Title:

Synthetic CT: A New Paradigm in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Speaker:

Dr. Xiaofeng Yang

Affiliation:

Emory University School of Medicine

When:

Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Boggs Building, Room 3-47

Host:

Dr. Chris Wang
chris.wang@nre.gatech.edu

Abstract

Synthetic CT images have gained extensive utilization within cancer radiotherapy, particularly in the realms of MRI-only-based treatment planning and CBCT-guided adaptive radiotherapy. This presentation aims to explore the underlying incentives driving synthetic CT generation, delve into AI-powered techniques for producing synthetic images, and highlight prospective clinical applications facilitated by synthetic CT images.

Biography

Xiaofeng Yang, PhD, DABR, is Paul W. Doetsch Associate Professor and serves as Vice Chair for Medical Physics Research in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. As a board-certified medical physicist, Dr. Yang specializes in image-guided radiotherapy, artificial intelligence, multimodality medical imaging, and medical image analysis. He is the leader of the Deep Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, where he and his team focus on developing cutting-edge AI-aided analytical and computational tools to enhance the role of quantitative imaging in cancer treatment and improve the accuracy and precision of radiation therapy. His research has been funded by the NIH, DOD, and industrial funding agencies. Dr. Yang has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and has received numerous scientific awards, including the John Laughlin Young Scientist Award from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

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