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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Game Changer for Prostate Treatment?

(Pathmanathan AU, van As NJ, Kerkmeijer LGW, Christodouleas J, Lawton CAF, Vesprini D, van der Heide UA, Frank SJ, Nill S, Oelfke U, van Herk M, Li XA, Mittauer K, Ritter M, Choudhury A, Tree AC.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Feb 01;100(2):361-373.
Anatomic, functional and molecular imaging in lung cancer precision radiation therapy: treatment response assessment and radiation therapy personalization.

(MacManus M, Everitt S, Schimek-Jasch T, Li XA, Nestle U, Kong FS.) Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2017 Dec;6(6):670-688.
Reducing radiation dose and enhancing imaging quality of 4DCT for radiation therapy using iterative reconstruction algorithms.

(Noid G, Tai A, Chen GP, Robbins J, Li XA.) Adv Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jul-Sep;2(3):515-521.
Precision Oncology and Genomically Guided Radiation Therapy: A Report From the American Society for Radiation Oncology/American Association of Physicists in Medicine/National Cancer Institute Precision Medicine Conference.

(Hall WA, Bergom C, Thompson RF, Baschnagel AM, Vijayakumar S, Willers H, Li XA, Schultz CJ, Wilson GD, West CML, Capala J, Coleman CN, Torres-Roca JF, Weidhaas J, Feng FY.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Jun 01;101(2):274-284.

X. Allen Li, PhD