Publications Print Tang X, Wan Chan Tseung H, Moseley D, Zverovitch A, Hughes CO, George J, Johnson JE, Breen WG, Qian J. Deep learning based linear energy transfer calculation for proton therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2024 May 30; 69 (11) View PubMed Tang X, Deisher AJ, Mundy DW, Kruse JJ, Mahajan A, Qian J, Johnson JE. Optimizing Gantry Breakpoint Angles in Proton Therapy: Enhancing Efficiency and Patient Experience. Int J Part Ther. 2024 Mar; 11:100007 Epub 2024 Apr 20 View PubMed Madhavan S, Gamez M, Garces YI, Lester SC, Ma DJ, Mundy DW, Neben Wittich MA, Qian J, Routman DM, Foote RL, Shiraishi S. Impact of radiation dose distribution on nutritional supplementation needs in head and neck cancer radiotherapy: a voxel-based machine learning approach. Front Oncol. 2024; 14:1346797 Epub 2024 Feb 28 View PubMed Breen WG, Geno CS, Waddle MR, Qian J, Harmsen WS, Burns TC, Sener UT, Ruff MW, Neth BJ, Uhm JH, Routman DM, Yan E, Kruse JJ, Laack NN, Brown PD, Mahajan A. Proton versus photon craniospinal irradiation for adult medulloblastoma: A dosimetric, toxicity, and exploratory cost analysis. Neurooncol Adv. 2024 Jan-Dec; 6 (1):vdae034 Epub 2024 Mar 08 View PubMed Garcia DA, Jeans EB, Morris LK, Shiraishi S, Laughlin BS, Rong Y, Rwigema JM, Foote RL, Herman MG, Qian J. A Radiomics-Based Classifier for the Progression of Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 22; 15(14). View PubMed Lucien F, Kim Y, Qian J, Orme JJ, Zhang H, Arafa A, Abraha F, Thapa I, Tryggestad EJ, Harmsen WS, Kosti J, Ali H, Lowe VJ, Johnson GB, Kwon ED, Dong H, Park SS. Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Predict Clinical Outcomes in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer and Suppress Antitumor Immunity. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Nov 15; 114 (4):725-737 Epub 2022 June 04 View PubMed Hu YH, Hickling SV, Qian J, Blackwell CR, McLemore LB, Tryggestad EJ. Characterization and commissioning of a Leksell Gamma Knife ICON system for framed and frameless stereotactic radiosurgery. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Mar; 23 (3):e13475 Epub 2022 Jan 22 View PubMed Deufel CL, Dalvin LA, Qian J, Vaishnav B, Cutsinger JM, Wittich MN, Petersen IA. How to design, fabricate, and validate a customized COMS-style eye plaque: Illustrated with a narrow-slotted plaque example. Brachytherapy. 2021 Nov-Dec; 20 (6):1235-1244 Epub 2021 July 01 View PubMed Qian J, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Lowe V, Pafundi DH. Prediction of MGMT Status for Glioblastoma Patients Using Radiomics Feature Extraction From (18)F-DOPA-PET Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1; 108 (5):1339-1346 Epub 2020 July 04 View PubMed M. S. Fetea, R. B. Cakirli, R. F. Casten, D. D. Warner, E. A. McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, A. Heinz, H. Ai, G. Gürdal, J. Qian, R. Winkler. First test of the E(5/4) Bose-Fermi symmetry: The structure of 135Ba Physical Review C. 2016; 73. Smith MK, Werner V, Terry JR, Pietralla N, Petkov P, Berant Z, Casperson RJ, Heinz A, Henning G, Lüttke R, Qian J, Shoraka B, Rainovski G, Williams E, Winkler R. Centrifugal stretching from lifetime measurements in the 170 Hf ground state band Physical Review C. 2013. Paschalis S, Lee IY, Macchiavelli AO, Campbell CM, Cromaz M, Gros S, Pavan J, Qian J, Clark RM, Crawford HL, Doering D, Fallon P, Lionberger C, Loew T, Petri M, Stezelberger T, Zimmermann S, Radford DC, Lagergren K, Weisshaar D, Winkler R, Glasmacher T, Anderson JT, Beausang CW. The performance of the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking In-beam Nuclear Array GRETINA Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2013. RD Martin, M Amman, YD Chan, JA Detwiler, JC