Moyed Miften, PhD

Professor, Radiation Oncology


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Graduate Schools
  • MSc, University of Michigan (1990)
  • PhD, University of Michigan (1994)
Fellowships
  • University of Michigan Program, Radiation Oncology (1996)
Department
Radiation Oncology

Professional Titles

  • Professor and Director, Medical Physics Division

Recognitions

  • Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (2011)
  • Volunteer Service Award, American Board of Radiology (2014)
  • Chancellor, Board of Chancellors, American College of Medical Physics (2011)
  • Radiotherapy Technical Expert, IAEA (2016)
  • Fellow, American Society of Radiation Oncology (2023)

Publications

  • M. Miften, Q. Diot, L. Gaspar, K. Stuhr, and B. Kavanagh, Regional Normal Lung Tissue Density Changes in Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Tumors, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78, S137-S138 (2010).
  • D. C. Westerly, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, Clinical Implementation of High Dose MVCT Imaging with Helical Tomotherapy to Improve Image Guidance for SBRT, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78, S675 (2010).
  • C. Altunbas, Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, C. Chen, and M. Miften, Quantitative Analysis of Vertebral Bone Density Change following Spine Radiosurgery, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78, S713-S714 (2010).
  • N. Amin, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, D. Raben, D. Camidge, D. Thornton, N. Rochford, L.E. Gaspar, Impact of Induction Chemotherapy on Estimated Risk of Radiation Pneumonitis in Small Cell (SCLC) and Non-small Cell Lung (NSCLC) Cancer , Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78, S517 (2010).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, D. Raben, K. Stuhr, and M. Miften, Temporal Dose-Response of Normal Lung Tissue in Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Tumors, Med. Phys. 37, 3341 (2010).
  • M. Khan, G. Lanza, and M. Miften, Nano- Cancer and Radiation Therapy, Med. Phys. 37, 3338 (2010).
  • S. Qi, M. Miften, H. Rice, and S. Oliver, Investigation of Critical Ocular Structure Doses Using a 3D Plaque Simulator Model, Med. Phys. 37, 3303 (2010).
  • S. Qi, A. Hu, D. Westerly, H. Rice, F. Newman, K. Stuhr, C. Chen, D. Raben, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, and M. Miften, Initial Experience of Patient Specific Rotational Quality Assurance for VMAT Using a Cylindrical Diodes Array Detector System, Med. Phys. 37, 3240 (2010).
  • A. Hu, S. Qi, F. Newman, C. Chen, D. Raben, T. Schefter, A. Liu, R. Rabinovitch, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, and L. Gaspar, Investigation of TomoTherapy Patient Specific Delivery Quality Assurance (DQA) Using a Cylindrical Diodes Array Detector System, Med. Phys. 37, 3342 (2010).
  • C. Altunbas, M. Miften, K. Stuhr, L. Gaspar, and B. Kavanagh, Dose to Proximal Bronchial Tree in Lung SBRT Treatments: Comparison of Pencil Beam and Monte Carlo Dose Distributions, Med. Phys. 37, 3276 (2010).
  • D. Westerly, K. Stuhr, C. Altunbas, Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, The Impact of Imaging Frequency On Intrafraction Setup Corrections in Frameless Image Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Med. Phys. 37, 3310 (2010).
  • M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, and N. Agazaryan, Physics and Dosimetry of SBRT, Med. Phys. 37, 3369 (2010).
  • Y. Kim, E. D. Werts, M. Trombetta, D. Parda, and M. Miften, Evaluation of the interfraction dose variation of MammoSite high dose rate brachytherapy using the concept of biological effective dose (BED), J. Appl. Med. Phys. 11, 124-134 (2010).
  • Y. Kim, M. Johnson, M. Trombetta, D. Parda, and M. Miften, Comparison of single and multiple dwell position methods in MammoSite HDR brachytherapy planning, J. Appl. Med. Phys. 11, 54-63 (2010).
  • Q. Diot, C. Olsen, B. Kavanagh, D. Raben, and M. Miften, Impact of Correcting Anatomic Distortions on Daily Delivered Radiation Doses in Post-Prostatectomy Patients, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 79, 623-632 (2010).
  • X. Qi, J. White, R. Rabinovitch, K. Merrell, A. Sood, A. Bauer, J. Wilson, M. Miften, X. Li, Respiratory organ motion and dosimetric impacts on breast and nodal irradiation, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78, 609-617 (2010).
  • B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, R. Rabinovitch, Advances in Treatment Techniques: SBRT and the Spread of Hypofractionation, The Cancer Journal: The Journal of Principles & Practice of Oncology (2011). (in press)
  • N. Amin, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, D. Raben, D. R. Camidge, D. Thornton, N. Rochford, L. Gaspar, Impact of Induction Chemotherapy on Estimated Risk of Radiation Pneumonitis in Small Cell Lung Cancer, Journal of Thoracic Oncology (2011). (in press)
  • M. Miften, S. K. Das, I. Chetty, and D. Westerly, “Treatment Planning for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy,” in Radiation Oncology: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Springer-Verglag, Editors Lo, Teh, Lu, Schefter (2102). (in press).
  • M. Miften (Reviewer), X. Allen Li (Editor), “Adaptive Radiation Therapy,” First Edition,” Med. Phys. 38, 4467-4468 (2011).
  • C. Howells, D. Diot, D. Westerly, M. Miften, “Regional Normal Liver Tissue Density Changes in patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases,” Proc. 10th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, 225-227, IEEE Computer Society (2011).
  • K. Reddy, B. Cook, C. Shaw, E. Searing, M. Miften, M. Gossman, and A. Liu, “Intact performance of a cochlear implant following radiotherapy in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,” Practical Radiation Oncology (2012). (in press)
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, K. Stuhr, M. Miften, “Regional normal lung tissue density changes in patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy for lung tumors,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys (2012). (in press)
  • C. Howells, M. A. Stinauer D. Diot, D. Westerly, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Regional Normal Liver Tissue Density Changes in patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys (2012). (in press)
  • B. Jones, G. Gan , Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, R. Timmerman, and M. Miften, “Dosimetric and Deformation Effects of Image-Guided Interventions during Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Prostate using an Endorectal Balloon,” Med. Phys. 39, 3080-3088 (2012).
  • J-P Bissonnette, P. Balter, J. Bayouth, L. Dong, K. Langen, M. Lovelock, M. Miften, D. Moseley, J. Pouliot, C. Ramsey, J. Sonke, S. Yoo, “Quality Assurance for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Utilizing CT-based Technologies: General Principles Report of the AAPM TG-179,” Med. Phys. 39, 1946-1963 (2012).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, R. Timmerman, and M. Miften, “Biological-based optimization and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) delivery for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT),” Med. Phys. 39, 237-245 (2012).
  • 3.T. Schefter. B. Kavanagh, Q. Diot, and M. Miften, “ Case Study: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer Using the Monaco Treatment Planning System and VMAT Delivery,” published at www.Elekta.com
  • C. Howells, M. Stinauer, Q. Diot, D. Westerly, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh, and M Miften, “Normal Liver Tissue Density Dose-Response in Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases,” Med. Phys. 38, 3736 (2011).
  • C. Altunbas and M. Miften, Measurement of Contaminant Signals in Clinically Relevant CBCT Image Acquisition Geometries and Performance Evaluation of Bowtie Filters,” Med. Phys. 38, 3445 (2011).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, K. Stuhr, and M. Miften, “Biological Modeling and Global Normal Lung Tissue Radiological Response in Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Tumors,” Med. Phys. 38, 3827 (2011).
  • A. Hu, S. Qi, F. Newman, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, A. Liu, and R. Rabinovitch Decreasing Subcutaneous Skin Dose in Breast Radiotherapy Using TomoDirect (TD),” Med. Phys. 38, 3628 (2011).
  • M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, N. Agazaryan, “Physics and Dosimetry of SBRT,” Med. Phys. 38, 3840 (2011).
  • S. Qi, A. Hu, M. Stinauer, B. Rogers, F. Newman, M. Miften, A. Liu, “Comparison of Rotational Delivery with 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy for Treatment of Pediatric Whole Ventricle Irradiation,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 81, S805-S806 (2011).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, K. Stuhr, L. Gaspar, M. Miften, “Density Changes and Deformation in Normal Lung Tissue outside High Dose Regions after Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 81, S27-S28 (2011).
  • C. Altunbas, M. Stinauer, B. Kavanagh, T. Schefter, M. Miften, “Comparison Of FDG-PET Based Target Volume Delineation Methods For Patients With Liver Metastases,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 81, S124 (2011).
