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About
Cynthia Chuang is a medical physicist whose career has centered on robotic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), and quality assurance in radiation oncology. Working primarily at the University of California, San Francisco, she has made foundational contributions to the clinical implementation and safety standardization of CyberKnife-based treatments. Her most influential work, the AAPM Task Group 135 report on quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery (2011, 247 citations), established critical guidelines that shaped how institutions worldwide implement and maintain these systems. Chuang's early clinical investigations helped pioneer image-guided robotic SBRT for benign spinal tumors, demonstrating the feasibility and precision of this approach, while her work on residual target motion in spine radiosurgery provided essential insights into real-time tracking accuracy. She has also advanced treatment planning methodologies, including split-volume planning for vertebral metastases and two-step optimization for multiple brain lesions. More recently, her research has addressed Monte Carlo dose calculation, CMOS-based patient-specific QA, and respiratory motion management using 3D-printed phantoms. Even in rare pediatric cases, her team demonstrated the safe application of frameless SRS. Across her career, Chuang's work reflects a consistent commitment to improving precision, safety, and clinical outcomes in complex radiation therapy.
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- 1Report of AAPM TG 135: Quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery247 citations · 2011
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- 3Effects of residual target motion for image‐tracked spine radiosurgery55 citations · 2007
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