Aiping Ding | Scholars@Duke

Aiping Ding
Radiation Physicist

Current Research Interests

Imaging informatics, Large-scale data analysis and multi-dimensional visualization, machine/deep learning in CT imaging, and PACS-EHR integration

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Radiation Physicist, Radiology, Clinical Science Departments

Contact Information

2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302 (DUMC 2731), Durham, NC 27705
aiping.ding@duke.edu +1 919 684 7891

Recognition
In the News
- NOV 8, 2018 AuntMinnie.com
  
  Informatics platform monitors dose, image quality
- NOV 8, 2018 AuntMinnie.com
  
  Radiation dose analytics improves patient safety
- APR 13, 2012 U.S. News
  
  CT Scans Deliver More Radiation to Obese People
- APR 11, 2012 Medical Physicis Website-IPO
  
  Phantoms assess CT dose to obese patients
- APR 7, 2012 HuffPost
  
  Fat People Get More Radiation From X-Rays, Study Shows
- APR 6, 2012 The Institute of Physics
  
  Researchers assess radiation exposure in obese patients
- DEC 20, 2011 The Wall Street Journal
  
  Scientists Find Safer Ways To Test Medical Procedures
Awards & Honors
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Nelson, Jeffrey, Aiping Ding, Steven Mann, Michael Parsons, and Ehsan Samei. “Key Performance Indicators for Quality Imaging Practice: Why, What, and How.” J Am Coll Radiol 19, no. 1 Pt A (January 2022): 4–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2021.09.044.
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  - Lacy, Tyler, Aiping Ding, Vivian Minkemeyer, Donald Frush, and Ehsan Samei. “Patient-based Performance Assessment for Pediatric Abdominal CT: An Automated Monitoring System Based on Lesion Detectability and Radiation Dose.” Acad Radiol 28, no. 2 (February 2021): 217–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.01.018.
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  - Han, Bin, Aiping Ding, Minghui Lu, and Lei Xing. “Pixel response-based EPID dosimetry for patient specific QA.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 18, no. 1 (January 2017): 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12007.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Lei Xing, and Bin Han. “Development of an accurate EPID-based output measurement and dosimetric verification tool for electron beam therapy.” Medical Physics 42, no. 7 (July 2015): 4190–98. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4922400.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Yiming Gao, Haikuan Liu, Peter F. Caracappa, Daniel J. Long, Wesley E. Bolch, Bob Liu, and X George Xu. “VirtualDose: a software for reporting organ doses from CT for adult and pediatric patients.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 60, no. 14 (July 2015): 5601–25. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/60/14/5601.
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  - Liu, Haikuan, Yiming Gao, Aiping Ding, Peter F. Caracappa, and X George Xu. “The profound effects of patient arm positioning on organ doses from CT procedures calculated using Monte Carlo simulations and deformable phantoms.” Radiation Protection Dosimetry 164, no. 3 (April 2015): 368–75. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncu284.
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  - Chen, Xin, Karl Bush, Aiping Ding, and Lei Xing. “Independent calculation of monitor units for VMAT and SPORT.” Medical Physics 42, no. 2 (February 2015): 918–24. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4906185.
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  - Vazquez, Justin A., Aiping Ding, Thomas Haley, Peter F. Caracappa, and X George Xu. “A dose-reconstruction study of the 1997 Sarov criticality accident using animated dosimetry techniques.” Health Physics 106, no. 5 (May 2014): 571–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/hp.0000000000000019.
