Publications

Faiz M. Khan, Ph.D.

REFERREED PUBLICATIONS 

Khan FM, Moore VC, Burns DJ. An Apparatus for the Construction of Irregular Surface Compensators for Use in Radiotherapy. Radiol 90:593-594, 1968.

Anderson RE, D'Angio GJ, Khan FM. Dosimetry of Irregularly Shaped Radiation Therapy Fields, Part I, Some Factors Influencing Inhomogeneity. Radiol 92:1092-1096, 1969.

Anderson RE, D'Angio GJ, Khan FM. Dosimetry of Irregularly Shaped Radiation Therapy Fields, Part II, Isodose Contours Obtained Utilizing a Simulated Human Thorax. Radiol 92:1097-1100, 1969.

Maruyama Y, Ackerman E, Khan FM. Inactivation of an X-Irradiated Tumor by Independent Process in vivo . Int J Cancer 4:793-798, 1969.

Maruyama Y, Ackerman E, Khan FM. Independent Process Inactivation of Irradiated Tumor Cells in vivo. Radiol 95:421-423, 1970.

Khan FM, Moore VC, Burns DJ. The Construction of Compensators for Cobalt Teletherapy. Radiol 96:187-192, 1970.

Khan FM. Computer Dosimetry of Partially Blocked Fields in Cobalt Teletherapy. Radiol 97:405-411, 1970.

Khan FM. Use of Electron Filter to Reduce Skin Dose in Cobalt Teletherapy. Am J Roentgenol 111:180-181, 1971.

Maruyama Y, Khan FM. Blocking Considerations in Mantle Therapy. Radiol 101:167-173, 1971.

Maruyama Y, Khan FM. Variable Block-Surface-Distance (BSD) for adjustment of Shadow Size in Mantle Therapy. Am J Roentgenol 111:382-387, 1971.

Khan FM, Moore VC, Sato S. Depth Dose and Scatter Analysis of 10 MV X-rays. Radiol 102-165-169: 1972.

Khan FM, Levitt SH, Moore VC, Jones TK. Physical Considerations in Sanctuary Radiotherapy of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children. Radiol 105:665-669, 1972.

Khan FM, Levitt SH, Moore VC, Jones TK. Computer and Approximation Methods of Calculating Depth Dose in Irregularly Shaped Fields. Radiol 106:433-436, 1973.

Khan FM. Depth Dose and Scatter Analysis of 10 MV X-rays. Letter to the Editor. Radiol 106:662, 1973.

Khan FM, Moore VC, Levitt SH. Effect of Various Atomic Number Absorbers on Skin Dose for 10 MeV X-rays. Radiol 109:209-212, 1973.

Khan FM, Moore VC, Johns TK, Stryker JA, Levitt SH. Dose Distribution Analysis of Moving-Strip Technique for Abdominal Irradiation Using 10 MV X-rays. Radiol 112:421-424, 1974.

Feola FM, Song CW, Khan FM, Levitt SH. Lethal Response of C57BL Mice to 10 MeV X-rays and to 60 Co Gamma-Rays. Int J Radiat Biol 26:161-165, 1974.

Khan FM, Moore V, Levitt SH. Field Shaping in Electron Beam Therapy. Brit J Radiol 49:883-886, 1976.

Lee J, Jones TK, Khan FM, Levitt SH. An Efficient Patient Data Entry System for a Busy Computer. Radiol 126:818-821, 1978.

Khan FM, Fullerton GD, Lee JM-F, Moore VC, Levitt SH. Physical Aspects of Electron-Beam Arc Therapy. Radiol 124:48-97-500, 1977.

Khan FM, Sewchand W, Levitt SH. Effect of Air Space on Depth Dose in Electron Beam Therapy. Radiol 126:249-251, 1978.

Sewchand W, Jones TK, Khan FM, Levitt SH. Spinal Cord Protection During Cross-Fire Irradiation of the Intrathoracic Esophagus: Tube-Tilt vs. Shielding. Radiol 126:239-242, 1978.

Haselow RE, Nesbit M, Dehner LP, Khan FM, McHugh R, Levitt SH. Second Neoplasms Following Megavoltage Radiation in a Pediatric Population. Cancer 42:1185-1191, 1978.

Sewchand W, Khan FM, Williamson J. Variations in Depth-Dose Data Between Open and Wedge Fields for 4-MV X-rays. Radiol 127:789-792, 1978.

Sewchand W, Khan FM, Williamson J. Total-Body Superficial Electron-Beam Therapy Using a Multiple-Field Pendulum-Arc Technique. Radiol 130:493-498, 1979.

