Yusung Kim, PhD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
Current Positions
- Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology
- Brachytherapy Physics Director, Department of Radiation Oncology
Education
- BS in Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Rep. of Korea (South)
- MS in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- PhD in Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Research Interests
- Research Summary/Interests
Licenses & Certifications
- American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics, American Board of Radiology
Selected Publications
- Dou, X., Kim, Y., Bayouth, J. E., Buatti, J. M. & Wu, X. (2013). Optimal field-splitting algorithm in intensity-modulated radiotherapy: Evaluations using head-and-neck and female pelvic IMRT cases. Medical Dosimetry 38 (1) 12-17. PMID: 22835649.
- Anderson, J. W., Huang, Y. & Kim, Y. (2012). Dosimetric impact of point A definition on high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer: evaluations on conventional point A and MRI-guided, conformal plans. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 4 (4) 241-246. PMID: 23378854.
- Hyer, D. E., Sheybani, A., Jacobson, G. M. & Kim, Y. (2012). The dosimetric impact of heterogeneity corrections in high dose rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer: investigation of both conventional Point-A and volume-optimized tandem-and-ovoid plans. Brachytherapy 11 (6) 515-520. PMID: 22386723.
- Schindel, J., Zhang, W. & Kim, Y. (2012). Evaluations on Applicator Displacements for Cervical Cancer Brachytherapy due to Additional Scan for 3D Image Guidance. Practical Radiation Therapy.
- Rockey, W. M., Bhatia, S. K., Jacobson, G. M. & Kim, Y. (2012). The dosimetric impact of Vaginal Balloon-Packing on Intracavitary High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Gynecological Cancer. Brachytherapy.
- Anderson, J. W., Xia, J., Flynn, R. T., Modrick, J. M., Bhatia, S. K., Jacobson, G. M. & Kim, Y. (2012). High Resolution (3 Tesla) MRI-Guided, Conformal Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: Consequences of Different High-Risk CTV (Clinical Target Volume) Sizes. Practical Radiation Therapy.
- Schindel, J., Muruganandham, M., Pigge, F. C. & Kim, Y. (2012). MRI Markers for MRI-Guided HDR Brachytherapy: Marker-Flange for Cervical Cancer and Marker-Catheters for Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
- Liu, Y., Flynn, R. T., Kim, Y. & Wu, X. (2012). Optimal sequencing in Rotating-shield Intensity-Modulated Brachytehrapy. Medical Physics.
- Flynn, R. T., Kim, Y. & Jacobson, G. M. (2012). Compensator-based intensity modulated brachytherapy for cervical cancer. Medical Physics.
- Siochi, R. A., Kim, Y. & Bhatia, S. K. (2012). Tumor Control Probability Reduction in Phase Gated RT Treatments of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Tumors with Motion in Excess of Planned Motion. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics.