CURRICULUM VITAE
Kristofer Kainz PhD
Kristofer Kainz PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Department of Radiation Oncology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Froedtert Specialty Clinics |
9200 W Wisconsin Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
08/1990 - 05/1994 B.A., Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
08/1994 - 05/1998 M.A., Rice University, Houston, TX |
05/1998 - 01/2002 Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
05/1993 - 05/1994 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
06/1995 - 10/2001 Research Assistant, Ph.D. and M.A. Thesis Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX |
03/2002 - 05/2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
07/2004 - 12/2005 Resident, Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
01/2006 - 07/2007 Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2007 - 06/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/01/2015 - Present Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
10/2009 - 10/2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2013 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
10/2014 - Present Prorgram Director, Medical Physics Residency Program, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
01/2006 - Present Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
01/2006 - 06/2012 United Hospital Systems, Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI |
01/2006 - Present Froedtert Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Menomonee Falls, WI |
2012 - Present Froedtert Hospital, West Bend, West Bend, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiologic Physics | 06/2007 | None |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1990 - 1994 Achievement Scholarship, Hamline University |
1990 - 1998 Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Scholarship, for undergraduate and graduate studies in natural science |
1991 Hamline University Freshman Physics Award |
1992 - 1994 Lindgren Scholarship, Hamline University for high achievement in mathematics studies at Hamline University |
1992 - 1994 Robert Morris Page Scholarship, Hamline University for high achievement in physics studies at Hamline University |
1994 Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Chapter, Hamline University |
2005 Farrington Daniels Award, for the best paper on radiation dosimetry published in Medical Physics in 2004 |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2000 - Present American Physical Society |
2003 - Present American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
2006 - Present American Society for Radiation Oncology |
2013 - Present Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
Medical Physics |
Physics in Medicine and Biology |
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics |
Medical Dosimetry |
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics |
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion |
Practical Radiation Oncology |
Radiotherapy and Oncology |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2012 - Present Item Writer and Item Reviewer, Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Exam Development Committee -Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Radiology (ABR) |
2021 - Present Member, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Education Subcommittee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) |
INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Kainz K, Ks Measurement in the E896 DDC, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 09/29/1995 |
Kainz K, Ks Reconstruction using Time of Flight, E896 Collaboration Meeting, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX, 02/08/1996 |
Kainz K, ECD Analysis Status, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 07/18/1997 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Software Status, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 08/02/1998 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 11/21/1998 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 03/12/1999 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 07/23/1999 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 03/24/2000 |
Kainz K, TOF Analysis Progress, E896 Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 12/09/2000 |
Kainz K, Laser Acceleration of Electrons and Prospects for Radiotherapy Applications, Medical Physics Seminar, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 01/21/2003 |
Kainz K, Variation of lung DVH during respiration, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 05/31/2006 |
Kainz K, Investigation of helical tomotherapy for breast irradiation, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 02/28/2007 |
Kainz K, Image-guided helical tomotherapy for advanced-stage skin cancer, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 10/28/2009 |
Kainz K, Rotational IMRT: a planning and delivery study, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/30/2011 |
Kainz K, Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 11/18/2012 |
Kainz K, A dose tracking tool for adaptive re-planning and QA during tomotherapy delivery, Radiation Oncology Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/29/2017 |
Regional |
Kainz K, Laser Acceleration of Charged Particles for Medical Application, Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Fall Meeting, Austin, TX, 11/01/2002 |
Kainz K, Dependence of total-lung DVH upon respiratory phase-specific lung volume, North Central Chapter of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Fall Meeting, Pewaukee, WI, 10/13/2006 |
National |
Kainz K, Dosimetric Capabilities of Therapeutic Electron and X-ray Beams from LWFA, Application of Laser Particle Accelerators to Radiology Workshop, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 02/13/2004 |
Kainz K, Investigation of helical tomotherapy for prone breast irradiation, Radiation Oncology Physics Seminar, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 04/26/2007 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Kainz K for the E896 Collaboration, Time-of-Flight Analyses of 11.5 GeV/c/N Au+Au collisions in BNL-AGS Experiment 896, April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., 04/28/2001 |
Kainz K, Hogstrom K, Almond P, Antolak J, Bloch C, Chiu C, Fomytskyi M, Raischel F, Downer M, Dose Properties of Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, 08/10/2003 - 08/14/2003 |
Kainz K, Hogstrom K, Almond P, Antolak J, Bloch C, Design of Scattering Foils for Laser-Accelerated Electron Beams, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, 08/10/2003 - 08/14/2003 |
Kainz K, Beddar A, Briere T, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S, Correlation Between External Abdominal and Internal Liver Fiducial Motion in 4D-CT, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006 |
Jursinic P, Kainz K, Ahunbay E, Albano K, Use Of A 2D Array Of Diodes To Test The Accuracy Of MLC Leaf Position And Gap Width, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006 |
Kainz K, Liu H, Balter P, Tutt T, Hunjan S, Prado K, Liao Z., Feasibility of a Feedback-Guided Breath-Hold Technique for Thoracic Radiation Therapy, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Orlando, Florida, 07/30/2006 - 08/03/2006 |
Kainz K, Stepaniak C, Gore E, Li XA, Variation of Lung DVH During Respiration, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11/05/2006 - 11/09/2006 |
Qi SX, Kainz K, Brammer B, Olivera G, Ruchala K, Schultz C, Wilson JF, Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD-Based Figure-of-Merit Index, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11/05/2006 - 11/09/2006 |
Kainz K, White J, Herman J, England M, Li XA, Exploring helical tomotherapy for simultaneously irradiating breast and regional nodes in the prone position, 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, 12/14/2006 - 12/17/2006 |
Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA, A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 07/22/2007 - 07/26/2007 |
Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Jursinic P, X. Li XA, Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Advanced Cancers of the Scalp: Prospects for Dose Conformity and Clinical Outcome, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 07/24/2007 |
Kainz, K, Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy., American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, 07/25/2007 - 07/24/2007 |
Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA, CT Versus Ultrasound Image Guided Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Dosimetric Impacts, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, 10/28/2007 - 11/01/2007 |
Kainz K, White J, Herman J, Li XA, Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, 10/28/2007 - 11/01/2007 |
Kainz K, MVCT-Guided Partial-Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification", American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, TX, 07/29/2008 |
Qi S, Semenenko V, Kainz K, Li XA, Improved Critical Structure Sparing with Biologically-Based Treatment Planning Systems, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, Texas, 07/29/2008 |
Faught SR, Firat SY, Lawton CA, Kainz K, A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI), American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, 09/21/2008 - 09/25/2008 |
Kainz K, Firat S, Li XA, Organ Growth modeling for radiation treatment planning of pediatric patients, American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, 09/21/2008 - 09/25/2008 |
Hu B, Kainz K, Rooney J, Li XA, Can Lung Dose-Volume Criteria Derived From 3D Era Be Safely Used for 4D Planning?, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009 |
Kainz K, White J, Chen G Li XA, Dosimetric Comparison of Helical Tomotherapy with Conventional Techniques for Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009 |
Kainz K, Firat S, Moulder J, Kalakota K, Bagley J, Li, XA, Correlations of Organ Growth with Age, Body Mass and Height for Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009 |
Prah D, Kainz K, Peng C, Li XA, Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160-Leaf MLC, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Anaheim, California, 07/28/2009 |
Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Hu B, Bagley J, Li XA, Image-guided IMRT for Advanced-stage Skin Cancer Patients: Margin Reduction and Clinical Outcome, American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, 11/01/2009 - 11/05/2009 |
Kainz K, Morrow N, Erickson BA, Li XA, Organ-specific Margins to Account for Relative Organ Displacements in Abdomen and Pelvis for Soft-tissue Based IGRT, American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, 10/31/2010 - 11/01/2010 |
Kainz, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Hu B, Bagley J, Wang D, Erickson B Li XA, Initial Experience with Using Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Cancers of the Scalp, American Radium Society, Palm Beach, Florida, 05/02/2011 |
Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Li XA, Optimal proton beam energy to treat adult CNS, adult head and neck, and pediatric cancers, American Association of Medical Physicists, Charlotte, NC, 07/29/2012 - 08/02/2012 |
Kainz K, Firat S, Schultz C, Wilson JF, Li XA, Plan quality of proton vs. photon IG-IMRT, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 10/31/2012 |
Dalah E, Liu F, Paulson E, Kainz K, Hellman R, Erickson B, Li XA, PET-guided dose escalation for pancreatic cancer: a treatment planning study, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 10/31/2012 |
Kainz K, Wang WA, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Li XA, Plan quality of proton vs. photon IMRT for whole ventricle irradiation, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 08/04/2013 - 08/08/2013 |
Dalah E, Yang C, Paulson E, Kainz K, Gore E, Hellman R, LI XA, Partial volume effect corrected metabolically active tumor volume from PET for early stage lung cancer, American Society of Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, GA, 09/22/2013 - 09/25/2013 |
Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA, Fixed versus variable optimization points in combined-mode modulated arc therapy planning., American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Austin, TX, 07/20/2014 - 07/24/2014 |
International |
Chen G, Hu X, Kainz K, Chang Y, Li XA, Static-gantry and rotational IMRT with flattening filter free versus flattening filtered beams., American Association of Physicists in Medicine Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 07/31/2011 - 08/04/2011 |
Kainz K, Chen G, Chang Y, Prah D, Qi XS, Shukla H, Stahl J, Li XA, A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery., American Association of Physicists in Medicine Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 07/31/2011 - 08/04/2011 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2006 - Present Lecturer, Physics Education Course, for medical residents and physics postdoctoral fellows. This program served as the base in which the CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Certificate Program was created. |
2006 - Present Curriculum Development, Physics Education Courses which served as the base for the CAMPEP accredited Medical Physics Certificate Program. |
2006 - Present Lecturer, Physics Education Course for Residents and Postdoctoral Fellows I and II, Department of Radiation Oncology |
08/04/2009 Treatment Planning Conference, Gastric Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology |
08/04/2009 Treatment Planning Conference: Gastric Cancer |
2009 - Present Clinical Rotation Preceptor, Department of Radiation Oncology |
09/07/2010 Treatment Planning Conference: Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer. |
09/07/2010 Treatment Planning Conference, Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer, Department of Radiation Oncology |
2018 - Present Curriculum Development, Physiology Unit, Medical Physics Certificate Program |
Continuing Medical Education |
02/28/2006 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Investigation of helical tomotherapy for breast irradiation. |
05/31/2007 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Variation of lung DVH during respiration. |
10/28/2009 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Image-guided helical tomotherapy for advanced-stage skin cancer. |
03/30/2011 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Rotational IMRT: a planning and delivery study. |
11/28/2012 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT. |
01/31/2018 - Present Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Initial clinical experience with using Radixact PreciseART to verify dose delivery and trigger adaptive replanning. |
02/27/2019 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: Evaluation of Iteratively Reconstructed MVCT Imaging for Adaptive Radiation Therapy. |
11/18/2020 Radiation Oncology Grand Rounds: A Workflow for Dose Accumulation Quality Assurance. |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Medical Student Education |
03/1993 Hamline University, Teaching Assistant |
1993 - 1994 Hamline University, Tutor, Study Resource Center |
1993 - 1994 Hamline University, Research Assistant, Honors Thesis research |
1995 - 1999 Rice University, Teaching Assistant |
2002 - 2005 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Teaching Assistant |
Continuing Medical Education |
2006 - 2008 Froedtert Hospital, Training Medical Dosimetrists in TomoTherapy treatment planning system |
2010 St. Catherine's Hospital, Medical Dosimetrist training and mentoring for Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board |
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Medical Students |
Kapila Kalakota, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006 Research Mentor, Interfractional anatomic change during the course of radiation therapy |
Jack Ryan Bagley, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2007 Research Mentor, Exploring tomotherapy to conformally irradiate tumors and spare healthy tissues for breast, skin, and pediatric disease sites |
Jessica Rooney, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008 Research Mentor, Variation of lung volume and DVH during respiration |
Wei-Gang Wang, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2012 - 2013 Research Mentor, PET application for thoracic radiation therapy planning
Plan quality of proton versus photon IG-IMRT. |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
Sharon X. Qi, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2006 Research Mentor, Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD- Based Figure-of-Merit Index. |
Cheng Peng, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2007 - 2009 Research Mentor, 1. A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer. 2. Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160 Leaf MLC. |
Cheng Peng, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2009 - 06/2009 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Linear Accelerator monthly QA |
Andrew Godley, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2009 - 12/2009 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA |
Bin Hu, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2010 - 2011 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA |
Bin Hu, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2010 - 2011 Research Mentor, 1. Interfraction Geometric Variations of the Mandible and its Dosimetric Impact during Intensity. 2. Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer. |
Yu-Wen Chang, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2011 Research Mentor, A Planning and Delivery Study of a Rotational IMRT Technique with Burst Delivery. |
Entesar Dalah, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2012 Research Mentor, PET-guided Dose-Escalation for Pancreatic Cancer: A Treatment Planning Study. |
Sara Lim, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2016 Research Mentor, Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Re-planning in Helical Tomotherapy. |
Juan Garcia Alvarez, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2021 Research Mentor, Estimation of Uncertainty in Deformable Image Registration Based Daily Dose Accumulation for Head and Neck Cancer |
Residents |
Eric Paulson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2008 - 06/2011 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Douglas Prah, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2008 - 06/2011 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
