Publications

  1. Garcia DA, Jeans EB, Morris LK, Shiraishi S, Laughlin BS, Rong Y, Rwigema JM, Foote RL, Herman MG, Qian J. A Radiomics-Based Classifier for the Progression of Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiotherapy. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jul 22; 15 (14) Epub 2023 July 22
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  2. Imamura K, Deisher AJ, Dickow J, Rettmann ME, Yasin OZ, Pepin MD, Hohmann S, Konishi H, Suzuki A, Newman LK, Sun X, Kruse JJ, Merrell KW, Herman MG, Foote RL, Packer DL. Early Impact of Proton Beam Therapy on Electrophysiological Characteristics in a Porcine Model. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2023 Jun; 16 (6):e011179 Epub 2023 May 15
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  3. Chinniah S, Deisher AJ, Herman MG, Johnson JE, Mahajan A, Foote RL. Rotating Gantries Provide Individualized Beam Arrangements for Charged Particle Therapy. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar 29; 15 (7)
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  4. Bey A, Ma J, Furutani KM, Herman MG, Johnson JE, Foote RL, Beltran CJ. Nuclear Fragmentation Imaging for Carbon-Ion Radiation Therapy Monitoring: an In Silico Study. Int J Part Ther. 2022 Spring; 8 (4):25-36 Epub 2021 Sept 01
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  5. Mullikin TC, Pepin KM, Evans JE, Venkatesh SK, Ehman RL, Merrell KW, Haddock MG, Harmsen WS, Herman MG, Hallemeier CL. Evaluation of Pretreatment Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Prediction of Radiation-Induced Liver Disease. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Nov-Dec; 6 (6):100793 Epub 2021 Sept 09
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  6. Niska JR, Hu J, Li J, Herman MG, Thorpe CS, Schild SE, Fatyga M. Using Novel Statistical Techniques to Accurately Determine the Predictive Dose Range in a Study of Overall Survival after Definitive Radiotherapy for Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Association with Heart Dose. J Cancer Ther. 2021 Sep; 12 (9):505-529 Epub 2021 Sept 29
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  7. Huang YL, Deisher AJ, Herman MG, Kruse JJ, Mahajan A. Reduce Patient Treatment wait time in a Proton Beam Facility - A Gatekeeper Approach. J Med Syst. 2021 Jul 13; 45 (8):80 Epub 2021 July 13
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  8. Zhou Q, Howard ME, Tu X, Zhu Q, Denbeigh JM, Remmes NB, Herman MG, Beltran CJ, Yuan J, Greipp PT, Boughey JC, Wang L, Johnson N, Goetz MP, Sarkaria JN, Lou Z, Mutter RW. Inhibition of ATM Induces Hypersensitivity to Proton Irradiation by Upregulating Toxic End Joining. Cancer Res. 2021 Jun 15; 81 (12):3333-3346 Epub 2021 Feb 17
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  9. Howard ME, Denbeigh JM, Debrot EK, Garcia DA, Remmes NB, Herman MG, Beltran CJ. Dosimetric Assessment of a High Precision System for Mouse Proton Irradiation to Assess Spinal Cord Toxicity. Radiat Res. 2021 Jun 1; 195 (6):541-548
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  10. Hohmann S, Deisher AJ, Konishi H, Rettmann ME, Suzuki A, Merrell KW, Kruse JJ, Fitzgerald ST, Newman LK, Parker KD, Monahan KH, Foote RL, Herman MG, Packer DL. Catheter-free ablation of infarct scar through proton beam therapy: Tissue effects in a porcine model. Heart Rhythm. 2020 Dec; 17 (12):2190-2199 Epub 2020 July 14
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  11. Qian J, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Lowe V, Pafundi DH. Prediction of MGMT Status for Glioblastoma Patients Using Radiomics Feature Extraction From (18)F-DOPA-PET Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1; 108 (5):1339-1346 Epub 2020 July 04
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  12. Suzuki A, Deisher AJ, Rettmann ME, Lehmann HI, Hohmann S, Wang S, Konishi H, Kruse JJ, Cusma JT, Newman LK, Parker KD, Monahan KH, Herman MG, Packer DL. Catheter-Free Arrhythmia Ablation Using Scanned Proton Beams: Electrophysiologic Outcomes, Biophysics, and Characterization of Lesion Formation in a Porcine Model. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Oct; 13 (10):e008838 Epub 2020 Sept 13
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  13. Howard ME, Denbeigh JM, Debrot EK, Remmes NB, Herman MG, Beltran CJ. A High-Precision Method for In Vitro Proton Irradiation. Int J Part Ther. 2020 Fall; 7(2):62-69. Epub 2020 Oct 01.