Loach, Q Looker, PN Luke, AWP Poon, J Qian, K Vetter, H Yaver. Determining the drift time of charge carriers in p-type point-contact HPGe detectors Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2012; 678. Wolf A, Berant Z, Werner V, A Heinz, R. F. Casten, R. J. Casperson, D. S. Brenner, R. Chevrier, D. McCarthy, G. Ilie, E. Williams, J. Qian, J. R. Terry, T. Ahn, and R. Winkler. g factor of the 2 + 1 state of 168 Hf Physical Review C. 2012. R. Lüttke, E. A. McCutchan, V. Werner, K. Aleksandrova, S. Atwater, H. Ai, R. J. Casperson, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, A. F. Mertz, J. Qian, B. Shoraka, J. R. Terry, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Collectivity in 66 Ge and 68 Ge via lifetime measurements Physical Review C. 2012. A. P. Robinson, T. L. Khoo, D. Seweryniak, I. Ahmad, M. Asai, B. B. Back, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, C. N. Davids, J. Greene, P. T. Greenlees, K. Hauschild, A. Heinz, R.-D. Herzberg, R. V. F. Janssens, D. G. Jenkins, G. D. Jones, S. Ketelhut, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Lopez-Martens, P. Marley, E. McCutchan, P. Papadakis, D. Peterson, J. Qian, D. Rostron, U. Shirwadkar, I. Stefanescu, S. K. Tandel, X. Wang, and S. Zhu. Search for a 2-quasiparticle high- K isomer in 256 Rf Physical Review C. 2011; 83. M. J. Taylor, G. Gürdal, G. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, A. E. Stuchbery, Y. Y. Sharon, M. A. Bentley, Z. Berant, R. J. Casperson, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, G. Ilie, R. Lüttke, E. A. McCutchan, J. Qian, B. Shoraka, V. Werner, E. Williams, and R. Winkler. Low-energy structure of the even- A 96 - 104 Ru isotopes via g -factor measurements Physical Review C. 2011; 83. E. A. McCutchan, C. J. Lister, T. Ahn, R. J. Casperson, A. Heinz, G. Ilie, J. Qian, E. Williams, R. Winkler, V. Werner. Shape coexistence in 72Se investigated following the ß decay of 72Br Physical Review C. 2011; 83. G. Gürdal, G. J. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, Y. Y. Sharon, L. Zamick, S. J. Q. Robinson, T. Ahn, R. Casperson, A. Heinz, G. Ilie, J. Qian, V. Werner, E. Williams, R. Winkler, D. McCarthey. g factors of the low-lying states in 106 Pd : Examination of the vibrational character of 106 Pd Physical Review C. 2010; 82. P. A. Ellison, K. E. Gregorich, J. S. Berryman, D. L. Bleuel, R. M. Clark, I. Dragojevic, J. Dvorak, P. Fallon, C. Fineman-Sotomayor, J. M. Gates, O. R. Gothe, I. Y. Lee, W. D. Loveland, J. P. McLaughlin, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, J. Qian, L. Stavsetra, M. Wiedeking, and H. Nitsche. New Superheavy Element Isotopes: 242 Pu ( 48 Ca , 5 n ) 285 1 14 Physical Review Letters. 2010; 105. J. S. Berryman, R. M. Clark, K. E. Gregorich, J. M. Allmond, D. L. Bleuel, M. Cromaz, I. Dragojevic, J. Dvorak, P. A. Ellison, P. Fallon, M. A. Garcia, S. Gros, I. Y. Lee, A. O. Macchiavelli, H. Nitsche, S. Paschalis, M. Petri, J. Qian, M. A. Stoyer, M. Wiedeking. Electromagnetic decays of excited states in 261 Sg ( Z = 106 ) and 257 Rf ( Z = 104 ) Physical Review C. 2010; 81. E. Williams, R. J. Casperson, V. Werner, H. Ai, P. Boutachkov, M. Chamberlain, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, J. Qian, R. Winkler. Candidates for low-lying mixed-symmetry states in 140 Nd Physical Review C. 2009; 80. Z. Berant, E. Oster, R. J. Casperson, A. Wolf, V. Werner, A. Heinz, R. F. Casten, G. Gurdal, E. A. McCutchan, D. S. Brenner, J. R. Terry, R. Winkler, E. Williams, J. Qian, A. Schmidt, M. K. Smith, T. Ahn, C. W. Beausang, P. H. Regan, T. Ross, M. Bunce, B. Darakchieva, D. A. Meyer, J. LeBlanc, K. Dudziak, C. Bauer, and G. Henning. g factor of the 2 + 1 state of 172 Hf Physical Review C. 2009; 80. C. E. Aalseth, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignon III, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, J. R. Beene, M. Bergevin, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, W. Bugg, T. H. Burritt, Y.