Jinzhong Yang
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Radiation Physics
My major research focus is Advanced Adaptive Radiation Therapy. Modern radiation therapy heavily relies on imaging, including CT, MRI and PET, from tumor staging and treatment planning to treatment guidance and post-treatment assessment. My research focuses on medical image computing for radiation oncology applications, ranging from basic algorithm development to translational clinical research, including development of novel image segmentation and deformable registration algorithms for multi-modality images, MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy (MR-Linac), and quantitative imaging biomarkers for treatment outcome prediction (Radiomics). The goal of my research is to fundamentally improve radiotherapy by developing a novel treatment system with simulation free automated online adaptive radiotherapy. The novel system we will develop features AI-based applications in auto-contouring, auto-planning, dose prediction, auto-decision making and outcome prediction. The combination of these AI modules will drive automated online adaptive radiotherapy for MR-guided, CT-guided and PET-guided linacs.
Education & Training
Ph.D. - Lehigh University - 2006