NING JEFF YUE, PH.D., FAAPM
Occupation:
Medical physicist specializing in radiation oncology
Born:
China
Education:
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Certifications:
ABR Board Certificate in Radiologic Physics
Career:
2007 - Present: Professor, Vice Chairman and Chief of Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer
Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick,
New Jersey
2006 - Present: Professor, Chief of Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey,
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2008 - Present: Program Director, Medical Physics Residency Program (CAMPEP Accredited), Department of
Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2004 - 2006: Associate Director of Medical Physics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
2002 - 2004: Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut
1999 - 2002: Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut
1997 - 2004: Staff Radiological Physicist, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut
1995 - 1996: Medical Physics Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mentors: Dr. Nagalingam Suntharalingam and Dr. Ravinder Nath
Publications:
- N. J. Yue, S. Goyal, J. Zhou, A. Khan, B.G. Haffty, “Intra-fractional Target Motions and Uncertainties of Various Treatment Setup Reference Systems in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation”, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Apr 1;79(5):1549-56.
- Baiyang Liu, Lin Yang, Casimir Kulikowski, Leiguang Gong, David Foran, Salma Jabbour, Ning Yue, ”Dynamic Online Registration Guided Collaborative Tracking of Lung Tumor Movement in Fluoroscopic Videos”, Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging, 2010 Apr 1;2010:209-212.
- T. Chen, S. Kim, S. Goyal, S. Jabbour, J. Zhou, G. Rajagopal, B.G. Haffty, N. J. Yue, “Object-Constrained Meshless Deformable Algorithm for High Speed 3D Non-rigid Registration between CT and CBCT”, Med. Phys. 37 (1): 197-210, 2010.
- N.J. Yue, S. Kim, B.E. Lewis, S. Jabbour, V. Narra, S. Goyal, and B.G. Haffty, “Optimization of couch translational corrections to compensate for rotational and deformable target deviations in image guided radiotherapy,” Med. Phys. 35 (10): 4375-4385; 2008.
- S. Chang, J. Zhou, Q. Liu, D.N. Metaxas, B.G. Haffty, S.N. Kim, S.J. Jabbour, N. Yue, "Registration of lung tissue between fluoroscope and CT images: determination of beam gating parameters in radiotherapy,” Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv Int Conf Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 10(Pt 1):751-8; 2007.
- N. Yue, S. Kim, S. Jabbour, V. Narra, B.G. Haffty, “A strategy to objectively evaluate the necessity of correcting detected target deviations in image guided radiotherapy,” Med. Phys. 34(11):4340-4347; 2007.
- N. Yue, X. Li, S. Beriwal, D. E. Heron, M.R. Sontag, M.S. Huq, “The intrafraction motion induced dosimetric impacts in breast 3D radiation treatment: A 4DCT based study,” Med. Phys. 34(7): 2789-2800; 2007.
- N. Yue, B.G. Haffty, J. Yue, “On the assay of brachytherapy sources,” Med. Phys. 34(6):1975-1982; 2007.
- N. Yue, J. Mori, R. Nath, D. E. Heron, M.S. Huq, “External Beam Radiotherapy Boosts to Reduce the Impacts Caused by Edema in Prostate Permanent Seed Implants,” Phys. Med. Biol. 51:2267-2277;2006.
- N. Yue, J.E. Knisely, H. Song, R. Nath, “A Method to Implement Full Six-Degree Target Shift Corrections for rigid body in Image-Guided Radiotherapy,” Medical Physics 33 (1): 21-31; 2006.
- N. Yue, D. E. Heron, K. Komanduri, M.S. Huq, “Prescription dose of permanent 131Cs seed prostate implants,” Medical Physics 32 (8):2496-2503; 2005.
- N. Yue, R. Nath, “Experimental determination of the anisotropy function for the Model 200 103Pd "light seed" and derivation of the anisotropy constant based upon the Linear Quadratic Model,” Medical Physics 29(6):1120-1129; 2002.
- N. Yue, Z. Chen, R. Nath, “Edema induced increase in tumor cell survival for 125I and 103Pd Prostate Permanent Seed Implants – A Bio-mathematical Model,” Physics in Medicine and Biology 47(7):1185 – 1204;2002.
- N. Yue, Z. Chen, R. Peschel, A. P. Dicker, F.M. Waterman, R. Nath, “Optimum timing for CT-based dose evaluation of 125I and 103Pd prostate seed implants,” International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology&Physics 45(4):1063-1072; 1999.
- N. Yue, A. P. Dicker, B. W. Corn, R. Nath, F.M. Waterman, “A dynamic model for the estimation of optimum timing of computed tomography scan for dose evaluation of 125I or 103Pd seed implant of prostate,” International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology&Physics 43(2): 447- 453;1999.
Awards:
2006 - 2007 Teacher of the Year Award, Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology
1998 ASTRO Basic Science Travel Award
1995 ASTRO/AAPM Physics Resident of the Year in Radiation Oncology
1986 Guo Moruo Award, Top award at USTC
1986 CUSPEA Program
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Activities:
2011- Member of Subcommittee on Practice Guidelines of American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2010 - Present Consultant, Brachytherapy Subcommittee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2005 - 2010 Member of Brachytherapy Subcommittee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2008 President of New Jersey Chapter of American Association of Physicists in Medicine
2007 Member, Task Group 119 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Additional Professional Organization Activities:
2011- Member of ASTRO IHE-RO Committee
2011- Vice President - Elect of SANTRO
2010- Treasurer of Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
2007 - Member of Board of Directors, Sino-American Network for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
2002 - 2004 Secretary and Treasurer of North America Chinese Medical Physicists Association