Yan Yu, PhD, MBA, FAAPM, FASTRO
Research Director, Division of Medical Physics
Professor
Contact
111 South 11th Street
Room G-321, Bodine Center
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-8855
215-503-2386 fax
Yan Yu, PhD, MBA, FAAPM, FASTRO
Research Director, Division of Medical Physics
Professor
Education
Education
MBA, University of Rochester
PhD, Atomic Molecular Physics, University of London
BSc, Physics, University of London
Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Evaluation of a Balloon Implant for Simultaneous Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy of Brain Tumor Resection Cavities
- Experimental and Monte Carlo study of energy response of BEO-based OSL detectors within photon energy range up to 15 MeV
- Effect of tumour involvement on activity determination of resin Yttrium-90 in selective internal radiation therapy of metastatic liver cancer
- Clinical Evaluation of an Auto-Segmentation Tool for Spine SBRT Treatment
- ACR-ABS-ASTRO Practice Parameter for the Performance of Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
Board Certification
ABR Therapeutic Radiology Physics Ongoing Certification
Research & Clinical Interests
- Robotic assisted radiation delivery, motion tracking
- Robotic brachytherapy
- Smart needles
- Automated treatment planning
- NIR spectroscopy of acoustic radiation force mediated vascular effects for non-invasive cancer detection and therapeutic intervention.
- Multimodal optical imaging for cancer detection, disease mapping and IGT
- Nanoparticle dose enhancements
- Novel radiation dosimeters
- Medical physics performance metrics, work value, staffing models
- Radiation oncology quality measures
- Global health