-D. Chan, J. I. Collar, R. J. Cooper, R. Creswick, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu. Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Ely, J. Esterline, H. Farach, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, P. Finnerty, B. Fujikawa, E. Fuller, V. M. Gehman, G. K. Giovanetti, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusey, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, R. Hennin, A. Hime, E. W. Hoppe, T. W. Hossbach, M. A. Howe, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, M. Keillor, C. Keller, J. D. Kephart, M. F. Kidd, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, K. T. Lesko, L. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, D.-M. Mei, H. S. Miley, M. Miller, L. Mizouni, A. Montoya, A. W. Myers, M. Nomachi, B. Odom, J. L. Orrell, D. Phillips, A. W. P Poon, G. Prior, J. Qian, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G. H. Robertson, L. Rodriguez, K. P. Rykaczewski, A. G. Schubert, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, J. Strain, K. Thomas, R. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, T. D. Van Wechel, I. Vanyushin, K. Vetter, R. Warner, J. F. Wilkerson, J. M. Wouters, E. Yakushe, A. R. Young, C.-H. Yue, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang, and S. Zimmerman. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1182. J. Qian, A. Heinz, R. Winkler, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, D. Seweryniak, D. Peterson, M. Asai, B. B. Back, M. P. Carpenter, A. B. Garnsworthy, J. P. Greene, A. A. Hecht, C. L. Jiang, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, R. C. Pardo, A. Robinson, R. Scott, R. Vondrasek, X. Wang, and S. Zhu. Decay Study of 257Rf AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1098. J. Qian, A. Heinz, T. L. Khoo, R. V. F. Janssens, D. Peterson, D. Seweryniak, I. Ahmad, M. Asai, B. B. Back, M. P. Carpenter, A. B. Garnsworthy, J. P. Greene, A. A. Hecht, C. L. Jiang, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, A. Robinson, G. Savard, R. Scott, R. Vondrasek, X. Wang, R. Winkler, S. Zhu. Spectroscopy of 257 Rf Physical Review C. 2009; 79. N. Pietralla, A. Costin, J. Bonnet, J. Beller, A. Krugmann, O. Möller, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, J. Qian, V. Werner, G. Rainovski, and K. Dusling. Evidence for the Importance of Soft Deformation Potentials in Strongly Deformed Nuclei AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1090. J. R. Terry, V. Werner, Z. Berant, R. J. Casperson, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, G. Henning, R. Lüttke, E. A. McCutchan, J. Qian, B. Shoraka, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Precision Lifetime Measurement of 2+1 State in 120Te AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1090. V. Werner, Z. Berant, M. Bunce, R. J. Casperson, R. F. Casten, A. Heinz, G. Henning, R. Lüttke, E. A. McCutchan, P. Parker, J. Qian, A. Schmidt, B. Shoraka, J. R. Terry, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Testing nuclear structure near shell closures at WNSL AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1090. Williams E., Casperson RJ, Werner V, Ai H, Boutachkov P, Chamberlain M, Gürdal G, Heinz A, McCutchan EA, Qian J, Winkler R. A search for low-lying mixed symmetry states in 140Nd AIP Conference Proceedings. 