Hong Xiang, PhD, DABR
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Physicist, Radiation Oncology, Penn Medicine/ Lancaster Gen. Hospital, Lancaster, PA
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.S. (Physics, Nuclear Physics and Technology)
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1984.
M.S. (Nuclear Physics)
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1987.
Ph.D. (High Energy Nuclear Physics)
University of California at Riverside, 1999.
Permanent linkB.S. (Physics, Nuclear Physics and Technology)
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1984.
M.S. (Nuclear Physics)
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1987.
Ph.D. (High Energy Nuclear Physics)
University of California at Riverside, 1999.
Selected Publications
Xiang Hong F, Lu Hsiao-Ming, Efstathiou Jason A, Zietman Anthony L, De Armas Ricardo, Harris Kathryn, Bloch B Nicolas, Qureshi Muhammad Mustafa, Keohan Sean, Hirsch Ariel E: Dosimetric impacts of endorectal balloon in CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early-stage prostate cancer. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 18(3): 37-43, 05 2017.Xiang HF, Cheng J, Alshammari M, Lee C, Bloch NB, Keohan S, Jaffe C, Efstathiou JA, Zietman AL, Lu HM, Hirsch AE: Dosimetric Validation of Robotic Prostate SBRT With Simultaneous Integrated Dose Escalation to Dominant Intraprostatic Lesion Using a Magnetic Resonance-Based 3D-Printed Prostate Model in an Anthropomorphic Pelvis Phantom. Int J Radiat Onco Biol Phys Oct 2016.
Hong Xiang, Baojun Li, Gregory Russo, Richard Behrman, Hsiao-Ming Lu, Hiran Fernando and Lisa Kachnic: Measurement of CT Density Model Variations and the Impact on the Accuracy of Monte Carlo Dose Calculations in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. 57th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, CA, July 12-16 July 2015.
Hong Xiang, Baojun Li, Gregory Russo, Richard Behrman, Hsiao-Ming Lu, Hiran Fernando, Lisa Kachnic: Measurement of CT Density Model Variations and the Impact on the Accuracy of Monte Carlo Calculation in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. 57th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, CA July 2015.
Cullen Ross, Elliott Donton, Alexander Kessler, Christopher Lee, Hong Xiang, C. Carl Jaffe, B. Nicholas Bloch: Patient and Organ Specific Quality Assurance Phantom Insert for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer. Journal of Medical Devices 2015.
Hong Xiang, M Quershi, R De Armas, A Hirsh, et al.: Impact of Intrafractional Prostate Motion On the Accuracy and Efficiency of Prostate SBRT Delivery: A Retrospective Analysis of Prostate Tracking Log Files. Medical Physics 2014.
Hong Xiang, Hsiao-Ming Lu, Ariel E Hursch, Jason Efstathiou, et al.: Endorectal Balloon in CyberKnife Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Early-stage Prostate Cancer: A Planning and Dosimetry Analysis. International J. of Rad. Oncology *Biology* Physics 2011.
Hong Xiang, Kevin Fisher, Greg Russo, et al.: Measurements of CyberKnife (SBRT) dose to target volumes in a dynamic lunch phantom and comparison with Monte Carlo vs. Ray-Tracing dose calculations. International J of Rad. Oncology * Biology* Physics 2011.
H.F. Xiang, Yeh-chi Lo, Rendi Shu, et al.: Systematics Review of Patient Specific Plan dose Verification in IMRT and RapidArc Treatments by Ion Chamber Measurements. Medical Physics 2010.
Y. Lo, H. Xiang, R. Sheu, A. Voboda, I. Germano and S. Green: Accuracy of ExacTrac Image Fusion Depends on Lesion Location and fusion Parameter Settings. International J. of Radiation Oncology *Biology* Physics Nov 2009.