Shiva Kumar Das | Scholars@Duke

Shiva Kumar Das
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology

Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy optimization. Functional Image-guided radiotherapy (PET, SPECT). Modeling of Radiation-induced normal tissue complications (lung, cardiac) using neural nets, MART, self organizing maps, etc. Optimal selection of beam orientations for radiotherapy. Hyperthermia modeling.

Current Funded Grants:
NCI P01 CA042745-19: Hyperthermia and Perfusion Effects in Cancer Therapy,Project 2: Real Time Modeling and Control Using Finite Elements and MRI (Program Director).
NCI 1R01 CA115748-01A1: Accurate Prediction of Cardiac and Lung Radiation Injury (Principal Investigator).
Varian Medical Systems: Incorporation of Functional Image-guidance in Radiotherapy Planning (Principal Investigator).

Graduate School Teaching:
MP322: Advanced Photon Beam Radiation Therapy Planning (Fall Semester)

Postdoctoral Research Associates (Past and Current):
Alan Baydush, Ph.D.
Shifeng Chen, Ph.D.
Kung-Shan Cheng, Ph.D.
Sarah McGuire, Ph.D.
Vadim Stakhursky, Ph.D.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2014

Contact Information

04216 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3295 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
shiva.das@duke.edu (919) 681-5424

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Professor, Radiation Oncology Physics Division, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2014
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Engineering, Duke University 1990 - 1991
- Ph.D., Duke University 1990
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2009 - 2014
- Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2007 - 2009
- Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2006 - 2007
- Associate Research Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2001 - 2006
- Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 1995 - 2001
Research
Selected Grants
- Accurate, High Resolution 3D Dosimetry awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2013
- Cross-disciplinary Training in Medical Physics awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy and Radiosurgery for Small Animals awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2011
- Accurate Models for Predicting Radiation-Induced Injury awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2011
- Radiation-Induced Cardiopulmonary Injury in Humans awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 2008
- Unified Approach to Hyperthermia Modeling and Planning awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2002
- A Unfied Approach To Hyperthermia Modeling And Planning awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1999
- Unified Approach to Hyperthermia Modeling and Planing awarded by National Institutes of Health 1996 - 1999
- Hyperthermia And Perfusion Effects In Cancer Therapy awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1999
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Fried, DV, and Das, SK. "Technology based strategies to enhance the therapeutic ratio." In Strategies to Enhance the Therapeutic Ratio of Radiation as a Cancer Treatment, 109-138. January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Dewhirst, M, Das, S, Stauffer, P, Craciunescu, O, Vujaskovic, Z, and Thrall, D. "Hyperthermia." In Clinical Radiation Oncology: Third Edition, 385-403. October 27, 2011. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Zagar, TM, Kaidar-Person, O, Tang, X, Jones, EE, Matney, J, Das, SK, Green, RL, Sheikh, A, Khandani, AH, McCartney, WH, Oldan, JD, Wong, TZ, and Marks, LB. "Utility of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold for Left-Sided Breast Radiation Therapy in Preventing Early Cardiac Perfusion Defects: A Prospective Study." April 2017. Full Text
  - Zhao, J, Yorke, ED, Li, L, Kavanagh, BD, Li, XA, Das, S, Miften, M, Rimner, A, Campbell, J, Xue, J, Jackson, A, Grimm, J, Milano, MT, and Spring Kong, F-M. "Simple Factors Associated With Radiation-Induced Lung Toxicity After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Thorax: A Pooled Analysis of 88 Studies." August 2016. Full Text
  - Rankine, L, Bowsher, J, Brizel, D, Yin, F, and Das, S. "SU-E-J-200: Impact of FDG-PET/CT Reconstruction Parameters On PET Variability and Treatment Response Assessment." June 2013. Full Text
  - Juang, T, Newton, J, Das, S, Adamovics, J, Oldham, M, and IOP, . "Preliminary investigation and application of a novel deformable PRESAGE (R) dosimeter." 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Oldham, M, Newton, J, Rankine, L, Adamovics, J, Kirsch, D, Das, S, and IOP, . "How accurate is image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) delivered with a micro-irradiator?." 2013. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chanyavanich, V, Lo, J, and Das, S. "SU-E-T-572: A Plan Quality Metric for Evaluating Knowledge-Based Treatment Plans." United States. June 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chung, YH, Kelsey, C, and Das, S. "TH-A-BRA-11: Treatment-Induced Dosimetric/Volume Changes During the Course of Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer." June 2012. Full Text
  - Das, S, Hoang, J, Choudhury, KR, Yoo, D, and Brizel, D. "WE-A-217A-02: The Impact of Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) Variability on the Assessment of Treatment Response in Head-And-Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy." June 2012. Full Text
  - Dick, D, Das, S, and Lo, J. "WE-G-BRCD-06: Knowledge-Based Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer." United States. June 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - McGurk, R, Bowsher, J, Smith, V, Lee, J, and Das, S. "MO-G-BRA-01: Optimal Image Filtration Strategies for PET Segmentation." June 2012. Full Text
  - Newton, J, Li, Y, Adamovics, J, Kirsch, D, Das, S, and Oldham, M. "TU-C-BRB-02: Identification of a Targeting Error in a Small Field Biological Irradiator Using 3D Dosimetry Techniques." June 2012. Full Text
  - Chanyavanich, V, Das, S, and Lo, J. "SU-E-T-851: An Inter-Institutional Comparison of Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer." June 2011. Full Text
  - Chawla, A, Marks, L, Deasy, J, Bradley, J, and Das, S. "WE-G-BRA-01: A Framework to Determine Risk of Pneumonitis Following Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer." June 2011. Full Text
  - Das, S. "TU-G-214-03: Functional Imaging for Radiotherapy Guidance and Treatment Monitoring." June 2011. Full Text
