CV
Joey Schulz
Summary
Currently employed at UW–Madison. Medical Physics PhD candidate working on treatment planning optimization, HDR brachytherapy, and FLASH radiotherapy.
Publications
- Shaping success: clinical implementation of a 3D-printed electron cutout program in external beam radiation therapy2023Frontiers in OncologyEnd-to-end clinical implementation of patient-specific 3D-printed electron cutouts, from print workflow to QA.
- An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy2023Practical Radiation OncologyA low-cost VR platform for patient education in radiation therapy; recognized with the AAPM Arthur Boyer Award.
- Learning image representations for content-based image retrieval of radiotherapy treatment plans2023Physics in Medicine & BiologyLearned image representations for retrieving similar prior treatment plans from a clinical database.
- Tungsten filled 3D printed lung blocks for total body irradiation2023Practical Radiation OncologyTungsten-filled 3D printed lung blocks for total body irradiation, validated across institutions.
- AVATAR 2.0: next level communication systems for radiotherapy through face-to-face video, biofeedback, translation, and audiovisual immersion2024Frontiers in OncologyA radio-transparent audio-visual system for anesthesia avoidance during radiotherapy, since licensed to Leo Cancer Care.
- Multi-institutional audit of FLASH and conventional dosimetry with a 3D-printed anatomically realistic mouse phantom2024International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*PhysicsA cross-institution dosimetry audit for FLASH and conventional delivery using a 3D-printed anatomically realistic mouse phantom.
- A clinical solution for non-toxic 3D-printed photon blocks in external beam radiation therapy2024Journal of Applied Clinical Medical PhysicsA non-toxic, tungsten-filled alternative to Cerrobend photon blocks, taken through to clinical implementation.
- Fully customizable bronze-PLA lung shields using 3D printing for total body irradiation (TBI)2025Biomedical Physics & Engineering ExpressPatient-specific bronze-PLA lung shields for total body irradiation, printable in-house.
- The feasibility of a patient oriented interactive panoramic virtual tour for external beam radiation therapy2025Frontiers in OncologyAn interactive panoramic virtual tour built to orient patients to the radiation oncology department before treatment.
- Linear accelerator (linac) downtime analysis assisted with a Large Language Model (LLM)2025Journal of Applied Clinical Medical PhysicsLLM-assisted extraction and classification of linac downtime events from clinical operations records.
- Nontoxic generalized patient shielding devices for total skin electron therapy2025Physics and Imaging in Radiation OncologyGeneralized, non-toxic shielding devices for total skin electron therapy, replacing lead-based alternatives.
- Non-invasive reversible software-based configuration of a clinically used linear accelerator for preclinical electron FLASH radiobiology2025arXiv (accepted, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics)A reversible, software-only conversion of a clinical linac for preclinical electron FLASH work, with no hardware modification.
- Treat-through OLED displays: dosimetry and performance of OLED AVATAR screens for megavoltage radiotherapy2025arXiv (under review, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics)Dosimetric characterization of OLED screens left in the beam path during megavoltage treatment.
- Deep learning auto-contouring of target and organs-at-risk on post-catheter implant CT images for prostate HDR brachytherapy2026Journal of Applied Clinical Medical PhysicsAuto-contouring of target and organs-at-risk on post-implant CT, where catheter artifacts complicate segmentation.
- Emerging FLASH therapy platforms for stereotactic radiosurgery and body radiotherapy2026Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRTReview of platforms bringing ultra-high dose rate delivery to stereotactic radiosurgery and body radiotherapy. †Equal contribution.
- Characterization and calibration of the iQID digital autoradiography system for direct quantitative imaging of beta-emitters in tissue samples2026bioRxiv (under review, Medical Physics)Characterization and calibration of the iQID system for quantitative beta-emitter imaging in tissue.
