You Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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

Graduate School

Duke University (2015), Philosophy

• 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

Featured Publications

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, Phys Med Biol 2022 06 67 13

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 SB, Zhang Y, Phys Med Biol 2022 Apr

An unsupervised 2D-3D deformable registration network (2D3D-RegNet) for cone-beam CT estimation.

Zhang Y, Phys Med Biol 2021 Feb

4D liver tumor localization using cone-beam projections and a biomechanical model.

Zhang Y, Folkert MR, Li B, Huang X, Meyer JJ, Chiu T, Lee P, Tehrani JN, Cai J, Parsons D, Jia X, Wang J, Radiother Oncol 2019 04 133 183-192

A new CT reconstruction technique using adaptive deformation recovery and intensity correction (ADRIC).

Zhang Y, Ma J, Iyengar P, Zhong Y, Wang J, Med Phys 2017 Jun 44 6 2223-2241

A Biomechanical Modeling Guided CBCT Estimation Technique.

Zhang Y, Tehrani JN, Wang J, IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2017 02 36 2 641-652

A technique for estimating 4D-CBCT using prior knowledge and limited-angle projections.

Zhang Y, Yin FF, Segars WP, Ren L, Med Phys 2013 Dec 40 12 121701

H-SegNet: hybrid segmentation network for lung segmentation in chest radiographs using mask region-based convolutional neural network and adaptive closed polyline searching method.

Peng T, Wang C, Zhang Y, Wang J, Phys Med Biol 2022 03 67 7

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, Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Feb

Automatic liver tumor localization using deep learning-based liver boundary motion estimation and biomechanical modeling (DL-Bio).

Shao HC, Huang X, Folkert MR, Wang J, Zhang Y, Med Phys 2021 Dec 48 12 7790-7805

 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

• 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)

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