Taoran Li, PhD

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Description of Research Expertise

Online and offline adaptive radiation therapy;
Advanced and predictive motion management;
Knowledge-based treatment planning, automated treatment planning and quality assurance;
Deformable image registration and dose propagation;
Novel quality assurance for LINAC-based treatment delivery;
Application of novel technologies (VR/AR) in medical and medical physics education

Description of Clinical Expertise

Varian Eclipse treatment planning system including RapidPlan and MCO; Varian Truebeam/STx/Edge and Halcyon treatment delivery system;
Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS);
Knowledge-based treatment planning, automated treatment planning and quality assurance;
Transmission detectors for radiation therapy;

Description of Other Expertise

Patient and staff/trainee education with advanced visual technologies

Selected Publications

• Jacob Trotter, Austin R Pantel, Boon-Keng Kevin Teo, Freddy E Escorcia, Taoran Li, Daniel A Pryma, Neil K Taunk : PET/CT Imaging in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning: A Review of PET Imaging Tracers and Methods to Incorporate PET/CT Advances in Radiation Oncology 03 2023
• Eva Berlin, Nikhil Yegya-Raman, Elizabeth Garver, Taoran Li, Lilie L Lin, Neil K Taunk : Acute and long-term toxicity of whole pelvis proton radiation therapy for definitive or adjuvant management of gynecologic cancers Gynecologic Oncology 05 2023
• Gary M Freedman, Taoran Li, Elizabeth Garver, Katherine Shillington, Bridget Shinkle, Julia C Tchou, Oluwadamilola M Fayanju, Lilie Lin, Neil K Taunk : Five-Year Outcomes of a Phase 1/2 Trial of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Proton Therapy for Women With Stage 0-IIA Breast Cancer Advances in Radiation Oncology 8 2023
• Lexi Lazar, Casey Hollawell, Neil K Taunk, Andre A Konski, Taoran Li, Emily Hubley, Shibu Anamalayil, Christopher Kennedy, Gary M Freedman : Pneumothorax associated with deep inspiration breath holding during radiation therapy for breast cancer Practical Radiation Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prro.2022.10.015 03 2023
• S O'Reilly, L Yin, A Kassaee, Y Chang, C Cheng, J Zou, T Li, A Lin, J Lukens, R Lustig, G Kurtz, M Alonso-Basanta, L Dong, BK Teo : Clinical Implementation of DECT for Proton Therapy with Reduced Range Uncertainty Margins: Reproducibility and Predicted Range Differences Medical Physics, e113-e982, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6) 06 2022
• AA Kassaee, H Lin, L Xu, S Philbrook, L Dong, D Carlson, T Li : SBRT on Halcyon Linear Accelerator: Exploring Dosimetric Impact of Residual Rotational Error after Correcting for Translational Setup Errors Cureus Journal of Medical Science 14 (2) 02 2022
• Rohan Deraniyagala, Xuanfeng Ding, Michelle Alonso‐Basanta, Taoran Li, Yi Rong : It is beneficial to invest resources to implement proton intracranial SRS Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 23 (7), 2022 06 2022
• William T Hrinivich, Nicole Chernavsky, Marc Morcos, Taoran Li, Pengwei Wu, John Wong, Jeffrey H Siewerdsen : Effect of subject motion and gantry rotation speed on image quality and dose delivery in CT‐guided radiotherapy Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15877 07 2022
• Y Chang, B Teo, T Li, R McBeth : An Investigation of the Transferability of Deep-Learning Based Head and Neck Dose Prediction Model Among Different Institutions Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15769 49(6) 06 2022
• SW Yoon, H Lin, D Mihailidis, C Kennedy, T Li : Sources of systemic error in total body irradiation and total skin electron therapy in vivo measurements using nanoDot optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters within high‐efficiency clinics Medical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15571 2 02 2022