S. Ryan Faught, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2008 Research Mentor, A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI) |
Shannon Holmes, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2009 - 10/2010 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Douglas Prah, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2009 Research Mentor, Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160-Leaf MLC |
Shannon Holmes, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2010 - 06/2010 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Machine Monthly QA |
Eric Paulson, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2010 - 12/2010 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA |
Phillip Prior, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2011 - 06/2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Feng Liu, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2011 - 06/2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Carmen Bergom, MD, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2011 Research Mentor, Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI) in the Prone Position using Image-guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: Preliminary Results from a Phase II Study, |
Phillip Prior, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/2012 - 06/2012 Clinical Physics Training Preceptor, Siemens Artiste Monthly Machine QA |
Cungeng Yang, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2012 - 06/2015 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Cungeng Yang, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2012 - 06/2015 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Entesar Dalah, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2013 - 07/2015 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Entesar Dalah, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2013 - 07/2015 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Slade Klawikowski, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2014 - 06/2017 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Slade Klawikowski, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2014 - 06/2017 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Xiaojian Chen, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2014 - 06/2017 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Victor Chen, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2014 - 06/2017 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
George Noid, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2015 - 06/2018 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Xinfeng Chen, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 08/2015 - 06/2018 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Sara Lim, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2017 - 06/2020 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Diane Schott, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2017 - 06/2020 Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Yin Zhang, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2018 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Haidy Nasief, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2018 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Hassan Jassar, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2020 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
Asma Amjad, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 07/2021 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Residency |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Fellow |
2013 - Present Program Director, Medical Physics Certificate Program |
Resident |
2009 - 2014 Associate Program Director, Medical Physics Residency Program |
2014 - Present Program Director, Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Residency Program |
Research Programs |
2007 - Present Principal Investigator, Medical College of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board-approved protocol,"Use of Helical Tomotherapy for Treating Skin Cancer" |
2007 - Present Principal Investigator, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board-approved protocol, "Modeling of pediatric organ growth and its effect upon radiotherapy-dose distributions" |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Caines H, Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), First results from the H0 di-baryon search and hyperon production measurements by the AGS Experiment 896, Nucl. Phys. A661 (1999) pp. 170c - 176c. |
2. Lo Curto G, Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Strange and multi-strange baryon measurement in Au+Au collisions at 11.6A (GeV/c) with the silicon drift detector array from the AGS experiment 896, Nucl. Phys. A661 (1999) 489c - 492c. |
3. Llope WJ, Adams N, Kainz K. An electronic clock for correlated noise corrections, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 443 (2000) pp. 451 - 463. |
4. Albergo S, Bellwied R, Bennett M, Boemi D, Bonner B, Caines H, Christie W, Costa S, Crawford HJ, Cronqvist M, Debbe R, Engelage J, Flores I, Greiner L, Hallman T, Hijazi G, Hoffmann G, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Insolia A, Jensen P, Judd EG, Kainz K, Kaplan M, Kelly S, Kotov I, Kunde G, Lindstrom PJ, Ljubicic T, Llope W, LoCurto G, Longacre R, Lynn D, Madansky L, Mahzeh N, Milosevich Z, Mitchell JM, Mitchell JW, Nehmeh S, Nociforo C, Paganis S, Pandey SU, Potenza R, Russ DE, Saulys A, Schambach J, Sheen J, Sugarbaker E, Takahashi J, Tang J, Trattner AL, Trentalange S, Tricomi A, Tuvè C, Whitfield JP, Wilson K. Lambda spectra in 11.6A GeV/c Au-Au collisions. Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Feb 11;88(6):062301. |
5. Bellwied R et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Distributed drift chamber design for rare particle detection in relativistic heavy ion collisions, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 485 (2002) pp. 371-384. |
6. Albergo S et al. for the BNL-AGS E896 Collaboration (K. Kainz, member and co-author), Light nuclei production in heavy-ion collisions at relativistic energies, Phys. Rev. C 65 (2002) pp. 034907-1 - 034907-7. |
