W Hsi

Researcher

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

18 h-index 47 pubs 849 cited

Biography and Research Information

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W Hsi's research focuses on advanced radiotherapy techniques, particularly proton and heavy ion therapy for cancer treatment. This work involves developing and evaluating novel platforms for dose verification and treatment planning, aiming to optimize therapeutic outcomes while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Current investigations explore the potential of pencil beam scanning proton therapy with specific optimization strategies for prostate cancer, considering disease-specific biological models and variable relative biological effectiveness (RBE) in planning. Additionally, Hsi is involved in applying machine learning to predict normal tissue complications, such as sciatic nerve toxicity in carbon-ion radiotherapy, with a focus on clinical validation. Collaborations include work with Wen C. Hsi, Mumtaz Patel, Mausam Patel, and Santanu Samanta at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Hsi's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 7, with 47 total publications and 262 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 18
  • Publications: 47
  • Citations: 849

Selected Publications

  • Evaluation of dosimetric variations from anatomical changes in head and neck cancer patients treated with intensity modulated proton therapy (2026)
  • Impact of variable RBE in prostate cancer IMPT planning on normal tissue complications (2025)
  • Machine learning-enhanced normal tissue complication probability modeling for late sciatic nerve toxicity prediction in carbon-ion radiotherapy: model development and clinical validation (2025)
  • PET-CT based Dose Verification in Carbon Ion Radiotherapy for Choroidal Melanoma: A Linear Mixed-effects Model (2025)
  • Evaluation of the first-of-a-kind configuration of C-rad surface guidance system for proteus one proton therapy system (2025)
  • Evaluation of a Machine-Learning Normal Tissue Complication Probability Model to Predict Late Sciatic Nerve Toxicity after Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy (2025)
  • Planning strategy on delivery robustness of intensity modulated proton therapy to treat patients with head-neck cancers (2024)
  • Can we establish the golden beam data approach for Proteus One system? (2024)
  • Anatomical changes in the male pelvis between the supine and upright positions—A feasibility study for prostate treatments in the upright position (2023)
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