Publications and Patents:
Journal Articles (in chronological
order):
， D.Z. Chen, S. Luan and J. Xu. Topological peeling
and applications. International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications
(IJCGA), Vol. 13, No. 2, April 2003, page 135-172.
， S.
Luan, D.Z. Chen, L. Zhang, X. Wu, and C.X. Yu. An Optimal
Algorithm for Computing Configuration Options of One-dimensional Intensity
Modulated Beams. Physics
in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 48, No. 15, August 2003, page 2321-2338.
， S. Luan, C. Wang, D.Z. Chen, X. S. Hu, S.A.
Naqvi, C.L. Lee, and C.X. Yu. A new MLC segmentation algorithm/software for
step-and-shoot IMRT delivery. Medical Physics, Vol. 31, No. 4, April 2004, page 695-707.
， D.Z. Chen, X. S. Hu, S. Luan, C.
Wang, and X. Wu. Geometric Algorithms for Static Leaf Sequencing Problems in
Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications
(IJCGA), Vol. 14,
October 2004, pp. 311-339.
，
D.Z.
Chen, X.S. Hu, S.
Luan, X. Wu, and C.X. Yu. Optimal Terrain Construction Problems and its
application in intensity modulated radiation therapy. Algorithmica, Vol. 42, No. 3-4, June
2005, pp. 265-288.
， D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S. Luan,
S.A. Naqvi, C. Wang, and C.X. Yu. Generalized Geometric Approaches for Leaf
Sequencing Problems in Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Computational Geometry and
Applications (IJCGA), Vol. 16, No 2-3, June 2006. 175-204.
， D. Cao, M. Earl, S Luan and
D. Shepard. Continuous Intensity Map Optimization (CIMO): A Novel Approach to
Leaf Sequencing in Step and Shoot IMRT. Medical Physics, Vol 33, No. 4, 2006, pages
859-867.
， S Luan, C. Wang, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S.A.
Naqvi, X. Wu, and C.X. Yu. An improved MLC segmentation algorithm and software
for step-and-shoot IMRT delivery without tongue-and-groove error. Medical Physics,
Vol 33, No. 5, 2006 pages 1199-1212.
， C. Yu, D. Shepard, M. Earl, D. Cao, S Luan, C.
Wang and D. Chen. New Developments in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. Technology in
Cancer Research and Treatment, 2006, 451-564.
， S Luan, J. Saia and M. Young.
Approximation algorithms for minimizing segments in radiation therapy. Information
Professing Letters, Vol. 101, 2007, 239-244.
， S Luan, C. Wang, D. Cao, D.Z. Chen, D.M.
Shepard, and C.X. Yu. Leaf-sequencing for intensity-modulated arc therapy using
graph algorithms, Medical Physics, Vol 35, No. 1, 2008, 61-69.
， D.Z. Chen, S.X. Hu, S. Luan, C.
Wang, and X. Wu. Mountain Reduction, Block Matching, and Medical Applications, International
Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications (IJCGA), Vol. 18, Nos.
1-2 (April 2008), 63-106.
， G. Tang, M.A. Earl, S. Luan, C.
Wang, D. Cao, C.X. Yu, and S.A. Naqvi. Stochastic vs. deterministic kernel
based superposition approaches for dose calculation of intensity-modulated
arcs. Physics
in Medicine and Biology, 53 (2008), 4733-4746.
， C. Wang, S. Luan, G.
Tang, D. Chen, M. Earl, C. Yu. Arc-modulated Radiation Therapy (AMRT): a
single-arc form of Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology. Vol 53,
No. 22, Nov. 2008, pages 6291-6304.
，
S.
Luan, N. Swanson,
and L. Ma. Dynamic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54
(2009), 1579-1591.
， G. Tang, M. Earl, S. Luan, C.
Wang, S. Naqvi, M. Mohiuddin, and C. Yu. Comparing Radiation Treatments Using
Intensity-Modulated Beams, Multiple Arcs and Single Arc. Accepted to International Journal of
Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
，
D.
Chen, S.
Luan, C. Wang. Coupled Path Planning, Region Optimization, and Applications
to Intensity-Modulated Raidiation Therapy. Accepted to Algorithmica, Special Issue of European
Symposium of Algorithms (ESA¨2008).
