Recent Talks and Presentations by Our Team

2026

  1. Yifeng Zhu, Veng Jean Heng, Yufu Wang, Agelos Kratimenos, Kostas Danniidis, Jan P. Seuntjens, and Timothy C. Zhu: Rapid Patient-Specific Dose Estimation for Total Skin Electron Therapy Using AI-Derived Posture Models and GPU-Accelerated Monte Carlo  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-147  July 2026
  2. Yifeng Zhu, Baozhu Lu, Emily Xiong, Ching Lai, Karen Tang, Harper G Hubbeling, John Plastaras, Michael LaRiviere, Brian W Pogue, and Timothy C. Zhu: Clinical Validation of Three-View Cherenkov-Convert-Dose In Total Skin Electron Therapy  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-730-220-1, July 2026.
  3. Yifeng Zhu, Baozhu Lu, Brook Byrd, and Timothy C. Zhu: GPU-Accelerated Optical Simulation of Cherenkov Emission Under Different Beam Conditions  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-310, July 2026.
  4. Weibing Yang, Dennis Sourvanos, Andreea Dimofte, and Timothy C. Zhu: Monte Carlo Simulation of Light Propagation In Oral Tissues for Photobiomodulation Therapy  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: PO-DPV-T-382, July 2026.
  5. Muskan Lather, Vikas Vikas, Timothy C. Zhu: Phantom-to-in vivo Correlation of Tsold, Msold, and Soed for Quantitative Singlet Oxygen Dosimetry In Photodynamic Therapy  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-699, July 2026.
  6. Muskan Lather, Baozhu Lu, and Timothy C. Zhu, PhD,: Refining Photochemical Dose-Response Modeling In Single-Fraction Photofrin-PDT Using [ROS] and MSOLD Correlation. 77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-730-118-1, July 2026.
  7. Hongjing Sun, Baozhu Lu, and Timothy C. Zhu,: Comsol-Based Reactive Oxygen Species Modeling with Deformable Image Registration for Organ-at-Risk Dosimetry In Pleural Photodynamic Therapy  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-563, July 2026.
  8. Baozhu Lu, Yifeng Zhu, Emily Xiong, Karen Tang, Lisha Chen, Harper G Hubbeling, John Plastaras, Michael LaRiviere, Brian W Pogue, and Timothy C. Zhu : Topas Monte Carlo Simulation and Patient-Specific Cherenkov Dose Comparison for External Beam Radiation Therapy  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-364, July 2026.
  9. Baozhu Lu, Muskan Lather, Vikas Vikas, Hongjing Sun, Weibing Yang, Robert H Hadfield, Brian C. Wilson and Timothy C. Zhu: Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Singlet Oxygen Signal and Treatment Outcome Measured By Multispectral Singlet Oxygen Luminescent Dosimetry (MSOLD) In Tumor-Bearing Mice  77th AAPM annual meeting Page: SU-315-GPD-T-318, July 2026.
  10. Yifeng Zhu, Baozhu Lu, Emily Xiong, Ching Lai, Karen Tang, Harper G. Hubbeling, John P. Plastaras, Michael LaRiviere, Brian W. Pogue, and Timothy C. Zhu: Stereo Cherenkov imaging as 3D absolute dose monitoring tool for total skin electron therapy (TSET). Proc SPIE 13841: 138410E, March 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1117/12.3090142.
  11. Weibing Yang, Dennis Sourvanos, Andreea Dimofte, Theresa M. Busch, Joseph P. Fiorellini, John N. Lukens and Timothy C. Zhu: Monte Carlo simulation of light propagation in oral tissues for photobiomodulation therapy. Proc SPIE 13828: 1382809, March 2026 Notes: doi:10.1117/12.3091710.
  12. Vikas Vikas, Baozhu Lu, Muskan Lather, Weibing Yang, Brian C Wilson, Timothy C Zhu, Robert H Hadfield: Optimizing Excitation Wavelength for Enhanced Singlet Oxygen Generation with Benzoporphyrin Derivatives in Photodynamic Therapy. Proc SPIE 13830: 138300E, March 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1117/12.3080702.
  13. Muskan Lather¹*, Vikas Vikas², Timothy C. Zhu¹, Brian C. Wilson³, Robert H. Hadfield: Time-Resolved Singlet Oxygen Luminescence Detection in Rose Bengal Phantoms: Influence of Concentration and Scattering. Proc SPIE 13830: 138300C, March 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1117/12.3077961.
  14. Muskan Lather, Baozhu Lu, Vikas Vikas, Timothy C. Zhu: Refining Photochemical Dose-Response Modeling in Single-Fraction Photofrin-PDT Using [ROS]â‚“ and MSOLD Correlation. Proc SPIE 13830: 1383004, March 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1117/12.3080833.
  15. Hongjing Sun, Weibing Yang, and Timothy C. Zhu: Real-time reactive oxygen species dosimetry for pleural photodynamic therapy. Proc SPIE 13830: 138300B, March 2026 Notes: doi:10.1117/12.3079938.
  16. Hongjing Sun, Rozhin Penjweini, Michele M. Kim, and Timothy C. Zhu: Integrated Three-Dimensional Deformable Image Registration and Reactive Oxygen Species Modeling for Pleural Photodynamic Therapy. Proc SPIE 13830: 138300D, March 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1117/12.3079949.
  17. Baozhu Lu, Yifeng Zhu, Lisha Chen, Karen Teng, Emily Xiong, Taoran Li, Gary Freedman, Neil Taunk, Brian W Pogue, Timothy C Zhu: "Experimental Validation and Calibration of Cherenkov Imaging for Real-TimeSurface Dosimetry in Photon Breast Therapy". Proc SPIE 13841: 1384106, March 2026 Notes: doi:10.1117/12.2081551.
  18. Baozhu Lu, Muskan Lather, Vikas Vikas, Hongjing Sun, Weibing Yang, Brian C. Wilson, Robert H. Hadfield, Timothy C Zhu: "Multispectral singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (MSOLD) for direct singlet oxygen monitoring during in-vivo Benzoporphyrin derivative (BPD) mediated Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)". Proc SPIE 13830: 1383009, March 2026 Notes: doi:10.1117/12.3081527.

