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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Chris Beltran, PhD
Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty
Departments
Radiological Sciences
Divisions
Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Chris Beltran, PhD
Radiological Sciences
MS 220, Room I-3136
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: chris.beltran@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-2389
FAX: (901) 595-3113
Education
BS - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
PhD - Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Residency - Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Research Interests
My research interests focus on how pediatric radiation therapy can be improved by implementing the following:
- Image Guided and Adaptive Radiation Delivery (I-GARD)
- Proton Radiation Therapy
Selected Publications
Beltran C, Trussell J, Merchant TE. Dosimetric impact of intrafractional patient motion in pediatric brain tumor patients. Medical Dosimetry 2009.
Kun LE, Beltran C. Radiation therapy for children: evolving technologies in the era of ALARA. Pediatr Radiol 39 Suppl 1:S65-70, 2009.
Beltran C, Herman MG, Davis BJ. Planning target margin calculations for prostate radiotherapy based on intrafraction and interfraction motion using four localization methods. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70:289-295, 2008.
Beltran C, Faddegon B, Bani-Hashemi A, et al. SU-GG-J-117: Investigational Low Dose MV CBCT for Daily Pediatric Localization. AAPM Vol 35:2706, 2008.
Beltran C, Herman M. Comparison of Ion Chamber and EPID Portal Dosimetry for Dynamic IMRT QA. Medical Physics 33: 2081 2006.
Beltran C, Herman M. Intra-Fraction Prostate motion and Margin Calculations for Prostate Radiotherapy Using Electronic Portal Imaging, Implanted Fiducials and Four Localization Methods. Medical Physics 33: 2040, 2006.
Fong L, Herman M, Beltran C, Brown P. Evaluation of Immobilization Devices Using EPID Measurements of Patient Set Up Variations. Medical Physics 33: 2033 2006.
Beltran C, Herman M. Replacement of Film and Ion Chamber Measurements by Electronic Portal Dosimetry for IMRT QA. Medical Physics 32(6); 1987, 2005.
Beltran C, et al. Margin Calculation for Prostate Radiotherapy using Electronic Portal Imaging, Implanted Fiducials and three Localization methods. Medical Physics 32(6); 1947, 2005.
Prisciandaro J, Beltran C, Brinkman D, Herman M. Utilizing Electronic Portal Imager for IMRT Pre-Treatment Quality Assurance. Medical Physics 31(6); 1726, 2004.
Beltran C, Herman M. Observer Variation and Patient Characteristics Correlation in EPID Based Prostate Localization. Medical Physics 31(6); 1722, 2004.
Cousineau SM, Beltran C, et al. Benchmark and Threshold Analysis of Longitudinal Microwave Instability in PSR. EPAC WEPLT169; 2224, 2004.
Beltran C, et al. Calculations and Observations of the Longitudinal Instability Caused by the Ferrite Inductors at the Los Alamos Proton Storage Ring. PAC TOPD004; 326, 2003.
Colestock P, Beltran C, et al. An Experimental Study of Microwave Stability near Transition in the PSR. PAC RPPB034; 3086, 2003.
Last update: May 2009