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  14. Ma J, Wan Chan Tseung HS, Courneyea L, Beltran C, Herman MG, Remmes NB. Robust radiobiological optimization of ion beam therapy utilizing Monte Carlo and microdosimetric kinetic model. Phys Med Biol. 2020 Jul 31; 65 (15):155020 Epub 2020 July 31
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  15. Deufel CL, Epelman MA, Pasupathy KS, Sir MY, Wu VW, Herman MG. PNaV: A tool for generating a high-dose-rate brachytherapy treatment plan by navigating the Pareto surface guided by the visualization of multidimensional trade-offs. Brachytherapy. 2020 Jul - Aug; 19 (4):518-531 Epub 2020 May 15
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  16. Seibert JA, Blatnica AP, Clements JB, Halvorsen PH, Herman MG, Johnson JL, Schueler BA, Martin MC, Palta JR, Pfeiffer DE, Pizzutiello RJ, Prisciandaro JI, Sherouse GW. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 7.a.: Supervision of medical physicist assistants. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2020 Jul; 21 (7):11-15 Epub 2019 Dec 04
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  17. Kamal Sayed H, Herman MG, Beltran CJ. A Pareto-based beam orientation optimization method for spot scanning intensity-modulated proton therapy. Med Phys. 2020 Jun; 47 (5):2049-2060 Epub 2020 Mar 13
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  18. Howard ME, Herman MG, Grams MP. Methodology for radiochromic film analysis using FilmQA Pro and ImageJ. PLoS One. 2020; 15 (5):e0233562 Epub 2020 May 21
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  19. Hohmann S, Deisher AJ, Suzuki A, Konishi H, Rettmann ME, Merrell KW, Kruse JJ, Newman LK, Parker KD, Monahan KH, Foote RL, Herman MG, Packer DL. Left ventricular function after noninvasive cardiac ablation using proton beam therapy in a porcine model. Heart Rhythm. 2019 Nov; 16 (11):1710-1719 Epub 2019 Apr 18
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  20. Johnson JE, Herman MG, Kruse JJ. Optimization of motion management parameters in a synchrotron-based spot scanning system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019 Sep; 20 (9):69-77
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  21. Pepin K, Grimm R, Kargar S, Howe BM, Fritchie K, Frick M, Wenger D, Okuno S, Ehman R, McGee K, James S, Laack N, Herman M, Pafundi D. Soft Tissue Sarcoma Stiffness and Perfusion Evaluation by MRE and DCE-MRI for Radiation Therapy Response Assessment: A Technical Feasibility Study. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2019 Jul; 5 (4) Epub 2019 May 22
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  22. Gelover E, Deisher AJ, Herman MG, Johnson JE, Kruse JJ, Tryggestad EJ. Clinical implementation of respiratory-gated spot-scanning proton therapy: An efficiency analysis of active motion management. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019 May; 20 (5):99-108 Epub 2019 Apr 10
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  23. Johnson JE, Beltran C, Wan Chan Tseung H, Mundy DW, Kruse JJ, Whitaker TJ, Herman MG, Furutani KM. Highly efficient and sensitive patient-specific quality assurance for spot-scanned proton therapy. PLoS One. 2019; 14 (2):e0212412 Epub 2019 Feb 14
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  24. Howard ME, Beltran C, Anderson S, Tseung WC, Sarkaria JN, Herman MG. Investigating Dependencies of Relative Biological Effectiveness for Proton Therapy in Cancer Cells. Int J Part Ther. 2018 Winter; 4 (3):12-22 Epub 2018 Mar 21
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  25. Kamal-Sayed H, Ma J, Tseung H, Abdel-Rehim A, Herman MG, Beltran CJ. Adaptive method for multicriteria optimization of intensity-modulated proton therapy. Med Phys. 2018 Dec; 45 (12):5643-5652 Epub 2018 Nov 08
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  26. Pepin MD, Tryggestad E, Wan Chan Tseung HS, Johnson JE, Herman MG, Beltran C. A Monte-Carlo-based and GPU-accelerated 4D-dose calculator for a pencil beam scanning proton therapy system. Med Phys. 2018 Nov; 45(11):5293-5304. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
