Selected Publications

2016

Rana S, Cheng CY, Zhao L, et al. Dosimetric and radiobiological impact of intensity modulated proton therapy and RapidArc planning for high-risk prostate cancer with seminal vesicles. Journal of Medical Radiation Science 2016. Full Text


Zhang Y, Rana S, Gao S, Zhang L, Court L, Yang J. Intensity-based deformable image registration with anatomical constraints for adaptive radiation therapy. Recent Patents and Topics on Imaging 2016; 5(2):97-103. Full Text


2015

Rana S, Zheng Y. Impact of grid size on uniform scanning and IMPT plans in XiO treatment planning system for brain cancer. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2015. Full Text


Rana S, Larson G, Vargas C, Dunn M, Zheng Y. Intensity modulated proton therapy versus uniform scanning proton therapy: Treatment planning study of the prostate cancer in patients with a unilateral metallic hip prosthesis. Journal of Proton Therapy 2015;1:113. Full Text


Rana S, Zhang Y, Larson G, Vargas C, Dunn M, Zheng Y. Investigating dosimetric effect of rotational setup errors in IMPT planning of synchronous bilateral lung cancer. International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2015; 3(4):3414.
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2014

Rana S, Simpson H, Larson G, Zheng Y. Dosimetric impact of number of treatment fields in uniform scanning proton therapy planning of lung cancer. Journal of Medical Physics 2014;39:212-8. Full Text


Rana S, Cheng C, Zheng Y, Hsi W, Zeidan O, Schreuder N, Vargas C, Larson G. Dosimetric study of uniform scanning proton therapy planning for prostate cancer patients with a metal hip prosthesis, and comparison with volumetric-modulated arc therapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics2014; 15(3): 4611. Full Text


Rana S, Cheng C, Zheng Y, Risalvato D, Cersonsky N, Ramirez E, Zhao L, Larson G, Vargas C. Proton therapy vs. VMAT for prostate cancer: a treatment planning study. International Journal of Particle Therapy2014; 1(1):22-33. Full Text


Rana S, Pokharel S, Zheng Y, Zhao L, Risalvato D, Vargas C, Cersonsky N. Treatment planning study comparing proton therapy, RapidArc and intensity modulated radiation therapy for a synchronous bilateral lung cancer case. International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2014; 2(2):020216. Full Text


Rana S, Rogers K, Pokharel S, Cheng C. Evaluation of Acuros XB algorithm based on RTOG 0813 dosimetric criteria for SBRT lung treatment with RapidArc. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics2014; 15(1):4474. Full Text


Rana S, Pokharel S. Dose-to-medium vs. dose-to-water: Dosimetric evaluation of dose reporting modes in Acuros XB for prostate, lung and breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2014; 2(4):020421. Full Text


2013

Rana S, Zeidan O, Ramirez E, Rains M, Gao J, Zheng Y. Measurements of lateral penumbra for uniform scanning proton beams under various beam delivery conditions and comparison to the XiO treatment planning system. Medical Physics 2013; 40 (9):091708. Full Text


Rana S, Rogers K. Dosimetric evaluation of Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm with measurements in predicting doses beyond different air gap thickness for smaller and larger field sizes. Journal of Medical Physics 2013; 38:9-14. Full Text


Rana S, Singh H. Impact of heterogeneities on lateral penumbra in uniform scanning proton therapy. International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncology 2013; 1(2):01026. Full Text


Pokharel S, Rana S, Blikenstaff J, Sadeghi A, Prestidge B. Evaluation of hybrid inverse planning and optimization (HIPO) algorithm for optimization in real-time, high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy for prostate. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2013 Jul 8; 14(4):4198. Full Text


Rana S, Cheng C. Feasibility of the partial-single arc technique in RapidArc planning for prostate cancer treatment. Chinese Journal of Cancer 2013 Oct 5; 32(10):546-552. Full Text


Rana S. Intensity modulated radiation therapy versus volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy. Journal of Medical Radiation Science 2013; 60: 81–83. Full Text


Rana S, Rogers K, Lee T, Reed D, Biggs C. Dosimetric impact of Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm in prostate cancer treatment using RapidArc. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics 2013;9:430-5. Full Text


(Last updated: July 31, 2016)

Suresh Rana

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