Date: Friday October 4, 2024
Time: 3:00pm MDT
Room: Zoom zoom.us, Meeting ID 948 2711 5683, passcode CSE5085
The talk will be held in Cramer Hall room 203 for the CSE 585 class
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Abstract: Radiation therapy is one of our most effective tools for combating cancers. Armed with the megavoltage x-rays generated from a medical linear accelerator, modern radiation therapy uses sophisticated optimization algorithms from a treatment planning system to calculate a therapeutic plan that delivers a lethal radiation dose to the targeted tumor while protecting the nearby normal tissues and critical structures. The implementation of modern radiation therapy starts with commissioning and quality assurance of linear accelerators and treatment planning systems. During this process, extensive machine measurements are obtained and then imported into the treatment planning system to establish an accurate model of the accelerator. After this process, the system is ready for clinical use. This is a lengthy and tedious process, where thousands of data points are collected manually by large mechanical devices. In this research, we are investigating using computer algorithmic and deep learning techniques to improve the overall process of quality assurance and commissioning of radiation therapy. |
Dr. Shuang (Sean) Luan earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2004. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Luan's research initially centered around computational geometry, but his interests shifted to radiation therapy and radiosurgery during graduate school. He has been working in the intersection between computer science and radiation cancer therapy for over 25 years, focusing on improving treatment quality and reducing treatment times using his computational expertise. Dr, Luan holds over a dozen issued patents, and his intellectual properties have been licensed by leading vendors in radiation oncology, with some already implemented in clinical treatment.