T, Ding GX, El Naqa IM, Jackson A, Kong FM, LaCouture T, Miften M, Solberg T, Tome WA, Tai A, Yorke E, Li XA.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Apr 05.
Time stability of delta-radiomics features and the impact on patient analysis in longitudinal CT images.

(Plautz TE, Zheng C, Noid G, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2019 Apr;46(4):1663-1676.
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.
Kinetic modeling of tumor regression incorporating the concept of cancer stem-like cells for patients with locally advanced lung cancer.

(Zhong H, Brown S, Devpura S, Li XA, Chetty IJ.) Theor Biol Med Model. 2018 12 27;15(1):23.
Organs at Risk Considerations for Thoracic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: What Is Safe for Lung Parenchyma?

(Kong FS, Moiseenko V, Zhao J, Milano MT, Li L, Rimner A, Das S, Li XA, Miften M, Liao Z, Martel M, Bentzen SM, Jackson A, Grimm J, Marks LB, Yorke E.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 26.
Magnetic Resonance-based Response Assessment and Dose Adaptation in Human Papilloma Virus Positive Tumors of the Oropharynx treated with Radiotherapy (MR-ADAPTOR): An R-IDEAL stage 2a-2b/Bayesian phase II trial.

(Bahig H, Yuan Y, Mohamed ASR, Brock KK, Ng SP, Wang J, Ding Y, Hutcheson K, McCulloch M, Balter PA, Lai SY, Al-Mamgani A, Sonke JJ, van der Heide UA, Nutting C, Li XA, Robbins J, Awan M, Karam I, Newbold K, Harrington K, Oelfke U, Bhide S, Philippens MEP, Terhaard CHJ, McPartlin AJ, Blanchard P, Garden AS, Rosenthal DI, Gunn GB, Phan J, Cazoulat G, Aristophanous M, McSpadden KK, Garcia JA, van den Berg CAT, Raaijmakers CPJ, Kerkmeijer L, Doornaert P, Blinde S, Frank SJ, Fuller CD.) Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2018 Nov;13:19-23.
Variations of MRI-assessed peristaltic motions during radiation therapy.

(Mostafaei F, Tai A, Omari E, Song Y, Christian J, Paulson E, Hall W, Erickson B, Li XA.) PLoS One. 2018;13(10):e0205917.

X. Allen Li, PhD