7. Kainz KK, Hogstrom KR, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Chiu C, Fomytskyi M, Raischel F, Downer M, Tajima T. Dose properties of a laser accelerated electron beam and prospects for clinical application. Med Phys. 2004 Jul;31(7):2053-67. |
8. Kainz KK, Hogstrom KR, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD. Dose properties of x-ray beams produced by laser-wakefield-accelerated electrons. Phys Med Biol. 2005 Jan 07;50(1):N1-10. |
9. Kainz KK, Antolak JA, Almond PR, Bloch CD, Hogstrom KR. Dual scattering foil design for poly-energetic electron beams. Phys Med Biol. 2005 Mar 07;50(5):755-67. |
10. Beddar AS, Kainz K, Briere TM, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S. Correlation between internal fiducial tumor motion and external marker motion for liver tumors imaged with 4D-CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Feb 01;67(2):630-8. |
11. Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, Li XA. A comparison of daily megavoltage CT and ultrasound image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Med Phys. 2008 Dec;35(12):5619-28. |
12. Kainz K, White J, Herman J, Li XA. Investigation of helical tomotherapy for partial-breast irradiation of prone-positioned patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 May 01;74(1):275-82. |
13. Prah DE, Kainz K, Peng C, Li XA. The dosimetric and delivery advantages of a new 160-leaf MLC. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Jun;10(3):219-29. |
14. Kainz K, Chen GP, Chang YW, Prah D, Sharon Qi X, Shukla HP, Stahl J, Allen Li X. A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery. Med Phys. 2011 Sep;38(9):5104-18. |
15. Kainz K, White J, Chen GP, Hermand J, England M, Li XA. Simultaneous irradiation of the breast and regional lymph nodes in prone position using helical tomotherapy. Br J Radiol. 2012 Oct;85(1018):e899-905. PMCID: PMC3474030 |
16. Bergom C, Prior P, Kainz K, Morrow NV, Ahunbay EE, Walker A, Allen Li X, White J. A phase I/II study piloting accelerated partial breast irradiation using CT-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy in the prone position. Radiother Oncol. 2013 Aug;108(2):215-9. |
17. Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Siker M, Wang A, Olson D, Li XA. Comparing the quality of passively-scattered proton and photon tomotherapy plans for brain and head and neck disease sites. Phys Med Biol. 2015 Mar 21;60(6):2167-77. |
18. Kainz K, Lim SN, Li A. Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct 1;96(2S):E669. |
19. Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li XA. Clinical experience with planning, quality assurance, and delivery of burst-mode modulated arc therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep 08;17(5):47-59. PMCID: PMC5874115 |
20. Kainz K, Allen Li X. Physics of hypofractionated whole breast irradiation Short Course Breast Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation. 1 January 2015:137-152. |
21. Bradley JA, Kainz K, Li XA, Wang D. The role of image guided radiotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma Current Cancer Therapy Reviews. 2010;6(3):207-213. |
22. Kainz K, Alvarez JG, Zhong H, Tai A, Ahunbay EE, Erickson BA, Li A. Consistency Check of Deformable Image Registration-Based Dose Summation for Off-Line Adaptive Re-Planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3S):e150. |
23. Kainz K, Garcia Alvarez J, Zhong H, Lim S, Ahunbay E, Tai A, Erickson B, Lawton C, Li XA. Use of a DVH overlay technique for quality assurance of deformable image registration-based dose accumulation. Med Phys. 2022 Jan;49(1):611-623. |
24. Kainz K, Li XA, White J. Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Adaptive Radiation Therapy. 1 January 2011:275-291. |
25. Bradley JA, Kainz K, Li XA, DeLaney TF, Wang D. Adaptive Radiotherapy for Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Adaptive Radiation Therapy. 1 January 2011:369-381. |
26. García-Alvarez JA, Zhong H, Schultz CJ, Li XA, Kainz K. Incorporating uncertainty bounds in daily deformable dose accumulation for adaptive radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer. Med Phys. 2023 Apr;50(4):2474-2487. |
27. Zhong H, Garcia-Alvarez JA, Kainz K, Tai A, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Schultz CJ, Li XA. Development of a multi-layer quality assurance program to evaluate the uncertainty of deformable dose accumulation in adaptive radiotherapy. Med Phys. 2023 Mar;50(3):1766-1778. PMCID: PMC10033340 |
28. Studenski MT, Cetnar A, Derosiers CM, Dooley S, Gagneur JD, Galavis PE, Kainz KK, Lamichhane N, Sandwall PA, Shen J, Tien CJ, Wang D, Wang IZ, Warkentin HK, McAvoy S. The AAPM/ASTRO 2023 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Feb 01;118(2):325-329. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Kristofer Kainz and X. Allen Li, "Helical Tomotherapy for Cancers of the Skin and Scalp," in TomoTherapy, Lin, Wang, and Zhou, editors, Sichuan Sci. Tech. Pub., 2010 [in Chinese]. |
2. Kristofer Kainz, X. Allen Li, and Julia White, "Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer," in Adaptive Radiation Therapy, X. Allen Li, editor, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. |
3. Julie A. Bradley, Kristofer Kainz, X. Allen Li, Thomas F. DeLaney, and Dian Wang, "Adaptive Radiotherapy for Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcoma," in Adaptive Radiation Therapy, X. Allen Li, editor, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. |
4. Kristofer Kainz, review of Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students by E. B. Podgorsak, Editor, Med. Phys. 33 (2006) p. 1920. |
Abstracts |
1. K. Kainz for the E896 Collaboration, “A Time-of-Flight System for BNL-AGS Experiment 896,” 1998 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 29, 1998, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43 (1998) p. 1538. |
2. K. Kainz for the E896 Collaboration, “Time-of-Flight Analyses of 11.5 GeV/c/N Au+Au collisions in BNL-AGS Experiment 896,” 2001 April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2001, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 46, no. 2 (2001) p. 28.
