{"result":[{"lastName":"Pratx","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Acting Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=16137&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Guillem Pratx","firstName":"Guillem","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Guillem_Pratx","researchInterest":"My research interests center around three areas of medical physics: radionuclide imaging, X-ray molecular imaging and high-performance medical computing. My research efforts aim to advance cancer care by integrating new imaging techniques into the clinical workflow, and further our basic understanding of cancer biology by designing new assays that can probe subtle biochemical processes in single cells."},{"lastName":"Hristov","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8011&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Dimitre Hristov","firstName":"Dimitre","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Dimitre_Hristov","researchInterest":"Development and integration of X-ray, MRI and US imaging technologies for radiation therapy guidance; Design of synergistic approaches to radiation therapy delivery; Treatment planning optimization and modeling."},{"lastName":"Li","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20988&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Ruijiang Li","firstName":"Ruijiang","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Ruijiang_Li","researchInterest":"Image-guided and adaptive radiotherapy;\r\nMotion management (4DCT, gating, tracking);\r\nLung motion modeling and real-time imaging;\r\nApplications of machine learning in radiotherapy."},{"lastName":"Luxton","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4390&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Gary Luxton","firstName":"Gary","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Gary_Luxton","researchInterest":"1. Mathematical modeling of damage to tumors and normal tissues from irradiation.\r\n2. Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy.\r\n3. Modeling the combined radiobiological effect of brachytherapy and external beam irradiation.\r\n4. Development of clinical hypofractionated extracranial radiosurgery."},{"lastName":"Bazalova","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=10812&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Magdalena Bazalova","firstName":"Magdalena","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Magdalena_Bazalova","researchInterest":"I have been working in three main research areas connected by Monte Carlo simulations: 1)  treatment planning for small animal radiotherapy, 2) x-ray fluorescence CT (XFCT) imaging for high-sensitivity molecular imaging, and 3) a novel concept of radiation therapy with very high-energy electron (VHEE) beams. I have performed dose measurements at  at SLAC, modeled the beamline with Monte Carlo, optimized VHEE treatment plans and done high-dose-rate radiobiology experiments."},{"lastName":"Hsu","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8155&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Annie Hsu","firstName":"Annie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Annie_Hsu","researchInterest":"Current research interests are inter- and intra- fractional motion, focusing on SBRT and realtime imaging.  I have also recently been looking at quality assurance for gated VMAT delivery"},{"lastName":"Fahrig","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (Research) (By courtesy),Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3865&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Rebecca Fahrig","firstName":"Rebecca","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Rebecca_Fahrig","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Carpenter","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14333&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Colin M. Carpenter","firstName":"Colin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Colin_Carpenter","researchInterest":"My research interests involve the early detection and characterization of cancer through the strategic integration of imaging tools including optics, MRI, x-ray, and nuclear medicine. I am also interested in improving minimally invasive therapies by incorporating sensing. My background encompasses medical device design and fabrication, and image reconstruction algorithms.  The goal of this work is to provide significant, essential, and practical solutions to improve the treatment of disease."},{"lastName":"Lo","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Instructor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7809&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Anthony Lo","firstName":"Anthony","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Anthony_Lo","researchInterest":"Image guided robotic radiosurgery"},{"lastName":"Spielman","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4711&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Spielman","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Daniel_Spielman","researchInterest":"My research interests are in the field of medical imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging and in vivo spectroscopy. Current projects include MRI and MRS at high magnetic fields and metabolic imaging using hyperpolarized 13C-labeled MRS."},{"lastName":"Atwood","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Clinical Assistant Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18712&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Todd F. Atwood","firstName":"Todd","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Todd_Atwood","researchInterest":"My current research is focused on evaluating and improving linac-based stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatment planning and delivery techniques, predicting dosimetric indices in prospective plans through automated data mining, and developing new approaches for planning and delivering prone partial breast irradiation."},{"lastName":"Pelc","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Bioengineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4111&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Norbert Pelc","firstName":"Norbert","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Norbert_Pelc","researchInterest":"Broadly, Dr. Pelc is interested in the physics, engineering and mathematics of medical imaging, especially computed tomography, digital x-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and hybrid multimodality systems.  His current research is concentrated in the development of computed tomography systems with higher image quality and dose efficiency, in the characterization of system performance, and in the development and validation of new clinical applications."},{"lastName":"Chang","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Stomach"},{"focus":"Cancer of Anus"},{"focus":"Cancer of Pancreas"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Rectum"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Liver"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Esophagus"},{"focus":"Cancer of the Head and Neck"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8238&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Daniel Chang","firstName":"Daniel","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Daniel_Chang","researchInterest":"I specialize in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies.  I am interested in developing stereotactic body radiotherapy for tumors of the liver, both primary and metastatic.  I am interested in developing functional imaging as a means of determining treatment response with radiation.  I am also interested in developing image-guided radiotherapy to improve radiation delivery for GI cancers to reduce toxicity and improve disease outcome."},{"lastName":"Napel","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Medicine - Biomedical Informatics Research"},{"appointment":"Professor (By courtesy),Electrical Engineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4647&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Sandy Napel","firstName":"Sandy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Sandy_Napel","researchInterest":"My research seeks to advance the clinical and basic sciences in radiology, while improving our understanding of biology and the manifestations of disease, by pioneering methods in the information sciences that integrate imaging, clinical and molecular data. A current focus is on content-based radiological image retrieval and integration of imaging features with clinical and molecular data for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapy planning decision support."},{"lastName":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor (Research),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8291&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zhen Cheng","firstName":"Zhen","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Zhen_Cheng","researchInterest":"To develop novel molecular imaging probes and techniques for non-invasively early detection of cancer using multimodality imaging technologies including PET, SPECT, MRI, optical imaging, etc."},{"lastName":"Graves","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3974&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Edward Graves","firstName":"Edward","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Edward_Graves","researchInterest":"Applications of molecular imaging in radiation therapy, development of hypoxia and radiosensitivity imaging techniques, small animal image-guided conformal radiotherapy, image processing and analysis."},{"lastName":"Loo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancer"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6839&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Billy W. 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Current applications I am working on include Raman spectroscopy and photoacoustic tomography."},{"lastName":"de la Zerda","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Structural Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Structural Biology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=31795&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Adam de la Zerda","firstName":"Adam","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/cancer/researcher/Adam_de la Zerda","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Pauly","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Electrical Engineering","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=7223&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John M. 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Although my personal research interests will be to discover and design of candidate probes that target molecular targets in the brain, our group focus will primarily be on cancer biology and gene therapy. In conjuncti"},{"lastName":"Sun","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Radiation Oncology","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14635&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Conroy Sun","firstName":"Conroy","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/postdocs/researcher/Conroy_Sun","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Kaplan","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancers"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancers - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors "},{"focus":"Salivary Gland Tumors"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer"},{"focus":"Esophageal Cancer - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Melanoma"},{"focus":"Melanoma - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose and Throat)"},{"focus":"Salivary Gland Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Skull Base Tumors - Head and Neck Surgery"},{"focus":"Thyroid Neoplasms"},{"focus":"squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck"},{"focus":"Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Esthesioneuroblastoma, Paranasal Sinus-Nasal Cavity"},{"focus":"carcinoma of the neck; unknown primary"},{"focus":"Parotid Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Tongue Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Oral cavity tumors"},{"focus":"Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms"},{"focus":"Paraganglioma, Carotid Body"},{"focus":"Parapharyngeal space tumors"},{"focus":"Infratemporal fossa tumors"},{"focus":"Tonsillar Neoplasms"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://cancer.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=3950&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Michael J. 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