Xun Jia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Undergraduate

Peking University (2003), Economics

Undergraduate

Peking University (2003), Physics

Graduate School

University of California UCLA (2007), Mathematics

Graduate School

University of California UCLA (2009)

• 3D/4D cone beam CT reconstruction
• GPU-based high performance computing for radiotherapy
• Monte Carlo particle transport simulation for radiotherapy

Featured Publications

A practical cone-beam CT scatter correction method with optimized Monte Carlo simulations for image-guided radiation therapy.

Xu Y, Bai T, Yan H, Ouyang L, Pompos A, Wang J, Zhou L, Jiang SB, Jia X Phys Med Biol 2015 May 60 9 3567-87

A segmentation and point-matching enhanced efficient deformable image registration method for dose accumulation between HDR CT images.

Zhen X, Chen H, Yan H, Zhou L, Mell LK, Yashar CM, Jiang S, Jia X, Gu X, Cervino L Phys Med Biol 2015 Apr 60 7 2981-3002

A new Monte Carlo-based treatment plan optimization approach for intensity modulated radiation therapy.

Li Y, Tian Z, Shi F, Song T, Wu Z, Liu Y, Jiang S, Jia X Phys Med Biol 2015 Apr 60 7 2903-19

A deformable head and neck phantom with in-vivo dosimetry for adaptive radiotherapy quality assurance.

Graves YJ, Smith AA, Mcilvena D, Manilay Z, Lai YK, Rice R, Mell L, Jia X, Jiang SB, Cerviño L Med Phys 2015 Apr 42 4 1490

GPU technology is the hope for near real-time Monte Carlo dose calculations.

Jia X, George Xu X Med Phys 2015 Apr 42 4 1474

Validation of a GPU-based Monte Carlo code (gPMC) for proton radiation therapy: clinical cases study.

Giantsoudi D, Schuemann J, Jia X, Dowdell S, Jiang S, Paganetti H Phys Med Biol 2015 Feb 60 6 2257-2269

Towards the clinical implementation of iterative low-dose cone-beam CT reconstruction in image-guided radiation therapy: Cone/ring artifact correction and multiple GPU implementation.

Yan H, Wang X, Shi F, Bai T, Folkerts M, Cervino L, Jiang SB, Jia X Med Phys 2014 Nov 41 11 111912

Reconstructing cone-beam CT with spatially varying qualities for adaptive radiotherapy: a proof-of-principle study.

Lu W, Yan H, Gu X, Tian Z, Luo O, Yang L, Zhou L, Cervino L, Wang J, Jiang S, Jia X Phys Med Biol 2014 Oct 59 20 6251-66

Automatic commissioning of a GPU-based Monte Carlo radiation dose calculation code for photon radiotherapy.

Tian Z, Graves YJ, Jia X, Jiang SB Phys Med Biol 2014 Oct 59 21 6467-86

A hybrid reconstruction algorithm for fast and accurate 4D cone-beam CT imaging.

Yan H, Zhen X, Folkerts M, Li Y, Pan T, Cervino L, Jiang SB, Jia X Med Phys 2014 Jul 41 7 071903

 Featured Books

GPU-based Fast Monte Carlo Simulation forRadiotherapy Dose Calculation. In Monte Carlo Applications in Radiation Therapy

Xun Jia, Sami Hissoiny, Steve B. Jiang (2013). CRC press

Applications of GPU-based High Performance Computing in Radiation Therapy

Xun Jia, Steve B. Jiang (Ed.) (2015). CRC press

• Early Career Award
  Thrasher Research Fund (2011)
• Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award
  American Society for Radiation Oncology (2011)
• Young Investigator Award
  16thInternational Conference on the use of Computers in RadiationTherapy (2010)