2025

  1. Baozhu Lu, Yifeng Zhu, Brook Byrd, Daniel Alexander, John Plastaras, Taoran Li, Lisha Chen, Brian W. Pogue, Timothy Zhu, “Real-time dosimetry using scintillator technology in external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)”,  Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 

  2. Baozhu Lu, Brook Byrd, Yifeng Zhu, Daniel Alexander, John Plastaras, Taoran Li, Lisha Chen, Brian Pogue, Timothy Zhu, "Understanding the impact of patient-specific geometries on Cherenkov emission-to-dose relationship during external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)", Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025.

  3. Yifeng Zhu, Madelyn Johnson, Baozhu Lu, Timothy Zhu, “Monte Carlo study of electron beam incident angle and tissue optical properties dependence of Cherenkov emission for TSET patients”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 

  4. Yifeng Zhu, Baozhu Lu, Brook K. Byrd, Lisha Chen, Emily Xiong, John Plastaras, Michael LaRiviere, Brian W. Pogue, Timothy C. Zhu, “Assessment of generic corrections for multiview Cherenkov emission during total skin electron therapy (TSET)”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 

  5. Hongjing Sun, Weibing Yang, Timothy C. Zhu, “Real-time photosensitizer dosimetry for photodynamic therapy”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 

  6. Madelyn Johnson, Hongjing Sun, Theresa M. Busch, Timothy C. Zhu, “Determination of optimal Photofrin-mediated PDT treatment parameters for long-term survival”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025.

  7. Madelyn Johnson, Weibing Yang, Baozhu Lu,  Hongjing Sun, Brian C. Wilson, Robert H. Hadfield, Timothy C. Zhu, "Multispectral singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (MSOLD) for direct singlet oxygen monitoring during in-vivo photofrin-mediated PDT", Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 
  8. V. Vikas, B. Lu, W. Yang, B. C. Wilson, T. C. Zhu, R. H. Hadfield, “Impact of scattering medium on singlet oxygen luminescence generation in photodynamic therapy”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 
  9. Dennis Sourvanos, Timothy C. Zhu, Andreea Dimofte, Theresa M. Busch, John N. Lukens, Weibing Yang, Joseph P. Fiorellini, “Advancing Dosimetry for Oral Mucositis: Dosimetric Analysis of a Dual-Wavelength (660nm & 850m) PBM LED Device”, IPA world congress, Poster presentation at IPA world congress, June 10-16, 2025.
  10. W. Yang, D. Sourvanos, A. Dimofte, T. M. Busch, P. Arany, T. Schoenbaum, J. P. Fiorellini, T. C. Zhu, “Monte Carlo simulation of temperature distribution for skin tissue during photobiomodulation”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 
  11. W. Yang, B. Lu, V. Vikas, M. Johnson, H. sun, B. C. Wilson, R. H. Hadfield, T. C. Zhu, “Multispectral singlet oxygen luminescent dosimetry (MSOLD) using isotropic detector for photodynamic therapy”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025. 
  12. W. Yang, B. Lu, V. Vikas, M. Johnson, H. sun, B. C. Wilson, R. H. Hadfield, T. C. Zhu, “Comparative analysis of multichannel singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (MSOLD) and singlet oxygen explicit dosimetry (SOED) in benzoporphyrin derivative (BPD)-mediated photodynamic therapy: a mouse model study”, Oral presentation at SPIE photonic west, Jan 25-30, 2025.