  • M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, R. Timmerman, Q. Diot, L. Papiez, “Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Prostate,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 81, S904 (2011).
  • G. Gan, Q. Diot, D. Westerly, R. Timmerman, M. Miften, D. Raben, K. Stuhr, W. Dzingle, B. Kavanagh, “Dosimetric Variation using Balloon Immobilization during Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Prostate,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 81, S793-S794 (2011).
  • C. Altunbas, M. Miften, T. Hankinson, T. Tello, A. Liu, “Rotational Setup Errors in Pediatric Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Intracranial Tumors C Altunbas,” Med. Phys. 39, 3660-3661 (2012).
  • M. Bellon, C. Glide-Hurst, C. Altunbas, R. Foster, M. Speiser, M. Altman, D. Westerly, M. Miften, I. Chetty, T. Solberg, “TrueBeam Commissioning: A Multi-Institutional Experience,” Med. Phys. 39, 3721-3722 (2012).
  • L. Schubert, D. Westerly, K. Stuhr, M. Miften, “Safety-Focused Customization of Treatment Plan Documentation,” Med. Phys. 39, 3749 (2012).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, M. Miften, “Spatial and Dose-Response Analysis of Fibrotic Lung Changes After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy,” Med. Phys. 39, 3993 (2012).
  • M. Miften, A. Olch, D. Low, “Tolerance Levels and Methodologies for IMRT Verification QA,” Med. Phys. 39, 3917 (2012).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, M. Miften, “Lung Deformations and Airway Stenosis with Distal Atelectasis in Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Tumors,” Med. Phys. 39, 3936 (2012).
  • B. Jones, C. Altunbas, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, “Image Quality Effects of Dynamic Iodine Concentrations for Contrast-Enhanced Cone-Beam CT,” Med. Phys. 39, 3974 (2012).
  • Q. Diot, M. Miften, S. Senan, M. Lawrence, S. Bentzen, B. Kavanagh, L. Marks, and D. Palm, “Modeling of radiographic changes in normal lung tissue after conventional or hypofractionated radiation therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84, S78-S79 (2012).
  • B. Jones, G. Gan, Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, R. Timmerman, and M. Miften, “Dosimetric and Deformation Effects of Image-Guided Interventions during Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Prostate using an Endorectal Balloon,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84, S727-S728 (2012).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, Mary K. Martel, T. Guerrero, and M. Miften, “Quantitative assessment of lung function in stage I and stage III lung radiotherapy patients using 4DCT-based ventilation imaging,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84, S754 (2012).
  • L. Schubert, D. Westerly, M. Miften, “Analysis of an International Error Reporting Database to Enhance Patient Safety,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84, S156-S157 (2012).
  • K. Reddy, B. Cook, C. Shaw, E. Searing, M. Miften, M. Gossman, and A. Liu, “Intact performance of a cochlear implant following radiotherapy in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia,” Practical Radiation Oncology 2, 233-236 (2012).
  • C. Howells, M. A. Stinauer D. Diot, D. Westerly, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Normal liver tissue density response in patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy for Liver Metastases,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84, e441-e446 (2012).
  • C. Altunbas, T. Hankinson, M. Miften, T. Tello, S. Plimpton, K. Stuhr, A. Liu, “Rotational setup errors in pediatric stereotactic radiation therapy,” Practical Radiation Oncology (2012). (in press)
  • C. Lauro, M. Miften, E. Albano, C. Wilkinson, A. Liu, “Intact functioning of intrathecal pain pump receiving radiation therapy,” Journal of Clinic Case Reports 2, 2:157 (2012).
  • N. Amin, M. Miften, D. Thornton, N. Ryan, B. Kavanagh, L. Gaspar, "Impact of Induction Chemotherapy on Estimated Risk of Radiation Pneumonitis in Bulky Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer,” Med. Doism (2012). (in press).
  • M. Bellon, R. Foster, C. Altunbas, M. Speiser, M. Altman, D. Westerly, N. Wen, B. Zhao, M Miften, I. Chetty, T. Solberg, “Commissioning of the Varian TrueBeam Linear Accelerator: A Multi-institutional study,” Med. Phys. 40, 031719 1-15, (2013).
  • L. Schubert and M. Miften, “Innovative Approach Towards a Paperless Physics Residency Management System,” Med. Phys. 40, 414 (2013).
  • Altunbas C, Hankinson TC, Miften M, Tello T, Plimpton SR, Stuhr K, Liu AK. Rotational setup errors in pediatric stereotactic radiation therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2013 Jul-Sep;3(3):194-8. PubMed PMID: 24674364
  • Jones BL, Gan G, Kavanagh B, Miften M. Effect of endorectal balloon positioning errors on target deformation and dosimetric quality during prostate SBRT. Phys Med Biol. 2013 Nov 21;58(22):7995-8006. PubMed PMID: 24169860
  • Altunbas C, Kavanagh B, Dzingle W, Stuhr K, Gaspar L, Miften M. Dosimetric errors during treatment of centrally located lung tumors with stereotactic body radiation therapy: Monte Carlo evaluation of tissue inhomogeneity corrections. Med Dosim. 2013 Winter;38(4):436-41. PubMed PMID: 24119416
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Diot Q, Kavanagh B, Schefter T, Gaspar L, Miften M. Spatial and dose-response analysis of fibrotic lung changes after stereotactic body radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2013 Aug;40(8):081712. PubMed PMID: 23927309
  • Fields EC, Rabinovitch R, Ryan NE, Miften M, Westerly DC. A detailed evaluation of TomoDirect 3DCRT planning for whole-breast radiation therapy. Med Dosim. 2013 Winter;38(4):401-6. PubMed PMID: 23809692
  • Amin NP, Miften M, Thornton D, Ryan N, Kavanagh B, Gaspar LE. Effect of induction chemotherapy on estimated risk of radiation pneumonitis in bulky non-small cell lung cancer. Med Dosim. 2013 Autumn;38(3):320-6. PubMed PMID: 23611631
  • Glide-Hurst C, Bellon M, Foster R, Altunbas C, Speiser M, Altman M, Westerly D, Wen N, Zhao B, Miften M, Chetty IJ, Solberg T. Commissioning of the Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator: a multi-institutional study. Med Phys. 2013 Mar;40(3):031719. PubMed PMID: 23464314
  • B. Jones, G. Gan, T. Schefter, and M Miften, “What Is the Benefit of Fiducial Marker Implantation for Pancreatic SBRT?” Med. Phys. 40, 299 (2013).
  • S. Diot, S. Bentzen, D. Palma, L. Marks, S. Senan, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, and M. Lawrence, “A Novel Method to Determine Alpha/beta for Irradiated Normal Lung Tissue Using Computed Tomography Scans,” Med. Phys. 40, 522 (2013).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, L. Schubert, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, M. Martel, T. Guerrero, and M. Miften, “Using 4DCT-Ventilation Based Multi-Modality Imaging to Assess Lung Function and Optimize Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer Patients,” Med. Phys. 40, 423 (2013).
  • C. Altunbas, B. Jones, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “A Novel Method to Correct Scatter and Metal Artifacts in Kilovoltage CBCT Using Megavoltage Projections,” Med. Phys. 40, 512 (2013).
  • D. Westerly, S. Plimpton, X. Mo, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, and A. Liu, “Proton Energy Requirements for a Dedicated Pediatric Treatment Machine,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 87, S603-S604 (2013).
  • B. Jones, C. Altunbas, B. Kavanagh, T. Schefter, and M. Miften, “IV Contrast-Enhanced Cone Beam CT to Enhance Image Guidance for Liver SBRT,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 87, S144-S145 (2103).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M.K. Martel, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Using 4DCT-Based Ventilation Imaging to Evaluate Major Ventilation Defects for Lung Cancer Patients: A Clinical Validation Study,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 87, S201 (2013).
  • C. Altunbas, T. Howells, M. Miften, M. Proper, K. Reddy, G. Gan, P. DeWitt, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Evaluation of threshold and gradient based 18F-fluoro-deoxy-2-glucose hybrid positron emission tomographic image segmentation methods for liver tumor delineation,” Practical Radiation Oncology 4, 217-225 (2014).
  • Q. Diot, L. B. Marks, S. M. Bentzen, S. Senan, B. Kavanagh, M. V. Lawrence, M. Miften, D. A. Palma, “Comparison of Radiation-Induced Normal Lung Tissue Density Changes for Patients From Multiple Institutions Receiving Conventional or Hypofractionated Treatments,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 89, 626-632 (2014)
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, P. J. Koo, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, L. Gaspar, M. Miften, and B. Kavanagh, “Comparison of 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography Ventilation With Nuclear Medicine Ventilation-Perfusion Imaging: A Clinical Validation Study,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 89, 199-205 (2014).