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3. K. Kainz, K. Hogstrom, P. Almond, J. Antolak, C. Bloch, C. Chiu, M, Fomytskyi, F. Raischel, and M. Downer, “Dose Properties of Electron Beams from a Laser Wakefield Accelerator,” 2003 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003, Med. Phys. 30 (2003) p. 1327 |
4. K. Kainz, K. Hogstrom, P. Almond, J. Antolak, C. Bloch, “Design of Scattering Foils for Laser-Accelerated Electron Beams,” 2003 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Diego, California, August 10-14, 2003, Med. Phys. 30 (2003) p. 1327. |
5. Kainz K, Beddar A, Briere T, Tsunashima Y, Pan T, Prado K, Crane C, Mohan R, Gillin M, Krishnan S. SU‐FF‐J‐43: Correlation Between External Abdominal and Internal Liver Fiducial Motion in 4D‐CT Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2030. |
6. Jursinic P, Kainz K, Ahunbay E, Albano K. SU‐FF‐T‐442: Use Of A 2D Array Of Diodes To Test The Accuracy Of MLC Leaf Position And Gap Width Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2147. |
7. Kainz K, Liu H, Balter P, Tutt T, Hunjan S, Prado K, Liao Z. SU‐FF‐J‐64: Feasibility of a Feedback‐Guided Breath‐Hold Technique for Thoracic Radiation Therapy Medical Physics. June 2006;33(6):2035. |
8. Qi S, Li A, Kainz K, Brammer B, Olivera G, Ruchala K, Schultz C, Wilson J. Ranking Complex IMRT Plans Using an EUD-Based Figure-of-Merit Index, 2006 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5-9, 2006, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 66 (2006) p. S658. |
9. K. Kainz, J. White, J. Herman, M. England, X. A. Li, “Exploring helical tomotherapy for simultaneously irradiating breast and regional nodes in the prone position,” 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, December 14-17, 2006. |
10. Peng C, Kainz K, Lawton C, li X. SU‐FF‐J‐45: A Comparison of Daily Megavoltage CT and Ultrasound Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2378. |
11. Kainz K, Wilson JF, Schultz C, Jursinic P, li XA. TU‐FF‐A2‐03: Image‐Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Advanced Cancers of the Scalp: Prospects for Dose Conformity and Clinical Outcome Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2576. |
12. Kainz K, White J, Herman J, England M, li X. WE‐C‐M100F‐02: Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy Medical Physics. June 2007;34(6):2592. |
13. K. Kainz, “Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Using Helical Tomotherapy,” 2007 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 25, 2007, Med. Phys. 34 (2007) p. 2592. |
14. K. Kainz, J. White, J. Herman, and X. Li, “Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients,” 2007 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 28-November 1, 2007, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (2007) pp. S733-S734. |
15. C. Peng, K. Kainz, C. Lawton, and X. A. Li, “CT Versus Ultrasound Image Guided Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Dosimetric Impacts,” 2007 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, California, October 28-November 1, 2007, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 69 (2007) pp. S744-S745. |
16. Kainz K, White J, li X. TU‐D‐AUD B‐03: MVCT‐Guided Partial‐Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification Medical Physics. June 2008;35(6):2901-2902. |
17. K. Kainz, “MVCT-Guided Partial-Breast Irradiation in Prone Position: Daily Setup Uncertainty and Dose Verification,” 2008 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Houston, Texas, July 29, 2008, Med. Phys. 35 (2008) p. 2901. |
18. Qi S, Semenenko V, Kainz K, li X. SU‐GG‐T‐415: Improved Critical Structure Sparing with Biologically‐Based Treatment Planning Systems Medical Physics. June 2008;35(6):2820. |
19. S. R. Faught, S. Y. Firat, C. A. Lawton, and K. Kainz, “A Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) for Total Body Irradiation (TBI),” 2008 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 21-25, 2008., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72 (2008) p. S496.
