Bijan Arjomandy, Ph.D. 1990, University of Arizona M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Radiation Physics Contact Information

Research Interests: proton therapy dose calculation

My research interest involves proton dose verification, calculation and measurement for patient treatment. I am also interested in developmental techniques and measurements of small fields that are used for stereotactic (body) radiosurgery using 4DCT images and patch fields for treatment of patients. I am currently investigating validation of proton stopping powers in different elements and compounds that are used in calculation of range and dose. The majority of these investigations need to be performed using Monte Carlo simulation and verification.

Students can participate in investigation and measurements of stopping powers and in close calculation of small fields using Monte Carlo simulation.
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Arjomandy B, Altschuler MD (2000) A Quality Assurance Device for the Accuracy of the Isocenters of Teletherapy and Simulation Machines, Phys Med and Biol, Vol.8: 2207 – 2217.

Arjomandy B, Altschuler MD, Yorke ED, Bloch P, and Kassaee A (1999) Clinical Implementation of an Automatic Seed Matching Algorithm for Prostate Seed Implant Evaluation, J Brachytherapy Int, Vol. 15: 105-113.

Blank KR, Whittington R, Arjomandy B, Wein AJ, Broderick G, Staley J, Malkowicz SB (1999) Neoadjuvant androgen deprivation prior to transperineal prostate brachytherapy: smaller volumes, less morbidity, The Cancer Journal from Scientific America, Vol.5: 370-373.

Whittington R, Broderick G, Arger P, Malkowics SB, Epperson RD, Arjomandy B, And Kassaee A (1999) The Effect of Androgen Deprivation on the Early Changes in Prostate Volume Following Transperineal Ultrasound Guided Interstitial Therapy for Localized Carcinoma of the Prostate, Int. J Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. Vol. 44: 1107-1110.

Program Affiliation:
Program in Medical Physics