  • L. Schubert and M. Miften, “Towards a paperless medical physics residency management system,” J. Appl. Med. Phys. 15, 343-350 (2014).
  • K. M. Yenice, Y. Vinogradskiy, M. Miften, S. Dieterich, and I. Das, “Small-field dosimerty for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy,” in Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, CRC Press, Editors Benedict, Schlesinger, Goetsch, Kavanagh, Chapter 12, 265-282 (2014).
  • S. Benedict, J. Perks, S. Goetsch, K. Wijesooriya, M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, P. Medin, M. Descovich, D. Lovelock, D. Low, and S. Kry, “Stereotactic Radiation Therapy,” in Comprehensive Biomedical Physics, Elsevier, Editor-in-Chief Anders Brahme, Vol 9, 505-527 (2014).
  • G. Starkschall, R. A. C. Siochi, and W. R. Hendee (Editors), “Informatics in Radiation Oncology,” First Edition, Med. Phys. 41, 077301 (2014).
  • B. Jones, C. Altunbas, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, T. Schefter, and M. Miften, “Optimized dynamic contrast-enhanced cone-beam CT for target visualization during liver SBRT,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 489, 012035 1-4, (2014)
  • F. Liu, A. Tai, P. Lee, T. Biswas, G.X. Ding, I. Naqa, J. Grimm, F. Kong, T.A. LaCouture, B.W. Loo, M. Miften, T. Solberg, and A. Li, “Relationship of Dose and TCP for SBRT of Lung Cancer as Analyzed From a Pooled 118 Studies Using a New Radiobiological Model,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90, S189-S190 (2014).
  • A. Amini, D. Westerly, N. Ryan, T. Waxweiler, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, and D. Raben, “Dose Painting to Treat Single Lobe Prostate Cancer Using Targeted External Beam Radiation Therapy - Is It Feasible?,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90, S945 (2014).
  • N. Ohri, A. Jackson, A. Mendez Romero, M. Miften, R.K. Ten Haken, L.A. Dawson, J. Grimm, E.D. Yorke, and W.A. Tome, “Local Control Following Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Liver Tumors: A Preliminary Report of the AAPM Working Group for SBRT,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90, S52 (2014).
  • B. Jones, T. Schefter, and M. Miften, “Adaptive Motion Mapping in Pancreatic SBRT Patients Using Fourier Transforms,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90, S836-S837 (2014).
  • J. Zhao, L. Ling, E.D. Yorke, M.T. Milano, W. Liu, B. Kavanagh, A. Li, J. Andy, M. Lawrence, M. Miften,6 A. Rimner, S. Timothy, J. Xue, J. Grimm, and F. Kong, “Simple Clinical Factors Associated With Radiation-Induced Lung Toxicity After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 70 Studies,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90, S60 (2014).
  • B. Jones and M. Miften, “Calculating Tumor Trajectory and Dose-Of-The-Day for Highly Mobile Tumors Using Cone-Beam CT Projections” Med. Phys. 41, 474 (2014).
  • H. Armstrong, B. Jones, and M. Miften, “Digital Tomosynthesis for Improved Daily Setup in Treatment of Liver Lesions,” Med. Phys. 41, 115 (2014).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Investigation of Distal Lung Atelectasis Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Using Regional Lung Volume Changes Between Pre- and Post- Treatment CT Scans,” Med. Phys. 41, 520-521 (2014).
  • C. Altunbas, Y. Zhong, C. Shaw, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Investigation of a 2D Antiscatter Grid for Flat Panel Detectors,” Med. Phys. 41, 124 (2014).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, M. Martel, and L Schubert, “BEST IN PHYSICS (IMAGING) - Correlating 4DCT-Ventilation with Clinical Pulmonary Function Test Data,” Med. Phys. 41, 465 (2014).
  • J. Moran, M. Miften, and D. Mihailidis, “Debate: To Measure or Not to Measure,” Med. Phys. 41, 483 (2014).
  • Q. Diot, B. Kavanagh, Y. Vinogradskiy, K. Garg, L. Gaspar, and M. Miften, “Lung deformations and radiation-induced regional lung collapse in patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy,” Med. Phys. 42, 6477-6487 (2015).
  • B. Jones, T. Schefter, and M. Miften, “Adaptive motion mapping in pancreatic SBRT patients using Fourier transforms,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 115, 217-222 (2015).
  • B. Jones, D. Westerly, and M. Miften, “Calculating tumor trajectory and dose-of-the day using cone-beam CT projects,” Med. Phys. 42, 695-702 (2015).
  • D. Brennan, L. Schubert, Q. Diot, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M. K. Martel, D. Linderman, L. Gaspar, M. Miften, D. Kavanagh, and Y. Vinogradskiy, “Clinical validation of 4-dimensional computed tomography ventilation with pulmonary function test data,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 92, 423-429 (2015).
  • H. Armstrong, B. Jones, and M. Miften, “Characterization of image quality in digital tomosynthesis for radiotherapy applications,” Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express 2, 025013 (2016).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, L. Schubert, Q. Diot, T. Waxweiller, P. Koo, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, C. Rusthoven, L. Gaspar, B. Kavanagh, and M. Miften, “Regional Lung Function Profiles of Stage I and III Lung Cancer Patients: An Evaluation for Functional Avoidance Radiation Therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 95, 1357-1366 (2016).
  • F. Liu, A. Tai, P. Lee, T. Biswas, G. X. Ding, I. El Naqa, J. Grimm, A. Jackson, F-M. (Spring) Kong, T. LaCouture, B. Loo Jr, M. Miften, T. Solberg, X. A. Li, “Tumor control probability modeling for stereotactic body radiation therapy of early-stage lung cancer using multiple bio-physical models,” Radiotherapy and Oncology. (in press)
  • W. Campbell, M. Miften, and B. Jones, “Automated target tracking in kilovoltage images using dynamic templates of fiducial marker clusters,” Med. Phys. (in press)
  • L. Schubert and M. Miften, “The physics of brachytherapy,” in Brachytherapy - An International Prospective, Springer, Editors: P. Montemaggi, M. Trombetta, L. Brady, Chapter 3, 13-27 (2016).
  • H. Armstrong, B. Jones, and M. Miften, “Characterization of image quality in digital tomosynthesis for radiotherapy applications,” Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express (2016).
  • B. Jones and M. Miften, “Quality Assurance and Verification of Treatment,” in Quality and Safety in Radiation Oncology, demosMEDICAL, Editors: A. Dickers, T. Williams, E. Ford, Chapter 12, 135-142 (2016).
  • M. Jackson, L. Schubert, B. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, “A Novel Lung Function Imaging Modality for Thoracic Surgical Evaluation,” International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, Supplement, S46 (2016).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, M. Jackson, L. Schubert, B. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh “4DCT-Ventilation: A Novel Imaging Modality for Thoracic Surgical Evaluation," Medical Physics Volume 43, 3792 (2016)
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, L. Schubert, T. Waxweiler, Q. Diot, R. Castillo, T. Guerrero, E. Castillo, L. Gaspar, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, “Assessing 4DCT-ventilation as a functional imaging modality for thoracic radiation therapy” Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 119, Supplement 1, S190 (2016).
  • H. Armstrong and M. Miften, “Computation of Deformable Image Registration Confidence Maps,” Med. Phys. 42, 3287 (2015)
  • H. Armstrong and M. Miften,” Automated Respiratory Motion Tracking with Machine Vision,” Med. Phys. 42, 3218 (2015)
  • C. Altunbas, B. Kavanagh and M. Miften, “A Method to Synthesize Hybrid KV/MV Projections for Metal Artifact Corrections in CBCT,” Med. Phys. 42, 3743 (2015)
  • B. Jones, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh and M. Miften, “Dealing with Erratic Motion: Respiratory Gating Using Internal Surrogates in Pancreatic SBRT,” Med. Phys. 42, 3712 (2015)
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, T. Waxweiler, Q. Diot, R. Castillo, T. Guerrero, E. Castillo, B. Kavanagh, L. Schubert and M. Miften, “Developing Clinical and Quantitative Guidelines for a 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Clinical Trial,” Med. Phys. 42, 3196 (2015)
  • M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, V. Moiseenko, J. Grimm, E. Yorke, A. Jackson, W. A Tomé, R. Ten Haken, N. Ohri, A. Méndez Romero, K. A. Goodman, L. B. Marks, B. Kavanagh, L. A. Dawson, "Radiation dose volume effects for liver SBRT,"Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 119, Supplement 1, S44 (2016).
