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Bin Cai, Ph.D.

Bin Cai, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Director of Advanced Physics Service

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Radiation Oncology
  • Biography

    Bin Cai, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Physics Service in UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Department of Radiation Oncology’s Division of Medical Physics & Engineering.

    Dr. Cai received his Ph.D. from Ohio University and completed his medical physics residency training at Washington University’s School of Medicine. Prior to joining UT Southwestern, Dr. Cai was an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Washington University. He is certified in therapeutic radiological physics by the American Board of Radiology.

    Dr. Cai has extensive clinical and research experience in radiation therapeutic physics, imaging processing, and computational programming. Specifically, Dr. Cai has been continuously working on clinical implementation, development, and improvement of advanced radiation therapy treatment technologies and procedures, including both MR and CT online adaptive radiotherapy, biology-guided radiotherapy, AI-assisted radiotherapy process, automated quality assurance, as well as risk analysis/process improvement for radiotherapy workflow.

  • Education
    Graduate School
    Ohio University (2011), Arts and Science
  • Research Interest
    • Adaptive radiotherapy
    • Automation and artificial intelligence in modern radiation therapy
    • Biology-guided radiotherapy
    • MR-guided radiotherapy
  • Publications
    Commissioning of the RefleXion X1 Linear Accelerator and Development of a Consensus Reference Beam Model
    Watkins WT, Yang R, Han C, Liu A, Surucu M, Kovalchuk N, Han B, Cai B, Banks TI, Shen C, Lalonde R, Dimitriadou D, Chang J, Huq MS, Forbang RT, Ndlovu AM, Ku L, Maganti S, Chen H, Chen Z, Carlson DJ Medical physics 2025 Dec 52
    An automated daily QA strategy for dosimetry and imaging guidance check of a novel PET/CT ring gantry linac
    Ghimire S, Park YK, Gibbard G, Tan J, Banks TI, Shen C, Prasad R, Zhuang T, Godley A, Jiang SB, Cai B Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2025 Dec 26
    Evaluation of treatment planning feasibility of a positron emission tomography (PET)–Linac system for spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)
    Zhang H, Yan S, Peng H, Banks T, Prasad R, Park YK, Godley A, Cai B, Shen C Journal of applied clinical medical physics 2025 Dec 26
    Multi-Institutional Verification of a Novel Predictor (Volume-Scaled SUVmax) for Successful Biology-Guided Radiotherapy Delivery of Small Targets
    Ashraf MR, Pham D, Bal G, Chen H, Park HS, Watkins T, Cai B, Badiyan SN, Vitzthum LK, Loo BW, Surucu M Cancers 2025 Nov 17
    Strategies for Offline Adaptive Biology-Guided Radiotherapy (BgRT) on a PET-Linac Platform
    Cai B, Banks TI, Shen C, Prasad R, Bal G, Lin MH, Godley A, Pompos A, Garant A, Westover K, Dan T, Jiang S, Sher D, Oz OK, Timmerman R, Badiyan SN Cancers 2025 Aug 17
    Quality and Safety Considerations for Adaptive Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO White Paper
    Chetty IJ, Cai B, Chuong MD, Dawes SL, Hall WA, Helms AR, Kirby S, Laugeman E, Mierzwa M, Pursley J, Ray X, Subashi E, Henke LE International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2025 Jul 122 838-864
    Feasibility and Impact of a Radiation Therapy Technologist-Driven Workflow for Cone Beam Computed Tomography Guided Partial Breast Adaptive Radiation Therapy
    Parsons D, Domal S, Chambers E, Salazar D, Visak J, Arbab M, Holgado F, Li X, Okoro C, Wandrey N, Iqbal Z, Alluri P, Cai B, Keen H, Cleaton J, Godley A, Sher D, Badiyan S, Rahimi A, Lin MH International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2025 Jul 122 893-901
    Simulation-Omitting and Using Library Patients for Pre-Planning Online Adaptive Radiotherapy (SUPPORT): A Feasibility Study for Spine Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SAbR) Patients
    Wang D, Kim H, Zhuang T, Visak JD, Cai B, Parsons DD, Jiang S, Godley AR, Lin MH Cancers 2025 Apr 17
    Cone Beam Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy: A Promising Approach for Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma?
    Zhong X, Rahman M, Simmons A, Li X, Kozak M, Desai N, Timmerman R, Godley A, Cai B, Parsons D, Kumar KA, Lin MH Advances in Radiation Oncology 2025 Feb 10
    Expanding SCINTIX Biology-Guided Radiotherapy Beyond Lung and Bone: A Planning Feasibility and Dosimetric Study on the RefleXion X1 System
    Zhang H, Gibbard G, Shen C, Banks TI, Peng H, Da Silva A, Kuduvalli G, Aguilera TA, Dan T, Badiyan SN, Westover K, Sher DJ, Garant A, Hannan R, Jiang SB, Oz OK, Timmerman RD, Cai B Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment 2025 Jan 24
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) (2012)
    • American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) (2016)
    • Radiation Research Society (RRS) (2016)