2009; 1090. A. Costin, M. Reese, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, K. Dusling, C. R. Fitzpatrick, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, O. Möller, P. Petkov, N. Pietralla, J. Qian, G. Rainovski, V. Werner. Centrifugal stretching along the ground state band of 168 Hf Physical Review C. 2009; 79. C. R. Fitzpatrick, V. Werner, R. F. Casten, E. Williams, H. Ai, C. W. Beausang, R. B. Cakirli, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, E. Novitski, J. Qian, R. Winkler. Investigation into the B ( E 2 ) anomaly in 144 Nd using Coulomb excitation Physical Review C. 2008; 78. A. P. Robinson, T. L. Khoo, I. Ahmad, S. K. Tandel, F. G. Kondev, T. Nakatsukasa, D. Seweryniak, M. Asai, B. B. Back, M. P. Carpenter, P. Chowdhury, C. N. Davids, S. Eeckhaudt, J. P. Greene, P. T. Greenlees, S. Gros, A. Heinz, R.-D. Herzberg, R. V. F. Janssens, G. D. Jones, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, D. Peterson, J. Qian, U. S. Tandel, X. Wang, S. Zhu. K p = 8 - isomers and K p = 2 - octupole vibrations in N = 150 shell-stabilized isotones Physical Review C. 2008; 78. V. Werner, N. Benczer-Koller, G. Kumbartzki, J. D. Holt, P. Boutachkov, E. Stefanova, M. Perry, N. Pietralla, H. Ai, K. Aleksandrova, G. Anderson, R. B. Cakirli, R. J. Casperson, R. F. Casten, M. Chamberlain, C. Copos, B. Darakchieva, S. Eckel, M. Evtimova, C. R. Fitzpatrick, A. B. Garnsworthy, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, D. Kovacheva, C. Lambie-Hanson, X. Liang, P. Manchev, E. A. McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, J. Qian, A. Schmidt, N. J. Thompson, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Evidence for the microscopic formation of mixed-symmetry states from magnetic moment measurements Physical Review C. 2008; 78. E. A. McCutchan, R. F. Casten, V. Werner, E. Williams, R. Winkler, A. Wolf, Z. Berant, G. Gürdal, J. Qian, H. Ai, L. Amon, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, R. B. Cakirli, R. J. Casperson, C. R. Fitzpatrick, D. Frank, A. B. Garnsworthy, A. Heinz, R. Lüttke, A. F. Mertz, Y. Oktem, N. Pietralla, P. H. Regan, B. Shoraka, J. R. Terry, and N. J. Thompson. Enhanced mixing of intrinsic states in deformed Hf nuclei Physical Review C. 2008; 77. A. F. Mertz, E. A. McCutchan, R. F. Casten, R. J. Casperson, A. Heinz, B. Huber, R. Lüttke, J. Qian, B. Shoraka, J. R. Terry, V. Werner, E. Williams, R. Winkler. First experimental test of X(5) critical-point symmetry in the A ~ 130 mass region: Low-spin states and the collective structure of 130 Ce Physical Review C. 2008; 77. P. Boutachkov, S. J. Q. Robinson, A. Escuderos, G. Kumbartzki, N. Benczer-Koller, E. Stefanova, Y. Y. Sharon, L. Zamick, E. A. McCutchan, V. Werner, H. Ai, A. B. Garnsworthy, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, J. Qian, N. J. Thompson, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Measurement of the g factor of the 4 + 1 state in 70 Ge Physical Review C. 2007; 76. A. Wolf, Z. Berant, A. Heinz, V. Werner, E. A. McCutchan, G. Gürdal, R. B. Cakirli, Y. Oktem, J. Ai, L. Amon, C. W. Beausang, D. S. Brenner, R. F. Casten, R. J. Casperson, K. Dusling, C. R. Fitzpatrick, A. B. Gransworthy, N. Pietralla, J. Qian, P. H. Regan, N. J. Thompson, E. Williams, R. Winkler. g factor of the 2 + 1 state of 170 Hf Physical Review C. 2007; 76. S. J. Freeman, J. P. Schiffer, A. C. C. Villari, J. A. Clark, C. Deibel, S. Gros, A. Heinz, D. Hirata, C. L. Jiang, B. P. Kay, A. Parikh, P. D. Parker, J. Qian, K. E. Rehm, X. D. Tang, V. Werner, C. Wrede. Pair correlations in nuclei involved in neutrinoless double ß decay: 76 Ge and 76 Se Physical Review C. 2007; 75. N. J. Thompson, P. H. Regan, A. B. Garnsworthy, Akaa D Ayangeakaa, J. Ai, L. Amon, R. B. Cakirli, R. F. Casten, Catherine R. M. Fitzpatrick, Sean John Freeman, G. Guerdal, Andreas Heinz, G. A. Jones, E. A. Mccutchan, J. Qian, V. Werner, Scott J Williams, R. Winkler. Spectroscopy of 91Zr51 at Medium to High Spins Acta Physica Polonica Series B. 2007; 38. E. Williams, C. Plettner, E. A. McCutchan, H. Levine, N. V. Zamfir, R. B. Cakirli, R. F. Casten, H. Ai, C. W. Beausang, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, J. Qian, D. A. Meyer, N. Pietralla, V. Werner. Revisiting anomalous B ( E 2 ; 4 + 1 ? 