  - McGurk, R, Smith, T, and Das, S. "TU-C-211-12: Performance of a Novel Region Growing Segmentation Method for Nuclear Medicine." June 2011. Full Text
  - Newton, J, Oldham, M, Li, Y, Adamovics, J, and Das, S. "MO-G-BRB-02: Commissioning a Small Animal Irradiator Using 2D and 3D Dosimetry Techniques." June 2011. Full Text
  - Chanyavanich, V, Freeman, M, Das, S, and Lo, J. "SU-GG-T-134: Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer." June 2010. Full Text
  - Chawla, A, and Das, S. "MO-EE-A2-04: A Framework to Determine the Risk of Developing Pneumonitis in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy." June 2010. Full Text
  - Freeman, MS, Chanyavanich, V, Das, SK, and Lo, JY. "SU-GG-T-131: A Linear Metric of Knowledge-Based IMRT Treatment Plan Quality for the Prostate." June 2010. Full Text
  - O'Daniel, J, Kishore, M, Das, S, Wu, Q, Yoo, S, and Yin, F. "SU-GG-T-225: Gantry-Angle Dependence of a 2D Ion Chamber Array for IMAT QA." June 2010. Full Text
  - Seger, J, Marks, L, and Das, S. "SU-GG-T-491: Identifying Patients Who Will Potentially Benefit from Functional-Guided Lung Avoidance in Thoracic Radiotherapy." June 2010. Full Text
  - Wu, Q, Yin, F, McMahon, R, Zhu, X, and Das, S. "SU-GG-T-137: Similarities between Static and Rotational Intensity Modulated Plans." June 2010. Full Text
  - Yoo, S, Das, S, Wu, Q, Brizel, D, and Yin, F. "SU-GG-T-136: Treatment Plans Comparison with Static-Gantry IMRT and RapidArcTM for Head-And-Neck Cancers Involving Cervical Lymph Nodes." June 2010. Full Text
  - Das, S, Chen, S, Yin, F, and Marks, L. "SU-FF-T-498: Improving Normal Tissue Complication Probability Fits Using Non-Binary Outcomes." June 2009. Full Text
  - Das, S, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-T-158: A Method to Overlay Biological Optimization On Traditional Dose-Volume Constrained Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Optimization." June 2009. Full Text
  - O'Daniel, J, McMahon, R, Chang, Z, Yan, H, Sakhalkar, H, Das, S, Wu, Q, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-T-314: Patient-Specific Quality Assurance Techniques for RapidArc Radiotherapy." June 2009. Full Text
  - Yoo, S, Das, S, Wu, Q, Brizel, D, Yoo, D, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-T-130: Radiotherapy Treatment Plans with RapidArc for Head-And-Neck Cancer." June 2009. Full Text
  - Zhu, X, Bourland, J, Yuan, Y, Zhuang, T, O'Daniel, J, Thongphiew, D, Wu, Q, Das, S, Yoo, S, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-J-56: Integrating Real-Time Tracking Into Image Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Treatment." June 2009. Full Text
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Hubbs, J, Wong, T, Borges-Neto, S, Yin, F, Marks, L, and Das, S. "WE-C-AUD B-05: Predicting Radiation-Induced Cardiac Perfusion Defects Using a Fusion Model." June 2008. Full Text
  - Cheng, K, Li, Z, Stauffer, P, Joines, W, Dewhirst, M, and Das, S. "SU-GG-T-366: Hyperthermia Treatment for a Patient with Two Shank Sarcomas Treated by a Fast Pre-Treatment Optimization Method." June 2008. Full Text
  - Cheng, K, Stakhursky, V, Craciunescu, O, Stauffer, P, Dewhirst, M, and Das, S. "SU-GG-T-367: Fast Hyperthermia Temperature Optimization for Pelvic Carcinoma Patient Treated in Sigma-Eye Applicator." June 2008. Full Text
  - Das, S, Chen, S, Zhou, S, Yin, F-F, Deasy, J, and Marks, L. "SU-GG-T-406: Improving Lung Radiation-Pneumonitis Prediction by Combining Different Models." June 2008. Full Text
  - Das, S, Marks, L, and Yin, F. "MO-D-351-07: A System to Dynamically Balance Dose Sparing Between Critical Structures in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)." June 2008. Full Text
  - Reese, A, Das, S, and Marks, L. "TU-D-AUD B-05: Quantifying the Dosimetric Trade-Offs When Treating Targets with Concavities Using IMRT." June 2008. Full Text
  - Stakhursky, V, Cheng, K, MacFall, J, Maccarini, P, Stauffer, P, and Das, S. "SU-GG-J-164: Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Guidance and Thermal Modeling to Focus Hyperthermia Delivery." June 2008. Full Text
  - Zhou, S, Das, S, Yin, F, Yoo, S, Lee, W, Yan, H, Wu, Q, Wang, Z, and Marks, L. "SU-GG-J-81: Efficacy of Patient Setup Correction Procedure in Prostate Radiotherapy." June 2008. Full Text
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Zhang, J, Marks, L, and Das, S. "WE-D-M100J-03: A Neural Network Model to Predict Lung Radiation-Induced Pneumonitis." June 2007. Full Text
  - Das, S, Zhou, S, Yin, F, Zhang, J, and Marks, L. "SU-FF-T-88: Augmenting Lyman NTCP by Adding the Influence of Non-Dose Variables Via Decision Trees: Application to Lung Radiation-Pneumonitis Prediction." June 2007. Full Text
  - McGuire, S, Zhou, S, Marks, L, Dewhirst, M, Yin, F, and Das, S. "TH-E-M100E-03: Optimizing the Methodology for Incorporating SPECT-Guidance to Reduce Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Dose to Functioning Lung." June 2007. Full Text
  - Stakhursky, V, Das, S, Yoo, S, Yin, F, Kim, S, and Koontz, B. "SU-FF-J-81: Estimation of Dose Variations During Prostate Radiation Treatment Due to Elastic Deformations of Soft Tissues." June 2007. Full Text
  - Yoo, S, Das, S, Kim, S, Koontz, B, Lee, W, Light, K, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-J-68: Dosimetric Comparison of Patient-Specific Margins Vs. Uniform Margins for Prostate IMRT Treatments." June 2007. Full Text
  - Zhou, S, Das, S, Chen, S, Zhang, J, and Marks, L. "TU-EE-A1-04: Dimension Reduction Analysis of Dose Volume Histogram And Its Potential Application In Predicting Normal Tissue Complication Probability." June 2007. Full Text
  - Das, S, and Yin, F. "SU-FF-T-208: Efficient Selection of Beam Number and Orientations for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) by Emulating An Ideal Dose Distribution." June 2006. Full Text
  - Kim, S, Yoo, S, Koonts, B, Das, S, Anscher, M, and Yin, F. "WE-E-ValA-03: Dosimetric Evaluation of Prostate IMRT Treatments Positioned Based On Cone-Beam CT." June 2006. Full Text
  - McGuire, S, Zhou, S, Marks, L, Dewhirst, M, Yin, F, and Das, S. "TH-C-224C-09: Using SPECT-Guidance to Reduce Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Dose to Functioning Lung." June 2006. Full Text