  • B. Jones, W. Campbell, P. Stumpf, A. Amini, T. Schefter, B. Kavanagh, K. Goodman, M. Miftem, "Patinet-specific motion management and adaptive respiratory gating in Pancreatic SBRT," Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 119, Supplement 1, S149 (2016).
  • W. Campbell, M. Miften, B. Jones, "Stay On Target: Dynamic, Patient-Specific Templates of Fiducial Marker Clusters for IGRT," Medical Physics, Volume 43, 3881–3882 (2016).
  • W. Campbell. M. Miften M, T. Schefter, K. Goodman. B. Jones, "Optimized Respiratory Gating for Abnormal Breathers in Pancreatic SBRT," Medical Physics, Volume 43, 3880 (2016).
  • M. Miften, "AAPM TG218: Measurement Methods and Tolerance Levels for Patient-Specific IMRT Verification QA," Medical Physics, Volume 43, 3852–3853 (2016).
  • F. Liu, A. Tai, P. Lee, T. Biswas, G. Ding, I. El Naqa, J. Grimm, A. Jackson, F. Kong, T. LaCouture, B. Loo, M. Miften, T. Solberg and X. Li, “Tumor Control Probability Modeling for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Early-Stage Lung Cancer Using Multiple Bio-Physical Models,” Med. Phys. 42, 3701 (2015)
  • T. Waxweiler, L. Schubert, Q. Diot, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T.M. Guerrero, L.E. Gaspar, M. Miften, and others, “Towards a 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Clinical Trial: Determining Patient Eligibility, “Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 93, E416–E417 (2015).
  • M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, B. Kavanagh, Q. Diot, “Normal lung tissue reaction to stereotactic body radiation therapy,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 115, S158 (2015).
  • W. Campbell, B. Jones, T. Schefter, K.A. Goodman, M. Miften "To Compress, or to Gate? Abdominal Compression versus Respiratory Gating in Pancreatic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy," International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Volume 96, Supplement, S213 (2016)
  • 4th International Conference on Radiation Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "Stereotactic body Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer: Clinical and Technical Considerations"
  • International Conference on Radiation Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "Normal lung tissue reaction to stereotactic body radiation therapy"
  • 4th International Conference on Radiation Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "Comparison of dose calculation algorithms in treatment planning systems"
  • 4th International Conference on Radiation Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "To measure or not to measure: a question for patient-specific IMRT QA"
  • European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) 35 Meeting, Turin, Italy," Radiation dose-volume effects for liver SBRT"
  • First AAPM-ISEP/FAMPO Diagnostic Imaging Symposium, Rabat, Morocco, "Basics of Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT)"
  • First AAPM-ISEP/FAMPO Diagnostic Imaging Symposium, Rabat, Morocco, Quality Assurance in IGRT"
  • First AAPM-ISEP/FAMPO Diagnostic Imaging Symposium, Rabat, Morocco, "Hybrid technologies (MRI/Linac - CT/Linac)"
  • First AAPM-ISEP/FAMPO Diagnostic Imaging Symposium, Rabat, Morocco, "Delineation of treatment volumes on CT and MRI"
  • XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Radiation Therapy, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, "Building an SBRT Program: Basic and Most Important Factors that Must Be Considered"
  • XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Radiation Therapy, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, "IGRT- Making the Best Clinical Use of It"
  • XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Radiation Therapy, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, Measurement Methods and Tolerance Levels for Patient-Specific IMRT QA (TG-218)"
  • XVII Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Radiation Therapy, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, "How to Get Confident with a TOS for IMRT Clinical Use"
  • 58th AAPM Annual Meeting, Washington DC, "AAPM TG218: Measurement Methods and Tolerance Levels for Patient-Specific IMRT Verification QA"
  • 58th ASTRO Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, "Do You Need a Radiobiology Consult? Practical Applications of Radiobiology In the Clinic"
  • Hospital Sirio Libanes, Sao Paolo, Brazil, "SBRT at the University of Colorado"
  • University of Sao Paulo Hospital and State of Sao Paulo Hospital, Sao Paolo, Brazil, "VMAT: Important Things One Need to Know"
  • 2016 Rocky Mountain AAPM Meeting, Aurora, CO, “Managing the Care of Radiotherapy Patients Implanted with Cardiac Devices”
  • A.M. Faught, T. Yamamoto, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, J. Zhang, M. Miften, and Y. Vinogradskiy, “Evaluating Which Dose-Function Metrics Are Most Critical for Functional Guided Radiation Therapy with CT Ventilation Imaging,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99, E454-E455 (2017).
  • M. Miften, A. Olch, D. Mihailidis, J. Moran, T. Pawlicki, A. Molineu, H. Li, K. Wijesooriya, J. Shi, P. Xia, N. Papanikolaou, D. A. Low, “Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement-based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218,” Med Phys. 45, e53-e99 (2018).
  • M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, V. Moiseenko, J. Grimm, E. Yorke, A. Jackson, W. A. Tome, R. K. Ten Haken, N. Ohri, A. Mendez Romero, K. A. Goodman, L. B. Marks, B. Kavanagh, L. A. Dawson, “Radiation Dose-Volume Effects for Liver SBRT,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2018).
  • T. Alexeev, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, and C. Altunbas, “Two-dimensional antiscatter grid: A novel scatter rejection device for Cone-beam computed tomography,” Med Phys. 45, 529-534 (2018).
  • G. X. Ding, P. Alaei, B. Curran, R. Flynn, M. Gossman, T. R. Mackie, M. Miften, R. Morin, X. G. Xu, T. C. Zhu, “Image guidance doses delivered during radiotherapy: Quantification, management, and reduction: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 180,” Med Phys. 45, e84-e83 (2018).
  • W. Campbell, L.A. Olsen, M. Miften, K.A. Goodman, T. Schefter, and B.L. Jones, “Using Machine Learning to Predict Physician-Approved Dose Distributions for Pancreatic SBRT,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99, Supplement, S174 (2017).
  • B.L. Jones, W. Campbell, K.A. Goodman, Y. Vinogradskiy, T. Schefter, and M. Miften, “Benefits of Real-Time Image Guidance in Dose-Escalated Pancreatic SBRT,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99, E158-E159 (2017).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, C. G. Rusthoven, L. Schubert, B. Jones, A. Faught, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, L. E. Gaspar, MD, J. Kwak, T. Waxweiler, M. Dougherty, D. Gao, C. Stevens, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, T. Guerrero, I. Grills, “Interim Analysis of a Two-Institution, Prospective Clinical Trial of 4DCT-Ventilation-based Functional Avoidance Radiation Therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 102, 1357-1365 (2018).
  • M. Miften, “Radiation Dose-Volume Effects for Liver SBR,” Med. Phys. 44, 3298
  • N. Ohri, W. A. Tome, A. Mendez Romero, M. Miften, R. K. Ten Haken, L. A. Dawson, J. Grimm, E. Yorke, Andrew Jackson, “Local Control After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2018). (in press).
  • Q. Diot, D. Westerly, B. Kavanagh, A. Liu, and M. Miften, “Low-Voltage Tests of a Simple Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (PLIA) Structure,” Med. Phys. 44, 3279 (2017).
  • F-M Kong, V. Moiseenko, J. Zhao, M. T.Milano, L. Li, A. Rimner, S. Das, A. Li, M. Miften, Z. X. Liao, M. Martel, S. M. Bentzen, A. Jackson, J. Grimm, L. B. Marks, E. Yorke, “Organs at Risk Considerations for Thoracic Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: What Is Safe for Lung Parenchyma? Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2018). (in press).
  • A. M. Faught, L. Olsen, L. Schubert, C. Rusthoven, E. Castillo, R. Castillo, J. Zhang, T. Guerrero, M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, “Functional-guided radiotherapy using knowledge-based planning,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 129, 494-498 (2018).
  • J. Faught, Y. Vinogradskiy, D. Thomas, M. Miften, and D. Westerly, “Investigation of VMAT QA Discrepancies Observed with a Deterministic Dose Calculation Algorithm and Commercial Diode Array,” Med. Phys. 44, 3274 (2017).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, A. Faught R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, M. Miften, A. K. Liu, “Using 4DCT-ventilation to characterize lung function changes for pediatric patients getting thoracic radiotherapy,” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 19, 407-412 (2018).
  • D. C. Westerly, R. A. Behbahani, B. Kavanagh, A. Liu, M. Miften, N. J. Serkova, Q. Diot, “Design considerations for a pulse line ion accelerator (PLIA)-based PET isotope generator,” Med Phys. 45, 3812-3819 (2018).
