2025 AAPM Presentations and Posters

Congratulations to our faculty and trainees who submitted to the 67th Annual AAPM Annual Meeting and Exhibition, held July 27-30 in Washington, DC.

We're very proud of our Department's presence at AAPM this month, with 55 posters and oral presentations showcasing our research.

View the entire program here.

 

 

Authors Abstract Titles Session Title  Presentation
Type
Session Date Session Time Oral Presentation Time
Qingrong Jackie Wu, PhD Treatment Planning: Clinical Photons Treatment Planning: Clinical Photons (Therapy Review Course) Review course Saturday, July 26, 2025 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Zhendong Zhang, Trevor McKeown, MS and Deshan Yang, PhD Synthesizing High-Quality Hepatic Vascular Tree Segmentation Datasets to Improve Segmentation Model Performance  John R. Cameron Early-Career Investigator Symposium (ECIS) Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025  1:30 PM - 3:30 PM  2:30 PM - 2:42 PM
Rihui Zhang, Haiming Zhu, Chulong Zhang, Ruoxu Xia, Jingtong Zhao, Ke Lu, PhD, Lei Zhang, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD and Zhenyu Yang Spherical Slicing and Convolutions for Accurate Glioma Tumor Segmentation Using Multi-Parametric MRI  Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025    
Lana Wang, Xinyi Li, Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD, Will Giles, Yunfeng Cui, PhD, Ke Lu, PhD, Yibo Xie, Jingtong Zhao, Jennifer C. O'Daniel, PhD, Sua Yoo, PhD and Chunhao Wang, PhD Comprehensive Analysis of Plan Modulation in SRS/SBRT Plans: A Single Institution Study of 461 Cases Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Yuhao Wang, Trevor McKeown, MS, Yao Hao, PhD, Hongyu An, H Michael Gach, Clifford Robinson, MD, Phillip Cuculich, MD and Deshan Yang, PhD A Motion Analysis of Cardiac Substructures for Guiding Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radiotherapy Motion Management Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Edward Robert Criscuolo and Deshan Yang, PhD Parameterized 4D Deformable Registration (p4Dreg) in Abdominal 4DCT Scans Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Joseph Farina, BSc, Victoria J. P. Radosova, MS, Keshav Jha, Lindsay Bolino, BSc, Olivia Canter, Philip Hughes, PhD, David Alcorta, PhD, David Loiselle, Seifallah Emam, Timothy Haystead, PhD and Mark Oldham, PhD Establishing Energy Thresholds for Targeted Cherenkov Light Photoactivation Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Lauren M. Neldner, Casey C. Heirman, Jeffrey S. Nelson, MHP, Diana Cardona, MD, William Jeck, PhD, MD, Ehsan Samei, PhD, Kyle J. Lafata, PhD and Megan K. Russ, PhD Evaluation of Color Display Performance of Pathology Relevant Colors Using the Macbeth Colorchecker Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Rihui Zhang, Haiming Zhu, Cheng Qian, Weiwei Sang, Fan Xia, Kun Qian, Chendong Ni, Yuli Lu, Chunhao Wang, PhD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD and Zhenyu Yang A Radiomic Quantification Framework for Hyperparameter Optimization in Texture Characterization Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Kaizhong Shi, Zhuhong Li, Chuan Wu, Jingtong Zhao, Xuelian Chen, Jianliang Wang, John Ginn, PhD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD and Zhenyu Yang Combining Patch-Based CNN Models with Hierarchical Shapley Explanations for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Haipeng Zhao, Yaogong Zhang, MS, Ke Lu, PhD, Haiming Zhu, Mu Chen, Justus Adamson, PhD, Rihui Zhang, Yuchun Zhu, Zhenyu Yang and Fang-Fang Yin, PhD Deep Learning Based Filter with Back-Projection Operator for CT Reconstruction Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Xiang Li, Zion Sheng, Megan K. Russ, PhD, Casey Y. Lee, PhD