Khan FM, Lee JM-F. Computer Algorithm for Electron Beam Treatment Planning. Med Phys 6:142-144, 1979.

Kim TH, Kersey JH, Khan FM, Sewchand W, Ramsey N, Krivit W, Coccia P, Nesbit ME, Levitt SH. Single Dose Total Lymphoid Irradiation Combined with Cyclophosphamide as Immunosuppression for Human Marrow Transplantation in Aplastic Anemia. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 5:993-996, 1979.

Khan FM, Williamson J, Sewchand W, Kim TH. Total Body Irradiation: Basic Data for Dosage Calculation and Compensation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 6:745-751, 1980.

Khan FM, Sewchand W, Lee J, Williamson JF. Revision of Tissue-Maximum Ratio and Scatter-Maximum Ratio Concepts for Cobalt 60 and Higher Energy X-ray Beams. Med Phys 7:230-237, 1980.

Kim TH, Khan FM, Galvin JM. A Report of the Work Party: Comparison of Total Body Irradiation Techniques for Bone Marrow Transplantation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 6:779-784, 1980.

Williamson JF, Khan FM, Sharma SC. Film Dosimetry of Megavoltage Photon Beams: A Practical Method of Isodensity-to-Isodose Curve Conversion. Med Phys 8:94-98, 1981.

Medini E, Rao Y, Khan FM, Kim T, Jones TK, Levitt SH. Solitary Plasmacytoma of the Calvarium. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 6:955-956, 1980.

Khan FM, Williamson JF. Reply by Khan et al. Letter to the Editor. Med Phys 8:119, 1981.

Sharma SC, Williamson JF, Khan FM, Jones TK, Dosimetric Consequences of Asymmetric Positioning of Active Source in 137 Cs and 226 Ra Intracavitary Tubes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 7:555-559, 1981.

Sharma SC, Williamson JF, Khan FM, Lee CKK. Measurement and Calculation of Ovary and Fetus Dose in Extended Field Radiotherapy for 10 MV X-rays. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 7:843-846, 1981.

Song CW, Kim TH, Khan FM, Kersey JH, Levitt SH. Radiobiological Basis of Total Body Irradiation with Different Dose Rate and Fractionation: Repair of Capacity of Hemopoietic Cells. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 7:1695-1701, 1981.

Werner BL, Khan FM, Lee CKK, Levitt SH. Choice of Beam Energy for the Mantle Field Radiotherapy of Malignant Lymphomas. Radiol 141:795-797, 1981.

Khan FM, Werner BL, Deibel FC. Lead Shielding for Electrons. Med Phys 8:712-713, 1981.

Werner BL, Khan FM, Deibel FC. A Model for Calculating Electron Beam Scattering in Treatment Planning. Med Phys 9:180-187, 1982.

Williamson JF, Khan FM, Sharma SC, Fullerton CD. Methods for Routine Calibration of Brachytherapy Sources. Radiol 12:511- 515, 1982.

Haselow RE, Khan FM, Sharma SC, Williamson J. Water Bag Bolus in External Air Cavities to Produce Dose Homogeneity.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 8:137-139, 1982.

Sharma SC, Deibel FC, Khan FM. Tissue Equivalence of Bolus Materials for Electron Beam. Letter to Editor. Radiol 146:854- 855, 1982.

Potish RA, Deibel FC, Khan FM. The Relationship Between Milligram Hours and Dose to Point A in Carcinoma of the Cervix. Radiol 145:479-483, 1982.

Williamson JF, Morin RL, Khan FM. Dose Calibrator Response to Brachytherapy Sources: A Monte Carlo and Analytic Evaluation. Med Phys 10:135-140, 1982.

Werner BL, Khan FM, Deibel FC. Model for Calculating Depth Dose Distributions for Broad Electron Beams. Med Phys 10:582-588, 1983.

Levitt SH, Khan FM, Boen JR, Potish RA, Bowers BJ. Multimodal Therapy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 6:387-391, 1983.

Khan FM, Lee CKK, Levitt SH. Tangential Fields: Improving Reproducibility for Breast-Cancer Treatment. Radiology 149:318, 1983.

Williamson JF, Morin RL, Khan FM. Monte Carlo Evaluation of the Sievert Integral for Brachytherapy Dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 28:1021-1032, l983.

Khan FM, Deibel FC, Soleimani-Meigooni A. Obliquity Correction for Electron Beams, Med Phys 12:749-753, 1985.

Tang WL, Khan FM, Gerbi BJ. Validity of Lung Correction Algorithms, Med Phys 13(5):683-686, 1986.