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  27. Ma J, Wan Chan Tseung HS, Herman MG, Beltran C. A robust intensity modulated proton therapy optimizer based on Monte Carlo dose calculation. Med Phys. 2018 Jul 18 Epub 2018 July 18
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  28. Liu X, Li J, Schild SE, Li J, Schild MH, Wong W, Vora S, Herman MG, Fatyga M. Modeling of Acute Rectal Toxicity to Compare Two Patient Positioning Methods for Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy: Can Toxicity Modeling be Used for Quality Assurance? OMICS J Radiol. 2018; 7 (5) Epub 2018 Dec 03
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  29. Yu J, Park SS, Herman MG, Langen K, Mehta M, Feigenberg SJ. Free Breathing versus Breath-Hold Scanning Beam Proton Therapy and Cardiac Sparing in Breast Cancer. Int J Part Ther. 2017 Winter; 3 (3):407-413 Epub 2017 Mar 14
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  30. Anderson SE, Furutani KM, Tran LT, Chartier L, Petasecca M, Lerch M, Prokopovich DA, Reinhard M, Perevertaylo VL, Rosenfeld AB, Herman MG, Beltran C. Microdosimetric measurements of a clinical proton beam with micrometer-sized solid-state detector. Med Phys. 2017 Nov; 44 (11):6029-6037 Epub 2017 Oct 13
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  31. Shen J, Tryggestad E, Younkin JE, Keole SR, Furutani KM, Kang Y, Herman MG, Bues M. Technical Note: Using experimentally determined proton spot scanning timing parameters to accurately model beam delivery time. Med Phys. 2017 Oct; 44 (10):5081-5088 Epub 2017 Aug 30
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  32. Howard M, Beltran C, Sarkaria J, Herman MG. Characterization of relative biological effectiveness for conventional radiation therapy: a comparison of clinical 6 MV X-rays and 137Cs. J Radiat Res. 2017 Sep 1; 58 (5):608-613
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  33. Lehmann HI, Deisher AJ, Takami M, Kruse JJ, Song L, Anderson SE, Cusma JT, Parker KD, Johnson SB, Asirvatham SJ, Miller RC, Herman MG, Packer DL. External Arrhythmia Ablation Using Photon Beams: Ablation of the Atrioventricular Junction in an Intact Animal Model. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 Apr; 10: (4).
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  34. Liu X, Li J, Schild SE, Schild MH, Wong W, Vora S, Herman MG, Fatyga M. Statins and Metformin Use Is Associated with Lower PSA Levels in Prostate Cancer Patients Presenting for Radiation Therapy. J Cancer Ther. 2017 Feb; 8 (2):73-85 Epub 2017 Feb 06
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  35. Shen J, Liu W, Stoker J, Ding X, Anand A, Hu Y, Herman MG, Bues M. An efficient method to determine double Gaussian fluence parameters in the eclipse proton pencil beam model. Med Phys. 2016 Dec; 43 (12):6544
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  36. Mullins JP, Grams MP, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Antolak JA. Treatment planning for metals using an extended CT number scale. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Nov 8; 17 (6):179-188 Epub 2016 Nov 08
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  37. Beltran C, Tseung HWC, Augustine KE, Bues M, Mundy DW, Walsh TJ, Herman MG, Laack NN. Clinical Implementation of a Proton Dose Verification System Utilizing a GPU Accelerated Monte Carlo Engine. Int J Part Ther. 2016 Fall; 3 (2):312-319 Epub 2016 Dec 30
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  38. Liu W, Schild SE, Chang JY, Liao Z, Chang YH, Wen Z, Shen J, Stoker JB, Ding X, Hu Y, Sahoo N, Herman MG, Vargas C, Keole S, Wong W, Bues M. Exploratory Study of 4D versus 3D Robust Optimization in Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 May 1; 95 (1):523-533 Epub 2015 Nov 10
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  39. Lehmann HI, Richter D, Prokesch H, Graeff C, Prall M, Simoniello P, Fournier C, Bauer J, Kaderka R, Weymann A, Szabo G, Sonnenberg K, Constantinescu AM, Johnson SB, Misiri J, Takami M, Miller RC, Herman MG, Asirvatham SJ, Brons S, Jakel O, Haberer T, Debus J, Durante M, Bert C, Packer DL. Atrioventricular node ablation in Langendorff-perfused porcine hearts using carbon ion particle therapy: methods and an in vivo feasibility investigation for catheter-free ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Apr; 8: (2)429-38.
