Hualiang Zhong, PhD

Associate Professor

Locations

Radiation Oncology

Education

MS, Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Training

Postdoctoral fellow, Medical Imaging, Robarts Research Institute, Ontario, Canada, 2006

Certification

ABR, Radiological Therapeutic Physics, 2016

Research Interests

Research interests include image-guided adaptive radiotherapy (IGART), quantitative imaging, and treatment response assessment.

An energy-conserving dose summation method for dose accumulation in radiotherapy.

(Zhong H.) Med Phys. 2024 Nov 15 PMID: 39546728 11/15/2024
Deformable dose accumulation is required for adaptive radiotherapy practice.

(Zhong H, Pursley JM, Rong Y.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Aug;25(8):e14457 PMID: 39031438 PMCID: PMC11302806 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198986138 07/20/2024
Evaluation and mitigation of deformable image registration uncertainties for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy.

(Zhong H, Kainz KK, Paulson ES.) J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Jun;25(6):e14358 PMID: 38634799 PMCID: PMC11163488 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190946901 04/18/2024
A multi-institutional comparison of retrospective deformable dose accumulation for online adaptive magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy.

(Murr M, Bernchou U, Bubula-Rehm E, Ruschin M, Sadeghi P, Voet P, Winter JD, Yang J, Younus E, Zachiu C, Zhao Y, Zhong H, Thorwarth D.) Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2024 Apr;30:100588 PMID: 38883145 PMCID: PMC11176923 06/17/2024
Incorporating uncertainty bounds in daily deformable dose accumulation for adaptive radiation therapy of head-and-neck cancer.

(García-Alvarez JA, Zhong H, Schultz CJ, Li XA, Kainz K.) Med Phys. 2023 Apr;50(4):2474-2487 PMID: 36346034 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142299603 11/09/2022
Development of a multi-layer quality assurance program to evaluate the uncertainty of deformable dose accumulation in adaptive radiotherapy.

(Zhong H, Garcia-Alvarez JA, Kainz K, Tai A, Ahunbay E, Erickson B, Schultz CJ, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2023 Mar;50(3):1766-1778 PMID: 36434751 PMCID: PMC10033340 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144053188 11/27/2022
On the correction of respiratory motion-induced image reconstruction errors in positron-emission tomography-guided radiation therapy

(Zhong H, Ren L, Lu Y, Liu Y.) Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. April 2023;26 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150252283 04/01/2023
Patient-specific synthetic magnetic resonance imaging generation from cone beam computed tomography for image guidance in liver stereotactic body radiation therapy.

(Zhang Z, Jiang Z, Zhong H, Lu K, Yin FF, Ren L.) Precis Radiat Oncol. 2022 Jun;6(2):110-118 PMID: 37064765 PMCID: PMC10103741 04/18/2023
Use of a DVH overlay technique for quality assurance of deformable image registration-based dose accumulation.

(Kainz K, Garcia Alvarez J, Zhong H, Lim S, Ahunbay E, Tai A, Erickson B, Lawton C, Li XA.) Med Phys. 2022 Jan;49(1):611-623 PMID: 34826153 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120889771 11/27/2021
Four-dimensional computed tomography-based biomechanical measurements of pulmonary function and their correlation with clinical outcome for lung stereotactic body radiation therapy patients.

(Sharifi H, McDonald GC, Lee JK, Ajlouni MI, Chetty IJ, Zhong H.) Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2019 Jul;9(7):1278-1287 PMID: 31448213 PMCID: PMC6685808 08/27/2019
4-Dimensional computed tomography-based ventilation and compliance images for quantification of radiation-induced changes in pulmonary function.

(Sharifi H, Brown S, McDonald GC, Chetty IJ, Zhong H.) J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jun;63(3):370-377 PMID: 30932346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063731883 04/02/2019
Kinetic modeling of tumor regression incorporating the concept of cancer stem-like cells for patients with locally advanced lung cancer.

(Zhong H, Brown S, Devpura S, Li XA, Chetty IJ.) Theor Biol Med Model. 2018 Dec 27;15(1):23 PMID: 30587218 PMCID: PMC6307263 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85059241653 12/28/2018