Ergun Ahunbay, PhD

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)

Automated deep learning auto-segmentation of air volumes for MRI-guided online adaptive radiation therapy of abdominal tumors.

(Ahunbay E, Parchur AK, Xu J, Thill D, Paulson ES, Li XA.) Phys Med Biol. 2023 May 30 PMID: 37253374 05/31/2023
Development of a multi-layer quality assurance program to evaluate the uncertainty of deformable dose accumulation in adaptive radiotherapy.

(Zhong H, Garcia-Alvarez JA, Kainz K, Tai A, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Schultz CJ, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2023 Mar;50(3):1766-1778 PMID: 36434751 PMCID: PMC10033340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144053188 11/27/2022
A Prior Knowledge-Guided, Deep Learning-Based Semiautomatic Segmentation for Complex Anatomy on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

(Zhang Y, Liang Y, Ding J, Amjad A, Paulson E, Ahunbay E, Hall WA, Erickson B, Li XA.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Oct 01;114(2):349-359 PMID: 35667525 PMCID: PMC9639200 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136545309 06/07/2022
Development and implementation of an automatic air delineation technique for MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy.

(Ahunbay E, Parchur AK, Paulson E, Chen X, Omari E, Li XA.) Phys Med Biol. 2022 Jul 12;67(14) PMID: 35732168 PMCID: PMC9639194 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134474387 06/23/2022
Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging for radiation treatment planning.

(Omari EA, Zhang Y, Ahunbay E, Paulson E, Amjad A, Chen X, Liang Y, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2022 Apr;49(4):2836-2845 PMID: 35170769 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125520169 02/17/2022
Use of a DVH overlay technique for quality assurance of deformable image registration-based dose accumulation.

(Kainz K, Garcia Alvarez J, Zhong H, Lim S, Ahunbay E, Tai A, Erickson B, Lawton C, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2022 Jan;49(1):611-623 PMID: 34826153 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120889771 11/27/2021
Should Daily Online Adaptive Replanning be Utilized for Every Treatment in MRI-Guided Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer?

(Omari E, Nasief H, Zhang Y, Parchur AK, Paulson ES, Chen X, Ahunbay EE, Hall WA, Erickson BA, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e66 PMID: 34701942 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120930947 10/28/2021
A Deep Learning-Based Automatic Contour Quality Assurance Pipeline for Complex Anatomy on MRI.

(Zhang Y, Amjad A, Ding J, Ahunbay EE, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e509 PMID: 34701623 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120924942 10/28/2021
Consistency Check of Deformable Image Registration-Based Dose Summation for Off-Line Adaptive Re-Planning.

(Kainz K, Alvarez JG, Zhong H, Tai A, Ahunbay EE, Erickson BA, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e150 PMID: 34700789 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120926545 10/28/2021
On the Development of a Robust Deep Learning Synthetic CT Generation Method for MR-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy of Abdominal Tumors.

(Ahunbay EE, Xu J, Paulson ES, Thill D, Chen X, Omari EA, Li A.) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e106-e107 PMID: 34700690 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120929400 10/28/2021
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;5(6):1350-1358 PMID: 33305098 PMCID: PMC7718500 12/12/2020