Khan FM, Gerbi BJ and Deibel FC. Dosimetry of Asymmetric X- ray Collimators, Med Phys 13(6)936-941, 1986.

Werner BL, Das IJ, Khan FM, and Meigooni AS. Dose Perturbations at Interfaces in Photon Beams. Med Phys 14(4)585-595, 1987.

Werner BL, Das IJ, and Khan FM. The Production of Secondary Electrons in an Electron Beam. Med. Phys. 14(6), 992-995, 1987.

Gerbi BJ and Khan FM. The Polarity Effect for Commercially Available Plane-Parallel Ionization Chambers, Med Phys 14(2)210-215, 1987.

Gerbi BJ, Meigooni AS, and Khan FM. Dose Buildup for Obliquely Incident Photon Beams, Med Phys 14(3)393-399, 1987.

Gerbi BJ, Khan FM, Deibel FC, and Kim TH. Total Skin Electron Arc Irradiation Using a Reclined Patient Position, Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., 17, 397-404, 1989.

Das IJ, Khan FM, and Gerbi BJ. Interface Dose Perturbation as a Measure of Megavoltage Photon Beam Energy, Med Phys 15,78-81, 1988.

Das I, Khan FM, Werner B. Backscatter Dose in Megavoltage Photon Beams, Med. Phys., 16,(2), 367-375, l989.

Das IJ, Kase KR, Meigooni AS, Khan FM, and Werner BL. Validity of transition-zone dosimetry at high atomic number interfaces in megavoltage photon beams, Med Phys, 17(1), 10-16, l990.

Gerbi BJ and Khan FM. Measurement of dose in the buildup region using fixed-separation plane-parallel ionization chambers, Med Phys, 17(1), 17-26, l990.

Ali MM and Khan FM. Determination of surface dose rate from a 90Sr ophthalmic applicator, Med Phys 17(3), 416-421, 1990.

Kim TH, McGlave PB, Ramsey N, Woods W, Bostrom B, Vercellotti G, Hurd D, Krivit W, Nesbit M, Haake R, Khan FM, and Kersey FH. Comparison of two total body irradiation regimens in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission, Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (19),889-897, 1990.

Khan FM, Doppke KP, Hogstrom KR, et al . Clinical electron beam dosimetry: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 25, Med Phys 18, 73-109, 1991.

Khan FM. Residency Training for Medical Physicists, Guest Editorial, Med. Phys. 18, 339-341 (1991).

Khan FM. Replacement Correction (P repl ) for Ion Chamber Dosimetry. Med Phys 18(6), 1244-1246 (1991).

Dusenbery KE, Alul IH, Holland EJ, Khan FM, and Levitt, SH,.Irradiation of recurrent pterygia: results and complications. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys (24), 315-320, (1992).

Khan FM. Residency Training for Medical Physicists, Special Feature, Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys (24), 853-855, (1992).

Khan FM. Dosimetry of Wedged Fields with Asymmetric Collimation or Blocking. Med. Phys. 20(5), 1447-1451 (1993).

Khan FM. Comments on the definition of transient and secular radioactive equilibrium. Letter to the Editor. Med. Phys. 20(6), 1755-1756 (1993).

Purdy, JA, Khan FM, et. al.: Medical accelerator safety considerations: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 35: Med. Phys. 20, 1261-1275 (1993).

Johnson, J and Khan, FM: Dosimetric effects of abutting extended SSD electron fields with photon fields in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Physics 28, 741-747 (1994).

Gibbons, J. and Khan, FM : Calculation of dose in asymmetric photon fields. Med. Phys. 22 (9), 1451-1457 (1995).

Roback, D.M., Khan FM, Gibbons, J.P., Sethi, A.: Effective SSD for electron beams as a function of energy and beam collimation. Med. Phys. 22 (12), 2093-95, 1995.

Khan FM, Gibbons, J.P., Roback D.M.: Collimator (head) scatter at extended distances in linac generated photon beams. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Physics. (35), 605-608 (1996).

Gerbi, B.J. and Khan, F.M .: Plane-parallel ionization chamber response in the buildup region of obliquely incident photon beams. Med. Phys. 24(6), 873-878 (1997).

Higgins PD, Lee EJ, Ahuja AS, Mihailidis DN, Khan FM. Blocked Field Effects on Collimator Scatter Factors. PHYS. MED. BIOL 42:2435-2447, 1997.

Levitt SH, Khan FM, Higgins PD, Nierengarten MB. Cost-benefit analysis of 3D Conformal radiation therapy. Strahlentherapie 173:441-443, 1997.

