Luis E. Fong de los Santos, Ph.D.

  1. Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist
  1. Farrokhkish M, Veres AJ, Fong de Los Santos LE, DeMarco JJ, Islam MK. Feasibility of using a transmission ion chamber for QA tests of medical linear accelerators. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Feb; 25 (2):e14245 Epub 2024 Jan 09
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  2. Schofield DL, Conroy L, Harmsen WS, Johnson JL, Wells MC, Dong L, Fong de Los Santos LE. AAPM task group report 275.S: Survey strategy and results on plan review and chart check practices in US and Canada. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Apr; 24 (4):e13952 Epub 2023 Mar 10
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  3. Conroy L, Faught JT, Bowers E, Ecclestone G, Fong de Los Santos LE, Hsu A, Johnson JL, Kim GG, Schechter N, Schubert LK, Sterling DA. Medical physics practice guideline 4.b: Development, implementation, use and maintenance of safety checklists. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023 Mar; 24 (3):e13895 Epub 2023 Feb 04
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  4. Pepin MD, Penoncello GP, Brom KM, Gustafson JM, Long KM, Rong Y, Fong de Los Santos LE, Shiraishi S. Assessment of dose-volume histogram precision for five clinical systems. Med Phys. 2022 Oct; 49 (10):6303-6318 Epub 2022 Aug 27
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  5. Mechalakos JG, Dieterich S, Fong de Los Santos LE, Fontenla SC, Hanley J, Harwalkar VA, Hong LX, Huang YJ, Kim GG, Richardson SL, Sutlief SG, Yaddanapudi S, Merkel S, Parry M. Electronic charting of radiation therapy planning and treatment: Report of Task Group 262. Med Phys. 2021 Nov; 48 (11):e927-e968 Epub 2021 Aug 18
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  6. Viscariello N, Evans S, Parker S, Schofield D, Miller B, Gardner S, Fong de Los Santos L, Hallemeier C, Jordan L, Kim E, Ford E. A multi-institutional assessment of COVID-19-related risk in radiation oncology. Radiother Oncol. 2020 Dec; 153:296-302 Epub 2020 Oct 20
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  7. Ford E, Conroy L, Dong L, de Los Santos LF, Fong de Los Santos L, Greener A, Gwe-Ya Kim G, Johnson J, Johnson P, Mechalakos JG, Napolitano B, Parker S, Schofield D, Smith K, Yorke E, Wells M. Strategies for effective physics plan and chart review in radiation therapy: Report of AAPM Task Group 275. Med Phys. 2020 Jun; 47 (6):e236-e272 Epub 2020 Apr 15
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  8. Shiraishi S, Fong de Los Santos LE, Antolak JA, Olivier KR, Garces YI, Park SS, Grams MP. Phantom Verification of AAA and Acuros Dose Calculations for Lung Cancer: Do Tumor Size and Regression Matter? Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jan; 9 (1):29-37 Epub 2018 Aug 20
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  9. Grams MP, de Los Santos LEF. Design and clinical use of a rotational phantom for dosimetric verification of IMRT/VMAT treatments. Phys Med. 2018 Jun; 50:59-65 Epub 2018 May 29
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  10. Shiraishi S, Grams MP, Fong de Los Santos LE. Image-guided radiotherapy quality control: Statistical process control using image similarity metrics. Med Phys. 2018 May; 45 (5):1811-1821 Epub 2018 Mar 30
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  11. Grams MP, Fong de Los Santos LE, Antolak JA, Brinkmann DH, Clarke MJ, Park SS, Olivier KR, Whitaker TJ. Cadaveric verification of the Eclipse AAA algorithm for spine SBRT treatments with titanium hardware. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 Mar-Apr; 6: (2)131-41.
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  12. Grams MP, Gustafson JM, Long KM, de los Santos LE. Technical Note: Initial characterization of the new EBT-XD Gafchromic film. Med Phys. 2015 Oct; 42 (10):5782-6
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  13. Fong de los Santos LE, Evans S, Ford E, Gaiser J, Hayden S, Huffman K, Johnson J, Mechalakos J, Stern R, Terezakis S, Thomadsen B, Pronovost P, Fairobent L. Medical Physics Practice Guideline 4.a:Developement, implementation, use and maintenance of safety checklists.Available at: http://www.jacmp.org/index.php/jacmp/article/view/5431 Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2015; 16(3).
