Medical Physicist
Resume:
Weiguang Yao, PhD
Address: Cancer Care Program Telephone(office):
Eastern Health
Email: ********.***@*************.**
Citizenship: Canadian
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3V6
EDUCATION:
. Ph.D Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, 2002
. M.Eng. Accelerator Physics and Its Applications, China Institute of
Atomic Energy, 1993
. B.Sc. Physics, Hangzhou Normal University, 1987
CERTIFICATION:
The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) certification in
Radiation Oncology Physics.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
. 2002-2004 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
(NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship
. 2001-2002 Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
. 1998-2000 President Scholarship for Graduate Studies, University of
Western Ontario (UWO)
. 1998-2000 International Graduate Studies Scholarship, UWO
. 1994-1995 Excellence Prize (twice) for Young Investigator Reports at
China Institute of Atomic Energy
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2010.03-present: Medical Physicist, Eastern Health
2007.09-2010.02: Medical Physics Resident, Sudbury Regional Hospital
2005.08-2007.08: Research Associate, Sudbury Regional Hospital
2006.01-2008.12: Adjunct Professor, Laurentian University
2004.07-2005.07: Adjunct Professor & Postdoctoral Fellow, UWO
2002.05-2004.06: NSERC (Canada) Postdoctoral Fellow, Computer Science
Department, Queen's University
1993.08-1998.08: Researcher, China Institute of Atomic Energy
CLINICALLY RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
. Daily/monthly/annual QA, calibration and dosimetry for Varian and Siemens
linacs, orthovoltage units, HDR remote afterloading systems, LDR seeds.
. Acceptance testing, commissioning, QA and calibration for GE and Philips
CT simulators, QA meters; QA and calibration for OBI, Portal Vision,
ultra-sound units.
. Configuration and commissioning for eMC 8.9, Eclipse 10.0, electron beam
RadCalc.
. Planning various sites for 3D conformal, IMRT, VMAT and brachy techniques
with Eclipse, Pinnacle, VariSeed, BrachyVision and Oncentra Brachy; chart
checking.
. Buildup of breast IMRT program including optimal planning and MLC
commissioning.
. Individual QA for IMRT and VMAT using MapCheck and ArcCheck.
. Information management systems: ARIA and MOSAIQ.
. Participating radiation protection activities; SRS; Sitting in GU site
committee.
TEACHING:
. Laurentian University
Winter 2008 The Physics of Medical Imaging (with other
physicists)
Winter 2007 Mathematical Modeling in Medicine
Winter 2006 Mathematical Modeling in Biology
. University Of Western Ontario
Fall 2004 Calculus
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
IGRT; CT/CBCT reconstruction; Tomosynthesis; Scatter correction;
Medical Imaging; Medical image processing; Monte Carlo simulation;
Optimization of inverse planning; Online planning using CBCT.
SUBMITTED ARTICLES:
1. Yao W., "Simple statistical models for low dose CBCT and applications" .
2. Li J., W. Yao, Y. Xiao & Y. Yu, "Feasibility of improving cone-beam CT
number consistency using scatter correction".
JOURNAL ARTICLES RELATIVE TO MEDICAL PHYSICS:
1. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "An analytical approach to estimating the first
order x-ray scatter in heterogeneous medium," Medical Physics 36, 3145-
3156 2009. This paper was selected by Virtual Journal of Biological
Physics Research 17(12), 2009.
2. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "An analytical approach to estimating the first
order scatter in heterogeneous medium II: A practical application,"
Medical Physics 36, 3157-3167, 2009.
3. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "Analytically derived exact weighting factors
for transmission tomography cone beam projections," Physics in Medicine
and Biology 54, 513-533, 2009.
4. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "Depth distribution of multiple order X-ray
scatter," Radiation Physics and Chemistry 77, 381-390, 2008.
5. Yao W., P. Abolmaesumi, M. Greenspan & R.E. Ellis, "An
estimation/correction algorithm for detecting bone edges in CT images,"
IEEE Trans on Medical Image 24, 997-1010, 2005.
6. Yao W. & R.E. Ellis, "A Piecewise-linear map for finding edges in
images," Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B
10, 117-120 Suppl. S2003.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
1. Yao W. & M. Corsten, "Modeling Fiducial Marker Movement in Prostate,"
2012 AAPM Meeting, Charlotte, NC, July 29-August 3, 2012, Medical
Physics 39, 3700, 2012. (Poster)
2. Yao W., W. Lu & M. Corsten, "A low dose CBCT stochastic model and
applications," 2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, July 31-
August 4, 2011, Medical Physics 38, 3714, 2011. (Oral)
3. Lu W., W. Yao, J. Wang & D. Yang, "Noise reduction with detail
preservation for low-dose kV CBCT using non-local means: Simulated
patient study," 2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC, July 31-
August 4, 2011, Medical Physics 38, 3444, 2011. (Poster)
4. Yao W. & H. Guan, "Improving the HU accuracy of Varian's OBI CBCT," AAPM
52th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010. Medical Physics
37, 3104, 2010. (Poster)
5. Li J., W. Yao, Y. Xiao & Y. Yu, "Feasibility of improving cone beam CT
number consistency with a scatter-correction algorithm," AAPM 52th Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010. Medical Physics 37, 3151,
2010. (Poster)
6. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "An analytical approach for x-ray scatter in
heterogeneous medium," AAPM 50th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX July 27-31,
2008, Medical Physics 35, 2646, 2008. (Poster)
7. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "Analytical and exact weighting factors for
circular cone beam projection," 15th International Conference on the Use
of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Toronto, June 4-7, 2007, vol. 2 615-
619. (Oral)
8. Leszczynski K. & W. Yao, "Depth distribution of multiple order x-ray
scatter," 15th International Conference on the Use of Computers in
Radiation Therapy, Toronto, June 4-7, 2007, vol.1 460-464. (Oral)
9. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "An analytical approximation of first order
scatter in heterogeneous medium," Joint Annual Scientific Meeting CARO-
COMP Toronto, October 9-13, 2007. (Poster)
10. Leszczynski K., W. Yao & S. Wan, "3-D Image reconstruction by digital
tomosynthesis with rotating and stationary megavoltage cone beams," ESTRO
25th Leipzig, Germany October 8-11 2006, Radiotherapy and Oncology 81
Suppl. 1 S158, 2006. (Oral)
11. Yao W. & K. Leszczynski, "Tomosynthesis with rotating and stationary
radiotherapy cone beams," COMP 52th Saskatoon, May 31-June 3, 2006,
Medical Physics 33, 2659, 2006. (Oral)
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:
The World Journal of Radiology, 2009-2013
REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS:
. The World Journal of Radiology;
. Medical Physics;
. Recent Patents on Medical Imaging;
. Physics in Medicine and Biology;
. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications;
. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation;
. International Journal on Bifurcation and Chaos.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
C/C++, Fortran, Java, VB; MatLab, Excel, MS Word, MS Office, ITK, EGSnrc,
BEAMnrc, Maple; Windows, Linux, Sun.
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