Publications

Publications since 2017.
2022

[22] Satzhan Sitmukhambetov, Bryan Dinh, Youfang Lai, Edward J. Banigan, Zui Pan, Xun Jia, Yujie Chi, 2022. Development and Implementation of a Metaphase DNA Model for Ionizing Radiation Induced DNA Damage Calculation. Physics in Medicine & Biology special issue, accepted.

[21] Lai, Y., Chi, Y. and Jia, X., 2022. Mechanistic modelling of oxygen enhancement ratio of radiation via Monte Carlo simulation-based DNA damage calculation. Physics in Medicine & Biology67(17), p.175009.

[20] Sprouts, Damon, Yin Gao, Chao Wang, Xun Jia, Chenyang Shen, Yujie Chi, The development of a deep reinforcement learning network for dose-volume-constrained treatment planning in prostate cancer intensity modulated radiotherapy. Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ac6d82

[19] Arya, Harsh, Varghese A. Chirayath, Mingwu Jin, Alex H. Weiss, Gary A. Glass, and Yujie Chi. Electrostatic focusing lens system for low MeV-ion microprobe: A simulation and optimization study. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 518 (2022): 7-14.

2021

[18] Zhou, S., Chi Y., Wang J. and Jin, M.. General simultaneous motion estimation and image reconstruction (G-SMEIR). Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 7 (5), 055011.

[17] Lai Y., Jia X.*, Chi Y. *. Recent Developments on gMicroMC: Transport Simulations of Proton and Heavy Ions and Concurrent Transport of Radicals and DNA. International Journal of Molecular Dynamics 22 (12), 6615 (special issue: Advances in Molecular Simulation).

[16] Lai, Youfang*; Wang, Qian; Zhou, Shiwei; Xie, Zhaoheng; Qi, Jinyi; Cherry, Simon; Jin, Mingwu; Chi, Yujie*; Du, Junwei*, H2RSPET: a 0.5 mm resolution high-sensitivity small-animal PET scanner, a simulation study, Physics in Medicine & Biology 66 (6), 065016.

[15] Lai Y., Jia X.*, Chi Y. *. Modeling the effect of oxygen on the chemical stage of water radiolysis using GPU-based microscopic Monte Carlo simulations, with an application in FLASH radiotherapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology 66 (2), 025004.

2020

[14] Chalise, A., Chi, Y., Lai, Y., Shao, Y. and Jin, M. (2020), Carbon-11 and Carbon-12 Beam Range Verifications through Prompt Gamma and Annihilation Gamma Measurements: Monte Carlo Simulations. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 6 (6), 065013.

[13] Lai, Y., Tsai, M.‐Y., Tian, Z., Qin, N., Yan, C., Hung, S.‐H., Chi, Y.* and Jia, X.* (2020), A new open‐source GPU‐based microscopic Monte Carlo simulation tool for the calculations of DNA damages caused by ionizing radiation — Part II: sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. Med. Phys., 47: 1971-1982. https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mp.14036

[12] Tsai, M.‐Y., Tian, Z., Qin, N., Yan, C., Lai, Y., Hung, S.‐H.*, Chi, Y.* and Jia, X.* (2020), A new open‐source GPU‐based microscopic Monte Carlo simulation tool for the calculations of DNA damages caused by ionizing radiation ‐‐‐ Part I: Core algorithm and validation. Med. Phys., 47: 1958-1970. https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mp.14037

2019

[11] Lai Y., Zhong Y., Chalise A., Shao Y., Jin M., Jia X., Chi Y.* (2019), gPET: a GPU-based, accurate and efficient Monte Carlo simulation tool for PET. Physics in Medicine & Biology. 64(24):245002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab5610

[10] Chi, Y.,* Shen, C., Li, B., Zhang, Y., Yang, M., Folkert, M. and Jia, X.* (2019). A method to reconstruct intra-fractional liver motion in rotational radiotherapy using linear fiducial markers. Physics in Medicine & Biology64(22), p.225013.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31593930

[9] Chirayath, V.*, Arya, H., Jin, M., Weiss, A., Glass, A., Chi, Y.*, (2019) Simulation of an electrostatic quadrupole quadruplet focusing lens system for MeV multi-ion micro-beam, AIP Conference Proceedings 2160, 030002. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127677

[8] Lai, Y., Zhong, Y., Chalise, A., Zhou, S., Shao, Y., Jin, M., Jia, X. and Chi, Y.* (2019), Development of a GPU-Based Mont Carlo Simulation Tool for PET,  2019 IEEE NSS/MIC, Manchester, United Kingdom, pp. 1-3. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9059689

[7] Chalise, A., Chi, Y., Lai, Y., Shao, Y. and Jin, M. (2019), Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Annihilation Gamma Yield from C-11 and C-12 Irradiation in Water and PMMA Phantoms, 2019 IEEE NSS/MIC, Manchester, United Kingdom, pp. 1-3. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9059806

2018

[6] Li, B., Shen, C., Chi, Y., Yang, M., Lou, Y., Zhou, L. and Jia, X. (2018). Multienergy cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction with a spatial spectral nonlocal means algorithm. SIAM journal on imaging sciences11(2), pp.1205-1229. https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/17M1123237

[5] Wang, L., Zhu, D. and Chi, Y., 2018, April. Efficient Test-Time Predictor Learning with Group-Based Budget. In Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/AAAI/AAAI18/paper/viewPaper/16548

[4] Chi, Y., Chalise, A., Shao, Y. and Jin, M. (2018), Comparison of Prompt Gamma Yield from C-11 and C-12 Ion Beams Using Monte Carlo Simulation,  2018 IEEE NSS/MIC, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-3. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8824433

[3] Bates, T., Nham, K., Nataneli, A., Wu, Y., Chi, Y., Daghighian, F. and Jin, M., (2018), Benchmark Evaluation of a Hand-Held Beta Camera. 2018 IEEE NSS/MIC, Sydney, Australia, pp.1-3. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8824271

2017

[2] Chi, Y., Rezaeian, N.H., Shen, C., Zhou, Y., Lu, W., Yang, M., Hannan, R. and Jia, X. (2017). A new method to reconstruct intra-fractional prostate motion in volumetric modulated arc therapy. Physics in Medicine & Biology62(13), p.5509. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28609300

[1] Zhou, Y., Klages, P., Tan, J., Chi, Y., Stojadinovic, S., Yang, M., Hrycushko, B., Medin, P., Pompos, A., Jiang, S. and Albuquerque, K. (2017). Automated high-dose rate brachytherapy treatment planning for a single-channel vaginal cylinder applicator. Physics in Medicine & Biology62(11), p.4361. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244879