  14. Grams MP, Fong de Los Santos LE, Brown LC, Mayo CS, Park SS, Garces YI, Olivier KR, Brinkmann DH. Separating the dosimetric consequences of changing tumor anatomy from positional uncertainty for conventionally fractionated lung cancer patients. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Nov-Dec; 4 (6):455-65 Epub 2014 Apr 03
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  15. Sio TT, Jensen AR, Miller RC, Fong de los Santos LE, Hallemeier CL, Foster NR, Park SS, Bauer HJ, Chang K, Garces YI, Olivier KR. Influence of patient's physiologic factors and immobilization choice with stereotactic body radiotherapy for upper lung tumors. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2014 Sep 8; 15 (5):4931 Epub 2014 Sept 08
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  16. Miller RC, Fong de los Santos LE, Schild SE, Foote RL. Organizational Culture and Proton Therapy Facility Design at the Mayo Clinic. International Journal of Particle Therapy. 2014; 1(3):671-681.
  17. Grams MP, Brown LC, Brinkmann DH, Pafundi DH, Mundy DW, Garces YI, Park SS, Olivier KR, de los Santos LE. Analysis of automatic match results for cone-beam computed tomography localization of conventionally fractionated lung tumors. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 4 (1):35-42 Epub 2013 Mar 26
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  18. Ford EC, Fong de Los Santos L, Pawlicki T, Sutlief S, Dunscombe P, American Association of Physicists in Medicine Work Group on Prevention of Errors. The structure of incident learning systems for radiation oncology. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013 May 1; 86 (1):11-2
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  19. Mayo C, Fong de los Santos L, Kruse J, Blackwell CR, McLemore LB, Pafundi D, Stoker J, Herman M. Report on use of a methodology for commissioning and quality assurance of a VMAT system. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (3):e58877 Epub 2013 Mar 15
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  20. Barney BM, Olivier KR, Macdonald OK, Fong de Los Santos LE, Miller RC, Haddock MG. Clinical outcomes and dosimetric considerations using stereotactic body radiotherapy for abdominopelvic tumors. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec; 35 (6):537-42
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  21. Fong de Los Santos LE, Herman MG. Radiation oncology information systems and clinical practice compatibility: Workflow evaluation and comprehensive assessment. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 2 (4):e155-e164 Epub 2012 Mar 14
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  22. Ford EC, Fong De Los Santos L, Pawlicki T, Sutlief S, Dunscombe P. Consensus recommendations for incident learning database structures in radiation oncology. Med Phys. 2012; 39(12):7272-90.
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  23. Oda H, Usui A, Miyagi I, Joshima M, Weiss BP, Shantz C, Fong de Los Santos LE, McBride KK, Harder R, Baudenbacher FJ. Utrfine-scale magnetostratigraphy of marine ferromanganese crust. Geology. 2011 Feb; 39(3-3):227-230.
  24. Kapa S, Fong L, Blackwell CR, Herman MG, Schomberg PJ, Hayes DL. Effects of scatter radiation on ICD and CRT function. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Jun; 31(6):727-32.
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  25. Weiss BP, Fong LE, Vali H, Lima EA, Baudenbacher FJ. Paleointensity of the ancient Martian magnetic field. Geophysical Research Letters. 2008; 35(23):L23207.
  26. Weiss BP, Lima EA, Fong LE, Baudenbacher FJ. Paleointensity of the Earth's magnetic field using SQUID microscopy. Earth Planet Sci Lett. 2007; 264(1-2).
  27. Weiss BP, Lima EA, Fong LE, Baudenbacher FJ. Paleomagnetic analysis using SQUID microscopy. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 2007; 112(B9).
  28. Gattacceca J, Boustie M, Weiss BP, Rochette P, Lima EA, Fong LE, Baudenbacher F. Investigating impact demagnetization through laser impacts and SQUID microscopy. Geology. 2006; 34(5):333-6.
  29. Baudenbacher F, Fong LE, Thiel G, Wacke M, Jazbinsek V, Holzer JR, Stampfl A, Trontelj Z. Intracellular axial current in Chara corallina reflects the altered kinetics of ions in cytoplasm under the influence of light. Biophys J. 2005 Jan; 88(1):690-7. Epub 2004 Oct 29.
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  30. Fong LE, Holzer JR, McBride K, Lima EA, Radparvar M, Baudenbacher F. High spatial resolution room-temperature-sample scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscope. Rev Sci Instrum. 2005; 76:053703.
  31. Holzer JR, Fong LE, Sidorov VY, Wikswo JP Jr, Baudenbacher F. High resolution magnetic images of planar wave fronts reveal bidomain properties of cardiac tissue. Biophys J. 2004 Dec; 87(6):4326-32. Epub 2004 Sep 17.
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  32. Fong LE, Holzer JR, McBride K, Lima EA, Radparvar M, Baudenbacher F. High resolution imaging of cardiac biomagnetic fields using a low transition temperature superconducting quantum interference device microscope. Applied Physics Letters. 2004; 84:3190.
  33. Baudenbacher F, Fong LE, Holzer JR, Radparvar M. Monolithic low Tc SQUID magnetometers for high resolution imaging magnetic fields of room temperature samples. Applied Physics Letters. 2003; 82:3487.