  - Wu, Q, Yan, H, Yin, F, Yoo, S, Das, S, and Willett, C. "A tool for off-line review of 3D target verification and localization with cone-beam computed tomography." June 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhou, S, Yan, H, Wang, Z, Yoo, S, Das, S, Yin, F, Anscher, M, and Marks, L. "An image based statistical shape model and its application in radiotherapy margin design." June 2006. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wang, Z, Yin, F, Raidy, T, Kelly, K, Oldham, M, Das, S, Zhou, S, Marks, L, Kasibhatla, M, and Willett, C. "Quantification of normal organ motion due to the respiratory and cardiac cycles." June 2005. Full Text Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Fried, DV, Das, SK, and Marks, LB. "Imaging Radiation-Induced Normal Tissue Injury to Quantify Regional Dose Response." Seminars in Radiation Oncology 27, no. 4 (October 2017): 325-331. Full Text
  - Fried, DV, Chera, BS, and Das, SK. "Assessment of PlanIQ Feasibility DVH for head and neck treatment planning." Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 18, no. 5 (September 2017): 245-250. Full Text
  - Berthon, B, Spezi, E, Galavis, P, Shepherd, T, Apte, A, Hatt, M, Fayad, H, De Bernardi, E, Soffientini, CD, Ross Schmidtlein, C, El Naqa, I, Jeraj, R, Lu, W, Das, S, Zaidi, H, Mawlawi, OR, Visvikis, D, Lee, JA, and Kirov, AS. "Toward a standard for the evaluation of PET-Auto-Segmentation methods following the recommendations of AAPM task group No. 211: Requirements and implementation." Medical Physics 44, no. 8 (August 2017): 4098-4111. Full Text
  - Chera, BS, Fried, D, Price, A, Amdur, RJ, Mendenhall, W, Lu, C, Das, S, Sheets, N, Marks, L, and Mavroidis, P. "Dosimetric Predictors of Patient-Reported Xerostomia and Dysphagia With Deintensified Chemoradiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 98, no. 5 (August 2017): 1022-1027. Full Text
  - Mavroidis, P, Price, A, Fried, D, Kostich, M, Amdur, R, Mendenhall, W, Liu, C, Das, S, Marks, LB, and Chera, B. "Dose-volume toxicity modeling for de-intensified chemo-radiation therapy for HPV-positive oropharynx cancer." Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 124, no. 2 (August 2017): 240-247. Full Text
  - Zhang, X, Lam, SK, Palmer, G, Das, S, Oldham, M, and Dewhirst, M. "Noninvasive measurement of tissue blood oxygenation with Cerenkov imaging during therapeutic radiation delivery." Optics letters 42, no. 16 (August 2017): 3101-3104. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kaidar-Person, O, Zagar, TM, Oldan, JD, Matney, J, Jones, EL, Das, S, Jensen, BC, Zellars, RC, Wong, TZ, and Marks, LB. "Early cardiac perfusion defects after left-sided radiation therapy for breast cancer: is there a volume response?." Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 164, no. 2 (July 2017): 253-262. Full Text
  - Hatt, M, Lee, JA, Schmidtlein, CR, Naqa, IE, Caldwell, C, De Bernardi, E, Lu, W, Das, S, Geets, X, Gregoire, V, Jeraj, R, MacManus, MP, Mawlawi, OR, Nestle, U, Pugachev, AB, Schöder, H, Shepherd, T, Spezi, E, Visvikis, D, Zaidi, H, and Kirov, AS. "Classification and evaluation strategies of auto-segmentation approaches for PET: Report of AAPM task group No. 211." Medical Physics 44, no. 6 (June 2017): e1-e42. Full Text
  - Zhu, T, Das, S, and Wong, TZ. "Integration of PET/MR Hybrid Imaging into Radiation Therapy Treatment." Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 25, no. 2 (May 2017): 377-430. (Review) Full Text
  - Williamson, JF, Das, SK, Goodsitt, MS, and Deasy, JO. "Introducing the Medical Physics Dataset Article." Medical physics 44, no. 2 (February 2017): 349-350. Full Text
  - Wang, K, Mullins, BT, Falchook, AD, Lian, J, He, K, Shen, D, Dance, M, Lin, W, Sills, TM, Das, SK, Huang, BY, and Chera, BS. "Evaluation of PET/MRI for Tumor Volume Delineation for Head and Neck Cancer." Frontiers in Oncology 7 (January 23, 2017). Full Text
  - Hotwani, C, Agarwal, JP, Prabhash, K, Munshi, A, Joshi, A, Misra, S, Kumar, D, Das, S, and Laskar, SG. "Palliative thoracic radiotherapy in advanced lung cancer: A single institution experience." Indian Journal of Cancer 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 262-266. Full Text
  - Williamson, JF, Das, SK, and Goodsitt, MM. "Welcome to our new publisher: Wiley." Medical physics 44, no. 1 (January 2017): 1-2. Full Text
  - Goodsitt, MM, Das, SK, and Williamson, JF. "A new template for referees and guidance on writing high quality papers." Medical physics 43, no. 8 (August 2016): 4465-. Full Text
  - Kaidar-Person, O, Kostich, M, Zagar, TM, Jones, E, Gupta, G, Mavroidis, P, Das, SK, and Marks, LB. "Helical tomotherapy for bilateral breast cancer: Clinical experience." Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 28 (August 2016): 79-83. Full Text
  - Xu, P-T, Maidment, BW, Antonic, V, Jackson, IL, Das, S, Zodda, A, Zhang, X, Seal, S, and Vujaskovic, Z. "Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: A Potential Medical Countermeasure to Mitigate Radiation-Induced Lung Injury in CBA/J Mice." Radiation research 185, no. 5 (May 2, 2016): 516-526. Full Text
  - Kelsey, CR, Das, S, Gu, L, Dunphy, FR, Ready, NE, and Marks, LB. "Phase 1 Dose Escalation Study of Accelerated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 93, no. 5 (December 2015): 997-1004. Full Text
  - Ashcraft, KA, Boss, M-K, Tovmasyan, A, Roy Choudhury, K, Fontanella, AN, Young, KH, Palmer, GM, Birer, SR, Landon, CD, Park, W, Das, SK, Weitner, T, Sheng, H, Warner, DS, Brizel, DM, Spasojevic, I, Batinic-Haberle, I, and Dewhirst, MW. "Novel Manganese-Porphyrin Superoxide Dismutase-Mimetic Widens the Therapeutic Margin in a Preclinical Head and Neck Cancer Model." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 93, no. 4 (November 2015): 892-900. Full Text
  - Ravussin, E, Redman, LM, Rochon, J, Das, SK, Fontana, L, Kraus, WE, Romashkan, S, Williamson, DA, Meydani, SN, Villareal, DT, Smith, SR, Stein, RI, Scott, TM, Stewart, TM, Saltzman, E, Klein, S, Bhapkar, M, Martin, CK, Gilhooly, CH, Holloszy, JO, Hadley, EC, Roberts, SB, and CALERIE Study Group, . "A 2-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of Human Caloric Restriction: Feasibility and Effects on Predictors of Health Span and Longevity." The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 70, no. 9 (September 2015): 1097-1104. Full Text
  - Schmidt, M, Lo, JY, Grzetic, S, Lutzky, C, Brizel, DM, and Das, SK. "Semiautomated head-and-neck IMRT planning using dose warping and scaling to robustly adapt plans in a knowledge database containing potentially suboptimal plans." Medical physics 42, no. 8 (August 2015): 4428-4434. Full Text
  - Kimura, M, Zodda, AR, Mahmood, J, Das, SK, Nguyen, GB, Jackson, IL, and Vujaskovic, Z. "Pilot Study Evaluating a Rat Model of Radiation-induced Erectile Dysfunction Using an Image-guided Microirradiator." Urology 85, no. 5 (May 2015): 1214.e1-1214.e6. Full Text
