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2008

1. SB Jiang, J Wolfgang, and GS Mageras, Quality assurance challenges for motion-adaptive radiation therapy: gating, breath holding, and four-dimensional computed tomography, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(1 Suppl): S103-7, 2008.
2. V Boldea, GC Sharp, SB Jiang, D Sarrut, 4D-CT lung motion estimation with deformable registration: quantification of motion nonlinearity and hysteresis, Med Phys. 35(3):1008-18, 2008.
3. DP Gierga, M Riboldi, JC Turcotte, GC Sharp, SB Jiang, AG Taghian, GT Chen, Comparison of Target Registration Errors for Multiple Image-Guided Techniques in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 70(4):1239-46, 2008.

2007

1. MJ Murphy, J Balter, S Balter, JA BenComo Jr, IJ Das, SB Jiang, CM Ma, GH Olivera, RF Rodebaugh, KJ Ruchala, H Shirato, and FF Yin, The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: report of the AAPM Task Group 75, Med. Phys. 34(10):4041-4063, 2007.
2. F Azmandian, D Kaeli, JG Dy, E Hutchinson, M Ancukiewicz, A Niemierko, and SB Jiang, Towards the development of an error checker for radiotherapy treatment plans: a preliminary study, Phys. Med. Biol. 52(21):6511-6524, 2007.
3. Y Cui, JG Dy, GC Sharp, B Alexander, and SB Jiang, Multiple template-based fluoroscopic tracking of lung tumor mass without implanted fiducial markers, Phys Med Biol. 52(20):6229-6242, 2007.
4. D Ionascu, SB Jiang, Seiko Nishioka, Hiroki Shirato, and Ross I. Berbeco, Internal-external correlation investigations of respiratory induced motion of lung tumors, Med. Phys. 34(10):3893-3903, 2007.
5. E Kanoulas, JA Aslam, GC Sharp, RI Berbeco, S Nishioka, H Shirato, and SB Jiang, Derivation of the tumor position from external respiratory surrogates with periodical updating of the internal/external correlation, Phys Med Biol. 52(17):5443-55456, 2007.
6. Q Xu, RJ Hamilton, RA Schowengerdt, and SB Jiang, A deformable lung tumor tracking method in fluoroscopic video using active shape models: a feasibility study, Phys Med Biol. 52(17):5277-5293, 2007.
7. H Wu, GC Sharp, Q Zhao, H Shirato, and SB Jiang, Statistical analysis and correlation discovery of tumor respiratory motion, Phys Med Biol. 52(16):4761-74, 2007.
8. T Pawlicki, C Cotrutz and C King C, Prostate cancer therapy with stereotactic body radiation therapy. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 40: 395-406, 2007.
9. XL Tang, GC Sharp, and SB Jiang, Fluoroscopic tracking of multiple implanted fiducial markers using multiple object tracking, Phys Med Biol 52(14): 4081-4098, 2007.
10. T Pawlicki and AJ Mundt, Quality in radiation oncology. Med Phys 34(5): 1529-34, 2007.
11. GC Sharp, HM Lu, A Trofimov, X Tang, SB Jiang, J Turcotte, DP Gierga, GT Chen, and TS Hong, Assessing residual motion for gated proton-beam radiotherapy, J Radiat Res (Tokyo) 48 Suppl A:A55-9, 2007. 
12. LA Carrascosa, CM Yashar, KJ Paris, RV Larocca, SR Faught, and WJ Spanos, Palliation of pelvic and head and neck cancer with Paclitaxel and a novel radiotherapy regimen. J Palliat Med 10(4): 877-81, 2007.
13. Y Cui, JG Dy, GC Sharp, B Alexander, SB Jiang, Robust fluoroscopic respiratory gating for lung cancer radiotherapy without implanted fiducial markers, Phys Med Biol 52(3): 741-55, 2007.
14. M Yao, JB Epstein, BJ Modi, KB Pytynia, AJ Mundt, and LE Feldman, Current surgical treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Oral Oncol 43(3): 213-23, 2007.
15. A Hsu, T Pawlicki, G Luxton, W Hara, and CR King, A study of image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy with fiducials for localized prostate cancer including pelvic lymph nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(3): 898-902, 2007.
16. ME Daly, Y Lieskovsky, T Pawlicki, J Yau, H Pinto, M Kaplan, WE Fee, A Koong, DR Goffinet, L Xing, and Q Le, Evaluation of patterns of failure and subjective salivary function in patients treated with intensity modulated radiotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck 29(3): 211-20, 2007.
17. T Pawlicki, GY Kim, A Hsu, C Cotrutz, AL Boyer, L Xing, CR King, and G Luxton, Investigation of linac-based image-guided hypofractionated prostate radiotherapy. Med Dosim 32(2): 71-9, 2007.
18. LK Mell, R Malik, R Komaki, B Movsas, RS Swann, C Langer, D Antonadou, M Koukourakis and AJ Mundt, Effect of amifostine on response rates in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients treated on randomized controlled trials: a meta-analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(1): 111-8, 2007.

