Lei Xing

Administrative Appointments

• Director of Medical Physics Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University (2007 - present)
• Member of ZRG1 (Quick Trials on Imaging and Image-Guided Intervention) section, National Institute of Health (2008 - present)
• Member of Clinical Research and Cancer Epidemiology (CCE) Committee, American Cancer Society (2006 - present)
• Member of international advisory board, Physics in Medicine and Bilogy (2008 - present)
• Associate Editor, Medical Physics Journal (2003 - 2008)

Honors and Awards

• Research Scholar of 2005, American Cancer Society (2005)
• Basic Science Investigator Award, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology (ASTRO). (2002)
• Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society (2001)
• Concept Award for Breast Cancer Research, Department of Defense (2001)

Professional Education

• PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Physics (1992)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Jiji Antony, Wu Liu, Pavel Lougovski, Yunzhi Ma, Jianguo Qian, Lasitha Senadheera, Jing Wang, Rodney Wiersma

Community & International Work

• Clinical implementation of intensity modulated radiation therapy 

Web Site Links

• Xing Lab

Research Interests

Biologically conformal radiation therapy (BCRT) and IMRT;
Metabolic imaging (MRSI, PET/CT) for tumor delineation and assessment of therapeutic response;
Radionuclide imaging based on novel tracers;
Radiological and molecular/metablolic image-guided radiation therapy;
Deformable image registration and removal of PET/CT respiratory artifacts;
Radiobiology study using molecular imaging (small animal PET, CT, MRI, optical);
Computer optimization of clinical decision-making and internet medicine.

Publications

• Registration of onboard x-ray images with 4DCT for phase verification and setup of gated radiotherapy, in press Xing L, Xu Q, Hamilton R "European Journal of Medical Physics"
• Iterative image reconstruction for CBCT using edge-preserving prior. Wang J, Li T, Xing L "Med Phys" 2009 ; 1 (36) : 252-60
• Search for IMRT inverse plans with piecewise constant fluence maps using compressed sensing techniques. Zhu L, Xing L "Med Phys" 2009 ; 5 (36) : 1895-905
• Xing L, Paquin D, Levy D "Multiscale registration of planning CT and daily cone beam CT images for adaptive radiation therapy" 2009 : (36) : 4-11
• Pancreatic Tumor Motion on a Single Planning 4D-CT Does Not Correlate With Intrafraction Tumor Motion During Treatment. Minn AY, Schellenberg D, Maxim P, Suh Y, McKenna S, Cox B, Dieterich S, Xing L, Graves E, Goodman KA, Chang D, Koong AC "Am J Clin Oncol" 2009