Associate Professor
Research Interests
- Treatment planning optimization
- Image-guided radiation therapy development for stereotactic body radiation therapy
- Dose calculation theory and practice
- Quality assurance development
Education
| 2013 | PhD (Medical Physics) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 2005 | MS (Medical Physics) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 2003 | MS (Operational Research, Radiation Therapy Optimization) | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| 2001 | ME (Control Theory and Application) | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
| 1998 | BS (Automatic Control) | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |
Professional Appointments
| July 2018 – present | Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Florida |
| July 2014 – present | Graduate Student Coordinator in Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Florida |
| Dec 2013 – June 2017 | Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida |
| Nov 2013 – June 2018 | Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida |
| Jan 2007-Nov 2013 | Assistant (Instructor level) in Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida |
| May 2005-Dec 2006 | Instructor in Radiation Oncology Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Professional Memberships
| American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) |
| American College of Radiology (ACR) |
| Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2017 – present. |
| Editorial Advisory Board Member, JSM Clinical and Medical Imaging: Case and Reviews, 2016 – present |
Honors and Awards
| Medical Physics Education Award for Graduate Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, 2016-2017 |
| Medical Physics Education Award for Graduate Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, 2015-2016 |
Patents
- Y Chen, H zhang, Justin Park, B Lu (lead), Provisional Patent: Common mask guided reconstruction for enhanced four dimensional cone-beam computed tomography. Application Serial No.62/118,952
- K Mittauer, G Yan, C Liu, R Helmig, B Lu. Provisional Patent: Cranial Alignment Device for use in intracranial stereotactic surgery. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 14/316,396
- G Yan, B Lu, J Li and C Liu. International/U.S. Patent: Ambiguity-free optical tracking system. Patent Publication No.WO2013155388 A1 2013
- G Yan, B Lu, J Li and C Liu. International/U.S. Patent: Prevention of setup errors in radiotherapy. Patent Publication No.WO2013155388 A1 2013
Select Publications
- H Liu, Y Chen, B Lu (corr) “A New Inverse Planning Formalism with Explicit DVH Constraints and Kurtosis-Based Dosimetric Criteria”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 63(18) 2018
- JY Park, F Li, J Li, J Park, G Yan, C Liu, and B Lu (corr), “Angular Under-Sampling Effect on VMAT Dose Calculation: An Analysis and a Solution Strategy,” Medical Physics, 44(6) 2017
- J Jung, D Yoon, H Lee, B Lu (corr), and T Suh(corr) “The investigation of physical conditions of boron uptake region in proton boron fusion therapy (PBFT).” AIP Advances, 6(9) 2016
- Q Fan, A Yeung, R Helmig, C Liu and B Lu (corr) “HDR brachytherapy in cervix carcinoma using a balloon catheter and a belt immobilization system.” TCRT Feb 2016
- J Park, H zhang, Y Chen, Q Fan, D kahler, C Liu and B Lu (corr) “Prior-mask Guided image reconstruction (p-MGIR) for ultra-low dose cone-beam computed tomography” Physics in Medicine and Biology 60. 2015
- J Park, H zhang, Y Chen, Q Fan, J Li, C Liu and B Lu (corr) “Common-mask Guided image reconstruction (c-MGIR) for enhanced four-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography” Physics in Medicine and Biology 60. 2015
- B Lu (Corr), Y Chen, C Park, Q Fan, and C Liu. “A Method of Surface Marker Location Optimization for Tumor Motion Estimation in Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.” Medical Physics 42(1) 2015
- B Lu (Corr), S Samant, K Mittauer, S Lee, Y Huang, J Li, D Kahler, and C Liu. “A further investigation of Centroid-to-Centroid method for stereotactic lung radiotherapy: A phantom study” Medical Physics 40(10). 2013
- B Lu (Corr), K Mittauer, J Li, S Samant, R Dagan, P Okunieff, D Kahler, and C Liu. “A patient alignment solution for lung SBRT setups based on a deformable registration technique”. Medical Physics 39(12). 2012
- B Lu (Corr), J li, D Kahler, G Yan, K Mittauer, W shi, P, Okunieff, and C Liu. “An approach for on-line evaluations of dose consequences caused by small rotational setup errors in intracranial stereotactic radiation therapy.” Medical Physics 38(11). 2011
- B Lu (Corr), H Lu, and J Palta “A comprehensive study on decreasing the kilovoltage cone-beam CT dose by reducing the projection number.” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 11(3). 2010
- G Yan, C Liu, B Lu, J Palta, and J Li. “Comparison of analytic source models for head scatter factor calculation and planar dose calculation for IMRT.” Physics in Medicine and Biology 53. 2008
Additional publications by Dr. Lu can be found at the following public database: My NCBI Bibliography (Bo Lu, PhD).
