Jun Zhou, PhD

Research Program

Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics
Phone Number

404-551-2873
Email Address

jun.zhou@emory.edu

Biography

Jun Zhou, PhD, is an associate professor in the Division of Medical Physics of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. An ABR board-certified medical physicist, Dr. Zhou serves as lead physicist at the Emory Proton Therapy Center.

Education

Dr. Zhou earned his PhD from Tsinghua University in China. He completed his postdoctoral training as a research associate in diagnostic radiologic physics at State University of New York in Stony Brook, New York and as research postdoctoral fellow in therapeutic radiologic physics at Columbia University in New York, New York.

Titles & Roles

Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

Emory University School of Medicine

Research

Dr. Zhou's research is focused on proton treatment planning, proton stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), proton arc therapy, proton imaging and image-guided adaptive radiotherapy.

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Targeting EED as a key PRC2 complex mediator toward novel epigenetic therapeutics. Drug discovery today	Q Bao, A Kumar, D Wu, J Zhou	18/04/2024
Streamlined pin-ridge-filter design for single-energy proton FLASH planning. Medical physics	C Ma, J Zhou, CW Chang, Y Wang, PR Patel, DS Yu, S Tian, X Yang	01/04/2024
A retrospective study on the investigation of potential dosimetric benefits of online adaptive proton therapy for head and neck cancer. Journal of applied clinical medical physics	CW Chang, D Bohannon, Z Tian, Y Wang, MW Mcdonald, DS Yu, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	18/02/2024
Deep learning-based synthetic dose-weighted LET map generation for intensity modulated proton therapy. Physics in medicine and biology	Y Gao, CW Chang, S Pan, J Peng, C Ma, P Patel, J Roper, J Zhou, X Yang	05/01/2024
A Novel Inverse Algorithm To Solve the Integrated Optimization of Dose, Dose Rate, and Linear Energy Transfer of Proton FLASH Therapy With Sparse Filters. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics	N Harrison, M Kang, R Liu, S Charyyev, N Wahl, W Liu, J Zhou, KA Higgins, CB Simone, JD Bradley, WS Dynan, L Lin	16/12/2023
Multimodal imaging-based material mass density estimation for proton therapy using supervised deep learning. The British journal of radiology	CW Chang, R Marants, Y Gao, M Goette, JE Scholey, JD Bradley, T Liu, J Zhou, A Sudhyadhom, X Yang	01/12/2023
Streamlined Pin-Ridge-Filter Design for Single-energy Proton FLASH Planning. ArXiv	C Ma, J Zhou, CW Chang, Y Wang, PR Patel, DS Yu, S Tian, X Yang	03/10/2023
Estimating Potential Benefits of Online Adaptive Proton Therapy for Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Retrospective Study. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics	CW Chang, D Bohannon, Z Tian, Y Wang, MW McDonald, DS Yu, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	01/10/2023
An optimized framework for cone-beam computed tomography-based online evaluation for proton therapy. Medical physics	CW Chang, R Nilsson, S Andersson, D Bohannon, SA Patel, PR Patel, T Liu, X Yang, J Zhou	01/09/2023
Deep learning-based Fast Volumetric Image Generation for Image-guided Proton FLASH Radiotherapy. Research square	CW Chang, Y Lei, T Wang, S Tian, J Roper, L Lin, J Bradley, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	26/07/2023
An Integrated Physical Optimization Framework for Proton Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy FLASH Treatment Planning Allows Dose, Dose Rate, and Linear Energy Transfer Optimization Using Patient-Specific Ridge Filters. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics	R Liu, S Charyyev, N Wahl, W Liu, M Kang, J Zhou, X Yang, F Baltazar, M Palkowitsch, K Higgins, W Dynan, J Bradley, L Lin	15/07/2023
Measurement of the time structure of FLASH beams using prompt gamma rays and secondary neutrons as surrogates. Physics in medicine and biology	S Charyyev, R Liu, X Yang, J Zhou, A Dhabaan, WS Dynan, C Oancea, L Lin	12/07/2023
Feasibility study of hybrid inverse planning with transmission beams and single-energy spread-out Bragg peaks for proton FLASH radiotherapy. Medical physics	C Ma, X Yang, CW Chang, R Liu, D Bohannon, L Lin, T Liu, S Tian, J Zhou	01/06/2023
Deep learning-based protoacoustic signal denoising for proton range verification. Biomedical physics & engineering express	J Wang, JJ Sohn, Y Lei, W Nie, J Zhou, S Avery, T Liu, X Yang	12/05/2023