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  40. Shen J, Liu W, Anand A, Stoker JB, Ding X, Fatyga M, Herman MG, Bues M. Impact of range shifter material on proton pencil beam spot characteristics. Med Phys. 2015 Mar; 42 (3):1335-40
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  41. Seibert JA, Clements JB, Halvorsen PH, Herman MG, Martin MC, Palta J, Pfeiffer DE, Pizzutiello RJ Jr, Schueler BA, Shepard SJ, Fairobrent LA. AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 3.a: Levels of supervision for medical physicists in clinical training. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015; 16: (3)5291.
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  42. Ma J, Beltran C, Seum Wan Chan Tseung H, Herman MG. A GPU-accelerated and Monte Carlo-based intensity modulated proton therapy optimization system. Med Phys. 2014 Dec; 41 (12):121707
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  43. Howard M, Beltran C, Mayo CS, Herman MG. Effects of minimum monitor unit threshold on spot scanning proton plan quality. Med Phys. 2014 Sep; 41 (9):091703
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  44. Yu J, Beltran CJ, Herman MG. Implication of spot position error on plan quality and patient safety in pencil-beam-scanning proton therapy. Med Phys. 2014 Aug; 41(8):081706. Epub 1900 Jan 01.
  45. Whitaker TJ, Beltran C, Tryggestad E, Bues M, Kruse JJ, Remmes NB, Tasson A, Herman MG. Comparison of two methods for minimizing the effect of delayed charge on the dose delivered with a synchrotron based discrete spot scanning proton beam. Med Phys. 2014 Aug; 41 (8):081703
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  46. Courneyea L, Beltran C, Tseung HS, Yu J, Herman MG. Optimizing mini-ridge filter thickness to reduce proton treatment times in a spot-scanning synchrotron system. Med Phys. 2014 Jun; 41 (6):061713
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  47. Mayo C, Fong de los Santos L, Kruse J, Blackwell CR, McLemore LB, Pafundi D, Stoker J, Herman M. Report on use of a methodology for commissioning and quality assurance of a VMAT system. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (3):e58877 Epub 2013 Mar 15
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  48. Mayo CS, Zankowski C, Herman M, Miller R, Olivier K, Vincent A, Suominen J. A method to vectorize the dose distribution, the dose volume histogram and create a dose vector histogram. Med Phys. 2013 Jan; 40: (1)011717.
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  49. Foote RL, Stafford SL, Petersen IA, Pulido JS, Clarke MJ, Schild SE, Garces YI, Olivier KR, Miller RC, Haddock MG, Yan E, Laack NN, Arndt CA, Buskirk SJ, Miller VL, Brent CR, Kruse JJ, Ezzell GA, Herman MG, Gunderson LL, Erlichman C, Diasio RB. The clinical case for proton beam therapy. Radiat Oncol. 2012 Oct 22; 7:174
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  50. Fong de Los Santos LE, Herman MG. Radiation oncology information systems and clinical practice compatibility: Workflow evaluation and comprehensive assessment. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 2 (4):e155-e164 Epub 2012 Mar 14
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  51. Remmes NB, Herman MG, Kruse JJ. Optimizing normal tissue sparing in ion therapy using calculated isoeffective dose for ion selection. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jun 1; 83 (2):756-62 Epub 2012 Mar 19
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  52. Gerbi BJ, Antolak JA, Deibel FC, Followill DS, Herman MG, Higgins PD, Huq MS, Mihailidis DN, Yorke ED, Hogstrom KR, Khan FM. Erratum: Recommendations for clinical electron beam dosimetry: Supplement to the recommendations of Task Group 25 (Medical Physics (2009) 36 (3239-3279)). Med Phys. 2011; 38(1):548.
