Radiation Physics
Kwok Lam, PhD, DABR
Clinical Associate Professor
Kwok Lam, PhD:
Clinical Associate Professor
Education, Training and Certification
- Ph.D. (Physics), 1986, University of California, Los Angeles
- Postdoctoral fellow in medical physics, 1991, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- American Board of Radiology: Therapeutic Radiologic Physics, 1994
Clinical Services
- Medical physics service for LINAC-based stereotactic radio-surgery (SRS)
- Medical physics service for 3D conformal radiation therapy
- Medical physics service for ortho-voltage radiation biology irradiators
Teaching
- Clinical rotation mentor for medical physics residents
- Instructor for Allied Health Radiation Physics course (RTT 432)
- Instructor for Radiotherapy Physics courses for Radiation Oncology Residents
Research Interests
- Radiation dosimetry
- Patient motion management
Current Clinical Projects
- Use of Optically Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeter (OSLD) for QA of orthovoltage irradiator
- Optical annealing of OSLD with UV light
- Music entrained breathing for respiratory motion management
- Designing E-ink based SRS patient setup system
Key Publications
Lam KL, Ten Haken RK, McShan DL, Thornton Jr AF: Automated determination of patient setup errors in radiation therapy using spherical radio-opaque markers. Med Phys 20:1145-1152,1993.
Lam KL, Muthuswamy MS, Ten Haken RK: Flattening filter based empirical methods to parameterize the head scatter component of output factors. Med Phys 23:343-352, 1996.
Lam KL, Ten Haken RK: In phantom determination of collimator scatter factors. Med Phys 23:1207-1212, 1996.
Lam KL, Muthuswamy MS, Ten Haken RK: Measurement of backscatter to the monitor chamber of medical accelerators using target charge. Med Phys 25:334-338, 1998.
Hadley S, Lam KL: Light Field and Cross Hair Quality Assurance Test using Simple Lens System: Med. Phys. 33(4):930-932, 2006.
Lam KL, Balter JM, Ten Haken RK: Effect of daily localization and correction on the setup uncertainty: dependences on the measurement uncertainty, re-positioning uncertainty and action level. Phys. Med. Biol. 52:6575-6587, 2007.
Zhu TC, Ahnesjo A, Lam KL, Li XA, Ma CC, Palta JR, Sharpe MB, Thomadsen B, Tailor RC: Report of AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group 74: In-air output ratio, Sc, for Megavoltage Photon Beams. Med Phys, 36:5261-5291, 2009. Practice Guideline
Stern RL, Heaton R, Fraser MW, Goddu SM, Kirby TH, Lam KL, Molineu A, Zhu TC: Verification of monitor unit calculations for non-IMRT clinical radiotherapy: Report of AAPM Task Group 114. Med Phys, 38:504-530, 2011. Practice Guideline
Kwok Lam, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor
| Phone | (734) 936-4309 |
| Fax | (734) 936-7859 |
| kwoklam@med.umich.edu | |
| University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems Department of Radiation Oncology 1500 East Medical Center Dr. UH B2 C438, SPC 5010 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 |