Early in vivo Radiation Damage Quantification for Pediatric Craniospinal Irradiation Using Longitudinal MRI for Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Advances in radiation oncology	CW Chang, M Goette, N Kadom, Y Wang, J Wynne, T Wang, T Liu, N Esiashvili, J Zhou, BR Eaton, X Yang	01/01/2023
Single energy CT-based mass density and relative stopping power estimation for proton therapy using deep learning method. Frontiers in oncology	Y Gao, CW Chang, J Roper, M Axente, Y Lei, S Pan, JD Bradley, J Zhou, T Liu, X Yang	01/01/2023
Proton liver stereotactic body radiation therapy: Treatment techniques and dosimetry feasibility from a single institution. Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT	J Zhou, M Kang, Y Wang, KA Higgins, CB Simone, P Patel, MW McDonald, L Lin, D Bohannon	01/01/2023
Deformable CT image registration via a dual feasible neural network. Medical physics	Y Lei, Y Fu, Z Tian, T Wang, X Dai, J Roper, DS Yu, M McDonald, JD Bradley, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	01/12/2022
Validation of a deep learning-based material estimation model for Monte Carlo dose calculation in proton therapy. Physics in medicine and biology	CW Chang, S Zhou, Y Gao, L Lin, T Liu, JD Bradley, T Zhang, J Zhou, X Yang	19/10/2022
A potential revolution in cancer treatment: A topical review of FLASH radiotherapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics	Y Gao, R Liu, CW Chang, S Charyyev, J Zhou, JD Bradley, T Liu, X Yang	01/10/2022
Dual-energy CT based mass density and relative stopping power estimation for proton therapy using physics-informed deep learning. Physics in medicine and biology	CW Chang, Y Gao, T Wang, Y Lei, Q Wang, S Pan, A Sudhyadhom, JD Bradley, T Liu, L Lin, J Zhou, X Yang	26/05/2022
Onboard cone-beam CT-based replan evaluation for head and neck proton therapy. Journal of applied clinical medical physics	A Stanforth, L Lin, JJ Beitler, JR Janopaul-Naylor, CW Chang, RH Press, SA Patel, J Zhao, B Eaton, EE Schreibmann, J Jung, D Bohannon, T Liu, X Yang, MW McDonald, J Zhou	01/05/2022
Review of Machine Learning in Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of imaging	J Wang, X Yang, B Zhou, JJ Sohn, J Zhou, JT Jacob, KA Higgins, JD Bradley, T Liu	05/03/2022
Multi-organ auto-delineation in head-and-neck MRI for radiation therapy using regional convolutional neural network. Physics in medicine and biology	X Dai, Y Lei, T Wang, J Zhou, S Rudra, M McDonald, WJ Curran, T Liu, X Yang	21/01/2022
Dosimetric Uncertainties in Dominant Intraprostatic Lesion Simultaneous Boost Using Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Advances in radiation oncology	J Zhou, X Yang, CW Chang, S Tian, T Wang, L Lin, Y Wang, JR Janopaul-Naylor, P Patel, JD Demoor, D Bohannon, A Stanforth, B Eaton, MW McDonald, T Liu, SA Patel	01/01/2022
Bone Marrow Suppression during Postoperative Radiation for Bladder Cancer and Comparative Benefit of Proton Therapy-Phase 2 Trial Secondary Analysis. International journal of particle therapy	RH Press, JW Shelton, C Zhang, Q Dang, S Tian, T Shu, CS Seldon, S Hasan, AB Jani, J Zhou, MW McDonald	01/01/2022
Learning-based synthetic dual energy CT imaging from single energy CT for stopping power ratio calculation in proton radiation therapy. The British journal of radiology	S Charyyev, T Wang, Y Lei, B Ghavidel, JJ Beitler, M McDonald, WJ Curran, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	01/01/2022
Automated delineation of head and neck organs at risk using synthetic MRI-aided mask scoring regional convolutional neural network. Medical physics	X Dai, Y Lei, T Wang, J Zhou, J Roper, M McDonald, JJ Beitler, WJ Curran, T Liu, X Yang	01/10/2021
Synthetic dual-energy CT for MRI-only based proton therapy treatment planning using label-GAN. Physics in medicine and biology	R Liu, Y Lei, T Wang, J Zhou, J Roper, L Lin, MW McDonald, JD Bradley, WJ Curran, T Liu, X Yang	09/03/2021
Learning-Based Stopping Power Mapping on Dual-Energy CT for Proton Radiation Therapy. International journal of particle therapy	T Wang, Y Lei, J Harms, B Ghavidel, L Lin, JJ Beitler, M McDonald, WJ Curran, T Liu, J Zhou, X Yang	01/01/2021
High quality proton portal imaging using deep learning for proton radiation therapy: a phantom study. Biomedical physics & engineering express	S Charyyev, Y Lei, J Harms, B Eaton, M McDonald, WJ Curran, T Liu, J Zhou, R Zhang, X Yang	27/04/2020