，
N.
Bansal, D. Chen, X. Hu, S. Luan, E. Misiolek, B. Schieber, C. Wang. Shape Rectangularization Problems in Intensity-Modulated Radiation
Therapy. Accepted
to Algoirthmica.
Full Conference
Articles (in chronological order):
， D.Z. Chen, S. Luan, and J. Xu. Topological peeling
and implementation, in Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 2223, Proc. 12th
International Symposium on Algorithms and Computations (ISAAC), page
454-466, 2001.
， D.Z.
Chen, S.
Luan, and J. Xu. An Experimental Study and Comparison of Topological
Peeling and Topological Walk. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2387,
Springer Verlag, Proc.
of the Eighth Annual International Computing and Combinatorics Conference
(COCOON), Singapore, August 2002, page 456-466.
， D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S. Luan, X.
Wu, and C.X. Yu. Optimal Terrain Construction Problems and Applications in
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.~2461,
Springer Verlag, Proc.
of the Tenth Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA), Rome, Italy,
September 2002, page 270-283.
， D.Z. Chen, X. S. Hu, S. Luan, C.
Wang, and X. Wu. Geometric Algorithms for Static Leaf Sequencing Problems in
Radiation Therapy. Proc. of 19th ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG03), San
Diego, CA, June 2003, page 88-97.
，
D.Z.
Chen, X.S. Hu, S.
Luan, S.A. Naqvi, C. Wang, and C.X. Yu. Generalized Geometric Approaches
for Leaf Sequencing Problems in Radiation Therapy. 15th International Symposium on Algorithms
and Computation (ISAAC 2004), December 2004.
， D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S. Luan, C.
Wang, and X. Wu. Mountain Reduction, Block Matching, and Applications in
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Proc. 21st ACM
Symp. on Computational Geometry (SoCG¨05), pp. 35-44. Also, an invited
submission to the International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications
(IJCGA).
， S. Luan, C. Wang, D.Z. Chen, and X.S. Hu.
Leaf Sequencing Software for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. the 19th IEEE
Symposium on Computer Based Software Systems, 2006.
，
D.Z.
Chen, X.S. Hu, S.
Luan, E. Misiolek, and C. Wang. Shape Rectangularization Problems in
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. 17th International Symposium on
Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC¨06).
， D.Z. Chen, S. Luan and C. Wang. Coupled Path
Planning, Region Optimization, and Applications in Intensity-Modulated
Radiation Therapy. Proceedings of the 16th Annual European Symposium on
Algorithms (ESA 2008).
Refereed Conference Abstracts (in
chronological order):
， X. Wu, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S. Luan, L.
Zhang, and C.X. Yu. A new leaf-sequencing algorithm for intensity-modulated arc
therapy. Forty-Third
Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibition of the American Association of
Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2001.
， S.
Luan, C. Wang, S.A. Naqvi, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, C.L. Lee, and
C.X. Yu. A New Leaf Sequencing Algorithm/Software for Step and Shoot IMRT. Forty-Fifth
Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibition of the American Association of
Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2003.
， S. Luan, C. Wang, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, and
C.X. Yu. A Study of the Impact of MLC Constraints on the Number of Segments in
Step-and-Shoot IMRT Delivery. Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibition of the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2004.
， S. Luan, C. Wang, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, S.A.
Naqvi, and C.X. Yu. A New MLC Segmentation Algorithm for Step and Shoot IMRT
Without Tongue-and-Groove Error. Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting and Technical Exhibition
of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2004.
，
C.
Wang, S.
Luan, D.Z. Chen, X.S. Hu, and C.X. Yu. A Generalized MLC Segmentation
Algorithm for Step-and-Shoot IMRT with no Tongue-and-Groove Error. The 47th
Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM),
2005.
， K.D. Roedersheimer, D.Z. Chen, S. Luan,
and L. Xing. The Impact of Multileaf Collimator Rotation in IMRT Planning. The 47th
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM),
2005.
， S. Luan, P.H. Heintz, S.A. Sorensen, A.A.
Jimenez, D.Z. Chen, K.D. Roedersheimer, G. Wong, The Effect of Collimator
Rotation on IMRT Treatment Planning. The 47th Annual Meeting of American
Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), 2005.
