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Huan Yu, PhD

profile image placeholder, grey silhouette of a person Northeast Cancer Centre 
Health Sciences North | Horizon Santé-Nord
41 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury, P3E 5J1, CANADA
Email: hyu@hsnsudbury.ca
Assistant Professor, Faculty member: NOSM University, Medical Sciences Division
Medical Physicist, Northeast Cancer Center, Health Sciences North

Education/Training

 2009-2011

 Medical Physics Resident,
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto

 2005-2009

 Ph.D.; The Department of Medical Biophysics
University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)

2003-2004

 M.Sc., Computer Science
The University of Western Ontario (London, ON)

2001-2002

 Hons. B.Sc.; Computer Science
The University of Western Ontario (London, ON)

Research Investigations

My current interests include:

  • Development of Pseudo-CT from MRI for MR-only Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
  • Automated Radiation Target Segmentation Using Multiple Imaging Modalities
  • Texture Analysis of PET, MRI and CT images for Tumor Diagnosis and Localization

Selected Publications

Yu H, Caldwell C, Balogh J and Mah K (2014) Segmentation of Bone in MR for Radiotherapy Verification of the Head. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 89(3):649-657

Yu, H, Caldwell C, Mah K and Mozeg D, (2009) Co-registered FDG PET/CT Based Textural Characterization of Head and Neck Cancer for Radiation Treatment Planning,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 28(3):374-383.

Yu H, Caldwell C,  Mah K, Poon I, Balogh J, MacKenzie R, Khaouam N and Tirona R(2009), Automated Delineation of Radiotherapy Targets of Head and Neck Cancer Using Region-based Textural Characteristics of PET/CT Images  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 75(2):618-25.

Full publication list available here.