  - Kimura, M, Zodda, AR, Mahmood, J, Das, SK, Nguyen, GB, Jackson, IL, and Vujaskovic, Z. "Pilot Study Evaluating a Rat Model of Radiation-induced Erectile Dysfunction Using an Image-guided Microirradiator." Urology 85, no. 5 (January 1, 2015): 1214.e1-1214.e6. Full Text
  - Moding, EJ, Lee, C-L, Castle, KD, Oh, P, Mao, L, Zha, S, Min, HD, Ma, Y, Das, S, and Kirsch, DG. "Atm deletion with dual recombinase technology preferentially radiosensitizes tumor endothelium." The Journal of clinical investigation 124, no. 8 (August 2014): 3325-3338. Full Text
  - Juang, T, Stauffer, PR, Craciunescu, OA, Maccarini, PF, Yuan, Y, Das, SK, Dewhirst, MW, Inman, BA, and Vujaskovic, Z. "Thermal dosimetry characteristics of deep regional heating of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer." International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group 30, no. 3 (May 2014): 176-183. Full Text
  - Wong, WW, Roberts, SB, Racette, SB, Das, SK, Redman, LM, Rochon, J, Bhapkar, MV, Clarke, LL, and Kraus, WE. "The doubly labeled water method produces highly reproducible longitudinal results in nutrition studies." The Journal of nutrition 144, no. 5 (May 2014): 777-783. Full Text
  - Lee, C-L, Min, H, Befera, N, Clark, D, Qi, Y, Das, S, Johnson, GA, Badea, CT, and Kirsch, DG. "Assessing cardiac injury in mice with dual energy-microCT, 4D-microCT, and microSPECT imaging after partial heart irradiation." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 88, no. 3 (March 2014): 686-693. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Redman, LM, Kraus, WE, Bhapkar, M, Das, SK, Racette, SB, Martin, CK, Fontana, L, Wong, WW, Roberts, SB, Ravussin, E, and CALERIE Study Group, . "Energy requirements in nonobese men and women: results from CALERIE." Am J Clin Nutr 99, no. 1 (January 2014): 71-78. Full Text Link to Item
  - Williamson, JF, Das, SK, and Goodsitt, MM. "Message from the editors: Changing of the guard." Medical physics 41, no. 1 (January 2014). Full Text
  - Rankine, LJ, Newton, J, Bache, ST, Das, SK, Adamovics, J, Kirsch, DG, and Oldham, M. "Investigating end-to-end accuracy of image guided radiation treatment delivery using a micro-irradiator." Phys Med Biol 58, no. 21 (November 7, 2013): 7791-7801. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhang, T, Das, SK, Fels, DR, Hansen, KS, Wong, TZ, Dewhirst, MW, and Vlahovic, G. "PET with 62Cu-ATSM and 62Cu-PTSM is a useful imaging tool for hypoxia and perfusion in pulmonary lesions." AJR. American journal of roentgenology 201, no. 5 (November 2013): W698-W706. Full Text
  - Juang, T, Das, S, Adamovics, J, Benning, R, and Oldham, M. "On the need for comprehensive validation of deformable image registration, investigated with a novel 3-dimensional deformable dosimeter." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 87, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 414-421. Full Text Link to Item
  - Good, D, Lo, J, Lee, WR, Wu, QJ, Yin, F-F, and Das, SK. "A knowledge-based approach to improving and homogenizing intensity modulated radiation therapy planning quality among treatment centers: an example application to prostate cancer planning." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 87, no. 1 (September 1, 2013): 176-181. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hoang, JK, Das, SK, Choudhury, KR, Yoo, DS, and Brizel, DM. "Using FDG-PET to measure early treatment response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: quantifying intrinsic variability in order to understand treatment-induced change." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 34, no. 7 (July 2013): 1428-1433. Full Text Link to Item
  - McGurk, RJ, Smith, VA, Bowsher, J, Lee, JA, and Das, SK. "Influence of filter choice on 18F-FDG PET segmentation accuracy determined using generalized estimating equations." Phys Med Biol 58, no. 11 (June 7, 2013): 3517-3534. Full Text Link to Item
  - Juang, T, Das, S, Adamovics, J, and Oldham, M. "SU-C-105-03: Progress Toward the Development of a Deformable Anthropomorphic 3D Dosimetric Phantom." Medical physics 40, no. 6Part2 (June 2013): 83-. Full Text
  - McGurk, R, Smith, V, Bowsher, J, Lee, J, and Das, S. "TH-C-WAB-08: Modeling of the Dice Coefficient for PET Segmentation Studies." Medical physics 40, no. 6Part32 (June 2013): 538-. Full Text
  - Kelsey, CR, Jackson, IL, Langdon, S, Owzar, K, Hubbs, J, Vujaskovic, Z, Das, S, and Marks, LB. "Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms and radiation sensitivity of the lung assessed with an objective radiologic endpoin." Clin Lung Cancer 14, no. 3 (May 2013): 267-274. Full Text Link to Item
  - McGurk, RJ, Bowsher, J, Lee, JA, and Das, SK. "Combining multiple FDG-PET radiotherapy target segmentation methods to reduce the effect of variable performance of individual segmentation methods." Med Phys 40, no. 4 (April 2013): 042501-. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chino, J, Das, S, and Wong, T. "Positron Emission Tomography in Radiation Treatment Planning. The Potential of Metabolic Imaging." Radiologic Clinics of North America (2013). Full Text
  - Chino, J, Das, S, and Wong, T. "Positron emission tomography in radiation treatment planning: The potential of metabolic imaging." Radiologic Clinics of North America 51, no. 5 (2013): 913-925. Full Text
  - Good, D, Lo, J, Lee, WR, Wu, QJ, Yin, F-F, and Das, SK. "A knowledge-based approach to improving and homogenizing intensity modulated radiation therapy planning quality among treatment centers: An example application to prostate cancer planning." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 87, no. 1 (2013): 176-181. Full Text
  - Juang, T, Das, S, Adamovics, J, Benning, R, and Oldham, M. "On the need for comprehensive validation of deformable image registration, investigated with a novel 3-dimensional deformable dosimeter." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 87, no. 2 (2013): 414-421. Full Text
  - Lawrence, MV, Saynak, M, Fried, DV, Bateman, TA, Green, RL, Hubbs, JL, Jaszczak, RJ, Wong, TZ, Zhou, S, Das, SK, and Marks, LB. "Assessing the impact of radiation-induced changes in soft tissue density ∕ thickness on the study of radiation-induced perfusion changes in the lung and heart." Med Phys 39, no. 12 (December 2012): 7644-7649. Full Text Link to Item
