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Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D.

Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Senior Director of Clinical Physics

Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Radiation Oncology
  • Biography

    Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D., is a Professor in UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology. She is faculty in the Department’s Division of Medical Physics & Engineering and holds the title of Senior Director of Clinical Physics. Additionally, she serves as the lead physicist for the head and neck radiation oncology service.

    Dr. Lin earned both her master’s degree and Ph.D. in medical physics from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Following her doctoral studies, she completed her medical physics residency training at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Since joining UT Southwestern, Dr. Lin has had extensive teaching experience, including serving as a mentor and instructor for the Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program on topics such as radiation physics, adaptive radiation therapy through the Ethos adaptive treatment platform, and treatment planning. She also serves as an instructor for UT Southwestern’s Medical Physics Certificate Program and the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, leading topics on radiation safety and treatment planning, respectively. In 2023, she was a committee chair for the Department of Radiation Oncology’s X-Ray Guided Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy Symposium, a day-long course for over 150 attendees focused on exploring workflows, challenges, and implementation of X-ray-based adaptive radiation therapy to improve outcomes.

    Dr. Lin currently serves on the editorial board for the Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology (TRO) journal. She is also a guest associate editor of the prestigious journal, Medical Physics, and is an active reviewer for numerous high-impact journals, including Practical Radiation Oncology, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics, and the Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. Additionally, Dr. Lin has given many international and national invited lectures on various topics, including adaptive radiotherapy, treatment planning, and artificial intelligence.

  • Education
    Graduate School
    National Tsing Hua University (2010), Biomedical Engineering
  • Research Interest
    • Adaptive therapy
    • Artificial intelligence in medicine application
    • Clinical implementation of novel treatment technologies
    • Stereotactic radiotherapy
  • Publications
    Involved nodal versus elective neck radiotherapy (INVERT) for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective phase II randomized controlled trial protocol
    Young S, Moon DH, Wang J, Chen L, Lin MH, Zhu L, Ahn CW, Hughes R, Sher DJ BMC Cancer 2026 Dec 26
    A Simulation-Free Radiation Therapy Workflow Using Synthetic Computed Tomography Generated from Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Personalized Hippocampal-Sparing Whole-Brain Treatment
    Chen L, Iqbal Z, Lu W, Shen C, Dan T, Dohopolski M, Wardak Z, Sher D, Badiyan S, Timmerman R, Parsons D, Godley A, Jiang S, Lin MH Practical Radiation Oncology 2026 Jul 16 e332-e341
    Development of a cost-effective end-to-end commissioning test for simulation-omitted direct-to-unit adaptive radiotherapy
    Wang D, Visak J, Domal S, Tong Z, Iakovenko V, Chiu T, Godley A, Parsons D, Lin MH Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2026 Jul 40
    Toward universal dose prediction: A multi-scale, multi-objective framework for sequential boost radiotherapy
    Maniscalco AM, Zhong X, Domal S, Lin YC, Sher D, Lin MH, Jiang S, Nguyen D Medical physics 2026 Jun 53
    Artificial Intelligence in Image Assisted Radiation Oncology
    Wang H, Zhao Y, Chen X, McDonald B, Li Y, Xie J, Rhee DJ, Lim TY, Netherton TJ, Phan J, Spiotto MT, Lin MH Cancers 2026 Jun 18
    Integrating Healthcare Enterprise–Radiation Oncology Initiatives for Enhancing Safety and Quality: A Report on the Interoperability Profiles and Vendor Scoring System
    Rong Y, Hårdemark B, Lin MH, Hirata E, Wikler D Practical Radiation Oncology 2026 May 16 e234-e244
    Adaptive MRI-Guided Reirradiation for High-Risk Recurrent Grade 4 Gliomas: Early Clinical Outcomes and Volumetric Response
    Schmitt LG, Dohopolski M, de Vis J, Mostardeiro TR, Mitre LP, Youssef M, Noch E, Maher E, Sun M, Patel T, Patel A, Lee M, Iakovenko V, Chiu T, Su FC, Pompos A, Lin MH, Cai X, Timmerman R, Dan T, Wardak Z International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2026 May 125 44-55
    Comprehensive evaluation of a deep learning-based synthetic CT model for MR-only radiotherapy across multiple anatomical sites
    Liang X, Lee C, Godley A, Wu J, Lin MH, Truong T, Lu W, Iakovenko V, Jiang S, Deng J Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2026 May 39
    Adapt-on-demand: Enabling flexible and scalable adaptive radiotherapy through workflow automation
    Domal S, Choi MG, Visak J, Li R, Li T, Teo BK, Zhao X, Schmidt M, Laugeman E, Parsons D, Park YK, Badiyan S, Sher D, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2026 May 27
    Strategies for enhancing delivery efficiency on MR-Linac: A dosimetric study and historical plan review
    Zhang Y, Tang S, Kabat C, Visak J, Chiu T, Li R, Jiang S, Lin MH Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2026 May 27
  • Honors & Awards
    • Blue Ribbon Poster Award, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2024)
    • Best of Professional Session, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2023)
    • Prize for the Highest Cited Paper, Physics in Medicine & Biology/IOP Publishing
      (2023)
    • Best in Physics (Therapy), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2021)
    • Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) Educator of the Year
      (2015)
    • Young Investigators Award, Delaware Valley Chapter of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2013)
    • Best in Physics (Therapy), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2012)
    • Newsworthy Topic, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2012)
    • Radiation Therapy Scientific Paper Competition Award, Taiwan Clinical Oncology Research Foundation
      (2010)
    • Abstract of Special Merit, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
      (2006)
    • Presidents List, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
      (2006)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (2013)
    • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) (2013)
    • NRG Oncology Adaptive Radiation Therapy Working Group (2024)