Dr. Wolfram Laub

Division of Radiation Medicine

Cross appointments at Oregon State University, USA

Clinical Associate Professor

Email: laubw@ohsu.edu

Qualifications:

2007 Executive MBA, George-Fox University in Portland, Oregon

1998 Doctor of Science in Physics, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany

1995 Master of Science in Physics, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany

Publications (selected)

1. Wolfram Laub, Richard Crilly: “Clinical radiation therapy measurements with a new commercial synthetic single crystal diamond detector”, submitted and accepted, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (2014).
2. J. Egan, W. U. Laub: “Development of an accurate Monte Carlo model of the standard Clinac 6MV Beam”, submitted to Med. Phys. (2014).
3. James Keller, Wolfram Laub: “Comparison of two different methods of repeat dose measurements using commercial OSL dosimeters”, submitted to Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (2014).
4. Ken Kikuchi, Simone Hettmer, M. Imran Aslam, Joel E. Michalek, Wolfram Laub, Breelyn A. Wilky, David M. Loeb, Brian P. Rubin, Amy J. Wagers, Charles Keller: “Cell-Cycle Dependent Expression of a Translocation-mediated Fusion Oncogene mediates Checkpoint Adaptation in Rhabdomyosarcoma” (2013), PLOS Genetics
5. Mara Rosenberg, Catherine Kato, Kelly Carson, Nathan Matsunaga, Robert Arao, Emily Doss, Charles McCracken, Lu Meng, Yiyi Chen, Wolfram Laub, Martin Fuss, and James Tanyi: “Circumferential or sectored beam arrangements for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) of primary lung tumors: Effect on target and normal-structure dose-volume metrics.” (2013) Medical Dosimetry, 38(4), 407-412.
6. G. Heilemann, B. Poppe, and W. Laub: “On the sensitivity of common gamma-index evaluation methods to MLC misalignments in Rapidarc quality assurance”, Med. Phys. Vol. 40 (2013), 031702.
7. Laub W., Nuesslin F.: “Monte-Carlo dose calculations in the treatment of a pelvis with implant and comparison with pencil-beam calculations”, Medical Dosimetry, Vol. 28, No. 4 (2003), 229-233.
8. Luo Zheng-Ming, Gou Cheng-Jun and Wolfram Laub: “The penetration, diffusion and energy deposition of high-energy photon”, Chinese Phys. Vol. 12, No. 7 (2003), 803-808.
9. Laub W., Wong T.: “The volume effect of detectors in the dosimetry of small fields used in IMRT”, Med. Phys. Vol. 30 (2003), 341-347.
10. Laub W.: “Comparison of TG-43 dose calculations to pinpoint ion chamber and diamond detector measurements”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 47, Issue 24 (2002), N315-N318.
11. F. Haryanto, M. Fippel, W. Laub, O. Dohm, F. Nüsslin: “Investigation of photon beam output factors for conformal radiation therapy – Monte Carlo simulations and measurements”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 47, Issue 11 (2002), N133-N143.
12. Laub W., Yan D., Robertson J., Martinez A.: “Intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment (IMRT) in the radiotherapy treatment of colon-rectal cancer: the influence of profile smoothing on the efficiency of delivery”, Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, Vol 2 (2002), 1-10.
13. Laub W., Bakai A., Nüsslin F.: “Intensity modulated irradiation of a thorax phantom: Comparisons between measurements, Monte-Carlo Calculations and pencil beam calculations”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 46, Issue 6 (2001), 1695-1706.
14. Bakai A., Laub W. U., Nüsslin F.: “Compensators for IMRT – An Investigation in Quality Assurance”, Z. Med.Phys. 11 (2001), 15-22.
15. F. Haryanto, M. Fippel, W. Laub, F. Nüsslin: “Monte-Carlo-Simulation von Multileafkollimatoren mit abgerundeten Lamellenrändern”, Z. Med.Phys. (2001), 172-178.
16. M. Fippel, M. Alber, M. Birkner, W. Laub, F. Nüsslin, I. Kawrakow: “Inverse Treatment Planning for Radiation Therapy based on Fast Monte Carlo Dose Calculation”, Published in: Advanced Monte Carlo on Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications, Proceedings of the Monte Carlo 2000 Conference, Lisbon, 23-26 October 2000, Hrsg.: A. Kling, F. Barao, M. Nakagawa, L. Tavora and P. Vaz, Springer Verlag (2001), 217-222.
17. Laub W., Alber M., Birkner M., Nüsslin F.: “Monte-Carlo Dose Calculation for IMRT Optimization”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 45, Issue 7 (2000), 1741-1754.
18. Fippel M., Laub W., Huber B., Nüsslin F.: “Experimental investigation of a fast Monte Code for photon beam treatment planning”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 44, Issue 5 (1999), 3039-3054.
19. Laub W. U., Kaulich T. W., Nüsslin F.: “A diamond detector in the dosimetry of high energy electron and photon beams”, Phys. Med. Biol. Vol. 44, Issue 9 (1999), 2183-2192.
20. Fippel M., Laub W., Huber B., Nüsslin F.: “XVMC - Fast Monte Carlo dose calculation for photon beam treatment planning”, Z. Med. Phys. Vol 4 (1999), 255-260.
21. Laub W. U., Kaulich T. W., Nüsslin F.: “Energy and dose rate dependence of a diamond detector in the dosimetry of 4-25 MV photon beams”, Med. Phys. Vol. 24 (1997), 535-536.

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