NMPC Physicist Publications

NMPC physicists take part in ongoing research and publishing opportunities, disseminating their work in full peer-reviewed publications and book chapters as well as conference abstracts.

We have provided a full list of our publications below
ordered chronologically (newest-oldest):

• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Commissioning evaluation of a deviceless 4DCT scanner
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Hitting Moving Targets in Cancer Treatment.
• Conference Abstract

  Experimentation with a Student-Built 20 kV Cold Cathode Electron Accelerator for Teaching Radiation Physics Concepts
• Conference Abstract

  Tabletop Electron Gun at an Undergraduate University
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  AAPM medical physics practice guideline 13.a: HDR brachytherapy, part A
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  AAPM Medical physics practice guideline 15.A: Peer review in clinical physics
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Overview of medical physics education and research programs in a non-academic environment
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Equity, diversity, and inclusion topics at a medical physics residency journal club
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Therapeutic radiation beam output and energy variation across clinics, technologies, and time
• Conference Abstract

  Careers in Medical Physics
• Conference Abstract

  Medical Physics as A Tool for Classroom Engagement
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Determination of commissioning criteria for multileaf-collimator, stereotactic radiosurgery treatments on Varian TrueBeam and Edge machines using a novel anthropomorphic phantom
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Commissioning a multileaf collimator virtual cone for the stereotactic radiosurgery of trigeminal neuralgia
• Conference Abstract

  Medical physics as an anchor for physics learning
• Conference Abstract

  Therapeutic radiation beam output and energy variations analysis across clinics, people, technology, and time
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Resilience: Learning and healing during COVID-19
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Fury Road: Medical physics education using film
• Conference Abstract

  A novel anthropomorphic head phantom for the commissioning of MLC-based stereotactic radiosurgery on a linear accelerator
• Conference Abstract

  A multi-clinic validation of an end-to-end procedure for MLC-based stereotactic radiosurgery with a novel phantom
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  A Gottingen minipig model of radiation-induced coagulopathy
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Simple phantom fabrication for MRI‐based HDR brachytherapy applicator commissioning
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Computed tomography, sinograms, and image reconstruction in the classroom
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Introducing health and medical physics to young learners in preschool to fifth grade
• Conference Abstract

  Computational evaluation of different dose engines and in-vivo measurements of a VMAT chest wall irradiation case with brass bolus
• Conference Abstract

  Benchmark performance measurements of a novel biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) machine using TG-148 and TG-142
• Conference Abstract

  Characterization of the IMRT and SBRT performance of a novel biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) machine using ArcCHECK
• Conference Abstract

  Performance validation of a novel biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) TPS following the IAEA-TECDOC-1540 methodology
• Conference Abstract

  Validation of ArcCHECK for use with a novel ring gantry-based biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) machine
• Conference Abstract

  Community hospital experience commissioning a new MR-based HDR program
• Conference Abstract

  Dose agreement dependence on chamber orientation in Quality Assurance (QA) for stereotactic radiosurgery
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  A comparative dose-response relationship between sexes for mortality and morbidity of radiation-induced lung injury in the rhesus macaque
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  A hands‐on introduction to medical physics and radiation therapy for middle school students
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Dosimetric characterization of a rigid, surface-contour-specific thermoplastic bolus material
• Conference Abstract

  Prostate intra-fraction motion monitoring using an integrated linear accelerator kV imaging system
• Conference Abstract

  A small community cancer center’s experience with providing radiation therapy with a single Varian Halcyon linear accelerator
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Redefining and reinvigorating the role of physics in clinical medicine: A Report from the AAPM Medical Physics 3.0 Ad Hoc Committee
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Standardizing nomenclatures in radiation oncology
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Prototype modulated orthovoltage stereotactic radiosurgery cones
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Experimental investigation of GafChromic® EBT3 intrinsic energy dependence with kilovoltage x-rays, 137Cs, and 60Co
• Conference Abstract

  Profile- and output-determined Prp output corrections for a Varian TrueBeam and Elekta Versa HD
• Conference Abstract

  On-board cone beam computed tomography as radiotherapy simulation for emergent cases
• Conference Abstract

  Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeter (OSLD) linear vs. nonlinear calibration optimization
• Conference Abstract

  Stereotactic detector comparisons for small field relative dosimetry
• Conference Abstract

  The effect of jaw hysteresis on half-beam fields
• Conference Abstract

  Lead shield on wheels for fetus protection
• Conference Abstract

  Annealing and decay characteristics of OSLDs
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  Proposed changes to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine governance
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 8.a.: Linear accelerator performance tests
• Uncategorized

  Stereotactic radiotherapy for benign diseases: beam characterization and treatment quality assurance
• Conference Abstract

  Commissioning experience of a superficial kV system for guinea pig cutaneous irradiation
• Conference Abstract

  The radiation dose response relationship for whole thorax lung irradiation in the female rhesus macaque
• Conference Abstract

  Radiation physics and dosimetry of 6 MeV linear accelerator beam for swine cutaneous irradiation
• Conference Abstract

  Low energy therapeutic x-ray calibration methods
• Conference Abstract

  Superficial therapy: More than just skin deep
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  “Brachytherapy Physics” in Comprehensive Biomedical Physics
• Conference Abstract

  Calypso® and laser-based localization systems comparison for left-sided breast cancer patients using deep inspiration breath hold
• Conference Abstract

  Output constancy: reducing measurement variations in a large practice group
• Conference Abstract

  VMAT Commissioning and Quality Assurance (QA) of an Elekta Synergy-STM Linac Using ICOM Test HarnessTM
• Conference Abstract

  Radiation physics of a new electronic brachytherapy system for treating skin lesions
• Conference Abstract

  A liquid ion chamber for clinical stereotactic output measurements
• Conference Abstract

  Total body irradiation (TBI) optically stimulated luminescence in vivo dosimetry
• Conference Abstract

  A retrospective review of target motion for prostate IMRT patients using Calypso
• Peer-Reviewed Publication

  VMAT testing for an Elekta accelerator
• Conference Abstract

  Temporal analysis of inter-fraction in-vivo 3D dosimetry using DVH difference curves based on daily exit fluence measures and cone-beam CT images
• Conference Abstract

  VMAT couch attenuation model testing for prostate plans
• Conference Abstract

  Four-dimensional image processing of daily cone-beam CT volumes
• Conference Abstract

  Anatomical dose tracking for adaptive radiation therapy
• Conference Abstract

  Photoneutron activation of an IMRT QA device and the radiation safety implications
• Conference Abstract

  Modeling dose modulation in VMAT