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Wei Luo, PhD, DABR, FAAPM

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(859) 323-4768
wei.luo@uky.edu
Markey Cancer Center, Room CC065

Positions

  • Professor
  • Medical Physicist

College Unit(s)

Other Affiliation(s)
  • Radiation Medicine - Physicists

Biography and Education

Education

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2002 - High Energy Physics

Board Certification:

American Board of Radiology, Therapeutic Radiological Physics, 2011

Selected Publications

Wei Luo, 鈥淭he 4 R鈥檚 in Radiation Therapy鈥, Chin J Radiol Med Prot, 39, 572-580 (2019). Yinnan Meng, Haihua Yang, Wei Wang, Xingni Tang, Caiping Jiang, Yichao Shen and Wei Luo, 鈥淓xcluding PTV from lung volume may better predict radiation pneumonitis for intensity modulated radiation therapy in lung cancer patients鈥, Radiation Oncology (2019) 14:7 Wei Luo, Yinnan Meng, and Stephen Westlund, 鈥淒ose calibration uncertainty and plan-specific dose calibration for IMRT QA鈥, Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express, 5, 015024 (2018). Jonathan Feddock, Dennis Cheek, Cole Steber, Jason Edwards, Stacey Slone, Wei Luo, and Marcus Randall, 鈥淩eirradiation Using Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy: A Potentially Durable Technique for Salvaging Recurrent Pelvic Malignancies鈥, Int J Radiation Oncol Biol Phys, Vol. 99, No. 5, pp. 1225e1233 (2017). W. Luo, A. Meacham, X. Xie, J. Li, P. Aryal, R. McGarry and J. Molloy, 鈥淢onte Carlo dose verification for lung SBRT with CMS/XiO superposition algorithm鈥, Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 2 (2016) 015020. Hui Li, Piotr G. Rychahou, Zheng Cui, Fengmei Pi, B. Mark Evers, Peixuan Guo, and Wei Luo, 鈥淩NA Nanoparticles Derived from Three-Way Junction of Phi29 Motor pRNA are Resistant to I-125 and Cs-131 Radiation鈥, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, 25(4):188-97(2015). W. Luo, J. Molloy, P. Aryal, J. Feddock, and M. Randall, 鈥淒etermination of prescription dose for Cs-131 permanent implants using the BED formalism including resensitization correction鈥, Med. Phys., 41 (2):024101(2014). C. Wooten, M. Randall, J. Edwards, P. Aryal, P, W. Luo, and J. Feddock, 鈥淚mplementation and early clinical results utilizing Cs-131 permanent interstitial implants for gynecologic malignancies鈥, Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Feb 17. pii: S0090-8258(14)00133-4. H. Yang, W. Hu, W. Wang, P. Chen, W. Ding, and W. Luo, 鈥淩eplanning During Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Improved Quality of Life in Patients With Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma鈥, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 85 (2013) e47-e54. W. Luo, J. Li, E. Fourkal, J. Fan, X. Xiu, L. Jin, B. Price, and C.-M. Ma, 鈥淒osimetric advantages of IMPT over IMRT for laser-accelerated proton beams鈥, Phys. Med. Biol., 53 (2008) 7151-7166. W. Luo, S. Yoo, Q. J. Wu, Z. Wang, and F-F. Yin, 鈥淎nalysis of image quality for real-time target tracking using simultaneous kV-MV imaging鈥, Med. Phys., 35 (2008) 5501-5509. J. Fan, W. Luo, E. Fourkal, T. Lin, J. Li, I. Veltchev and C-M. Ma, 鈥淪hielding design for a laser-accelerated proton therapy system鈥, Phys. Med. Biol., 52 (2007) 3913-3930. L. Jin, L. Wang, J. Li, W. Luo, S. Feigenberg and C-M. Ma, 鈥淚nvestigation of optimal beam margins for stereotactic radiotherapy of lung-cancer using Monte Carlo dose calculations鈥, Phys. Med. Biol., 52 (2007) 3549-3561. E. Fourkal, I. Veltchev, J. Fan, W. Luo, and C-M. Ma, 鈥淓nergy modulation procedure for laser-accelerated proton treatment planning鈥, Med. Phys., 33 (2007) 577-584. L. Chen, T-B Nguyen, E. Jones, J. Chen, W. Luo, A. Pollack and C-M. Ma, 鈥淢RI-Based Treatment Planning for Radiotherapy: Creation of MRI Digitally Reconstructed Radiographs for Prostate IMRT鈥, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 68 (2007) 903-911. W. Luo, J. Li, R. Price, L. Chen, J. Yang, J. Fan, Z. Chen, S. McNeeley, X. Xu and C-M. Ma, 鈥淢onte Carlo Based IMRT Dose Verification Using MLC Log Files and R/V Outputs鈥, Med. Phys., 33 (2006) 2557-2664. J. Fan, J. Li, L. Chen, S. Stathakis, W. Luo, F. Du Plessis, W. Xiong, J. Yang, and C-M. Ma, 鈥淎 Practical Monte Carlo MU Verification Tool for IMRT Quality Assurance鈥, Phys. Med. Biol., 51 (2006) 2503-2515. C-M. Ma, I. Veltchev, E. Fourkal, J. Li, W. Luo, J. Fan, T. Lin, and A. Pollack, 鈥淎 Development of a Laser Driven Proton Accelerator for Cancer Therapy鈥, Laser Phys. 16 (2006) 639-646. L. Wang, J. Li, K. Paskalev, P. Hoban, W. Luo, L. Chen, S. McNeeley, R. Price, C-M. Ma, 鈥淐ommissioning and Quality Assurance of a Commercial Stereotactic Treatment Planning System for Extracranial IMRT鈥, J. Clin. Med. Phys. 7 (2006) 21-34. W. Luo, E. Fourkal, J. Li, C.-M. Ma, 鈥淎 Particle Selection and Beam Collimation System for Laser-accelerated Proton Beam Therapy鈥, Med. Phys. 32 (2005) 794-806. C-M. Ma, E. Fourkal, J. Li, B. Shahine, M C. Lee, S. McNeeley, W. Xiong, W. Luo and A. Pollack, 鈥淎 Laser-Proton Therapy System for Radiation Oncology 鈥, Proc. ICCR 177-182 (2004). W. Luo and Z. Cao, 鈥淢onte Carlo Simulation for Coincidence Detection of In-111 Cascaded Photons with Innovative Data Processing鈥, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference 2003, CD-ROM, Portland, Oregon, October 2003. G. R. Kalbfleisch, W. Luo, K. Milton, E. H. Smith, and M. G. Strauss, 鈥淟imits on Production of Magnetic Monopoles Utilizing Samples from the D0 and CDF Detectors at the Tevatron鈥, Phys. Rev. D 69, 052002-1-18 (2004). K. Milton, G. R. Kalbfleisch, W. Luo, and L. Gamberg, 鈥淭heoretical and Experimental Status of Magnetic Monopoles鈥, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 17, 732-750 (2002). G. R. Kalbfleisch, K. A. Milton, M. G. Strauss, L. Gamberg, E. H. Smith, and W. Luo, 鈥淚mproved Experimental Limits on the Production of Magnetic Monopoles鈥, Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 85, No. 25, 5292-5295 (2000).