  - Manzoor, AA, Lindner, LH, Landon, CD, Park, J-Y, Simnick, AJ, Dreher, MR, Das, S, Hanna, G, Park, W, Chilkoti, A, Koning, GA, ten Hagen, TLM, Needham, D, and Dewhirst, MW. "Overcoming limitations in nanoparticle drug delivery: triggered, intravascular release to improve drug penetration into tumors." Cancer Res 72, no. 21 (November 1, 2012): 5566-5575. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lee, C-L, Moding, EJ, Cuneo, KC, Li, Y, Sullivan, JM, Mao, L, Washington, I, Jeffords, LB, Rodrigues, RC, Ma, Y, Das, S, Kontos, CD, Kim, Y, Rockman, HA, and Kirsch, DG. "p53 functions in endothelial cells to prevent radiation-induced myocardial injury in mice." Science signaling 5, no. 234 (July 24, 2012): ra52-. Full Text
  - Cuneo, KC, Zagar, TM, Brizel, DM, Yoo, DS, Hoang, JK, Chang, Z, Wang, Z, Yin, FF, Das, SK, Green, S, Ready, N, Bhatti, MT, Kaylie, DM, Becker, A, Sampson, JH, and Kirkpatrick, JP. "Stereotactic radiotherapy for malignancies involving the trigeminal and facial nerves." Technol Cancer Res Treat 11, no. 3 (June 2012): 221-228. Full Text Link to Item
  - Juang, T, Newton, J, Das, S, Adamovics, J, and Oldham, M. "WE-E-BRB-04: Quantitative Dose Tracking Enabled Through a Novel Deformable 3D Dosimeter." Medical physics 39, no. 6Part27 (June 2012): 3956-. Full Text
  - Rodrigues, A, Nguyen, G, Li, Y, Roy Choudhury, K, Kirsch, D, Das, S, and Yoshizumi, T. "SU-E-T-275: Dose Verification in a Small Animal Image-Guided Radiation Therapy X-Ray Machine: A Dose Comparison between TG-61 Based Look-Up Table and MOSFET Method for Various Collimator Sizes." Medical physics 39, no. 6Part14 (June 2012): 3766-. Full Text
  - Wu, Q, Yoo, S, Das, S, and Yin, F. "SU-E-T-559: Evaluation of Flatening Filter Free (FFF) Beams in Radiotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer." Medical physics 39, no. 6Part19 (June 2012): 3834-. Full Text
  - Yuan, Y, Wyatt, C, Maccarini, P, Stauffer, P, Craciunescu, O, Macfall, J, Dewhirst, M, and Das, SK. "A heterogeneous human tissue mimicking phantom for RF heating and MRI thermal monitoring verification." Phys Med Biol 57, no. 7 (April 7, 2012): 2021-2037. Full Text Link to Item
  - O'Daniel, J, Das, S, Wu, QJ, and Yin, F-F. "Volumetric-modulated arc therapy: effective and efficient end-to-end patient-specific quality assurance." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82, no. 5 (April 1, 2012): 1567-1574. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yuan, Y, Cheng, K-S, Craciunescu, OI, Stauffer, PR, Maccarini, PF, Arunachalam, K, Vujaskovic, Z, Dewhirst, MW, and Das, SK. "Utility of treatment planning for thermochemotherapy treatment of nonmuscle invasive bladder carcinoma." Med Phys 39, no. 3 (March 2012): 1170-1181. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kelsey, CR, Jackson, L, Langdon, S, Owzar, K, Hubbs, J, Vujaskovic, Z, Das, S, and Marks, LB. "A polymorphism within the promoter of the TGFβ1 gene is associated with radiation sensitivity using an objective radiologic endpoint." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82, no. 2 (February 1, 2012): e247-e255. Full Text Link to Item
  - Racette, SB, Das, SK, Bhapkar, M, Hadley, EC, Roberts, SB, Ravussin, E, Pieper, C, DeLany, JP, Kraus, WE, Rochon, J, and Redman, LM. "Approaches for quantifying energy intake and %calorie restriction during calorie restriction interventions in humans: The multicenter CALERIE study." American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism 302, no. 4 (2012): E441-E448. Full Text
  - Newton, J, Oldham, M, Thomas, A, Li, Y, Adamovics, J, Kirsch, DG, and Das, S. "Commissioning a small-field biological irradiator using point, 2D, and 3D dosimetry techniques." Med Phys 38, no. 12 (December 2011): 6754-6762. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhang, T, Fels, DR, Hansen, KS, Das, SK, Wong, TZ, Dewhirst, MW, and Vlahovic, G. "62CUATSM AND 62CUPTSM PET IS A USEFUL IMAGING TOOL FOR HYPOXIA AND PERFUSION IN LUNG CANCER." JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 6, no. 6 (June 2011): S919-S920. Link to Item
  - Chanyavanich, V, Das, SK, Lee, WR, and Lo, JY. "Knowledge-based IMRT treatment planning for prostate cancer." Med Phys 38, no. 5 (May 2011): 2515-2522. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, and Ten Haken, RK. "Functional and molecular image guidance in radiotherapy treatment planning optimization." Semin Radiat Oncol 21, no. 2 (April 2011): 111-118. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Yoo, DS, Craciunescu, O, Hoang, J, and Brizel, DM. "The Use of Serial FDG-PET Scanning to Develop Metabolic Response Criteria to Chemoradiation in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC)." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS 81, no. 2 (2011): S531-S531. Full Text Link to Item
  - Li, Z, Vogel, M, Maccarini, PF, Stakhursky, V, Soher, BJ, Craciunescu, OI, Das, S, Arabe, OA, Joines, WT, and Stauffer, PR. "Improved hyperthermia treatment control using SAR/temperature simulation and PRFS magnetic resonance thermal imaging." Int J Hyperthermia 27, no. 1 (2011): 86-99. Full Text Link to Item
  - Martin, CK, Das, SK, Lindblad, L, Racette, SB, McCrory, MA, Weiss, EP, DeLany, JP, and Kraus, WE. "Effect of calorie restriction on the free-living physical activity levels of nonobese humans: Results of three randomized trials." Journal of Applied Physiology 110, no. 4 (2011): 956-963. Full Text
  - Quaranta, BP, Das, SK, Shafman, TD, Light, KL, and Marks, LB. "The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers." Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 11, no. 1 (December 2010): 128-136. Full Text
  - Miles, EF, Nelson, JW, Alkaissi, AK, Das, S, Clough, RW, Broadwater, G, Anscher, MS, Chino, JP, and Oleson, JR. "Biologically effective dose (BED) correlation with biochemical control after low-dose rate prostate brachytherapy for clinically low-risk prostate cancer." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77, no. 1 (May 1, 2010): 139-146. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cheng, K-S, Dewhirst, MW, Stauffer, PF, and Das, S. "Mathematical formulation and analysis of the nonlinear system reconstruction of the online image-guided adaptive control of hyperthermia." Med Phys 37, no. 3 (March 2010): 980-994. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cheng, K-S, Dewhirst, MW, Stauffer, PR, and Das, S. "Effective learning strategies for real-time image-guided adaptive control of multiple-source hyperthermia applicators." Med Phys 37, no. 3 (March 2010): 1285-1297. Full Text Link to Item
  - Quaranta, BP, Das, SK, Shafman, TD, Light, KL, and Marks, LB. "The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers." Journal of applied clinical medical physics 11, no. 1 (January 28, 2010): 3010-.
