Biography

Download Curriculum Vitae

  • Therapeutic Physics Residency, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2018)
  • Ph.D., Duke University, Medical Physics (2015) 
  • B.S., Nanjing University, Physics (2010)

Education

Graduate School
Duke University (2015), Philosophy

Research Interest

  • 3D/4D CT/CBCT reconstruction and analysis
  • 4D MRI reconstruction
  • Artificial intelligence and automation in radiation therapy
  • Biomechanical modeling and finite element analysis
  • Deformable registration and its application in image-guided radiation therapy
  • Radiotherapy dose calculation and plan optimization
  • Real-time volumetric imaging

Publications

LViT: Language Meets Vision Transformer in Medical Image Segmentation
Li Z, Li Y, Li Q, Wang P, Guo D, Lu L, Jin D, Zhang Y, Hong Q IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2024 Jan 43 96-107
Real-time liver motion estimation via deep learning-based angle-agnostic X-ray imaging
Shao HC, Li Y, Wang J, Jiang S, Zhang Y Medical physics 2023 Nov 50 6649-6662
Real-time liver tumor localization via combined surface imaging and a single x-ray projection
Shao HC, Li Y, Wang J, Jiang S, Zhang Y Physics in medicine and biology 2023 Mar 68
Dynamic cone-beam CT reconstruction using spatial and temporal implicit neural representation learning (STINR)
Zhang Y, Shao HC, Pan T, Mengke T Physics in medicine and biology 2023 Feb 68
Machine characterization and central axis depth dose data of a superficial x-ray radiotherapy unit
Xiong Z, Zhong Y, Banks TI, Reynolds R, Chiu T, Tan J, Zhang Y, Parsons D, Yan Y, Godley A, Stojadinovic S Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express 2023 Jan 9
Recurrence-Free Survival Prediction Under the Guidance of Automatic Gross Tumor Volume Segmentation for Head and Neck Cancers
Wang K, Li Y, Dohopolski M, Peng T, Lu W, Zhang Y, Wang J 2023 144-153
Zero-shot Medical Image Translation via Frequency-Guided Diffusion Models
Li Y, Shao HC, Liang X, Chen L, Li R, Jiang S, Wang J, Zhang Y IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2023 1
Real-time MRI motion estimation through an unsupervised k-space-driven deformable registration network (KS-RegNet)
Shao HC, Li T, Dohopolski MJ, Wang J, Cai J, Tan J, Wang K, Zhang Y Physics in medicine and biology 2022 Jul 67
Real-time liver tumor localization via a single x-ray projection using deep graph neural network-assisted biomechanical modeling
Shao HC, Wang J, Bai T, Chun J, Park JC, Jiang S, Zhang Y Physics in medicine and biology 2022 Jun 67
A How-To Compendium for GammaPod Treatments, Clinical Workflow, and Clinical Program at an Early Adopting Institution
Zhang-Velten E, Zhang Y, Radpour S, Gu X, Kim DN, Alluri P, Nwachukwu C, Chiu T, Lu W, Parsons D, Tan J, Gillespie J, Stevenson S, Choy H, Timmerman R, Rahimi A Practical Radiation Oncology 2022 May 12 e177-e182

Books

Featured Books Legend Featured Books

Combined kV/MV imaging and tomosynthesis. In Handbook of 2018 AAPM Summer School: Image Guidance in Radiation Therapy: Techniques, Accuracy, and Limitations

L. Ren, Y. Zhang (2018). Medical Physics Publishing

Kilovoltage and megavoltage x-ray imaging in radiotherapy. In Handbook of X-ray Imaging: Physics and Technology

Y. Zhang, J. Wang (2017). Taylor & Francis

Honors & Awards

  • ASTRO Travel Award
    (2022-2022)
  • AAPM Summer School Scholarship
    (2019-2019)
  • AAPM Science Council Associates Mentorship Program
    (2018-2019)
  • AAPM John R. Cameron Young Investigator Competition Finalists
    (2016-2016)
  • ASTRO Basic/Translational Science Abstract Award
    (2016-2016)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • AAPM (2011)
  • AAPM Southwest Chapter (2016)
  • ASTRO (2020)
  • IEEE (2020)
  • ISMRM (2020)
  • MICCAI (2020)