  • T. Alexeev, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, and C. Altunbas, “Jack Krohmer Junior Investigator Competition Winner: Development and Evaluation of a Two Dimensional Antiscatter Grid for CBCT,” Med. Phys. 44, 3245 (2017).
  • M. Miften, “How to Manage Radiotherapy Patients with CIED From Initial Consult toTreatment: TG203 Recommendations,” Med. Phys. 44, 3240 (2017).
  • W. Campbell, D. Thomas, M. Miften, and B. Jones, “Masking for Gold: Automated Segmentation of Arbitrarily-Shaped Fiducial Markers in Cone-Beam CT Projections and Pseudo-4D Topograms,” Med. Phys. 44, 3178-3179 (2017).
  • AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, “Measurement-Based Patient-Specific IMRT QA: Fact and Fiction”
  • ASTRO 60th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, “Normal tissue dose-volume effects for SBRT-induced liver and gastrointestinal toxicities”
  • Brazilian Medical Physics Congress Annual Meeting, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “TG218: Tolerance Limits and Methodologies for IMRT Measurement-Based Verification QA”
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, A. Faught, E. Castillo, R. Castillo, A. Liu, and M. Miften, “Using 4DCT-Ventilation to Evaluate Lung Response for Pediatric Patients Getting Thoracic Radiotherapy,” Med. Phys. 44, 3075 (2017).
  • J. Niedzielski, M. Miften, B. Jones, K. Goodman, and D. Thomas, “Analysis of Acquisition Parameters and Pharmacokinetic Models from DCE-CT with Application to Outcome Assessment of Radiation Therapy,” Med. Phys. 44, 3016 (2017).
  • Brazilian Medical Physics Congress Annual Meeting, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “AAPM TG 180 Image Guidance Doses Delivered During Radiotherapy: Quantification, Management, and Reduction”
  • Brazilian Medical Physics Congress Annual Meeting, Porto Alegre, Brazil, “IGRT - How to define a Protocol and its Margins”
  • Centre d’Oncologie Nakhi, Rabat, Morocco, “Initiating and Building an SBRT Program”
  • The 1st International Medical Physics Workshop on Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Beirut, Lebanon, “Delineation of Treatment Volumes on CT and MRI”
  • D. Thomas, W. Campbell, J. Faught, B. Jones, K. Goodman, and M. Miften, “Pseudo-4D' Localizer Radiographs: A Novel Imaging Technique for Evaluating the Motion of Implanted Fiducial Markers at Simulation,” Med. Phys. 44, 3016 (2017).
  • The 1st International Medical Physics Workshop on Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Beirut, Lebanon, “Motion Management in Radiation Therapy”
  • The 1st International Medical Physics Workshop on Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Beirut, Lebanon, “Quality Assurance in IGRT”
  • The 1st International Medical Physics Workshop on Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Beirut, Lebanon, “Basics of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy”
  • B Miller, T Alexeev, D Thomas, K Stuhr, B Kavanagh, M Miften, C Altunbas, “CBCT-Based Dose Calculations with a Two-Dimensional Anti-Scatter Grid Prototype: The Effect of Scatter Suppression On Dose-Calculation Accuracy,” Med. Phys. 45, E151 (2018).
  • M. Miften, “TG218: How to Handle Pretreatment QA,” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 18, 245 (2017).
  • A. Faught, T. Yamamoto, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, J. Zhang, M. Miften, and Y. Vinogradskiy “Evaluating the toxicity reduction with CT-ventilation functional avoidance radiotherapy” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99, 325-333 (2017).
  • W. G. Campbell, M. Miften, L. Olsen, P. Stumpf, T. Schefter, K. A. Goodman KA, and B. L. Jones, “Neural network dose models for knowledge-based planning in pancreatic SBRT,” Med. Phys. 44, 6148-6158 (2017).
  • T. Waxweiler, L. Schubert, Q. Diot, A. Faught, K. Stuhr, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, C. Rusthoven, L. Gaspar, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, and Y. Vinogradskiy, “A complete 4DCT-ventilation functional avoidance virtual trial: Developing strategies for prospective clinical trials,” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 18, 144-152 (2017).
  • BL Jones*, BW Miller, C Altunbas, M Miften, “Measuring Marker Motion and Tumor Position During Treatment with Coded-Aperture Compton Imaging,” Med. Phys. 45, E382 (2018).
  • C. Altunbas, B. Kavanagh, T. Alexeev, and M. Miften, “Transmission characteristics of a two dimensional antiscatter grid prototype for CBCT,” Med. Phys. 44, 3952-3964 (2017).
  • R Alibazi behbahani*, Q Diot , B Kavanagh , N J.Serkova , M Miften, D Westerly, “Developing a Low Cost Plasma Accelerator for Flash Radiotherapy Studies,” Med. Phys. 45, E372 (2018).
  • W. G. Campbell, B. L. Jones, T. Schefter, K. A. Goodman, and M. Miften, “An evaluation of motion mitigation techniques for pancreatic SBRT,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 124, 168-173 (2017).
  • T Alexeev, B Miller, B Kavanagh, M Miften, C Altunbas, “Development of High Aspect Ratio Two-Dimensional Antiscatter Grids for CBCT,” Med. Phys. 45, E485 (2018).
  • T Alexeev, B Miller, B Kavanagh, M Miften, C Altunbas, “Development and Evaluation of a Total Variation Minimization Based Method for Suppressing Ring Artifacts in CBCT Images,” Med. Phys. 45, E536 (2018).
  • A. M. Faught, T. Yamamoto, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, J. Zhang, M. Miften, PhD, and Y. Vinogradskiy, “Evaluating Which Dose-Function Metrics Are Most Critical for Functional-Guided Radiation Therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99, 202-209 (2017).
  • A PINDER-ARABPOUR, B Jones, R Castillo, E Castillo, T Guerrero, K Goodman, T Schefter, J Kwak, M Miften, Y Vinogradskiy, “Characterizing Spatial Lung Function for Esophageal Cancer Patients,” Med. Phys. 45, E151 (2018).
  • Q Diot, R Alibazi behbahani, B Kavanagh, M Miften, D Westerly, “Progress Towards a Simple Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (PLIA),” Med. Phys. 45, E642 (2018).
  • W. Campbell, M. Miften, and B. Jones, “Automated target tracking in kilovoltage images using dynamic templates of fiducial marker clusters,” Med. Phys. 44, 364-374 (2017).
  • Y Ding, W Campbell, M Miften, Y Vinogradskiy, K Goodman, T Schefter, B Jones, “Quantifying the Amount of Allowable Motion for Safe Delivery of SBRT,” Med. Phys. 45, E646 (2018).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, M. Jackson, L. Schubert, B. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, J. Mitchell, C. Rusthoven, M. Miften, and B. Kavanagh, “Assessing the use of 4DCT-ventilation in Pre-operative Surgical Lung Cancer Evaluation,” Med. Phys. 44, 200-208 (2017).
  • F. Liu, A. Tai, P. Lee, T. Biswas, G. X. Ding, I. El Naqa, J. Grimm, A. Jackson, F-M. (Spring) Kong, T. LaCouture, B. Loo Jr, M. Miften, T. Solberg, X. A. Li, “Tumor control probability modeling for stereotactic body radiation therapy of early-stage lung cancer using multiple bio-physical models,” Radiotherapy and Oncology 122, 286-294 (2017).
  • D. Westerly and M. Miften, “Quantifying Differences in Dose Distributions,” in Clinical 3D Dosimetry in Modern Radiation Therapy, CRC Press, Editor Ben Mijnheer (2017).
  • B. Jones and M. Miften, “Quality Assurance and Verification of Treatment,” in Quality and Safety in Radiation Oncology, demosMEDICAL, Editors: A. Dickers, T. Williams, E. Ford, Chapter 12, 135-142 (2016).
  • A. Pinder-Arabpour, B. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, T. Guerrero, G. Goodman, T. Schefter, J. Kwak, M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, “Characterizing Spatial Lung Function for Esophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 103, 738-746 (2019).
  • T. Alexeev, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, C. Altunbas, “A novel total variation based ring artifact suppression method for CBCT imaging with two-dimensional antiscatter grids,” Med. Phys. 46, 2181-2193 (2019).
  • P. Lee, B. W. Loo, Jr., T. Biswas, G. X. Ding, I. M. El Naqa, A. Jackson, F-M Kong, T. LaCouture, M. Miften, T. Solberg, W. A. Tome, A. Tai, E. Yorke, X. Allen Li, “HyTEC: Organ-Specific Paper Thoracic: Lung TCP,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2019).