  - McGuire, SM, Marks, LB, Yin, FF, and Das, SK. "A methodology for selecting the beam arrangement to reduce the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dose to the SPECT-defined functioning lung." Phys Med Biol 55, no. 2 (January 21, 2010): 403-416. Full Text Link to Item
  - Wu, QJ, Yin, F-F, McMahon, R, Zhu, X, and Das, SK. "Similarities between static and rotational intensity-modulated plans." Phys Med Biol 55, no. 1 (January 7, 2010): 33-43. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dawson, LA, Kavanagh, BD, Paulino, AC, Das, SK, Miften, M, Li, XA, Pan, C, Haken, RKT, and Schultheiss, TE. "Radiation-Associated Kidney Injury." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 76, no. 3 SUPPL. (2010): S108-S115. Full Text
  - Kavanagh, BD, Pan, CC, Dawson, LA, Das, SK, Li, XA, Haken, RKT, and Miften, M. "Radiation Dose-Volume Effects in the Stomach and Small Bowel." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 76, no. 3 SUPPL. (2010): S101-S107. Full Text
  - O'Daniel, J, Das, S, Wu, J, and Yin, F-F. "Patient specific quality assurance: Transition from IMRT to IMAT." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 250 (2010): 231-234. Full Text
  - Pan, CC, Kavanagh, BD, Dawson, LA, Li, XA, Das, SK, Miften, M, and Haken, RKT. "Radiation-Associated Liver Injury." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 76, no. 3 SUPPL. (2010): S94-S100. Full Text
  - Craciunescu, OI, Stauffer, PR, Soher, BJ, Wyatt, CR, Arabe, O, Maccarini, P, Das, SK, Cheng, K-S, Wong, TZ, Jones, EL, Dewhirst, MW, Vujaskovic, Z, and MacFall, JR. "Accuracy of real time noninvasive temperature measurements using magnetic resonance thermal imaging in patients treated for high grade extremity soft tissue sarcomas." Med Phys 36, no. 11 (November 2009): 4848-4858. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhu, X, Bourland, JD, Yuan, Y, Zhuang, T, O'Daniel, J, Thongphiew, D, Wu, QJ, Das, SK, Yoo, S, and Yin, FF. "Tradeoffs of integrating real-time tracking into IGRT for prostate cancer treatment." Phys Med Biol 54, no. 17 (September 7, 2009): N393-N401. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK. "A method to dynamically balance intensity modulated radiotherapy dose between organs-at-risk." Med Phys 36, no. 5 (May 2009): 1744-1752. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cheng, K-S, Yuan, Y, Li, Z, Stauffer, PR, Maccarini, P, Joines, WT, Dewhirst, MW, and Das, SK. "The performance of a reduced-order adaptive controller when used in multi-antenna hyperthermia treatments with nonlinear temperature-dependent perfusion." Phys Med Biol 54, no. 7 (April 7, 2009): 1979-1995. Full Text Link to Item
  - Stakhursky, VL, Arabe, O, Cheng, K-S, Macfall, J, Maccarini, P, Craciunescu, O, Dewhirst, M, Stauffer, P, and Das, SK. "Real-time MRI-guided hyperthermia treatment using a fast adaptive algorithm." Phys Med Biol 54, no. 7 (April 7, 2009): 2131-2145. Full Text Link to Item
  - Song, H, Bowsher, J, Das, S, and Yin, F-F. "Tracking brachytherapy sources using emission imaging with one flat panel detector." Med Phys 36, no. 4 (April 2009): 1109-1111. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reese, AS, Das, SK, Curie, C, and Marks, LB. "Integral dose conservation in radiotherapy." Med Phys 36, no. 3 (March 2009): 734-740. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reese, AS, Das, SK, Kirkpatrick, JP, and Marks, LB. "Quantifying the dosimetric trade-offs when using intensity-modulated radiotherapy to treat concave targets containing normal tissues." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73, no. 2 (February 1, 2009): 585-593. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cheng, K-S, Yuan, Y, Li, Z, Stauffer, PR, Joines, WT, Dewhirst, MW, and Das, SK. "Control time reduction using virtual source projection for treating a leg sarcoma with nonlinear perfusion." Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 7181 (2009). Full Text
  - Das, S. "A role for biological optimization within the current treatment planning paradigm." Medical Physics 36, no. 10 (2009): 4672-4682. Full Text
  - Koontz, BF, Das, S, Temple, K, Bynum, S, Catalano, S, Koontz, JI, Montana, GS, and Oleson, JR. "Dosimetric and radiobiologic comparison of 3D conformal versus intensity modulated planning techniques for prostate bed radiotherapy." Med Dosim 34, no. 3 (2009): 256-260. Full Text Link to Item
  - Stauffer, PR, Craciunescu, OI, Maccarini, PF, Wyatt, C, Arunachalam, K, Arabe, O, Stakhursky, V, Soher, B, MacFall, JR, Li, Z, Joines, WT, Rangarao, S, Cheng, KS, Das, SK, Martins, CD, Charles, C, Dewhirst, MW, Wong, T, Jones, E, and Vujaskovic, Z. "Clinical utility of magnetic resonance thermal imaging (MRTI) for realtime guidance of deep hyperthermia." Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE 7181 (2009). Full Text
  - Yoo, S, Wu, QJ, Godfrey, D, Yan, H, Ren, L, Das, S, Lee, WR, and Yin, F-F. "Clinical evaluation of positioning verification using digital tomosynthesis and bony anatomy and soft tissues for prostate image-guided radiotherapy." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 296-305. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Chen, S, Deasy, JO, Zhou, S, Yin, F-F, and Marks, LB. "Combining multiple models to generate consensus: application to radiation-induced pneumonitis prediction." Med Phys 35, no. 11 (November 2008): 5098-5109. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cheng, K-S, Stakhursky, V, Craciunescu, OI, Stauffer, P, Dewhirst, M, and Das, SK. "Fast temperature optimization of multi-source hyperthermia applicators with reduced-order modeling of 'virtual sources'." Phys Med Biol 53, no. 6 (March 21, 2008): 1619-1635. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Yin, F-F, Marks, LB, and Das, SK. "Using patient data similarities to predict radiation pneumonitis via a self-organizing map." Phys Med Biol 53, no. 1 (January 7, 2008): 203-216. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Chen, S, Deasy, JO, Zhou, S, Yin, F-F, and Marks, LB. "Decision fusion of machine learning models to predict radiotherapyinduced lung pneumonitis." Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2008 (2008): 545-550. Full Text
  - Gayou, O, Das, SK, Zhou, S-M, Marks, LB, Parda, DS, and Miften, M. "A genetic algorithm for variable selection in logistic regression analysis of radiotherapy treatment outcomes." Medical Physics 35, no. 12 (2008): 5426-5433. Full Text
