Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Human Oncology
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Research Goals
The primary objective of my research is to provide comprehensive support for theragnostic treatment plan optimization, motion managed treatment delivery, quality assurance for the personalized radiotherapy of cancer patients. It includes all clinical physics, informatics and dosimetry related developments and implementation.
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Research
CURRENT AREAS OF RESEARCH
- Theragnostic imaging
- Informatics and Computer Support
- Integrated database
- Deformable registration
- Motion management
- 4D Treatment & optimization planning & treatment delivery tools
- Pretreatment Image based setup verification
- Planning & treatment image registration
- Adaptive treatment delivery
- Dose reconstruction
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Recent Publications
- Paliwal B. Medical physics practice in the next decade. J Med Phys, Official Publication of Association of Medical Physicists of India 2006; 31(3): 98-108. Available from: http://www.jmp.org.in/text.asp?2006/31/3/98/28017.
- Thomas S, Morin R, Paliwal B. Maintenance of Certification in Radiologic Physics. Journal of the American College of Radiology 2006.
- Gentry J, Steeves R, Paliwal B. Inverse Planning of Energy-Modulated Electron Beams in Radiotherapy. Medical Dosimetry 2006; 31(4): 259-268.
- Tewatia D, Zang T, Tome W, Paliwal B, Mehta M. Clinical implementation of target tracking by breathing synchronized delivery. Med Physics 2006; 33(11): 4330-6.
- Welsh J, Lock M, Harari P, Tomé W, Fowler J, Mackie T, Ritter M, Kapatoes J, Forrest L, Chappell R, Paliwal B, Mehta M. Clinical Implementation Of Adaptive Helical Tomotherapy: A Unique Approach To Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 2006; 5(5): 465-79.
- Nagy P, Pawlicki T, Paliwal B, Morin R, Frey G: Practice Performance Improvement Introduction for Medical Physicists. Med. Phys. 34, 2589, 2007.
- Rong Y, Tewatia D, Paliwal B: Evaluation of Kilo-Voltage Cone Beam CT Image Quality in Context to Dose Re-Computation. Med. Phy. 34, 2334, 2007.
- Jaradat H, Paliwal B, Tomé W, Mackie T, Mehta M: Validation of Tomotherapy Machine Matching Procedure at the University of Wisconsin. Med. Phys. 34, 2503, 2007.
- Rong Y, Mubata C, Tewatia D, Paliwal B: Comparison for Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm and Adaptive Collapse Cone Convolution Algorithm for Small Field Dosimetry. Med. Phys. 34, 2558, 2007.
- Schubert L, Paliwal B, Westerly D: Assessment of Treatment Site-Specific Setup Accuracy and Reproducibility in Patient Positioning Using Daily MVCT Imaging. Med. Phys. 34, 2565, 2007.
- Tewatia D, Mackie T, Paliwal B: Comparison of Imaging Capabilities of Two IGRT Systems. Med. Phys. 34, 2619, 2007.
- Frey GD, Ibbott GS, Morin RL, Paliwal BR, Thomas SR, Bosma J: The American Board of Radiology Perspective on Maintenance of Certification: Part IV: Practice quality improvement in radiologic physics. Med Phys 2007 Nov;34(11):4158-63.
- Klein E, Gerbi B, Price Jr. R, Balter J, Paliwal B, Hughes L, Huang E: ASTRO's 2007 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents, Intl Jnl Radia Oncol. Aug2007; 68(5): 1276-1288.
- Zhang T, Lu W, Olivera GH, Keller H, Jeraj R, Manon R, Mehta M, Mackie TR, Paliwal B: Breathing-Synchronized Delivery: A Potential Four-Dimensional Tomotherapy Treatment Technique. Intl Jnl Radia Oncol. Aug2007; 68(5): 1572-1578.
- Schubert LK, Westerly DC, Tomé WA, Mehta MP, Soisson ET, Mackie TR, Ritter MA, Khuntia D, Harari PM, Paliwal BR: A comprehensive assessment by tumor site of patient setup using daily MVCT imaging from more than 3,800 helical tomotherapy treatments. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Mar 15;73(4):1260-9. PMID: 19251098.
- Leng S, Zambelli J, Tolakanahalli R, Nett B, Munro P, Star-Lack J, Paliwal B, Chen GH: Streaking artifacts reduction in four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography. Med Phys. 2008 Oct;35(10):4649-59. PMID: 18975711.
Check PubMed for other publications by Bhudatt R. Paliwal.
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Current Students (in alphabetical order)
- Paulina Galavis, BS, MS (Phd cndidate)
- Dinesh Tewatia, MS (Joint with Dr. Wolfgang Tomé)
- Poonam Yadav, MS, Intern
- ARELI A ZUNIGA, MS (PhD candidate)
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Recent Graduates and Their Current Locations
- Dr. Emilie Soisson, Staff Medical Physicist, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada, 2009
- Dr. Yi Rong, Assistant Professor, Riverview Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 2009
- Dr. Leah Schubert, Instructor, University of Nebraska (Omaha, NE), (Joint with Dr. Wolfgang Tomé), 2009
- Dr. Susan Richardson, Assistant Professor, Baylor Medical College (Huston, TX), (Joint with Dr. Wolfgang Tomé), 2003
- Dr. Tiezhi Zhang, Staff Medical Physicist, William Beaumont Hospital, Detroit, MI, 2005
- Dr. Ke Sheng, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2008
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Recent Visiting Scholars
- Dr. Ivan Storgaard Vogelius, PhD, Medical Physicist, Vejle Sygehus, Denmark
- Dr. Yasser Assad Mohamed Rashed, PhD, Medical Physicist, Menoufia University, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Hospital, Menoufia, Egypt
- Rajeev Karn, Senior Radiation Technologist, Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal
- Thaka' Saleh Zaitoun, Senior Student, Medical Physics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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Useful Links
- The American Association of Physicists in Medicine AAPM
- The American Board of Radiology - Radiologic Physicists ABR