Prof. Indra J. Das

Department of Radiation Oncology

Indiana University School of Medicine, USA

Professor & Director of Medical Physics

Email: idas@iupui.edu

Qualifications

1988 Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Biophysical Science

1984 M.Sc., University of Wisconsin, Medical Physics

Publications (selected)

1. Akino Y, Gibbon J, Neck DW, Chu C, Das IJ, Intra- and inter-variability in beam data commissioning among water phantom scanning systems, J Appl Clin Med Phys 15(4), 251-258, 2014.
2. Kurosu K, Takashina M, Koizumi M, Das IJ , Moskvin V, Optimization of GATE and PHITS parameters for proton uniform scanning beam based on FLUKA, Nucl Instr Meth B, 336, 45-54, 2014.
3. Srivastava SP, Das IJ, Andrews J, Cheng CW, Dose perturbation due to metallic breast expander in electron and photon beam treatment of breast cancer, J Radiat Oncol, 3, 65-72, 2014; DOI: 10.1007/s13566-013-0109-4.
4. Moskvin V, Lasley FD, Ray GL, Gautam AS, Cheng CW, Das IJ, Buchsbaum JC, Acute Skin Reaction in Proton Beam Therapy of Spine and Brain patients: A Retrospective Study and Physics Consideration, J Radiat Oncol 3, 195-203, DOI 10.1007/s13566-013-0128-1 2014.
5. Costlow H N, Zhang H, Das IJ, Megavoltage grid therapy for bulky lung cancer. Med Dosim,39(3), 218-226,doi.org/10.1016/j.meddos.2014.02.004, 2014.
6. Zhang H, Das IJ, Dosimetric perturbations at high-Z interfaces with HDR ¹⁹²Ir source. Phys Med, S1120-1797, 2014,doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.06.005.
7. Walker PK, Edwards AC, Das IJ, Johnstone PAS, Radiation safety considerations in proton aperture disposal, Health Phys 106 (4) 523-527, 2014, DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182a2a725.
8. Akino Y, Das IJ, DesRosiers C, Cardenes, HR; Impact of Heterogeneity Corrections in Stereotactic Body Radiation therapy (SBRT) for Lung Cancer; J Radiat Res, pp 1–7  PMID: 24522269,  DOI. 10.1093/jrr/rrt231, 2014.
9. Zhang H, Barth R, Cao M, Das IJ, Impact of dose size in single fraction spatially fractionated (grid) radiotherapy for melanoma, Med Phys 41,021727, 2014; doi: 10.1118/1.4862837.
10. Buchsbaum J C, McDonald M W, Johnstone P A S, Hoene T, Mendonca M S, Cheng CW, Das IJ, McMullen KP, Wolanski MR, Range modulation in proton therapy planning: A simple method for mitigating effects of increased relative biological effectiveness at the end-of-range of clinical proton beams, Radiat Oncol, 9:2, 2014, (doi:10.1186/1748-717X-9-2).
11. Das IJ, Glatstein E, The music of V20, is it symphony or cacophony? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 88 (4) 973-974, 2014.
12. Das IJ, Gillin MT, Galvin JM, Ibbott GS, Moyers M, Palta JR, Schreuder AN, ACR-AAPM technical standard for the performance of proton beam radiation therapy, ACR technical standard
    2013:http://www.acr.org/~/media/ACR/Documents/PGTS/standards/ProtonTherapy.pdf.
13. Akino Y, McMullen K P, Das IJ, Patterns of patient specific dosimetry in total body irradiation; Med Phys. 40(4):041719, 2013 (doi: 10.1118/1.4795335).
14. Srivastava, S, Das IJ, Kumar A, Johnstone PAS Cheng CW, Impact of rectal balloon filling materials on the dosimetry of prostate and organs at risk in photon beam therapy, J Appl Clin Med Phys, 14(1), 81-91, 2013 (doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i1.3993).
15. Chang DS, Bartlett, GK, Das IJ, Beam angle selection for intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment of unrespectable pancreatic cancer: Are noncoplanar beam angles necessary? Clin Trans Oncol 15(9), 720-724, 2013; (DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0998-5).
16. Cheng CW, Das I J, Srivastava SP, Zhao L, Wolanski M, Simmons J, Johnstone PAS, Buchsbaum JC, Dosimetric comparison between proton and photon beams in the moving gap region in cranio-spinal irradiation (CSI), Acta Oncolgica, 52 (3), 553–560 2013.
17. Akino Y, Das IJ, Bartlett, G, Zhang H, Thompson E, Zook, ER; Evaluation of superficial dosimetry between treatment planning system and measurement for breast cancer treatment techniques, Med Phys, 41(1) 011714-1-6, 2013.
18. Das IJ, Andrews JZ, Cao M, Johnstone PAS, Correlation of radiation treatment parameters to dose-volume for lung and heart in breast cancer. Acta Oncologica, 52 (1), 178–183, 2013.