2006

1. RI Berbeco, S Nishioka, H Shirato, and SB Jiang, Residual motion of lung tumors in end-of-inhale respiratory gated radiotherapy based on external surrogates, Med Phys 33(11): 4149-4156, 2006.
2. PJ Keall, GS Mageras, JM Balter, RS  Emery, KM Forster, SB Jiang, JM Kapatoes, DA Low, MJ Murphy, BR Murray, CR Ramsey, MB Van Herk, SS Vedam, JW Wong, and E Yorke, The management of respiratory motion in radiation oncology report of AAPM Task Group 76, Med Phys 33(10): 3874-900, 2006.
3. RI Berbeco, CJ Pope, and SB Jiang, Measurement of the Interplay Effect between Organ Motion and the MLC Motion in Lung IMRT Treatment using EDR2 Films, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 7(4)33-42, 2006.
4. S Flampouri, SB Jiang, G Sharp, J Wolfgang, A Patel, and N Choi. Estimation of the delivered patient dose in lung IMRT treatment based on deformable registration of 4D-CT data and Monte Carlo simulations, Phys Med Biol. 51(11): 2763-2779, 2006.
5. P Giraud, E Yorke, SB Jiang, L Simon, K Rosenzweig, G Mageras, Reduction of organ motion effects in IMRT and conformal 3D radiation delivery by using gating and tracking techniques, Cancer/Radiothérapie, 10:269-282, 2006.
6. SB Jiang, Radiotherapy of Mobile Tumors, Semin Radiat Oncol, 16(4)239-248, 2006.
7. K Aljarrah, GC Sharp, T Neicu, and SB Jiang, Determination of the Initial Beam Parameters in Monte Carlo Linac Simulation, Med Phys, 33(4):850-858, 2006.
8. SB Jiang, GC Sharp, T Neicu, RI Berbeco, S Flampouri, and T Bortfeld, On Dose Distribution Comparison, Phys Med Biol. 51(4):759-776, 2006.
9. T Neicu, R Berbeco, J Wolfgang, and SB Jiang, Synchronized Moving Aperture Radiation Therapy (SMART): Improvement of Breathing Pattern Reproducibility Using Respiratory Coaching, Phys Med Biol. 51(3):617-636, 2006.
10. SB Jiang, Technical Aspects of Image-Guided Respiration-Gated Radiation Therapy, Medical Dosimetry, 31(2):141-151, 2006.

2005

1. T Neicu, KM Aljarrah,  and SB Jiang, A software tool for 2D/3D visualization and analysis of phase space data generated by Monte Carlo modelling of medical linear accelerators, Phys Med Biol. 50(20):N257-67, 2005.
2. GC Sharp, S Kollipara, T Madden, SB Jiang, and SJ Rosenthal, Anatomic feature-based registration for patient set-up in head and neck cancer radiotherapy, Phys Med Biol. 50(19): 4667-4680, 2005.
3. RI Berbeco, H Mostafavi, GC Sharp, and SB Jiang, Towards fluoroscopic respiratory gating for lung tumours without radiopaque markers, Phys Med Biol. 50(19): 4481-4490, 2005.
4. RI Berbeco, S Nishioka, H Shirato, GT Chen, and SB Jiang, Residual motion of lung tumours in gated radiotherapy with external respiratory surrogates, Phys Med Biol. 50(16):3655-3667, 2005.
5. RI Berbeco, T Neicu, E Rietzel, GT Chen, and SB Jiang, A technique for respiratory-gated radiotherapy treatment verification with an EPID in cine mode, Phys Med Biol 50(16):3669-3679, 2005.
6. A Trofimov, E Rietzel, HM Lu, B Martin, SB Jiang, GTY Chen, and T Bortfeld, Temporo-spatial IMRT optimization: concepts, implementation and initial results, Phys. Med. Biol. 50(12): 2779-2798, 2005.
7. CM Ma, JS Li, SB Jiang, T Pawlicki, W Xiong, LH Qin, J Yang, Effect of statistical uncertainties on Monte Carlo treatment planning, Phys Med Biol. 50(5):891-907, 2005.

2004

1. H Wu, GC Sharp, B Salzberg, D Kaeli, H Shirato and SB Jiang, A finite state model for respiratory motion analysis in image guided radiation therapy, Phys Med Biol, 49(23): 5357–5372, 2004.
2. GC Sharp, SB Jiang, S Shimizu and H Shirato, Tracking errors in a prototype real-time tumour tracking system, Phys Med Biol, 49(23): 5347–5356, 2004.
3. HA Shih, SB Jiang, KM Aljarrah, KP Doppke, NC Choi, Internal target volume determined with expansion margins beyond composite gross tumor volume in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for lung cancer, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 60(2):613-22, 2004 
4. GC Sharp, SB Jiang, S Shimizu, and H Shirato, Prediction of respiratory tumour motion for real-time image guided radiotherapy, Phys Med Biol, 49(3): 425–440, 2004.
5. RI Berbeco, SB Jiang, GC Sharp, GTY Chen, H Mostafavi, and H Shirato, Integrated radiotherapy imaging system (IRIS): design considerations of tumour tracking with linac gantry-mounted diagnostic x-ray systems with flat-panel detectors, Phys Med Biol, 49(2):243-255, 2004.
6. T Bortfeld, SB Jiang, E Rietzel, Effects of motion on the total dose distribution, Semin Radiat Oncol, 14(1):41-51, 2004. 