2 + 1 ) / B ( E 2 ; 2 + 1 ? 0 + 1 ) values in 98 Ru and 180 Pt Physical Review C. 2006; 74. D. Peterson, B. B. Back, R. V. F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, C. J. Lister, D. Seweryniak, I. Ahmad, M. P. Carpenter, C. N. Davids, A. A. Hecht, C. L. Jiang, T. Lauritsen, X. Wang, S. Zhu, F. G. Kondev, A. Heinz, J. Qian, R. Winkler, P. Chowdhury, S. K. Tandel, U. S. Tandel. Decay modes of 250 No Physical Review C. 2006; 74. The Majorana project Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2006; 39. D. L. BALABANSKI, K. A. GLADNISHKI, G. LO BIANCO, A. SALTARELLI, N. V. ZAMFIR, E. A. McCUTCHAN, H. AI, R. F. CASTEN, A. HEINZ, D. A. MEYER, C. PLETTNER, J. QIAN, V. WERNER, E. WILLIAMS, B. AKKUS, L. AMON, R. B. CAKIRLI, M. N. ERDURAN, Y. OKTEM, S. F. ASHLEY, P. H. REGAN, G. RAINOVSKI. EVIDENCE FOR X(5) CRITICAL POINT SYMMETRY IN 128Ce International Journal of Modern Physics E. 2006; 15. E. A. McCutchan, N. V. Zamfir, R. F. Casten, H. Ai, H. Amro, M. Babilon, D. S. Brenner, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, R. O. Hughes, D. A. Meyer, C. Plettner, J. Qian, J. J. Ressler, N. J. Thomas, V. Werner, E. Williams, R. Winkler. Lifetime measurements of yrast states in 162 Yb and 166 Hf Physical Review C. 2006; 73. D. A. Meyer, C. W. Beausang, J. J. Ressler, H. Ai, H. Amro, M. Babilon, R. F. Casten, C. R. Fitzpatrick, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, C. Plettner, J. Qian, N. J. Thomas, V. Werner, E. Williams, N. V. Zamfir, Jing-ye Zhang. First investigation of excited states in the odd-proton nucleus 209Fr Physical Review C. 2006; 73. J J Ressler, C W Beausang, R F Casten, N V Zamfir, H Ai, H Amro, M Babilon, R B Cakirli, J A Caggiano, G Gürdal, A Heinz, R O Hughes, S D Langdown, E A McCutchan, D A Meyer, C Plettner, J Qian, P H Regan, M J S Sciacchitano, N J Thomas, E Williams, A Yamamoto. Isomers and seniority in the trans-Pb nuclei Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 2005; 31. A. Wolf, Z. Berant, N. V. Zamfir, D. S. Brenner, E. A. McCutchan, H. Ai, R. F. Casten, K. Dusling, A. Heinz, D. A. Meyer, E. A. Millman, N. Pietralla, C. Plettner, J. Qian, P. H. Regan, D. Swanson, J. Vinson, E. Williams, R. Winkler. g factor of the 2 + 1 state of 160 Er Physical Review C. 2005; 72. C Plettner, H Ai, C W Beausang, L A Bernstein, L Ahle, H Amro, M Babilon, J T Burke, J A Caggiano, R F Casten, J A Church, J R Cooper, B Crider, G Gürdal, A Heinz, E A McCutchan, K Moody, J A Punyon, J Qian, J J Ressler, A Schiller, E Williams, W Younes. Measuring reaction probability ratios to simulate neutron-induced cross-sections of short-lived nuclei Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 2005; 31. C. Plettner, H. Ai, C. W. Beausang, L. A. Bernstein, L. Ahle, H. Amro, M. Babilon, J. T. Burke, J. A. Caggiano, R. F. Casten, J. A. Church, J. R. Cooper, B. Crider, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, E. A. McCutchan, K. Moody, J. A. Punyon, J. Qian, J. J. Ressler, A. Schiller, E. Williams, W. Younes. Estimation of ( n , f ) cross sections by measuring reaction probability ratios Physical Review C. 2005; 71. J. J. Ressler, C. W. Beausang, H. Ai, H. Amro, M. Babilon, J. A. Caggiano, R. F. Casten, G. Gürdal, A. Heinz, R. O. Hughes, E. A. McCutchan, D. A. Meyer, C. Plettner, J. Qian, M. J. S. Sciacchitano, N. J. Thomas, E. Williams, N. V. Zamfir. Isomeric decay of 208 Ra Physical Review C. 2005; 71. PST-20525931 Home Publications