- Robust optimization of catheter positions and dwell times for HDR prostate brachytherapy2026Medical PhysicsFolds catheter position selection and dwell-time optimization into a single robust inverse-planning framework for prostate HDR brachytherapy.
Presentations
- OneIso: a streamlined HyperArc patient and machine QA for single-isocenter multi-target (SIMT) SRS2022AAPM Annual Meeting
- An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy2022AAPM Annual Meeting
- An affordable platform for virtual reality-based patient education in radiation therapy2022AAPM Webinar
- Analyzing the capability of 3D printed blocks for TBI and TLI therapies2023AAPM Annual Meeting
- Enhancing radiation therapy with 3D printed electron cutouts: a successful clinical implementation2023AAPM Annual Meeting
- An interactive virtual reality tour for radiation oncology: a patient-centric approach2023AAPM Annual Meeting
- Closing the loop: toward sustainable 3D print recycling in the clinic2023ASTRO Annual Meeting
- AVATAR 2.0: advanced radiolucent communication systems for next-level radiotherapy through face-to-face video, biofeedback, translation, and audio-visual immersion2024AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- A reusable, non-toxic, custom compensator stacking system for total body irradiation2024AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Multi-institutional dosimetry protocol to standardize dosimetry across two research facilities for preclinical radiobiological experiments2024AAPM 66th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Applying a portable pocket handheld ultrasound scanner to monitor tumor volume in preclinical studies2024ASTRO Annual Meeting
- Monte Carlo based treatment planning workflow for pre-clinical and clinical electron FLASH studies2024ASTRO Annual Meeting
- Multi-institutional standardized dosimetry protocol for preclinical radiobiological experiments2024ASTRO Annual Meeting
- 3D printed bolus in SGRT2024SGRT US Annual Meeting
- Two's company, three's a crowd? A Bayesian approach to optimizing the number of measurement readings in radiation therapy QA2025AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Integrated catheter position and dwell time optimization for focal dose escalation in prostate HDR brachytherapy2025AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Automated parametric custom collimator creation for preclinical irradiation studies2025AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Slit scanning delivery simulation for FLASH radiotherapy2025AAPM 67th Annual Meeting & Exhibition
- Novel method for robust catheter insertion in HDR prostate brachytherapy2025ASTRO Annual Meeting
- Tumor dose heterogeneity informed biological optimization of combination Lu-177 PSMA radiopharmaceutical therapy and Ir-192 high dose rate prostate brachytherapy2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- End-to-end verification of an open-source preclinical electron FLASH treatment planning system2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Large Language Model (LLM) based linac downtime analysis2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Validation of MR-CT deformable registration accuracy and MRI fat-fraction quantification using a novel 3D-printed anthropomorphic phantom2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Autosegmentation via nnU-Net on post-brachytherapy-catheter CT for prostate HDR brachytherapy2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Design and fabrication of a novel pelvic-vertebral 3D-printed anthropomorphic phantom for radiopharmaceutical therapy dosimetry2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Robust simultaneous optimization of catheter positions and dwell times for high dose rate prostate brachytherapy2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Non-invasive reversible software-based configuration of a clinically used linear accelerator for preclinical electron FLASH radiobiology2026AAPM 68th Annual Meeting & ExhibitionVancouver, BC, Canada
- Simultaneous source position and continuous shield orientation optimization for directional brachytherapy via neural implicit dose kernels2026ASTRO 68th Annual Meeting
Teaching
- MP 566: Radiation Therapy Physics2026University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Medical PhysicsRole: Teaching assistant
- MP 668: Radiotherapy Rad Lab2026University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Medical PhysicsRole: Course co-creator and teaching assistant
Portfolio
- Patient-specific 3D-printed devicesPortfolioElectron cutouts, photon blocks, and shielding taken from prototype to clinic.
- AVATARPortfolioRadio-transparent audio-visual systems for anesthesia avoidance during radiotherapy.
- Collimator Creator
- Preclinical FLASH Treatment Planning System