  • N. Ohri, W. A. Tome, A. Mendez Romero, M. Miften, R. K. Ten Haken, L. A. Dawson, J. Grimm, E. Yorke, Andrew Jackson, “In Reply to Klement et al,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2019).
  • Y. Ding, H. H. Barrett, M. A. Kupinski, Y. Vinogradskiy, M. Miften B. L. Jones, “Objective assessment of the effects of tumor motion in radiation therapy,” Med. Phys. 46, 3311-3323 (2019).
  • M. Miften, D. Mihailidis, S. F. Kry, C. Reft, C. Esquivel, J. Farr, D. Followill, C. Hurkmans, A. Liu, O. Gayou, M. Gossman, M. Mahesh, R. Popple, J. Prisciandaro, J. Wilkinson, “Management of radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators: A Report of the AAPM TG-203,” Med. Phys. 46, e757-e788 (2019).
  • S. K. Das, R. McGurk, M. Miften, S. Mutic, J. Bowsher, J. Bayouth, Y. Erdi, O. Mawlawi, R. Boellaard, S. R. Bowen, L. Xing, J. Bradley, H. Schoder, F-F. Yin, D. C. Sullivan, P. Kinahan, “Task Group 174 Report: Utilization of [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography ([18F]FDG-PET) in Radiation Therapy,” Med. Phys. 46, e706-e725 (2019).
  • C. Altunbas, T. Alexeev, M. Miften, B. Kavanagh, “Effect of grid geometry on the transmission properties of 2D grids for flat detectors in CBCT,” Phys. Med. Biol. 64, 225006 (12pp) (2019).
  • F. Forghani, A, Mahl, T, J. Patton, B. L. Jones, M. A. Borden, D. C. Westerly, C. Altunbas, M. Miften, D. H. Thomas, “Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods,” Med. Phys. 46, (2019). (in press).
  • L. K. Schubert, K. Hendrickson, M. Miften, M. McNulty, Y. Vinogradskiy, D. H. Thomas, D. Westerly, K. Stuhr, J. Corral, D. Royer, “The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America,” Practical Radiation Oncology (2019). (in press)
  • R. A. Behbahani, Q, Diot, B. Kavanagh, N. J. Serkova, M. Miften, D. C. Westerly, “Electromagnetic wave propagation in a fast pulse line ion accelerator,” Med. Phys. 46, 5714-5721 (2019).
  • AAPM 2018 Spring Clinical Meeting, Orlando, FL, “Patient-Specific QA: Challenges and Opportunities,” (2019).
  • L Schubert, K Hendrickson, M Miften, M McNulty, Y Vinogradskiy, D Thomas, D Westerly, K Stuhr, J Corral, D Royer, “The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • W Campbell, C Fisher, M Miften, L Schubert, “Planning Margins and Inter-Fraction Motion for Inpatient Interstitial HDR Brachytherapy,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • R Alibazi Behbahani, Q Diot, B Kavanagh, N Serkova, M Miften, D Westerly, “High-Intensity Ion Source Development for a Pulsed Linear Accelerator Structure,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • A Mahl, B Miller, M Miften, B Jones, “Optimizing Coded Aperture Imaging Techniques to Allow for Online Tracking of Fiducial Markers with Compton Scatter From Treatment Beam,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • Y Hwang, W Campbell, M Miften, B Jones, “Fast Fiducial Marker Tracking: An Automated Offline 3D Template Construction Method for Real-Time Tumor Localization,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • B Miller, D Holt, K Stuhr, M Miften, S Milgrom, B Kavanagh, “Development of RadFlix: A Projection-Based Video Distraction Therapy System (PBVDT) for External-Beam Radiation Therapy,” Med. Phys. (2019).
  • B.L. Jones, K.A. Goodman, T. Schefter, M. Miften, Y. Vinogradskiy, “Real-Time Kv Target Tracking in Pancreatic SBRT: Characterizing the Clinical and Dosimetric Impact,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2019).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, Q. Diot, B.L. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, J. Kwak, D.W. Bowles, I.S. Grills, D.W. Bowles, I.S. Grills, T.M. Guerrero, C.W. Stevens, T. Schefter, L.E. Gaspar, B.D. Kavanagh, M. Miften, C.G. Rusthoven Jr., “Evaluating PET-Based Functional Imaging Changes in the Heart after Thoracic Chemo-Radiation,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. (2019).
  • Y. Vinogradskiy, Q. Diot, B. Jones, R. Castillo, E. Castillo, J. Kwak, D. Bowles, I. Grills, N. Myziuk, T. Guerrero, C. Stevens, T. Schefter, L. E. Gaspar, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, C. Rusthoven, “Evaluating Positron Emission Tomography-Based Functional Imaging Changes in the Heart After Chemo-Radiation for Patients With Lung Cancer,” Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 106, 1063-1070 (2020)
  • F. Forghani, A, Mahl, T, J. Patton, B. L. Jones, M. A. Borden, D. C. Westerly, C. Altunbas, M. Miften, D. H. Thomas, “Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods,” Med. Phys. 47, 1280-1290 (
  • L. K. Schubert, K. Hendrickson, M. Miften, M. McNulty, Y. Vinogradskiy, D. H. Thomas, D. Westerly, K. Stuhr, J. Corral, D. Royer, “The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America,” Practical Radiation Oncology 10, e166-e172 (2020)
  • D. H. Thomas, L. K. Schubert, Y. Vinogradskiy, S. Nath, B. Kavanagh, M. Miften, and B. Jones, “Technical Note: Deep Learning approach for automatic detection and identification of patient positioning devices for radiation therapy,” Med. Phys. 47, 5061-5069 (2020).
  • Schubert LK, Hendrickson K, Miften M, McNulty M, Vinogradskiy YY, Thomas DH, Westerly D, Stuhr K, Corral J, Royer D. The Current State of Physics Plan Review Training in Medical Physics Residency Programs in North America. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 May - Jun;10(3):e166-e172. PubMed PMID: 31526898
  • D. H. Thomas, B. Miller, R. Rabinovitch, S. Milgrom, B. Kavanagh, Q. Diot, M. Miften, L. K. Schubert, “Integration of automation into an existing clinical workflow to improve efficiency and reduce errors in the manual treatment planning process for total body irradiation (TBI),” J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 21:7:100-106 (2020).
  • A. Mahl, B. Miller, M. Miften, and B. L. Jones, “Optimizing Coded Aperture Imaging techniques to allow for online tracking of fiducial markers with high-energy scattered radiation from treatment beam,” Med. Phys. 47, 4428-4438 (2020).
  • Forghani F, Mahl A, Patton TJ, Jones BL, Borden MA, Westerly DC, Altunbas C, Miften M, Thomas DH. Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods. Med Phys. 2020 Mar;47(3):1280-1290. PubMed PMID: 31828781
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Diot Q, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Kwak J, Bowles D, Grills I, Myziuk N, Guerrero T, Stevens C, Schefter T, Gaspar LE, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Rusthoven C. Evaluating Positron Emission Tomography-Based Functional Imaging Changes in the Heart After Chemo-Radiation for Patients With Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Apr 1;106(5):1063-1070. PubMed PMID: 31983558
  • Das SK, McGurk R, Miften M, Mutic S, Bowsher J, Bayouth J, Erdi Y, Mawlawi O, Boellaard R, Bowen SR, Xing L, Bradley J, Schoder H, Yin FF, Sullivan DC, Kinahan P. Task Group 174 Report: Utilization of [(18) F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography ([(18) F]FDG-PET) in Radiation Therapy. Med Phys. 2019 Oct;46(10):e706-e725. PubMed PMID: 31230358
  • Alexeev T, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Altunbas C. A novel total variation based ring artifact suppression method for CBCT imaging with two-dimensional antiscatter grids. Med Phys. 2019 May;46(5):2181-2193. PubMed PMID: 30802970
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Castillo R, Castillo E, Schubert L, Jones BL, Faught A, Gaspar LE, Kwak J, Bowles DW, Waxweiler T, Dougherty JM, Gao D, Stevens C, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Grills I, Rusthoven CG, Guerrero T. Results of a Multi-Institutional Phase 2 Clinical Trial for 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Thoracic Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Mar 15;112(4):986-995. PubMed PMID: 34767934
  • Zhu TC, Stathakis S, Clark JR, Feng W, Georg D, Holmes SM, Kry SF, Ma CC, Miften M, Mihailidis D, Moran JM, Papanikolaou N, Poppe B, Xiao Y. Report of AAPM Task Group 219 on independent calculation-based dose/MU verification for IMRT. Med Phys. 2021 Oct;48(10):e808-e829. PubMed PMID: 34213772
  • Forghani F, Patton T, Kwak J, Thomas D, Diot Q, Rusthoven C, Castillo R, Castillo E, Grills I, Guerrero T, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Characterizing spatial differences between SPECT-ventilation and SPECT-perfusion in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2021 Jul;160:120-124. PubMed PMID: 33964328
  • Pinder-Arabpour A, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Goodman K, Schefter T, Kwak J, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Characterizing Spatial Lung Function for Esophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Mar 1;103(3):738-746. PubMed PMID: 30612962
  • Park Y, Alexeev T, Miller B, Miften M, Altunbas C. Evaluation of scatter rejection and correction performance of 2D antiscatter grids in cone beam computed tomography. Med Phys. 2021 Apr;48(4):1846-1858. PubMed PMID: 33554377
  • Nitin Ohri, Wolfgang A Tomé, Alejandra Méndez Romero, Moyed Miften, Randall K Ten Haken, Laura Dawson, Jimm Grimm, Ellen Yorke, Andrew Jackson. In Reply to Klement et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys . 2021 May 1;110(1):250-251.