  - Miles, EF, Nelson, JW, Alkaissi, AK, Das, S, Clough, RW, Anscher, MS, and Oleson, JR. "Equivalent uniform dose, D₉₀, and V₁₀₀ correlation with biochemical control after low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy for clinically low-risk prostate cancer." Brachytherapy 7, no. 2 (2008): 206-211. Full Text
  - Zhou, SM, Hoppenworth, EJ, Das, SK, Wang, ZH, Sun, XJ, Yin, FF, and Dewhirst, MW. "Response to comments by Dr. Luijik and Dr. Schippers." Medical Physics 35, no. 6 (2008): 2560--. Full Text
  - Cheng, K-S, Stakhursky, V, Stauffer, P, Dewhirst, M, and Das, SK. "Online feedback focusing algorithm for hyperthermia cancer treatment." Int J Hyperthermia 23, no. 7 (November 2007): 539-554. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Yin, F-F, Marks, LB, and Das, SK. "Investigation of the support vector machine algorithm to predict lung radiation-induced pneumonitis." Med Phys 34, no. 10 (October 2007): 3808-3814. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Zhang, J, Yin, F-F, Marks, LB, and Das, SK. "A neural network model to predict lung radiation-induced pneumonitis." Med Phys 34, no. 9 (September 2007): 3420-3427. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Zhou, S, Zhang, J, Yin, F-F, Dewhirst, MW, and Marks, LB. "Predicting lung radiotherapy-induced pneumonitis using a model combining parametric Lyman probit with nonparametric decision trees." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68, no. 4 (July 15, 2007): 1212-1221. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhou, S-M, Das, SK, Wang, Z, Sun, X, Dewhirst, M, Yin, F-F, and Marks, LB. "Self-consistent tumor control probability and normal tissue complication probability models based on generalized EUD." Med Phys 34, no. 7 (July 2007): 2807-2815. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ahmed, S, Das, S, and Yin, F. "TH-D-M100E-07: Determining the Geometric and Dosimetric Accuracy of MRI Based IMRT Treatment Plan for Patients with Prostate, Brain, and Head and Neck Cancers." Medical Physics 34, no. 6Part24 (June 2007): 2644-2644. Full Text
  - Chen, S, Zhou, S, Zhang, J, Marks, L, and Das, S. "WE-D-M100J-04: Prediction of Lung Radiation-Induced Pneumonitis Using the Support Vector Machine Algorithm." Medical Physics 34, no. 6Part21 (June 2007): 2602-2603. Full Text
  - Mao, J, Zhang, J, Zhou, S, Das, S, Hollis, DR, Folz, RJ, Wong, TZ, and Marks, LB. "Updated assessment of the six-minute walk test as predictor of acute radiation-induced pneumonitis." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67, no. 3 (March 1, 2007): 759-767. Full Text Link to Item
  - McGuire, SM, Zhou, S, Marks, LB, Dewhirst, M, Yin, F-F, and Das, SK. "A methodology for using SPECT to reduce intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dose to functioning lung." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66, no. 5 (December 1, 2006): 1543-1552. Full Text Link to Item
  - Yin, F-F, Das, S, Kirkpatrick, J, Oldham, M, Wang, Z, and Zhou, S-M. "Physics and imaging for targeting of oligometastases." Semin Radiat Oncol 16, no. 2 (April 2006): 85-101. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Macfall, J, McCauley, R, Craciunescu, O, Dewhirst, MW, and Samulski, TV. "Improved magnetic resonance thermal imaging by combining proton resonance frequency shift (PRFS) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) data." Int J Hyperthermia 21, no. 7 (November 2005): 657-667. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, S, and Yin, F. "WE-D-T-6E-02: A Clinical Planning Tool for Optimization of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Parameters." Medical Physics 32, no. 6Part19 (June 2005): 2139-2139. Full Text
  - Das, SK, Baydush, AH, Zhou, S, Miften, M, Yu, X, Craciunescu, O, Oldham, M, Light, K, Wong, T, Blazing, M, Borges-Neto, S, Dewhirst, MW, and Marks, LB. "Predicting radiotherapy-induced cardiac perfusion defects." Med Phys 32, no. 1 (January 2005): 19-27. Full Text Link to Item
  - Miften, MM, Das, SK, Su, M, and Marks, LB. "A dose-volume-based tool for evaluating and ranking IMRT treatment plans." Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 5, no. 4 (September 2004): 1-14. Full Text
  - Zhou, S-M, Das, S, Wang, Z, and Marks, LB. "Relationship between the generalized equivalent uniform dose formulation and the Poisson statistics-based tumor control probability model." Med Phys 31, no. 9 (September 2004): 2606-2609. Full Text Link to Item
  - Baydush, AH, Marks, LB, and Das, SK. "Penalized likelihood fluence optimization with evolutionary components for intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning." Med Phys 31, no. 8 (August 2004): 2335-2343. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Bell, M, Marks, LB, and Rosenman, JG. "A preliminary study of the role of modulated electron beams in intensity modulated radiotherapy, using automated beam orientation and modality selection." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 59, no. 2 (June 1, 2004): 602-617. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Miften, MM, Zhou, S, Bell, M, Munley, MT, Whiddon, CS, Craciunescu, O, Baydush, AH, Wong, T, Rosenman, JG, Dewhirst, MW, and Marks, LB. "Feasibility of optimizing the dose distribution in lung tumors using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography guided dose prescriptions." Med Phys 31, no. 6 (June 2004): 1452-1461. Full Text Link to Item
  - Miften, MM, Das, SK, Su, M, and Marks, LB. "Incorporation of functional imaging data in the evaluation of dose distributions using the generalized concept of equivalent uniform dose." Phys Med Biol 49, no. 9 (May 7, 2004): 1711-1721. Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Miften, MM, Zhou, S, Bell, M, Munley, MT, Whiddon, CS, Craciunescu, O, Baydush, AH, Wong, T, Rosenman, JG, Dewhirst, MW, and Marks, LB. "Feasebility of optimizing the dose distribution in lung tumors using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography guided dose prescriptions." Medical Physics 31, no. 6 (2004): 1452-1461. Full Text
  - Miften, MM, Das, SK, Su, M, and Marks, LB. "A dose-volume-based tool for evaluating and ranking IMRT treatment plans." J Appl Clin Med Phys 5, no. 4 (2004): 1-14. Link to Item