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20. K. Kainz, S. Firat, and X. A. Li, “Organ Growth modeling for radiation treatment planning of pediatric patients,” 2008 Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 21-25, 2008., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 72 (2008) p. S679. |
21. Kainz K, White J, Chen G, Li X. SU‐FF‐T‐115: Dosimetric Comparison of Helical Tomotherapy with Conventional Techniques for Simultaneous Irradiation of Prone Breast and Regional Lymph Nodes Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2546. |
22. Hu B, Kainz K, Rooney J, li X. TU‐C‐303A‐09: Can Lung Dose‐Volume Criteria Derived From 3D Era Be Safely Used for 4D Planning? Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2726. |
23. Prah D, Kainz K, Peng C, li X. SU‐FF‐T‐135: Dosimetric and Delivery Advantages of a New 160‐Leaf MLC Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2551. |
24. Kainz K, Firat S, Moulder J, Kalakota K, Bagley J, Li X. SU‐FF‐T‐595: Correlations of Organ Growth with Age, Body Mass, and Height for Pediatric Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Medical Physics. June 2009;36(6):2661. |
25. K. Kainz, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, B. Hu, J. Bagley, and X. A. Li, “Image-guided IMRT for Advanced-stage Skin Cancer Patients: Margin Reduction and Clinical Outcome,” 2009 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, November 1-5, 2009, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 75 (2009) pp. S716-S717. |
26. K. Kainz, N. Morrow, B. A. Erickson-Wittmann, and X. Li, “Organ-specific Margins to Account for Relative Organ Displacements in Abdomen and Pelvis for Soft-tissue Based IGRT,” 2010 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, October 31-November 1, 2010, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78 (2010) p. S734.
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27. B. Hu, K. Kainz, D. Wang, and X. Li, “Interfraction Geometric Variations of the Mandible and its Dosimetric Impact during Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2010 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, October 31-November 1, 2010, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 78 (2010) p. S733. |
28. G. Chen, X. Hu, K. Kainz, Y. Chang, and X. Li, “Static-Gantry and Rotational IMRT with Flattening Filter Free versus Flattening Filtered Beams,” 2011 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 31, 2011, Med. Phys. 38 (2011) p. 3673. |
29. K. Kainz, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, B. Hu, J. Bagley, D. Wang, B. Erickson, and X. Li, “Initial Experience with Using Image-Guided Helical Tomotherapy to Treat Cancers of the Scalp,” 2011 Meeting of the American Radium Society, Palm Beach, Florida, May 2, 2011. |
30. Chen G, hu X, Kainz K, Chang Y, li X. SU‐E‐T‐793: Static‐Gantry and Rotational IMRT with Flattening Filter Free versus Flattening Filtered Beams Medical Physics. June 2011;38(6):3673. |
31. Kainz K, Chen G, Chang Y, Prah D, Shukla H, Stahl J, li X. SU‐E‐T‐417: A Planning and Delivery Study of a Rotational IMRT Technique with Burst Delivery Medical Physics. June 2011;38(6):3584. |
32. Kainz K, Firat S, Wilson J, Li X. SU-E-T-438: Optimal Proton Beam Energy to Treat Adult CNS, Adult Head and Neck, and Pediatric Cancers. Med Phys. 2012 Jun;39(6Part16):3805. |
33. K. Kainz, S. Firat, C. Schultz, J. F. Wilson, and X. A. Li, “Plan Quality of Proton Versus Photon IG-IMRT,” 2012 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, October 28-31, 2012, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84 (2012) p. S837-S838. |
34. E. Dalah, F. Liu, E. Paulson, K. Kainz, R. Hellman, B. Erickson, and X. Li, “PET-guided Dose-Escalation for Pancreatic Cancer: A Treatment Planning Study,” 2012 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, October 28-31, 2012, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 84 (2012) p. S800-S801. |
35. K. Kainz, S. Firat, J. F. Wilson, C. Schultz, M. Siker, W. G. A. Wang, D. Olson, and X. A. Li, “Photon Tomotherapy Is an Alternative to Proton Beams for Selected Brain and Head and Neck Tumors,” 2013 Meeting of the American Radium Society, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 27-May 1, 2013. |
36. Kainz K, Wang W, Firat S, Wilson J, Schultz C, li X. SU‐E‐CAMPUS‐T‐04: Plan Quality of Proton Vs. Photon IMRT for Whole Ventricle Irradiation Medical Physics. June 2013;40(6):380. |
37. K. Kainz, W. A. Wang, Q. Qiao, E. Gore, C. Johnstone, and X. A. Li, “Deriving a Virtual Respiratory Phase-Specific PET Contour From Free-Breathing PET Using Respiratory Information From 4DCT,” 2013 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Atlanta, Georgia, September 22-25, 2013, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 87 (2013) p. S149. |
38. Kainz K, Prah D, Ahunbay E, Li X. SU-E-T-539: Fixed Versus Variable Optimization Points in Combined-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy Planning. Med Phys. 2014 Jun;41(6):351. |
39. K. Kainz, A. Tai, W. A. Wang, E. Gore, and X. A. Li, “Validation of a Technique to Derive a Virtual Phase-Specific PET Contour From Free-Breathing PET,” 2014 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Francisco, California, September 14-17, 2014, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 90 (2014) p. S860. |