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  - Liu, T., A. Ding, and X. Xu. “SU-E-T-493: Accelerated Monte Carlo Methods for Photon Dosimetry Using a Dual-GPU System and CUDA.” Medical Physics 39, no. 6Part17 (June 2012): 3818. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4735582.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Matthew M. Mille, Tianyu Liu, Peter F. Caracappa, and X George Xu. “Extension of RPI-adult male and female computational phantoms to obese patients and a Monte Carlo study of the effect on CT imaging dose.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 57, no. 9 (May 2012): 2441–59. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/57/9/2441.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Jianwei Gu, Alexei V. Trofimov, and X George Xu. “Monte Carlo calculation of imaging doses from diagnostic multidetector CT and kilovoltage cone-beam CT as part of prostate cancer treatment plans.” Medical Physics 37, no. 12 (December 2010): 6199–6204. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3512791.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Di Zhang, and X George Xu. “Training software using virtual-reality technology and pre-calculated effective dose data.” Health Physics 96, no. 5 (May 2009): 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hp.0000343165.50464.ef.
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  - Zheng, S., M. Chen, J. Li, Q. Zeng, L. Lu, Y. Li, A. Ding, and H. Hu. “Neutronics analysis for the test blanket modules proposed for EAST and ITER.” Nuclear Fusion 47, no. 8 (August 2007): 1053–56. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/47/8/040.
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  - Wang, Xiangke, Changlun Chen, Wenping Hu, Aiping Ding, Di Xu, and Xiang Zhou. “Sorption of 243Am(III) to multiwall carbon nanotubes.” Environmental Science & Technology 39, no. 8 (April 2005): 2856–60. https://doi.org/10.1021/es048287d.
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- Book Sections
  - Ding, Aiping, Francesco Ria, and Ehsan Samei. “CT Practice Monitoring.” In Computed Tomography Approaches, Applications, and Operations. Springer, 2019.
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- Conference Papers
  - Ding, A., T. Smith, E. Abadi, F. Ria, J. Wilson, and E. Samei. “Robustness and Accuracy of An Automated Solution for Measuring Image Noise, Spatial Resolution, Contrast, and Dose in Clinical CT Images: Efforts Towards Patient-Specific Quantifications of CT Image Quality and Radiation Dose.” In Medical Physics, 6:3023–24. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2017.
  - Smith, T., E. Abadi, A. Ding, F. Ria, and E. samei. “Image Quality Monitoring: Variability in Contrast Enhancement Across a Clinical Population.” In Medical Physics, 6:3167–68. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2017.
  - Ding, A., Y. Gao, P. Caracappa, D. Long, W. Bolch, B. Liu, M. Kalra, and X. Xu. “TU-G-103-02: Clinical Evaluation of VirtualDose - a Software for Tracking and Reporting CTDI, DLP, Organ and Effective Dose for Adult and Pediatric Patient.” In Medical Physics, 40:458–458. Wiley, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4815471.
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  - Gao, Y., A. Ding, D. Zhang, B. Liu, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “TU-G-103-01: Monte Carlo Simulation and Dose Calculation of Chest CT Scan with Tube Current Modulation.” In Medical Physics, 40:458–458. Wiley, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4815470.
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  - Ding, A., Y. Gao, P. Caracappa, B. Liu, and X. Xu. “MO-F-213CD-03: Design and Testing of the VirtualDose Software Under the Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform for Tracking and Reporting CT Doses.” In Medical Physics, 39:3876–77. Wiley, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4735828.
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  - Ding, A., Y. Gao, P. Caracappa, D. Long, W. Bolch, and X. Xu. “WE-A-218-09: A Comprehensive CT Organ Dose Database for Weight-Specific Adult and Pediatric Patients.” In Medical Physics, 39:3940–3940. Wiley, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4736078.
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  - Gao, Y., A. Ding, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “SU-C-217A-03: Position Sensitivity of Calculated Dose-Length-Product-To-Effective- Dose Conversion Factors in Computed Tomography Examination.” In Medical Physics, 39:3607–3607. Wiley, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4734645.
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  - Liu, T., A. Ding, and X. Xu. “MO-F-213CD-01: GPU-Based Monte Carlo Methods for Accelerating Radiographic and CT Imaging Dose Calculations: Feasibility and Scalability.” In Medical Physics, 39:3876–3876. Wiley, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4735826.
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  - Bednarz, Bryan, Gty Chen, Harald Paganetti, Bin Han, Aiping Ding, and X George Xu. “COMPARISON OF PARTICLE-TRACKING FEATURES IN GEANT4 AND MCNPX CODES FOR APPLICATIONS IN MAPPING OF PROTON RANGE UNCERTAINTY.” In Nuclear Technology, 175:2–5, 2011. https://doi.org/10.13182/nt11-a12260.