， D. Cao, M. Earl, S. Luan and
D. Shepard. Continuous Intensity Map Optimization (CIMO): A Novel Leaf
Sequencing Algorithm. 48th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in
Medicine (AAPM), 2006.
， S. Luan, C. Wang, D. Cao, D. Chen, W.
D¨Souza, and C. Yu. Patient Breathing Motion Synchronized IMAT: A New Technique
for Compensating Intra Fraction Organ Motions. The 48th Annual Meeting of American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2006.
， P. Wilkins, S. Luan, N. Swanson, P. Heintz, and L.
Ketai. A New Algorithm/Software for CT Measurement of Airway Wall Volume. The Radiological
Society of North America (RSNA) 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting,
2006.
， S. Luan, N. Swanson, L. Ma, and K. Li, Dynamic
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, the 8th
Bi-Annual Congress of International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (ISRS¨2007).
， G. Tang, M. Earl, S. Luan, C.
Wang, D.Z. Chen, S. Naqvi, and C.X. Yu. Comparison of intensity-modulated
radiation therapy, intensity-modulated arc therapy, and arc modulated radiation
therapy, the
50th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM),
2008.
， G. Tang, M. Earl, S. Luan, C.
Wang, D.Z. Chen, and C.X. Yu. Is dose variation crucial for single-arc
radiation therapy delivery, the 50th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in
Medicine (AAPM), 2008.
， C. Wang, S. Luan, G. Tang, M. Earl, D.Z. Chen,
and C.X. Yu. Arc modulated radiation therapy, a novel method for rotational
radiation therapy, the 50th Annual Meeting of American Association of
Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2008.
，
C.
Wang, S.
Luan, D.Z. Chen, G. Tang and C.X. Yu. Dynamic leaf sequencing with monitor
unit control, the
50th Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM),
2008.
， S. Luan, N. Swanson, Z. Chen, L. Ma.
Treatment Planning for Dynamic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. The 9th Bi-Annual Congress of
International Society of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (ISRS¨2009).
， D. Cao, M. Rao, F. Chen, J. Ye, S. Luan, D.
Shepard. A novel approach to machine
specific QA for volumetric modulated arc therapy. The 51st Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in
Medicine (AAPM), 2009.
， F. Chen, M. Rao, J. Ye, S. Luan, D. Shepard, D. Cao. Study of systemic and
random errors on VMAT and IMRT plan quality and deliver accuracy. The 51st Annual Meeting of American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2009.
， B. Fahimian, J. DeMarco, R. Keyes, S. Luan,
M. Zankl, M. Holzscheiter. Antiproton Radiotherapy: Development of Physically
and Biologically Optimized Monte Carlo Treatment Planning Systems for Intensity
and Energy Modulated Delivery. The 51st
Annual Meeting of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM),
2009.
， R. Keyes, S. Luan, M. Holzscheiter. Antiproton Therapy: A simplified method to
characterize and compare dose from peripheral radiation fields. The 51st Annual Meeting of American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2009.
，
D.
Riofrio, R. Keyes, A. Hecht, S. Luan,
M. Holzscheiter, J. DeMarco, B. Fahimian. Planning Dynamic Particle Therapy. The 51st Annual Meeting of American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2009.
，
L. Trestrail, D. Sanchez, D. Sandoval, P. Heintz, S. Luan,
D. Chen. A Web-based Automated QA Analysis Program for Digital Image Tracking. The Radiological Society of North America
(RSNA) 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting,
2009.
Patents:
， Inventor of US Patent 7.283,611 B1:
Segmentation Algorithmic Approach to Step and-Shoot Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy.
， Inventor
of US Patent: 7,466,797: Error control in
Algorithmic Approach to Step-and-Shoot Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.
， Co-Inventor of Single Arc Dose
Painting: An efficient method of precision radiation therapy. International
Patent Application Number: PCT/US08/005028 (Pending). (Licensed)
， Inventor of System and Method for
using Dynamic Gamma Knife for Radiosurgery. PCT/US2009/002733 (Pending).
，
Inventor
of A method of Enhancing Photon Beam Focusing Power for Radiotherapy and
Radiosurgery Delivery. Provisional Patent filed through UNM STC.