and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Augmenting Histopathology Lymphocyte Detection with Gpt-4 in-Context Visual Reasoning Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Breylon Riley, Xiang Li, Casey C. Heirman, Jack B Stevens, Tammara Watts and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Quantitative Fluorescence Imaging and Spatial Transcriptomics Reveal Compartment-Specific Immune Dynamics in HPV+ Oropharyngeal Cancer Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Seifallah Emam,  Anna E. Rodrigues PhD, and Gilberto Gonzalez, PhD, MS A Multi-Institutional Survey of Current Therapeutic Medical Physics Residents’ Satisfaction and Interview Experience Professional General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Dongrong Yang, Xin Wu, Qiuwen Wu, PhD, Qingrong Jackie Wu, PhD and Yang Sheng, PhD, Foresight Planning: Radiotherapy Plan Optimization Via Self-Supervised Model Predictive Control Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Joseph P. Kowalski, Brett G Erickson, MS, Xinyi Li, Qiuwen Wu, PhD and Sua Yoo, PhD Characterization, Commissioning, and Clinical Evaluation of a Commercial Beo Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) System Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Allison Jones, Sheridan G. Meltsner, PhD, Diandra Ayala-Peacock, MD, Kim Light, Kyle J. Lafata, PhD, Jack B Stevens, Junzo Chino, MD and Oana I. Craciunescu, PhD Retrospective MRI-Based Investigation of Bulboclitoris and Vaginal Canal Morphological and Physiological Changes in GYN Patients Treated with External Beam Radiation Therapy Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Jingtong Zhao, Eugene Vaios, MD, Zhenyu Yang, Lana Wang, Zachary J. Reitman, MD, PhD, Scott R. Floyd, MD, PhD, Deshan Yang, PhD, Evan Calabrese, MD PhD, Kyle J. Lafata, PhD and Chunhao Wang, PhD Improving Post-SRS Brain Metastasis Radionecrosis Diagnosis Accuracy Via Deep Feature Space Analysis Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Deshan Yang, PhD, Yuhao Wang and Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD A Novel Groupwise Shape Deformable Registration Algorithm to Quantify the Respiratory Motion of the Heart in Respiratory 4DCTs While Accounting for Random Cardiac Motion Artifacts in the Respiratory 4DCTs Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Zhendong Zhang, Duke University, Durham, NC and Deshan Yang, PhD A Semi-Automated Landmark Identification Framework for Liver MR-CT Image Pairs: Towards a Multi-Modality DIR Benchmark Dataset Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Yeongoh Ko, Wesley Andrew Cunningham, MS, Justus Adamson, PhD and Chang-Sei Kim, PhD Feasibility Analysis of Applying a Remote Magnetic Navigation System for Bowel Sparing during SBRT Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Ziheng Deng, Runping Hou, Yufu Zhou, Deshan Yang, PhD, Yao Hao, PhD and Jun Zhao, PhD 4D CBCT Dynamic Images Recovery Using a 4D Neural Network Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Caleb Logan Smith, Wesley Andrew Cunningham, MS and Justus Adamson, PhD Assessing the Potential of Remote Navigation Systems to Mitigate GI Toxicity in Abdominal SBRT Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Daniel Murphy, Casey C. Heirman, Xiang Li, B.Sc, Ashlyn G. Rickard, PhD, Rico Castillo, Katherine Gonzalez, Allison Pittman, Yvonne M Mowery, MD, PhD, Kyle J. Lafata, PhD and Casey Y. Lee, PhD Lymphocytic Feature Characterization Using a Deep Learning Algorithm on Post-Radiation Lymph Nodes Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Chenlu Qin, Deshan Yang, PhD and John Ginn, PhD Image Similarity Measurement Based on Handcrafted and Deep Learning Radiomics Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Xinyi Li, Kai-Cheng Chuang, PhD, MS, Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD, Joseph