  53. Mundy DW, Herman MG. An accelerated threshold-based back-projection algorithm for compton camera image reconstruction. Med Phys. 2011 Jan; 38: (1)15-22.
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  54. Hendee WR, Herman MG. Improving patient safety in radiation oncology. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2011 Jan-Mar; 1: (1)16-21.
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  55. Mullins JP, Herman MG. Systematic offset of kV and MV localization systems as a function of gantry angle. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2010 Nov 9; 12 (1):3314 Epub 2010 Nov 09
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  56. Mundy DW, Herman MG. Uncertainty analysis of a Compton camera imaging system for radiation therapy dose reconstruction. Med Phys. 2010 May; 37: (5)2341-50.
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  57. Herman MG. Guest Editorial: Patient safety and errors in the application of medical radiation: our responsibility. J appl clin med phys. 2010; 11(2):2-4.
  58. Gerbi BJ, Antolak JA, Deibel FC, Followill DS, Herman MG, Higgins PD, Huq MS, Mihailidis DN, Yorke ED, Hogstrom KR, Khan FM. Recommendations for clinical electron beam dosimetry: supplement to the recommendations of Task Group 25. Med Phys. 2009 Jul; 36(7):3239-79.
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  59. Serago CF, Adnani N, Bank MI, BenComo JA, Duan J, Fairobent L, Freedman DJ, Halvorsen PH, Hendee WR, Herman MG, Morse RK, Mower HW, Pfeiffer DE, Root WJ, Sherouse GW, Vossler MK, Wallace RE, Walters B, American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Code of Ethics for the American Association of Physicists in Medicine: report of Task Group 109. Med Phys. 2009 Jan; 36: (1)213-23.
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  60. Herman MG. Anniversary paper: the AAPM Professional Council--50th anniversary, 2008. Med Phys. 2008 Aug; 35: (8)3422-7.
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  61. Goulet CC, Herman MG, Hillman DW, Davis BJ. Estimated limits of IMRT dose escalation using varied planning target volume margins. Phys Med Biol. 2008 Jul 21; 53(14):3777-88. Epub 2008 Jun 23.
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  62. Herman MG, Harms TA, Hogstrom KR, Klein EE, Reinstein LE, Rothenber LN, Wichman BD, White GA, Zwicker RD. Alternative Clinical Training Pathways for Medical Physicists, AAPM Report of Task Group 133. American Association of Physicists in Medicine. 2008 Jul:1-84.
  63. Kapa S, Fong L, Blackwell CR, Herman MG, Schomberg PJ, Hayes DL. Effects of scatter radiation on ICD and CRT function. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Jun; 31(6):727-32.
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  64. 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. 2008 Jan 1; 70 (1):289-95 Epub 2007 Oct 04
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  65. Su Y, Davis BJ, Furutani KM, Herman MG, Robb RA. Prostate brachytherapy seed reconstruction using an adaptive grouping technique. Med Phys. 2007 Jul; 34 (7):2975-84
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  66. Su Y, Davis BJ, Furutani KM, Herman MG, Robb RA. Dosimetry accuracy as a function of seed localization uncertainty in permanent prostate brachytherapy: increased seed number correlates with less variability in prostate dosimetry. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jun 7; 52 (11):3105-19 Epub 2007 May 10
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  67. Su Y, Davis BJ, Furutani KM, Herman MG, Robb RA. Seed localization and TRUS-fluoroscopy fusion for intraoperative prostate brachytherapy dosimetry. Comput Aided Surg. 2007 Jan; 12(1):25-34.
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  68. Su Y, Davis BJ, Herman MG, Robb RA. TRUS-fluoroscopy fusion for intraoperative prostate brachytherapy dosimetry. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2006; 119:532-7.
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  69. Prisciandaro JI, Foote RL, Herman MG, Lee SJ, LaJoie WN, Van Blarcom AB, Yeakel PD. A buccal mucosa carcinoma treated with high dose rate brachytherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2005 Winter; 6 (1):8-12 Epub 2005 Jan 12
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  70. Schallenkamp JM, Herman MG, Kruse JJ, Pisansky TM. Prostate position relative to pelvic bony anatomy based on intraprostatic gold markers and electronic portal imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Nov 1; 63 (3):800-11
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  71. Wittmer MH, Pisansky TM, Kruse JJ, Herman MG. Patient-specific daily pretreatment setup protocol using electronic portal imaging for radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2005 Fall; 6 (4):1-13 Epub 2005 Nov 21
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  72. Su Y, Davis BJ, Herman MG, Manduca A, Robb RA. Examination of dosimetry accuracy as a function of seed detection rate in permanent prostate brachytherapy. Med Phys. 2005 Sep; 32: (9)3049-56.
