Reshma Munbodh, Ph.D.
Reshma Munbodh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-349-5146
Education:
B.Eng. (Computer Science and Electronics, First Class Hons.)
University of Edinburgh, 1996.
M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 1999.
M.Phil. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 2000.
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 2004.
Permanent linkB.Eng. (Computer Science and Electronics, First Class Hons.)
University of Edinburgh, 1996.
M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 1999.
M.Phil. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 2000.
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)
Yale University, 2004.
Description of Clinical Expertise
IMRT and 3D CRT treatment planning for various sites including the head and neck, prostate, lungs, gastric bed, breast and spine. Brachytherapy with LDR and HDR therapies to prostate, ovarian, gynecological, lung, breast and gastrointestinal sites, brachytherapy QA. Radiation safety experience in patient briefings, surveys, and shielding design. Monthly and annual QA on Varian therapy machines. Beam data acquisition and treatment planning system commissioning for the treatment of small fields in stereotactic radiation therapy. 4D CT image acquisition and evaluation. Proton commissioning and QA.Description of Other Expertise
Platforms: Unix, Linux, Windows.Primary programming languages: C, C++, VTK, ITK, MATLAB
Other languages and databases: Visual C++, Standard ML, Haskell, SQL Windows, and several other application packages.
Description of Research Expertise
Medical image analysis, medical imaging physics, image registration, 2D-3D image registration, image segmentation, statistical estimation theory, and optimization techniques. Expertise in finite element analysis, feature extraction, signal processing, information theory, stochastic processes, decision theory and Bayesian inference, numerical methods and computer vision. Other interests include pattern classification and deformable registration with applications to image guided therapy and surgery, computer aided diagnosis and visualization. Spatial and morphological modelling of complex radiation dose distributions.I am interested in the development of new image analysis and computational techniques to allow more accurate treatment and a better understanding of cancer. My research is focused in three areas: 1) the development of image registration algorithms for IGRT for prostate cancer and for brain tumors, 2) the study of toxicity after radiation therapy and the development of new normal tissue complication probability models that take into account the spatial and morphological characteristics of the radiation dose distributions as well as dose volume characteristics, 3) the study of brain gliomas using quantitative imaging markers to better understand how gliomas progress with time.
Selected Publications
Munbodh R, Moseley DJ: 2D-3D registration for brain radiation therapy using a 3D CBCT and a single limited field-of-view 2D kV radiograph. International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Melbourne, Australia May 2013 Notes: Oral presentation.Munbodh R, Jackson A: A Novel Method to Quantify Cell Migration Distance and Determine its Contribution to the Development of Rectal Toxicity after Prostate Radiotherapy ASTRO 55th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia 2013.
Munbodh R, Moseley DJ: Submillimeter 2D-3D Registration for Brain radiation Therapy using 3D Cone-Beam CT Data and a Single, Limited Field-of-View 2D kV Radiograph. ASTRO 55th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia 2013.
Yin L, Kremmel E, Alonso-Basanta M, Munbodh, R: Dosimetric Indicators of Radiation-Induced Toxicity in Meningioma Patients AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana 2013.
Jin P, Munbodh R, Lin A, Zhu T: Transmission Verification using the On-Board EPID. AAPM 55th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana 2013 Notes: Oral presentation.
Teo BK, Saboury B, Munbodh R, Scheuermann J, Torigian DA, Zaidi H, Alavi A : The effect of breathing irregularities on quantitative accuracy of respiratory gated PET/CT Med. Phys. 39(12): 7390-7397, Dec 2012.
Munbodh R, Young RJ, Tagare H, Nguyen NT, Friguglietti L, Beal K: Quantification of Tumor Growth Kinetics in Patients Showing Progression from Low Grade to High Grade Gliomas ASTRO 54th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Int J Radiat Oncol, Biol, Phys Oct 2012.
Munbodh R, Tagare H, Chen Z, Jaffray DA, Moseley DJ, Knisely, JPS, Duncan JS: Image registration for prostate radiation therapy based on a statistical model of transmission images. Med. Phys. 36(10): 4555-4568, Oct 2009.
Munbodh R, Chen Z, Jaffray DA, Moseley DJ, Knisely JPS, Duncan JS: Automated 2D-3D registration of MV portal images and kV cone-beam CT data using line-segment enhancement. Med. Phys. 35(5): 4352-4361, Oct 2008.
Munbodh R, Jackson A, Bauer J, Schmidtlein CR, Zelefsky MJ: Dosimetric and spatial indicators of late rectal toxicity after high-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med. Phys. 35(5): 2137-2150, May 2008.