Kowalski, MS, Yang Sheng, PhD, Sheridan G. Meltsner, PhD, Oana I. Craciunescu, PhD, Nicole Larrier, Christopher Kelsey and Qiuwen Wu, PhD Clinical Implementation of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI) with Off-the-Shelf Tools Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Keshav Jha, Joseph Farina, BSc, Victoria J. P. Radosova, MS, Philip Hughes, PhD, David Alcorta, PhD, Mark Oldham, PhD and Timothy Haystead, PhD Predicting Reactive Oxygen Species Generated through Photoactivation of Targeted Laser Therapy in-Silico Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Jack B Stevens, Yvonne M Mowery, MD, PhD, David Brizel, William Paul Segars, PhD, Jian-Guo Liu, Ph.D. and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD A Topological Technique to Unify Image Texture and Morphology to Enhance Radiomic Feature Representations Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Ryan Sanford, Oana I. Craciunescu, PhD, Lindsey Hendricks Bloom, Diandra Ayala-Peacock, MD, Rajesh Venkarataman, PhD, Megan K. Russ, PhD and Julie A. Raffi, PhD Development of a Robust 3D-Ultrasound (3DUS) Quality Assurance (QA) Framework for a Real-Time Needle-Tracking System in HDR GYN Brachytherapy Therapy General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025  3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Yuqi Wang, Marilyn Yamamoto, Mark Martin, Jacob A. Macdonald, Diana Kadi, Mustafa Bashir, M.D. and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Developing a Comprehensive Multi-Modal Framework for Population-Scale Liver Volumetry: Insights and Predictive Models  Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: AI-Driven Radiomics and Imaging for Predicting Disease Outcomes Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025  10:15 AM - 11:10 AM  10:25 AM - 10:35 AM
Casey C. Heirman, Xiang Li, Ashlyn G. Rickard, PhD, Rico Castillo, Katherine Gonzalez, Allison Pittman, Breylon Riley, Yvonne M Mowery, MD, PhD and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Radiopathomic Characterization of Chemoradiation Resistance in Preclinical Models of Head and Neck Cancer Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Quantitative Imaging Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025 10:15 AM - 11:10 AM 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM
Stephanie Bennett, PhD, Sean L. Berry, PhD, Minsun Kim, PhD, Lindsey A. Olsen, PhD, Caroline M. Colbert, PhD, Emily Kruse, MPH, Benjamin Li, MD, MBA, Leah K. Schubert, PhD, Jose Carlos Pichardo, PhD, Mu-Han Lin, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD, Justin R. Roper, PhD, Sua Yoo, PhD, James A. Kavanaugh, PhD, Maura L. Kirk, MS and Dustin J. Jacqmin, PhD Designing Impactful Radiotherapy Training for Skill Development and Long-Term Growth Arthur Boyer Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025  10:15 AM - 12:15 PM 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Leonard H. Kim, Abdullah A. Alshreef,Elizabeth L. Bossart, PhD,Ashley Cetnar, PhD, MS, Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD,  Xin Wang, PhD,  You Zhang, PhD Medical Physics Postdoctoral Research As an Entrée into the Profession: Results of a Survey Administered By the AAPM Medical Physics Graduate Education Subcommittee Professional SNAP Oral: Global Perspectives on Education and Professional Development for Medical Physicists SNAP Sunday, July 27, 2025 11:20 AM - 12:15 PM 11:48 AM - 11:55 AM
Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Physicists with Pipettes: Emerging Technologies in Quantitative Radiation Biology Physicists with Pipettes: Emerging Technologies in Quantitative Radiation Biology Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:25 PM 1:30 PM - 1:48 PM