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  73. Herman MG. Clinical use of electronic portal imaging. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2005 Jul; 15 (3):157-67
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  74. Solhjem MC, Davis BJ, Pisansky TM, Wilson TM, Mynderse LA, Herman MG, King BF, Geyer SM. Prostate volume measurement by transrectal ultrasound and computed tomography before and after permanent prostate brachytherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Nov 01; 60: (3)767-76.
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  75. Solhjem MC, Davis BJ, Pisansky TM, Wilson TM, Mynderse LA, Hillman DW, Herman MG, King BF. Prostate volume before and after permanent prostate brachytherapy in patients receiving neoadjuvant androgen suppression. Cancer J. 2004 Nov-Dec; 10 (6):343-8
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  76. Prisciandaro JI, Frechette CM, Herman MG, Brown PD, Garces YI, Foote RL. A methodology to determine margins by EPID measurements of patient setup variation and motion as applied to immobilization devices. Med Phys. 2004 Nov; 31 (11):2978-88
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  77. Su Y, Davis BJ, Herman MG, Robb RA. Prostate brachytherapy seed localization by analysis of multiple projections: identifying and addressing the seed overlap problem. Med Phys. 2004 May; 31 (5):1277-87
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  78. Davis BJ, Brinkmann DH, Kruse JJ, Herman MG, LaJoie WN, Schwartz DJ, Pisansky TM, Kline RW. Selective identification of different brachytherapy sources, ferromagnetic seeds, and fiducials in the prostate using an automated seed sorting algorithm. Brachytherapy. 2004; 3: (2)106-12.
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  79. Herman MG, Pisansky TM, Kruse JJ, Prisciandaro JI, Davis BJ, King BF. Technical aspects of daily online positioning of the prostate for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy using an electronic portal imaging device. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Nov 15; 57 (4):1131-40
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  80. Prisciandaro JI, Herman MG, Kruse JJ. Utilizing an electronic portal imaging device to monitor light and radiation field congruence. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 2003 Autumn; 4(4):315-20.
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  81. Herman MG, Mills MD, Gillin MT. Reimbursement versus effort in medical physics practice in radiation oncology. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2003 Spring; 4 (2):179-87
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  82. Herman MG. Every patient receiving 3D or IMRT must have image-based target localization prior to turning on the beam. For the proposition. Med Phys. 2003 Mar; 30: (3)287-9.
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  83. Schwartz DJ, Davis BJ, Vetter RJ, Pisansky TM, Herman MG, Wilson TM, LaJoie WN, Oberg AL. Radiation exposure to operating room personnel during transperineal interstitial permanent prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2003; 2(2):98-102.
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  84. Song DY, Jones RJ, Welsh JS, Haulk TL, Korman LT, Noga A, Goodman S, Herman MG, Mann R, Marcellus D, Vogelsang G, Ambinder RF, Abrams RA. Phase I study of escalating doses of low-dose rate, local regional irradiation preceding Cy-TBI for patients with chemotherapy resistant, non-Hodgkin's or Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys. 2003; 57(1):166-71.
  85. Su Y, Davis BJ, Herman MG, LaJoie WN, Robb RA. Brachytherapy seed localization from fluoroscopic images using a statistical classifier. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention. 2003; 2879:945-6.
  86. Kruse JJ, Herman MG, Hagness CR, Davis BJ, Garces YI, Haddock MG, Olivier KR, Stafford SL, Pisansky TM. Electronic and film portal images: a comparison of landmark visibility and review accuracy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2002 Oct 1; 54 (2):584-91
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  87. Herman MG, Balter JM, Jaffray DA, McGee KP, Munro P, Shalev S, Van Herk M, Wong JW. Clinical use of electronic portal imaging: report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 58. Med Phys. 2001 May; 28 (5):712-37
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  88. Davis BJ, Haddock MG, Wilson TM, Rothenberg HJ, Bostwick DG, Herman MG, Pisansky TM. Treatment of extraprostatic cancer in clinically organ-confined prostate cancer by permanent interstitial brachytherapy: is extraprostatic seed placement necessary? Tech Urol. 2000 Jun; 6: (2)70-7.