  • Ding Y, Campbell WG, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Jones BL. Quantifying Allowable Motion to Achieve Safe Dose Escalation in Pancreatic SBRT. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jul - Aug;9(4):e432-e442. PubMed PMID: 30951868
  • Ding Y, Barrett HH, Kupinski MA, Vinogradskiy Y, Miften M, Jones BL. Objective assessment of the effects of tumor motion in radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2019 Jul;46(7):3311-3323. PubMed PMID: 31111961
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Miften M, Jones BL. The Clinical and Dosimetric Impact of Real-Time Target Tracking in Pancreatic SBRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Jan 1;103(1):268-275. PubMed PMID: 30145394
  • Behbahani RA, Diot Q, Kavanagh B, Serkova NJ, Miften M, Westerly DC. Electromagnetic wave propagation in a fast pulse line ion accelerator. Med Phys. 2019 Dec;46(12):5714-5721. PubMed PMID: 31622500
  • Miften M, Mihailidis D, Kry SF, Reft C, Esquivel C, Farr J, Followill D, Hurkmans C, Liu A, Gayou O, Gossman M, Mahesh M, Popple R, Prisciandaro J, Wilkinson J. Management of radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators: A Report of the AAPM TG-203(†). Med Phys. 2019 Dec;46(12):e757-e788. PubMed PMID: 31571229
  • Bayat F, Eldib ME, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Altunbas C. Concurrent kilovoltage CBCT imaging and megavoltage beam delivery: suppression of cross-scatter with 2D antiscatter grids and grid-based scatter sampling. Phys Med Biol. 2022 Aug 9;67(16). PubMed PMID: 35853441
  • Zhu TC, Stathakis S, Clark JR, Feng W, Georg D, Holmes SM, Kry SF, Charlie Ma CM, Miften M, Mihailidis D, Moran JM, Papanikolaou N, Poppe B, Xiao Y. Erratum: "Report of AAPM Task Group 219 on independent calculation-based dose/MU verification for IMRT". Med Phys. 2022 Aug;49(8):5713. PubMed PMID: 35833598
  • Ohri N, Tomé WA, Romero AM, Miften M, Haken RKT, Dawson LA, Grimm J, Yorke E, Jackson A. In Reply to Tsurugai et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 May 1;113(1):229. PubMed PMID: 35427548
  • Zakem SJ, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Miften M, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Olsen J, Vinogradskiy Y. Cardiac metabolic changes on (18) F-positron emission tomography after thoracic radiotherapy predict for overall survival in esophageal cancer patients. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Mar 4;:e13552. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35243772
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Castillo R, Castillo E, Schubert L, Jones BL, Faught A, Gaspar LE, Kwak J, Bowles DW, Waxweiler T, Dougherty JM, Gao D, Stevens C, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Grills I, Rusthoven CG, Guerrero T. Results of a Multi-Institutional Phase 2 Clinical Trial for 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Thoracic Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Mar 15;112(4):986-995. PubMed PMID: 34767934
  • Pneumonitis Prediction Modeling of a Prospective 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Clinical Trial Nourzadeh, H. et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Volume 114, Issue 3, S60 - S6 (2022).
  • Radiation (RT)-Associated Kidney Injury in Pediatric Cancer Patients: Results from the Pediatric Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinical (PENTEC) Genitourinary (GU) Task Force Poppe, M.M. et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Volume 114, Issue 3, S71 (2022).
  • Pulmonary Function Test Results for Patients Treated on a Two-Institution, 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Prospective Clinical Trial Miller, R.C. et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Volume 114, Issue 3, S86 - S87 (2022).
  • Evaluation of Variables Predicting Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Changes for Lung Cancer Patients Treated On a Prospective 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Clinical Trial N Ghassemi et al. Med Phys (2022).
  • A Novel Model for Characterizing the Effects of Gantry Flex On 2D Antiscatter Grid Performance in CBCT Systems M Eldib et al. Med. Phys. (2022).
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Faught A, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Miften M, Liu AK. Using 4DCT-ventilation to characterize lung function changes for pediatric patients getting thoracic radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Sep;19(5):407-412. PubMed PMID: 29943892
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Rusthoven CG, Schubert L, Jones B, Faught A, Castillo R, Castillo E, Gaspar LE, Kwak J, Waxweiler T, Dougherty M, Gao D, Stevens C, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Guerrero T, Grills I. Interim Analysis of a Two-Institution, Prospective Clinical Trial of 4DCT-Ventilation-based Functional Avoidance Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Nov 15;102(4):1357-1365. PubMed PMID: 30353873
  • Ding GX, Alaei P, Curran B, Flynn R, Gossman M, Mackie TR, Miften M, Morin R, Xu XG, Zhu TC. Image guidance doses delivered during radiotherapy: Quantification, management, and reduction: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 180. Med Phys. 2018 May;45(5):e84-e99. PubMed PMID: 29468678
  • Alexeev T, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Altunbas C. Two-dimensional antiscatter grid: A novel scatter rejection device for Cone-beam computed tomography. Med Phys. 2018 Feb;45(2):529-534. PubMed PMID: 29235120
  • Faught AM, Olsen L, Schubert L, Rusthoven C, Castillo E, Castillo R, Zhang J, Guerrero T, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Functional-guided radiotherapy using knowledge-based planning. Radiother Oncol. 2018 Dec;129(3):494-498. PubMed PMID: 29628292
  • Miften M, Olch A, Mihailidis D, Moran J, Pawlicki T, Molineu A, Li H, Wijesooriya K, Shi J, Xia P, Papanikolaou N, Low DA. Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement-based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218. Med Phys. 2018 Apr;45(4):e53-e83. PubMed PMID: 29443390
  • A Raw Data Correction and Iterative Reconstruction Pipeline for Quantitative CBCT-Guided Radiation Therapy Bayat et al. Med. Phys. (2022).
  • Faught AM, Yamamoto T, Castillo R, Castillo E, Zhang J, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. Evaluating Which Dose-Function Metrics Are Most Critical for Functional-Guided Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2017 Sep 1;99(1):202-209. PubMed PMID: 28816147
  • Does Lung Function Imaging Modality Have a Dosimetric Impact On Functional Avoidance Treatment Planning: Assessment Using Prospective Clinical Trial Data Belardo et al. Med. Phys. (2022).
  • A Simulation Platform to Evaluate the Effect of 2D Antiscatter Grid Primary Transmission On CBCT Image Quality Eldib et al. Med. Phys. (2022).
  • AAPM IMRT QA Specialty Meeting: Learning From our Past to Move Patient Safety Forward, “Guidance for Measurement-Based Methods,”
  • Waxweiler T, Schubert L, Diot Q, Faught A, Stuhr K, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Rusthoven C, Gaspar L, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y. A complete 4DCT-ventilation functional avoidance virtual trial: Developing strategies for prospective clinical trials. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2017 May;18(3):144-152. PubMed PMID: 28436107
  • 2022 Radiation in Medicine Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, “Treatment Planning System Quality Assurance,”.
