Gary Luxton
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics
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Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Stanford Radiation Oncology Physics Residency (2006 - present)
- Chief of Clinical Physics, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (2000 - 2009)
- Vice Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California (1989 - 1998)
- Director of Radiation Physics, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California (1983 - 1998)
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
1. Development of clinical implementation of hypofractionated extracranial radiosurgery with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).
2. Analytic modeling of normal tissue effects in fractionated radiotherapy and radiosurgery.
3. Characterization of accuracy and methodology for system quality assurance in the use of automated high-performance radiation delivery systems.
Publications
- Fidelity of dose delivery at high dose rate of volumetric modulated arc therapy in a truebeam linac with flattening filter free beams. J Med Phys. 2012; (4): 193-9
- Normal tissue complication probability estimation by the Lyman-Kutcher-Burman method does not accurately predict spinal cord tolerance to stereotactic radiosurgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012; (5): 2025-32
- Normal tissue complication probability modeling of acute hematologic toxicity in patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012; (3): 700-6
- Verification of dosimetric accuracy on the TrueBeam STx: rounded leaf effect of the high definition MLC. Med Phys. 2012; (10): 6360-71
- Dose verification for respiratory-gated volumetric modulated arc therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2011; (15): 4827-38
- Point/counterpoint: pulsed reduced dose rate radiation therapy is likely to become the treatment modality of choice for recurrent cancers. Med Phys. 2011; (9): 4909-11
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