Xiwen Shu, Jingtong Zhao, Ke Lu, PhD, John Ginn, PhD, Yongbok Kim, Ph.D., Zhenyu Yang, Justus Adamson, PhD, Trey Mullikin, MD and Chunhao Wang, PhD Knowledge-Based Deep Residual U-Net for Synthetic CT Generation Using a Single MR Volume for Frameless Radiosurgery John R. Cameron Early-Career Investigator Symposium (ECIS) Oral Presentation Sunday, July 27, 2025 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM  1:42 PM - 1:54 PM
Zhendong Zhang, Edward Robert Criscuolo, Chenlu Qin and Deshan Yang, Ph Enhanced 3D Volumetric Denoising for Low-Dose CT Images Using Hformer Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics General Poster Discussion Poster Sunday, July 27, 2025 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM  
Megan K. Russ, PhD, Xiang Li, Lauren M. Neldner, Casey C. Heirman, Diana Cardona, MD, William Jeck, PhD, MD, Jeffrey S. Nelson, MHP, Ehsan Samei, PhD and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD Ensuring Consistency in Digital Pathology: Medical Physics Approaches to Comparison of Scanner Contrast and Chromaticity Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: Emerging Imaging Technologies SNAP Monday, July 28, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:25 PM  2:12 PM - 2:19 PM
Victoria J. P. Radosova, MS, Joseph Farina, BSc, Philip Hughes, PhD, David Alcorta, PhD, David Loiselle, Jianpeng Yu, Ph.D., Yiping He, Ph.D., Marybeth Nedrud, MD, Ph.D. and Timothy Haystead, PhD  Preclinical Assessment of Novel Targeted Chelate-Based Radiopharmaceuticals for Aggressive Cancer Detection Radiopharmaceuticals, Theranostics, and Nuclear Medicine Scientific Session: Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Oral Presentation Monday, July 28, 2025 2:35 PM - 3:30 PM  2:35 PM - 2:45 PM
Dongrong Yang, Xin Wu, Qiuwen Wu, PhD, Qingrong Jackie Wu, PhD and Yang Sheng, PhD Large Language Model-Driven Agentic System for Collaborative Decision-Making in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Therapy Physics Scientific Session: AI in the Clinic Oral Presentation Monday, July 28, 2025 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM  7:50 AM - 8:00 AM
Zhuoyun Huang, Jingtong Zhao, Ke Lu, PhD, John Ginn, PhD, Zhenyu Yang, Yibo Xie, Yongbok Kim, Ph.D. and Chunhao Wang, PhD Predicting Brain V60% in Linac-Based Single-Isocenter-Multiple-Targets (SIMT) Stereotactic Radiosurgery Using Machine Learning Therapy Physics Scientific Session: The Future of AI in Radiation Oncology Oral Presentation Monday, July 28, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:25 PM  2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
Xiaoyi Dai, Chulong Zhang, Xiaoyu Duan, Rihui Zhang, Fan Xia, Minbin Chen, MD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD and Zhenyu Yang Improving Mammography Diagnosis Accuracy through Global Context and Local Lesion Integration Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics Scientific Session: Breast Imaging Oral Presentation Tuesday, July 29, 2025 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM  7:40 AM - 7:50 AM
Jingtong Zhao SIAM Conference on the Mathematics of Data Science 2024   Poster Tuesday, July 29, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM  
Wesley Andrew Cunningham, MS  BMES Annual Meeting 2024   Poster Tuesday, July 29, 2025 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM  
Jingtong Zhao, Eugene Vaios, MD, Evan Calabrese, MD PhD, Zhenyu Yang, Hangjie Ji, Lana Wang, Casey Y. Lee, PhD, Kyle J. Lafata, PhD and Chunhao Wang, PhD Biologically Guided Deep Learning for MRI-Based Brain Metastasis Outcome Prediction after Stereotactic Radiosurgery Therapy SNAP Oral: Imaging for Treatment Response Assessment SNAP Tuesday, July 29, 2025 10:15 AM - 11:10 AM 10:15 AM - 10:22 AM