Khan FM, Higgins, P.D., Gerbi, B.J., Deibel, F.C., Sethi, A., Mihailidis, D.N. Calculation of Depth Dose and Dose Per Monitor Unit for Irregularly Shaped Electron Fields. Phys. Med. Biol. 43(10) 2741-2754, (1998).

Khan FM and Higgins PD. Calculation of depth dose and dose per monitor unit for irregularly shaped electron fields: an addendum Phys Med Biol, 44(6):N77-N80 (1999).

Khan FM . Comments on "AAPM's TG-51 protocol for clinical reference dosimetry of high-energy photon and electron beams." Med Phys 27, 445-447 (2000).

Khan FM and Higgins PD. Field equivalence for clinical electron beams. Phys Med Biol, 46:N9-N14 (2001).

Levitt SH, Khan FM. The rush to judgment: does the evidence support the enthusiasm over 3D conformal radiation therapy and dose escalation in the treatment of prostate cancer?  Int'l J Rad Onc Biol Phys.  (Accepted for publication 4/6/01).

BOOKS 

Levitt, SH, Khan FM and Potish RA (Editors): Technological Basis of Radiation , 2nd Ed., Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1992.

Khan, F.M. and Potish, R.A. (Ed.): Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1997.

Kuisk H and Khan FM. Nominal Standard Dose and Tumor Standard Dose. Tables for Radiation Therapy Planning and Analysis. Acta Radiologica, Supplement 345, 1975.

Khan FM :  The Physics of Radiation Therapy. Third Edition. Lippincot Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2003.

BOOK CHAPTER AND MANUSCRIPTS 

Khan FM. Dose Distribution Problems in Cobalt Teletherapy. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, 1969.

Levitt SH (Editor), Tapley N, Fletcher GH (Co-Editors), Khan FM, O'Foghludha F, Sampiere V. Characteristics of Megavoltage External Beams. Published by University of Minnesota Press, 1973.

Levitt SH (Editor), Tapley N, Delchos L, Fletcher GH, Khan FM (Co-Editors). Treatment Aids for External Beam Radiotherapy. Published by the University of Minnesota Press, 1974.

Khan FM. Calibration and Treatment Planning of Electron Beam Arc Therapy. [In] Proceedings of the Electron Dosimetry and Arc Therapy Symposium, Edited by Bhudatt Paliwal, 1982, pp. 249-266.

Sampiere VA, Khan FM, Delchos L. Treatment Aids for External Beam Radiotherapy. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications, Edited by SH Levitt and N Tapley, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1984, pp. 13-37.

Khan FM. Complex Field Arrangements: Field Shaping and Separation of Adjoining Fields. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications, Edited by SH Levitt and N Tapley, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1984, pp. 38-45.

Khan FM. Dosimetry of Irregularly Shaped Fields. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications, Edited by SH Levitt and N Tapley, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1984, pp. 46-54.

Khan, F.M. Basic Physics of Electron Beam Therapy, [In] Front Radiat Ther Oncol, 25, Basel, Karger, Vol 25, 1990.

Khan, F.M. Clinical Electron Beam Therapy, [In] AAPM Monograph No. 15, "Radiation Oncology Physics"-1986.

Khan, F.M . Dosimetry for Asymmetric X-ray Collimators, [In] AAPM Monograph No. 15, "Radiation Oncology Physics"-1986.

Khan, F.M. Total Skin Electron Therapy: Technique and Dosimetry. [In] AAPM Summer School : Advances in Radiation Oncology Physics, 1990.

Khan, F.M. Brachytherapy: Rules of Implantation and Dose Specification. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications. Levitt, Khan, F.M ., Potish (Ed.) Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1990.

Khan, F.M . and McNeese M.D. Electron Beam Therapy. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications. Levitt, Khan and Potish (Ed.) Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1990.

Khan FM, McNeese, M.D., Fletcher G.H., and Levitt S.H. Radiation Techniques in the Management of Nondisseminated Breast Cancer. [In] Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications. (Ed.) Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1990.

Khan, F.M . AAPM Perspective on the Changing Requirements of Technical Quality Control. [In] Proceedings of Varian Users' Meeting, 37-41, 1990.

Khan, F.M . Basic Physics of Electron Beam Therapy. [In] The Role of High Energy Electrons in the Treatment of Cancer. J.M. Vaeth and J.L. Meyer (ed.), Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, 25, 10-29 (1991).

Khan, F.M . Dose Distribution Algorithms for Electron Beams. [In] Treatment

Planning in Radiation Oncology. F.M. Khan and R.A. Potish (ed.), Williams and Wilkins, 1997