2003

1. P Zygmanski, JH Kung, SB Jiang, and L Chin, Dependence of fluence errors in dynamic IMRT on leaf-positional errors varying with time and leaf number, Med Phys, 30(10):2736-2749, 2003.
2. SB Jiang, C Pope, KM Al Jarrah, JH Kung, T Bortfeld, and GTY Chen, An Experimental Investigation on Intra-fractional Organ Motion Effects in Lung IMRT Treatments, Phys Med Biol, 48(12):1773-1784, 2003.
3. X Weng, Y Yan, H Shu, J Wang, SB Jiang and L Luo, A vectorized Monte Carlo code for radiotherapy treatment planning dose calculation, Phys Med Biol, 48(7):N111-N120, 2003.
4. CM Ma, SB Jiang, T Pawlicki, Y Chen, JS Li, J Deng, AL Boyer, A quality assurance phantom for IMRT dose verification, Phys Med Biol, 48(5):561-572, 2003.
5. T Neicu, H Shirato, Y Seppenwoolde, SB Jiang, Synchronized Moving Aperture Radiation Therapy (SMART): Average Tumor Trajectory for Lung Patients, Phys Med Biol, 48(5):587-598, 2003. [No. 6 most cited papers published in Physics in Medicine and Biology over the last five years as of Jun 18, 2007]

2002

1. T Bortfeld, M van Herk, SB Jiang, When should systematic patient positioning errors in radiotherapy being corrected? Phys Med Biol, 47(23):N297-N302, 2002.
2. T Bortfeld, K Jokivarsi, M Goitein, J Kung, SB Jiang, Effects of intra-fraction motion on IMRT dose delivery: statistical analysis and simulation, Phys Med Biol, 47(13):2203-2220, 2002. [No. 2 most cited papers published in Physics in Medicine and Biology over the last five years as of Jun 18, 2007]
3. CM Ma, JS Li, T Pawlicki, SB Jiang, J Deng, MC Lee, T Koumrian, M Luxton and S Brain, A Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning, Phys Med Biol, 47(10):1671-1689, 2002.

2001

1. MC Lee, J Deng, J Li, SB Jiang, CM Ma, Monte Carlo based treatment planning for modulated electron beam radiation therapy, Phys Med Biol, 46(8):2177-2199, 2001.
2. J Deng, SB Jiang, T Pawlicki, J Li, and C-M Ma, Derivation of electron and photon energy spectra from electron beam central axis depth dose curves, Phys Med Biol, 46(5):1429-1449, 2001.
3. J Deng, T Pawlicki, Y Chen, J Li, SB Jiang, and C-M Ma, The MLC tongue-and-groove effect on IMRT dose distributions, Phys Med Biol, 46(4):1039-1060, 2001.
4. J Sempau, A Sánchez-Reyes, F Salvat, H Oulad ben Tahar,  SB Jiang, and JM Fernández-Varea, Monte Carlo simulation of electron beams from an accelerator head using PENELOPE, Phys Med Biol, 46(4):1163-1186, 2001.
5. SB Jiang, A Boyer and CM Ma, Modeling the extrafocal radiation and monitor chamber backscatter for photon beam dose calculation, Med Phys, 28(1):55-66, 2001.

2000

1. M Lee,  SB Jiang, and CM Ma, Monte Carlo and experimental investigations of multileaf collimated electron beams for modulated electron radiotherapy, Med Phys, 27(12):2708-2718, 2000.
2. J Li, T Pawlicki, J Deng,  SB Jiang, E Mok, and CM Ma, Validation of a Monte Carlo dose calculation tool for radiotherapy treatment planning, Phys Med Biol, 45(10):2969-2985, 2000.
3. CM Ma, T Pawlicki,  SB Jiang, JS Li, J Deng, E Mok, A Kapur, and L Xing, Monte Carlo verification of IMRT dose distributions from a commercial treatment planning optimization system, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 45(9):2483-2495, 2000.
4. SB Jiang, T Pawlicki and CM Ma, Removing the effect of statistical uncertainty on dose-volume histograms from Monte Carlo dose calculations, Phys Med Biol, 45(8):2151-2161, 2000.
5. CM Ma, T Pawlicki, M Lee,  SB Jiang, JS Li, J Deng, B Yi, E Mok, and AL Boyer, Energy- and intensity-modulated electron beams for radiotherapy, Phys Med Biol, 45(8):2293-2311, 2000.
6. J Deng,  SB Jiang, A Kapur, J Li, T Pawlicki and CM Ma, Photon beam characterization and modeling for Monte Carlo treatment planning, Phys Med Biol, 45(2):411-427, 2000.
7. SB Jiang, A Kapur and CM Ma, Electron beam modeling and commissioning for Monte Carlo treatment planning, Med Phys, 27(1):180-191, 2000.

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