Hui Yan, PhD

Department:
Radiation Oncology

Division:
Radiation Physics

Physical Address:
Box 3295
DUMC
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
9196819618

Research Interests:
My research interests are in Parameter Optimization of Inverse planning in Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and respiratory-gated radiation therapy, signal processing and image reconstruction, modelling of orgna motion and 4DCT, hardware-based graphic acceleration for real-time imaging processing, information fusion of multiply image modialities (CT, CBCT, DTS), Statistical learning theory (SLT) and its applications (NN, SVM) on adaptive motion tracking and magrin determination, on-board functional image (SPECT).

Publications:
2009 -- Pubmed # 19100923 -- Yoo S, Wu QJ, Godfrey D, Yan H, Ren L, Das S, Lee WR, Yin FF. Clinical evaluation of positioning verification using digital tomosynthesis and bony anatomy and soft tissues for prostate image-guided radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Jan 1;73(1):296-305.

2008 -- Pubmed # 18975693 -- Chang Z, Wang Z, Wu QJ, Yan H, Bowsher J, Zhang J, Yin FF. Dosimetric characteristics of novalis Tx system with high definition multileaf collimator. Med Phys. 2008 Oct;35(10):4460-3.

2008 -- Pubmed # 18383688 -- Ren L, Godfrey DJ, Yan H, Wu QJ, Yin FF. Automatic registration between reference and on-board digital tomosynthesis images for positioning verification.  Med Phys.  2008 Feb;35(2):664-72.

2008 -- Pubmed # 18561691 -- Yan H, Godfrey DJ, Yin FF. Fast reconstruction of digital tomosynthesis using on-board images. Med Phys. 2008 May;35(5):2162-9.

2008 -- Yan H, Ren L, Wu J, F Di and Yin FF. Evaluation of Image Enhancement Method on Target Registration Using Cone Beam CT in Radiation Therapy. Clinical Medicine: Oncology 2008:2 289-299

2008 -- Yan H, Yin FF, The Application of Distance Transformation on Parameter Optimization of Inverse Planning in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2008;9(2):30-45.

2008 -- Yan H, Zhang LW, Yin FF. A Phantom Study on Target Localization Accuracy Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography. Clinical Medicine: Oncology, accepted.

2008 -- Yan H, Zhu GP, Yang J, Lu M, Ajlouni M, Kim JH,  Yin FF, The Investigation on the Location Effect of External Markers in Respiratory Gated Radiotherapy, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2008;9(2):57-68.

2007 -- Pubmed # 17879800 -- Godfrey DJ, Ren L, Yan H, Wu Q, Yoo S, Oldham M, Yin FF. Evaluation of three types of reference image data for external beam radiotherapy target localization using digital tomosynthesis (DTS). Med Phys. 2007 Aug;34(8):3374-84.

2007 -- Pubmed # 17985622 -- Yan H, Ren L, Godfrey DJ, Yin FF. Accelerating reconstruction of reference digital tomosynthesis using graphics hardware. Med Phys. 2007 Oct;34(10):3768-76.

2007 -- Pubmed # 17368843 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Willett C. Evaluation of an artificial intelligence guided inverse planning system: clinical case study. Radiother Oncol. 2007 Apr;83(1):76-85.

2006 -- Pubmed # 16357429 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Zhu GP, Ajlouni M, Kim JH. Adaptive prediction of internal target motion using external marker motion: a technical study. Phys Med Biol. 2006 Jan 7;51(1):31-44.

2006 -- Pubmed # 17153387 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Zhu GP, Ajlouni M, Kim JH. The correlation evaluation of a tumor tracking system using multiple external markers. Med Phys. 2006 Nov;33(11):4073-84.

2004 -- Pubmed # 15093193 -- Barton KN, Xia X, Yan H, Stricker H, Heisey G, Yin FF, Nagaraja TN, Zhu G, Kolozsvary A, Fenstermacher JD, Lu M, Kim JH, Freytag SO, Brown SL. A quantitative method for measuring gene expression magnitude and volume delivered by gene therapy vectors. Mol Ther. 2004 Apr;9(4):625-31.

2004 -- Pubmed # 15537199 -- Yin FF, Ryu S, Ajlouni M, Yan H, Jin JY, Lee SW, Kim J, Rock J, Rosenblum M, Kim JH. Image-guided procedures for intensity-modulated spinal radiosurgery. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2004 Nov;101 Suppl 3:419-24.

2003 -- Pubmed # 12946325 -- Barton KN, Tyson D, Stricker H, Lew YS, Heisey G, Koul S, de la Zerda A, Yin FF, Yan H, Nagaraja TN, Randall KA, Jin GK, Fenstermacher JD, Jhiang S, Ho Kim J, Freytag SO, Brown SL. GENIS: gene expression of sodium iodide symporter for noninvasive imaging of gene therapy vectors and quantification of gene expression in vivo. Mol Ther. 2003 Sep;8(3):508-18.

2003 -- Pubmed # 14596304 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Guan H, Kim JH. Fuzzy logic guided inverse treatment planning. Med Phys. 2003 Oct;30(10):2675-85.

2003 -- Pubmed # 14653563 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Guan HQ, Kim JH. AI-guided parameter optimization in inverse treatment planning. Phys Med Biol. 2003 Nov 7;48(21):3565-80.

2003 -- Pubmed # 14713071 -- Yan H, Yin FF, Kim JH. A phantom study on the positioning accuracy of the Novalis Body system. Med Phys. 2003 Dec;30(12):3052-60.

2002 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Li Y. Kernel-based maximal-margin clustering algorithm. Journal of Tsinghua University. 2002 Jan;42(1): 132-34.

2002 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Li Y. The parameter estimation of RBF function based on variogram. Acta Automatica Sinica. 2002 May;28(3):450-55.  

2002 -- Pubmed # 12512715 -- Yin FF, Ryu S, Ajlouni M, Zhu J, Yan H, Guan H, Faber K, Rock J, Abdalhak M, Rogers L, Rosenblum M, Kim JH. A technique of intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) for spinal tumors. Med Phys. 2002 Dec;29(12):2815-22.

2002 -- Pubmed # 12201420 -- Yin FF, Zhu J, Yan H, Gaun H, Hammoud R, Ryu S, Kim JH. Dosimetric characteristics of Novalis shaped beam surgery unit. Med Phys. 2002 Aug;29(8):1729-38.

2001 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Li Y. Relation between a support vector machine and the least square method. Journal of Tsinghua University. 2001 Sep;41(9):77-80.

2001 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Zhang X. The realization of adaptive multi-well correlation system based on wavelet transform. Chinese Journal of Petroleum Geophysics. 2001 Mar;40(1):49-55.

2000 -- Yan H, Li K, Zhang X, Li Y. Wavelet transform properties of well log and their application in automatic segmentation. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 2000 Jul;43(4):568-73.

2000 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Li Y. The method of SVM in sedimentary recognition system. Chinese Journal of Computer Techniques for Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration. 2000 Feb;22(2):158-64.

2000 -- Yan H, Zhang X, Zhang X. The application of Kohonen network in layer classification. Chinese Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence. 2000 Sep;13(3):309-13.