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  - Caracappa, P., A. Ding, J. Gu, B. Liu, and X. Xu. “TH-A-214-06: Organ Dose Weighting Methods for Tube Current Modulated CT Exams: Demonstration Using Adult Patient Phantoms.” In Medical Physics, 38:3843–3843. Wiley, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3613471.
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  - Ding, A., M. Mille, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “TH-A-214-04: Impact of Body Size of Obese Patients on PET/CT Dose Estimates: Monte Carlo Calculations Using a Set of BMI-Adjustable Phantoms.” In Medical Physics, 38:3843–3843. Wiley, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3613469.
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  - Ding, A., N. Schulte, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “TH-E-211-06: Further Development of VirtualDose Software for CT Dose Assessment: Realistic Phantoms and Smartphone User Interfaces.” In Medical Physics, 38:3877–3877. Wiley, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3613601.
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  - Ding, A., J. Gu, M. Mille, X. Xu, Y. Wang, and A. Trofimov. “TH-C-201B-04: Methods to Account for Imaging Doses from Diagnostic MDCT or Kilovoltage CBCT in Prostate Treatment Planning: Monte Carlo Studies Using Scanner Models and Patient-Specific Anatomy.” In Medical Physics, 37:3462–3462. Wiley, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3469521.
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  - Ding, A., J. Gu, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “TH-C-201B-10: Development and Testing of a CT Dose Software “VirtualDose” Using Anatomically Realistic Patient Phantoms: Preliminary Results for the Phase I of the Project.” In Medical Physics, 37:3463–3463. Wiley, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3469527.
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  - Han, B., A. Ding, X. Xu, B. Bednarz, G. Sharp, N. Choi, G. Chen, and K. Riper. “SU-GG-J-148: Evaluation of Performance of a Conceptual Time-Resolved Proton Range Telescope for In-Room Respiration Monitoring Using Monte Carlo Simulations and 4DCT Patient Data.” In Medical Physics, 37:3179–3179. Wiley, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3468371.
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  - Na, Y., A. Ding, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “SU-GG-T-404: Demonstration of the Ability to Morph an Existing Whole-Body Phantom to a Different Individual.” In Medical Physics, 37:3279–3279. Wiley, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3468801.
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  - Ding, Aiping, Jianwei Gu, Matthew Mille, X George Xu, and Bob Liu. “VirtualDose: A CT dose reporting software based on anatomically realistic phantoms.” In Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 51. SOC NUCLEAR MEDICINE INC, 2010.
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  - Ding, A., B. Han, and X. Xu. “WE-E-BRD-02: Development of a Software for Integrating the Medical Accelerator Model with Patient Phantoms Into Monte Carlo Based Dosimetry Platform.” In Medical Physics, 36:2781–82. Wiley, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3182554.
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  - Ding, A., J. Gu, H. Liu, P. Caracappa, and X. Xu. “TU-C-304A-01: The Need and Feasibility of a Modern Software for Reporting Patient Doses From CT Scans.” In Medical Physics, 36:2727–2727. Wiley, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3182348.
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  - Hu, H., Y. Wu, M. Chen, Q. Zeng, A. Ding, S. Zheng, Y. Li, L. Lu, J. Li, and P. Long. “Benchmarking of SNAM with the ITER 3D model.” In Fusion Engineering and Design, 82:2867–71. Elsevier BV, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.06.015.
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  - Zeng, Q., L. Lu, A. Ding, Y. Li, H. Hu, S. Zheng, Q. Huang, Y. Chen, Y. Wu, and H. Iida. “Update of ITER 3D basic neutronics model with MCAM.” In Fusion Engineering and Design, 81:2773–78. Elsevier BV, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2006.07.044.
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Selected Publications

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Book Sections

Conference Papers