  - Das, S, Cullip, T, Tracton, G, Chang, S, Marks, L, Anscher, M, and Rosenman, J. "Beam orientation selection for intensity-modulated radiation therapy based on target equivalent uniform dose maximization." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 215-224. Link to Item
  - Miften, MM, Das, SK, Shafman, TD, and Marks, LB. "Optimization of a 90Sr/90Y radiation source train stepping for intravascular brachytherapy." Med Phys 29, no. 12 (December 2002): 2891-2896. Full Text Link to Item
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, Wong, TZ, and Samulski, TV. "Fractal reconstruction of breast perfusion before and after hyperthermia treatments." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED 54 (2002): 207-211. Full Text
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, Wong, TZ, and Samulski, TV. "Fractal reconstruction of breast perfusion before and after hyperthermia treatments." ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (2002): 207-211. Full Text
  - Craciunescu, OI, Raaymakers, BW, Kotte, AN, Das, SK, Samulski, TV, and Lagendijk, JJ. "Discretizing large traceable vessels and using DE-MRI perfusion maps yields numerical temperature contours that match the MR noninvasive measurements." Med Phys 28, no. 11 (November 2001): 2289-2296. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Jones, EA, and Samulski, TV. "A method of MRI-based thermal modelling for a RF phased array." Int J Hyperthermia 17, no. 6 (November 2001): 465-482. Link to Item
  - Hernando, ML, Marks, LB, Bentel, GC, Zhou, SM, Hollis, D, Das, SK, Fan, M, Munley, MT, Shafman, TD, Anscher, MS, and Lind, PA. "Radiation-induced pulmonary toxicity: a dose-volume histogram analysis in 201 patients with lung cancer." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51, no. 3 (November 1, 2001): 650-659. Link to Item
  - Kang, SK, Chou, RH, Dodge, RK, Clough, RW, Kang, HL, Bowen, MG, Steffey, BA, Das, SK, Zhou, SM, Whitehurst, AW, Buckley, NJ, Kim, JH, Joyner, RE, Sarmina, I, Montana, GS, Ingram, SS, and Anscher, MS. "Acute urinary toxicity following transperineal prostate brachytherapy using a modified Quimby loading method." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50, no. 4 (July 15, 2001): 937-945. Link to Item
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, McCauley, RL, MacFall, JR, and Samulski, TV. "3D numerical reconstruction of the hyperthermia induced temperature distribution in human sarcomas using DE-MRI measured tissue perfusion: validation against non-invasive MR temperature measurements." Int J Hyperthermia 17, no. 3 (May 2001): 221-239. Link to Item
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, Poulson, JM, and Samulski, TV. "Three-dimensional tumor perfusion reconstruction using fractal interpolation functions." IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 48, no. 4 (April 2001): 462-473. Full Text Link to Item
  - Craciunescu, OI, Raaymakers, BW, Kotte, ANTJ, Das, SK, Samulski, TV, and Lagendijk, JJW. "A case study of hyperthermia induced temperature computations in human sarcomas using discrete vasculature and relative perfusion maps." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD 370 (2001): 29-35.
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, and Samulski, TV. "Piecewise fractal interpolation models to reconstruct the three-dimensional tumor perfusion." Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings 1 (2000): 292-305.
  - Craciunescu, OI, Das, SK, and Clegg, ST. "Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and fractal characteristics of percolation clusters in two-dimensional tumor blood perfusion." J Biomech Eng 121, no. 5 (October 1999): 480-486. Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Clegg, ST, and Samulski, TV. "Electromagnetic thermal therapy power optimization for multiple source applicators." Int J Hyperthermia 15, no. 4 (July 1999): 291-308. Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Clegg, ST, and Samulski, TV. "Computational techniques for fast hyperthermia temperature optimization." Med Phys 26, no. 2 (February 1999): 319-328. Full Text Link to Item
  - Craciunescu, O, Das, SK, and Dewhirst, MW. "Three-dimensional microvascular networks fractal structure: potential for tissue characterization?." American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED 44 (1999): 9-13.
  - Das, SK, and Marks, LB. "Selection of coplanar or noncoplanar beams using three-dimensional optimization based on maximum beam separation and minimized nontarget irradiation." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 38, no. 3 (June 1, 1997): 643-655. Link to Item
  - Clegg, ST, Das, SK, Fullar, E, Anderson, S, Blivin, J, Oleson, JR, and Samulski, TV. "Hyperthermia treatment planning and temperature distribution reconstruction: a case study." Int J Hyperthermia 12, no. 1 (January 1996): 65-76. Link to Item
  - Marks, LB, Sherouse, GW, Das, S, Bentel, GC, Spencer, DP, and Turner, D. "Conformal radiation therapy with fixed shaped coplanar or noncoplanar radiation beam bouquets: a possible alternative to radiosurgery." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 33, no. 5 (December 1, 1995): 1209-1219. Full Text Link to Item
  - Das, SK, Clegg, ST, Anscher, MS, and Samulski, TV. "Simulation of electromagnetically induced hyperthermia: a finite element gridding method." Int J Hyperthermia 11, no. 6 (November 1995): 797-808. Link to Item
  - Clegg, ST, Das, SK, Zhang, Y, Macfall, J, Fullar, E, and Samulski, TV. "Verification of a hyperthermia model method using MR thermometry." Int J Hyperthermia 11, no. 3 (May 1995): 409-424. Link to Item
  - Oleson, J, Samulski, T, Clegg, S, Das, S, and Grant, W. "Heating rate modeling and measurements in phantom and in vivo of the human upper extremity in a defective 2450 MHz microwave oven." Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy 29, no. 2 (1994): 101-108.
  - Samulski, TV, Clegg, ST, Das, S, MacFall, J, and Prescott, DM. "Application of new technology in clinical hyperthermia." International Journal of Hyperthermia 10, no. 3 (1994): 389-394.
  - Das, SK, Utku, S, and Salama, M. "Parallelization of the Volterra algorithm for linear optimal open loop control." Computational Mechanics 5, no. 4 (July 1, 1989): 305-320. Full Text
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