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  89. Herman MG, Kruse JJ, Hagness CR. Guide to clinical use of electronic portal imaging. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2000 Spring; 1 (2):38-57
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  90. Rosenthal LS, Beck TJ, Williams J, Mahesh M, Herman MG, Dinerman JL, Calkins H, Lawrence JH. Acute radiation dermatitis following radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology. 1997 Jul; 20(7):1834-9.
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  91. Abrams RA, Liu PJ, Ambinder RF, Haulk TL, Korman LT, Herman MG, Jones RJ. Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: local-regional radiation therapy after bone marrow transplantation. Radiology. 1997 Jun; 203(3):865-70.
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  92. Herman MG, Williams AL, Dicello JF. Management of information in radiation oncology: an integrated system for scheduling, treatment, billing and verification. Semin Radiat Oncol. 1997; 7:58-66.
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  93. Herman MG, Abrams RA, Mayer RR. Clinical use of on-line portal imaging for daily patient treatment verification. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1994 Mar 1; 28(4):1017-23.
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  94. Herman MG, Abrams RA, Mayer RR. Comments on progress in the evaluation of electronic portal imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1994; 28:1047.
  95. Enterline JP, Majidi FM, Rossiter CM, Herman MG, Ashley BW, Braine HG. The Oncology Clinical Information System. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1992; 835-6.
  96. Lam WC, Herman MG, Lam KS, Lee DJ. On-line portal imaging: computer-assisted error measurement. Radiology. 1991 Jun; 179(3):871-3.
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  97. Vriesendorp HM, Herman MG, Saral R. Future analyses of total body irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1991 Mar; 20(3):635-7.
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  98. Butsch R, Thoennessen M, Chakrabarty DR, Herman MG, Paul P. Nuclear deformation in excited Pb isotopes from giant dipole gamma ray - fission angular correlations. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys. 1990; 41:1530.
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  99. Vojtech RJ, Butsch R, Datar VM, Herman MG, McGrath RL, Paul P, Thoennessen M. High energy photon production in low energy 12C + 112,124 Sn collisions. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys. 1989; 40:2441.
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  100. Herman MG, Cormier TM, Satteson M. Evidence for the statistical origin of the highest-energy fusion-induced high-energy gamma rays. Phys Lett. 1988; (203B):29.
  101. Chakrabarty DR, Thoennessen M, Sen S, Paul P, Butsch R, Herman MG. Giant dipole resonances in excited ER isotopes. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys. 1988; 37:1437.
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  102. Thoennessen M, Chakrabarty DR, Butsch R, Herman MG, Paul P, Sen S. Onset of deformation in Pb isotopes at high excitation energies. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys. 1988; 37:1762.
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  103. Herman MG. Transverse Energy Distributions in Si-Nucleus Collisions at 10GeV/Nucleon. E814 Collaboration Contribution to Proceedings of Quark Matter. Z Phys. 1988; 87.
  104. Theonnessen M, Chakrabarty DR, Herman MG, Butsch R, Paul P. Giant dipole resonance in highly excited thorium: evidence for strong fission hindrance. Phys Rev Lett. 1987; 59:2860.
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  105. Nicolis NG, Cormier TM, Stwertka PM, Herman MG. Angular momentum limitations in the high-spin gamma decay of medium mass evaporation residues. Phys Lett. 1986; (178B):339.
  106. Stwertka PM, Cormier TM, Herman MG, Nicolis NG. High-spin evolution of quasicontinuum gamma radiation in 156 ER. Phys Rev Lett. 1985; 54:1635.
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  107. Stwertka PM, Cormier TM, Nicolis N, Herman MG. Inhibition of nucleon decay from Gd compound nuclei above the n=82 shell closure. Phys Lett. 1985; (150B):91.
  108. Stwertka PM, Cormier TM, Nicolis NG, Herman MG. The onset of collectivity in nuclei near the n=82, z=64 double closed shell. Phys Lett. 1985; (161B):70.
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