Ning Cao, PhD, DABR
Associate Professor

Education and Training
College: Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2004
Graduate School: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2012
Residency: Medical Physics Residency Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2014
Selected Publications from a Total of 20
Meyer J, Stewart RD, Smith D, Eagle J, Lee E, Cao N, Ford E, Hashemian R, Schuemann J, Saini J, Marsh S, Emery R, Dorman E, Schwartz J, Sandison G. Biological and dosimetric characterisation of spatially fractionated proton minibeams. Phys. Med. Biol. Accepted
Kalet A, Richardson HL, Nikolaisen DA, Cao N, Lavilla MA, Dempsey C, Meyer J, Koh WJ, Russell KJ. Dosimetric comparison of single-beam multi-arc and two-beam multi-arc VMAT optimization in the Monaco treatment planning system, Medical Dosimetry. 42(2): 122-125, 2017
Ford E, Emery R, Huff D, Narayanan M, Schwartz J, Cao N, Meyer J, Rengan R, Zeng J, Sandison G, Laramore G and Mayr N. An image-guided precision proton radiation platform for preclinical in vivo research. Phys. Med. Biol. 62: 43–58, 2017
Cao N, Ford EC, Nyflot MJ, Ermoian RP, Pelly NW, Young L, Hendrickson K. TBI Technique Improvements for Anesthetized Pediatric Patients Based on Near-Miss Incident Reporting. International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology. 5: 270-280, 2016
Young LA, Yang F, Cao N, and Meyer J. Rounded leaf end modeling in Pinnacle VMAT treatment planning for fixed jaw linacs. JACMP. 6: 149-162, 2016
Saini J, Cao N, Bowen SR, Herrera M, Nicewonger D, Wong T and Bloch CD. Clinical Commissioning of a Pencil Beam Scanning Treatment Planning System for Proton Therapy. International Journal of Particle Therapy. 3(1):51-60, 2016
Cao N, Song S, Maleki T, Shaffer M, Stantz KM, Cao M, Kao C, Mendonca MS, Ziaie B, and Ko SC. Radiosensitizing Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts by an Implantable Micro-Oxygen Generator. Radiation Research. 185(4):431-7, 2016
Meyer J, Nyflot MJ, Smith WP, Wootton LS, Young L, Yang F, Kim M, Ford E, Kalet AM, Cao N, Dempsey C, Sandison GA. Electron Beam Energy QA a Note on Measurement Tolerances. JACMP 17(7):6049-57, 2016
Yang F, Cao N, Young L, Howard J, Logan W, Arbuckle T, Sponseller P, Korssjoen T, Meyer J, and Ford E. Validating FMEA Output against Incident Learning Data: A Study in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, Medical Physics, 42(6):2777-85, 2015
Cao N, Cao M, Mendonca M, Chin-Sinex H, Ko S-C, Stantz KM. Monitoring the Effects of Anti-angiogenesis on the Radiation Sensitivity of Pancreatic Cancer Xenografts Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced CT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 88 (2), 412-418, 2014
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