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

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)

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

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

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 Apr 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.
Early Prediction of Acute Xerostomia During Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer Based on Texture Analysis of Daily CT.

(Wu H, Chen X, Yang X, Tao Y, Xia Y, Deng X, Zheng C, Robbins J, Schultz C, Li XA.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 15;102(4):1308-1318.
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.
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.
Feasibility of real-time lung tumor motion monitoring using intrafractional ultrasound and kV cone beam projection images.

(Mostafaei F, Tai A, Gore E, Johnstone C, Haase W, Ehlers C, Cooper DT, Lachaine M, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2018 Oct;45(10):4619-4626.
PET-based Treatment Response Assessment for Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: An Exploratory Study.

(Dalah E, Tai A, Oshima K, Hall WA, Erickson B, Li XA.) Transl Oncol. 2018 Oct;11(5):1104-1109.
Technical Note: Enhancing soft tissue contrast and radiation-induced image changes with dual-energy CT for radiation therapy.

(Noid G, Tai A, Schott D, Mistry N, Liu Y, Gilat-Schmidt T, Robbins JR, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2018 Jul 04.
Correlation of ADC With Pathological Treatment Response for Radiation Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer.

(Dalah E, Erickson B, Oshima K, Schott D, Hall WA, Paulson E, Tai A, Knechtges P, Li XA.) Transl Oncol. 2018 Apr;11(2):391-398.
Appropriate magnetic resonance imaging techniques for gross tumor volume delineation in external beam radiation therapy of locally advanced cervical cancer.

(Song Y, Erickson B, Chen X, Li G, Wu G, Paulson E, Knechtges P, Li XA.) Oncotarget. 2018 Feb 09;9(11):10100-10109.
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