40. Kainz K, Lawton C, Li X SU-E-T-153: Burst-Mode Modulated Arc Therapy with Flattening-Filter-Free Beams Versus Flattening-Filtered Beams. Med Phys. 2015 Jun;42(6):3367 |
41. K. Kainz, E. Dalah, J. R. Robbins, B. A. Erickson, and A. Li, “Utility of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient MR Imaging in Target Definition for Liver Cancer Radiation Therapy,” 2015 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Antonio, Texas, October 18-21, 2015, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 93 (2015) pp. S193-S194. |
42. S. Lim, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “SU-C-BRB-01: Automated Dose Deformation for Re-Irradiation,” 2016 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Washington, D. C., July 31-August 4, 2016, Med. Phys. 43 (2016) p. 3319. |
43. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, and X. Li, “Automated Tracking of Fractional and Accumulated Doses for Triggering Adaptive Replanning,” 2016 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts, September 25-28, 2016, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 96(2, Supplement 1) (2016) p. E669. |
44. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, C. A. F. Lawton, M. L. Siker, S. Firat, J. R. Robbins, B. A. Erickson, and A. Li, “Initial Clinical Experience with Using an Automated Dose Tracking Tool to Verify Dose Delivery and Trigger Adaptive Replanning,” 2017 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Diego, California, September 24-27, 2017, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 99 (2017) pp. S222-S223.
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45. K. Kainz, E. Paulson, A. Currey, C. Bergom, and X. Li, “TU-FG-FS2-08: Improving Normal Tissue Sparing Using MRI-Identified Regional Nodal Volumes in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy,” 2017 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Denver, Colorado, July 30-August 3, 2017, Med. Phys. 44 (2017) p. 3156.
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46. K. Kainz, S. Lim, G. Chen, and X. Li, “SU-F-KDBRC-01: Dose Volume Histogram Comparisons as a Quality Assurance Metric for Deformable Image Registration,” 2018 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, July 29-August 2, 2018, Med. Phys. 45(6) (2018) p. e149. |
47. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, C. J. Schultz, and X. A. Li, “Reliability of Deformable kVCT-to-MVCT Registration for Adaptive Replanning,” 2018 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, San Antonio, Texas, October 21-24, 2018, Int. J. Rdiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 102 (2018) p. S197. |
48. G. Chen, S. Lim, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “Clinical Improvements of Using Iterative Reconstructed MVCT for IGRT,” 2019 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, July 14-18, 2019, Med. Phys. 46(6) (2019) p. 2819. |
49. K. Kainz, S. Lim, G. Chen, and X. Li, “Increase of Adaptive Re-Planning Frequency with Using Automated Daily Dose Tracking,” 2019 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, July 14-18, 2019, Med. Phys. 46(6) (2019) p. 2856.
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50. K. Kainz, S. N. Lim, G. P. Chen, and A. Li, “Evaluation of Iteratively Reconstructed MVCT Imaging for Adaptive Radiation Therapy,” 2019 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 2019, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 105(1) (2019) p. E720.
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51. J. Kim, S. N. Lim, H. Zhong, K. Kainz, A. Li, “Evaluation of Deformable Dose Accumulation Accuracy for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2019 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, September 15, 2019, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 105(1) (2019) p. E721.
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52. K. Kainz, H. Zhong, A. Tai, E. Ahunbay, and X. A. Li, “Comparison of Contour-based, Image-based, and Contour-image-based Deformable Image Registration for Adaptive Re-planning,” 2020 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 12-16, 2020.
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53. K. Kainz, H. Zhong, A. Tai, E. Ahunbay, and X. A. Li, “Two Quality Assurance Metrics for Deformable Image Registration-based Dose Accumulation,” 2020 Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, Virtual, October 24-28, 2020. |
54. J. Garcia Alvarez, K. Kainz, H. Zhong, C. Schultz, and X. Li, “Estimation of Uncertainty in Deformable Image Registration Based Daily Dose Accumulation for Head and Neck Cancer,” 2021 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 25-29, 2021.
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55. H. Zhong, K. Kainz, and X. Li, “Development of a Multi-Layer Quality Assurance System for Adaptive Radiotherapy,” 2021 Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Virtual, July 25-29, 2021. |
Non-Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Kainz K, Lim S, Chen G, Li XA. PreciseART Adaptive Radiation Therapy Software: Dose Monitoring, Re-Planning, and Delivery Verification, Accuray Incorporated, Madison, Wisconsin, 2017. |