Zion Sheng, Xiang Li, Megan K. Russ, PhD and Kyle J. Lafata, PhD  Attention-Based Multiple Instance Learning of Head and Neck Cancer Grading on Digital Pathology Using Vision-Language Foundational Models Science Council Session: Innovating Together: Breakthrough Science through Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Oral Presentation Tuesday, July 29, 2025  1:30 PM - 3:30 PM  3:06 PM - 3:18 PM
Victoria J. P. Radosova, MS, Anna Lynnette-Price, Taylor Nguyen, Denise Dunn, Eric L. Martin, PhD, Seth Wilcox, Tyler V. Kay, BSc, MS, Andrew Thompson, BSc, Stepan Mikhailov, Ph.D, Ramona Rodriguiz, Ph.D., William Wetsel, Ph.D., Ying Wu, PhD, Zachary J. Reitman, MD, PhD, Scott R. Floyd, MD, PhD and Mark Oldham, PhD Investigating the Flash Effect: Uncovering Brain Sparing and Cognitive Preservation across Varying Dose Rates in Whole-Brain Irradiation of in-Vivo Mouse Models Therapy Physics Scientific Session: FLASH Biology Oral Presentation Wednesday, July 30, 2025   12:25-12:35pm
Wesley Andrew Cunningham, MS, Yeongoh Ko, Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD, Chang-Sei Kim, PhD and Justus Adamson, PhD Dosimetric Changes of Magnetic Control System to Improve Anatomy in Abdominal SBRT Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Quality Assurance Advancements Oral Presentation Wednesday, July 30, 2025  1:05 PM - 2:00 PM  1:35 PM - 1:45 PM
Anna E. Rodrigues, PhD Treatment Workflow Based on Diagnostic CT Images Simulation-Less Radiotherapy Treatments: Challenges and Solutions Oral Presentation Wednesday, July 30, 2025  11:05 AM - 12:00 PM  11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
Xin Wu, Dongrong Yang, Yang Sheng, PhD, Qingrong Jackie Wu, PhD and Qiuwen Wu, PhD Quality and Performance Advantages of a Machine Learning-Assisted Framework for IMRT Fluence Map Optimization Therapy SNAP Oral: AI in Radiation Oncology SNAP Wednesday, July 30, 2025  12:05 PM - 1:00 PM  12:19 PM - 12:26 PM
Xin Wu, Dongrong Yang, Yang Sheng, PhD, Qingrong Jackie Wu, PhD and Qiuwen Wu, PhD Convergence Speed Advantages of a Machine Learning Assisted Framework in IMRT Fluence Map Optimization – a Comparison Study Using Multiple Convergence Criteria Therapy SNAP Oral: AI in Radiation Oncology SNAP Wednesday, July 30, 2025  12:05 PM - 1:00 PM 12:47 PM - 12:54 PM
Edward Robert Criscuolo, Evan Calabrese, MD PhD and Deshan Yang Brain Vessel Segmentation and Tracking in Longitudinal Glioblastoma MRI Scans Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: MRI SNAP Wednesday, July 30, 2025  1:05 PM - 2:00 PM 1:26 PM - 1:33 PM
Chuan Wu, Kaizhong Shi, Jingtong Zhao, Ke Lu, PhD, Minbin Chen, MD, Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Chunhao Wang, PhD and Zhenyu Yang Enhancing CNN-Based Brain Metastasis Detection in MRI By Integrating Locoregional 3D Deformation Technique Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Physics SNAP Oral: MRI SNAP Wednesday, July 30, 2025 1:05 PM - 2:00 PM  1:40 PM - 1:47 PM
Zhuoran Jiang, Zhendong Zhang, Lei Xing, PhD, Lei Ren, PhD and Xianjin Dai, PhD BEST IN PHYSICS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY: Foundation Model-Empowered Unsupervised 3D Deformable Medical Image Registration Therapy Physics Scientific Session: Image Processing Oral Presentation Wednesday, July 30, 2025 3:05 PM - 4:00 PM  3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Qiuwen Wu, PhD, Joseph P. Kowalski, Yunfeng Cui, PhD and Yibo Xie Treatment Plan Comparisons of Head and Neck Cancers on Varian Ethos/Halcyon and Truebeam Linac *Viewable online only through the meeting app and website        
Casey Y. Lee, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC and Mandar S. Bhagwat, PhD Monte Carlo Verification of Field-Size Dependent Backscatter Effect in Superficial HDR Brachytherapy *Viewable online only through the meeting app and website        

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