Dr. I-chow Joe Hsu M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1600 Divisadero St San Francisco CA, 94115Rating
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Dr. I-Chow (Joe) Hsu is a radiation oncologist with special expertise in brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment such ...
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A comparison between tandem and ovoids and interstitial gynecologic template brachytherapy dosimetry using a hypothetical computer model.
- Analysis of interaction between number of implant catheters and dose-volume histograms in prostate high- dose-rate brachytherapy using a computer model.
- Managing nasopharyngeal carcinoma with intracavitary brachytherapy: one institution's 45-year experience.
- Simulating needle insertion and radioactive seed implantation for prostate brachytherapy.
- Dose uncertainty due to computed tomography (CT) slice thickness in CT-based high dose rate brachytherapy of the prostate cancer.
- Comparison of inverse planning simulated annealing and geometrical optimization for prostate high-dose-rate brachytherapy.
- Optimization of dose distribution for HDR brachytherapy of the prostate using Attraction-Repulsion Model.
- Expandable and rigid endorectal coils for prostate MRI: impact on prostate distortion and rigid image registration.
- Registration of MR prostate images with biomechanical modeling and nonlinear parameter estimation.
- Optimization of HDR brachytherapy dose distributions using linear programming with penalty costs.
- Polarization gating in ultrafast-optics imaging of skeletal muscle tissues.
- Class solution in inverse planned HDR prostate brachytherapy for dose escalation of DIL defined by combined MRI/MRSI.
- Measurement of craniocaudal catheter displacement between fractions in computed tomography-based high dose rate brachytherapy of prostate cancer.
- Sensorless motion planning for medical needle insertion in deformable tissues.
- Endocervical ultrasound applicator for integrated hyperthermia and HDR brachytherapy in the treatment of locally advanced cervical carcinoma.
Fellowships
- Columbia-Presbyterian Medical, Radiation Oncology 1995
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