  • 2022 Radiation in Medicine Meeting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, “Patient Specific QA Workshop,”
  • Campbell WG, Jones BL, Schefter T, Goodman KA, Miften M. An evaluation of motion mitigation techniques for pancreatic SBRT. Radiother Oncol. 2017 Jul;124(1):168-173. PubMed PMID: 28571887
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Jackson M, Schubert L, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Mitchell J, Rusthoven C, Miften M, Kavanagh B. Assessing the use of 4DCT-ventilation in pre-operative surgical lung cancer evaluation. Med Phys. 2017 Jan;44(1):200-208. PubMed PMID: 28102961
  • Sun Nuclear 2022 QA and Dosimetry Symposium, Enhancing Safety and Advancing QA, “Point/Counterpoint: Pretreatment Patient-Specific QA Measurements Should Be Replaced with In Vivo Dosimetry Techniques, Part I,”
  • Campbell WG, Miften M, Jones BL. Automated target tracking in kilovoltage images using dynamic templates of fiducial marker clusters. Med Phys. 2017 Feb;44(2):364-374. PubMed PMID: 28035655
  • University of Toledo Medical Department and Medical Physics Graduate Program, “TG-218: Tolerance Limits and Methodologies for IMRT QA,”
  • Liu F, Tai A, Lee P, Biswas T, Ding GX, El Naqa I, Grimm J, Jackson A, Kong FS, LaCouture T, Loo B Jr, Miften M, Solberg T, Li XA. Tumor control probability modeling for stereotactic body radiation therapy of early-stage lung cancer using multiple bio-physical models. Radiother Oncol. 2017 Feb;122(2):286-294. PubMed PMID: 27871671
  • Ghassemi N, Castillo R, Castillo E, Jones BL, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Werner-Wasik M, Miller R, Barta JA, Grills I, Leiby BE, Guerrero T, Rusthoven CG, Vinogradskiy Y. Evaluation of variables predicting PFT changes for lung cancer patients treated on a prospective 4DCT-ventilation functional avoidance clinical trial. Radiother Oncol. 2023 Oct;187:109821. PubMed PMID: 37516361
  • Forghani F, Castillo R, Castillo E, PhD BJ, Rusthoven C, Kwak J, Moiseenko V, Grills I, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y, Guerrero T. Is individual perfusion dose-response different than ventilation dose-response for lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy?. Br J Radiol. 2023 Mar;96(1143):20220119. PubMed PMID: 36633096
  • Campbell WG, Miften M, Olsen L, Stumpf P, Schefter T, Goodman KA, Jones BL. Neural network dose models for knowledge-based planning in pancreatic SBRT. Med Phys. 2017 Dec;44(12):6148-6158. PubMed PMID: 28994459
  • Altunbas C, Kavanagh B, Alexeev T, Miften M. Transmission characteristics of a two dimensional antiscatter grid prototype for CBCT. Med Phys. 2017 Aug;44(8):3952-3964. PubMed PMID: 28513847
  • Vinogradskiy Y, Schubert L, Diot Q, Waxweiller T, Koo P, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Rusthoven C, Gaspar L, Kavanagh B, Miften M. Regional Lung Function Profiles of Stage I and III Lung Cancer Patients: An Evaluation for Functional Avoidance Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Jul 15;95(4):1273-80. PubMed PMID: 27354134
  • Bayat F, Miller B, Park Y, Yu Z, Alexeev T, Thomas D, Stuhr K, Kavanagh B, Miften M, Altunbas C. 2D antiscatter grid and scatter sampling based CBCT method for online dose calculations during CBCT guided radiation therapy of pelvis. Med Phys. 2023 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38043086
  • Zhao J, Yorke ED, Li L, Kavanagh BD, Li XA, Das S, Miften M, Rimner A, Campbell J, Xue J, Jackson A, Grimm J, Milano MT, Spring Kong FM. Simple Factors Associated With Radiation-Induced Lung Toxicity After Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Thorax: A Pooled Analysis of 88 Studies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Aug 1;95(5):1357-1366. PubMed PMID: 27325482
  • Eldib ME, Bayat F, Miften M, Altunbas C. A simulation study to evaluate the effect of 2D antiscatter grid primary transmission on flat panel detector based CBCT image quality. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2023 Oct 4;9(6). PubMed PMID: 37729884
  • Bayat F, Ruan D, Miften M, Altunbas C. A quantitative CBCT pipeline based on 2D antiscatter grid and grid-based scatter sampling for image-guided radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2023 Dec;50(12):7980-7995. PubMed PMID: 37665760
  • Ghassemi N, Castillo R, Castillo E, Jones BL, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Werner-Wasik M, Miller R, Barta JA, Grills I, Leiby BE, Guerrero T, Rusthoven CG, Vinogradskiy Y. Evaluation of variables predicting PFT changes for lung cancer patients treated on a prospective 4DCT-ventilation functional avoidance clinical trial. Radiother Oncol. 2023 Oct;187:109821. PubMed PMID: 37516361
  • Diot Q, Kavanagh B, Vinogradskiy Y, Garg K, Gaspar L, Miften M. Lung deformations and radiation-induced regional lung collapse in patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2015 Nov;42(11):6477-87. PubMed PMID: 26520737
  • Jones BL, Schefter T, Miften M. Adaptive motion mapping in pancreatic SBRT patients using Fourier transforms. Radiother Oncol. 2015 May;115(2):217-22. PubMed PMID: 25890573
  • Poppe MM, Tai A, Li XA, Miften M, Olch A, Marks LB, Qureshi BM, Spunt SL, Shnorhavorian M, Nelson G, Ronckers C, Kalapurakal J, Marples B, Constine LS, Liu AK. Kidney Disease in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Radiation Therapy: A Comprehensive PENTEC Genitourinary Review. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37452796
  • Forghani F, Castillo R, Castillo E, PhD BJ, Rusthoven C, Kwak J, Moiseenko V, Grills I, Miften M, Vinogradskiy Y, Guerrero T. Is individual perfusion dose-response different than ventilation dose-response for lung cancer patients treated with radiotherapy?. Br J Radiol. 2023 Mar;96(1143):20220119. PubMed PMID: 36633096
  • Miller R, Castillo R, Castillo E, Jones BL, Miften M, Kavanagh B, Lu B, Werner-Wasik M, Ghassemi N, Lombardo J, Barta J, Grills I, Rusthoven CG, Guerrero T, Vinogradskiy Y. Characterizing Pulmonary Function Test Changes for Patients With Lung Cancer Treated on a 2-Institution, 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Prospective Clinical Trial. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023 Mar-Apr;8(2):101133. PubMed PMID: 36618762
  • Zakem SJ, Jones B, Castillo R, Castillo E, Miften M, Goodman KA, Schefter T, Olsen J, Vinogradskiy Y. Cardiac metabolic changes on (18) F-positron emission tomography after thoracic radiotherapy predict for overall survival in esophageal cancer patients. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Sep;24(9):e13552. PubMed PMID: 35243772
  • Physics-Driven and Robust CBCT-Based Dose Calculations during Radiation Therapy Delivery, Farhang Bayat, Brian W. Miller,, David H. Thomas, Brian Kavanagh, Moyed Miften, and Cem Altunbas, AAPM 2023 annual meeting
  • Predictive Dose-Response Modeling of Patient Reported Outcomes for Patients Treated on a Multi-Institutional 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Avoidance Trial, Cullen Boyle, Joseph Lombardo, Edward Castillo, Richard Castillo, Bernard L. Jones, Moyed Miften, Brian Kavanagh, Adam Dicker, Thomas Guerrero, Chad Rusthoven, and Yevgeniy Vinogradskiy, AAPM 2023 annual meeting
  • Customized Deep Sonogram Translation Design to Enable Comprehensive and Efficient CBCT Artifact Reduction, Haoran Li, Farhang Bayat, Moyed Miften, Cem Altunbas, and Dan Ruan, AAPM 2023 annual meeting
  • Comprehensive Quality of Life Report from a Prospective Clinical Trial of 4DCT-Ventilation Functional Lung Avoidance Radiation Therapy Lombardo, J. et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Volume 117, Issue 2, S67 - S68
  • Brennan D, Schubert L, Diot Q, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Martel MK, Linderman D, Gaspar LE, Miften M, Kavanagh BD, Vinogradskiy Y. Clinical validation of 4-dimensional computed tomography ventilation with pulmonary function test data. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Jun 1;92(2):423-9. PubMed PMID: 25817531
  • Jones BL, Westerly D, Miften M. Calculating tumor trajectory and dose-of-the-day using cone-beam CT projections. Med Phys. 2015 Feb;42(2):694-702. PubMed PMID: 25652483

Practice Locations

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital
  • UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital

Center Affiliations

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Radiation Oncology
Clinical Interests
SBRT, Imaging to Assess Treatment Response, Functional Imaging, Dose Response Modeling

Care Philosophy
I strive to provide the best clinical physics support for our patients driven by state of art treatment techniques and technologies.