Kujtim Latifi, PhD

Dr. Latifi is an Assistant Member of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Cancer Imaging and Metabolism at Moffitt Cancer Center.  He specializes in imaging applications for radiation oncology. Dr. Latifi’s clinical focus is the application of advanced imaging techniques and software solutions to improve patient care and clinical workflow in radiation therapy. 

Associations

• Radiation Oncology
• Machine Learning
• Cancer Imaging & Technology Center of Excellence

Education & Training

Graduate:

• University of South Florida, PhD - Applied Physics with concentration in Applied Physics
• Northern Illinois University, MS - Physics

Internship:

• Moffitt Cancer Center - Radiation Oncology Physics Intern - Physics

Fellowship:

• Moffitt Cancer Center - Radiation Oncology

His research has been on the development and evaluation of algorithms for calculating lung ventilation using 4D CT, thus taking into account the challenges afforded by respiratory motion in precise targeting of radiation. The goal is to develop robust and practical methods to segregate functional from non-functional lung areas in the patients with thoracic malignancies, and to deliver radiation therapy that preferentially spares functional lung. Recently, his focus has been on the investigation and development of quantitative imaging biomarkers (radiomics) from CT and PET/CT to predict treatment outcomes for patients treated with radiation.

• Koo J, Caudell J, Latifi K, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Essentially unedited deep-learning-based OARs are suitable for rigorous oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer treatment planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Mar.25(3):e14202. Pubmedid: 37942993. Pmcid: PMC10930009.
• Mills M, Miller J, Liveringhouse C, Bryant JM, Kawahara Y, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Yang G, Johnstone PA, Naghavi AO. Novel Postoperative Hypofractionated Accelerated Radiation Dose-Painting Approach for Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar.9(3):101391. Pubmedid: 38495036. Pmcid: PMC10943519.
• Nasser N, Perez BA, Penagaricano JA, Caudell JJ, Oliver DE, Latifi K, Moros EG, Redler G. Technical feasibility of novel immunostimulatory low-dose radiation for polymetastatic disease with CBCT-based online adaptive and conventional approaches. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2024 Feb.e14303. Pubmedid: 38377378.
• Naghavi AO, Bryant JM, Kim Y, Weygand J, Redler G, Sim AJ, Miller J, Coucoules K, Michael LT, Gloria WE, Yang G, Rosenberg SA, Ahmed K, Bui MM, Henderson-Jackson EB, Lee A, Lee CD, Gonzalez RJ, Feygelman V, Eschrich SA, Scott JG, Torres-Roca J, Latifi K, Parikh N, Costello J. Habitat escalated adaptive therapy (HEAT): a phase 2 trial utilizing radiomic habitat-directed and genomic-adjusted radiation dose (GARD) optimization for high-grade soft tissue sarcoma. BMC Cancer. 2024 Apr.24(1):437. Pubmedid: 38594603. Pmcid: PMC11003059.
• Weygand J, Armstrong T, Bryant JM, Andreozzi JM, Oraiqat IM, Nichols S, Liveringhouse CL, Latifi K, Yamoah K, Costello JR, Frakes JM, Moros EG, El Naqa IM, Naghavi AO, Rosenberg SA, Redler G. Accurate, repeatable, and geometrically precise diffusion-weighted imaging on a 0.35 T magnetic resonance imaging-guided linear accelerator. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2023 Oct.28:100505. Pubmedid: 38045642. Pmcid: PMC10692914.
• Bryant JM, Doniparthi A, Weygand J, Cruz-Chamorro R, Oraiqat IM, Andreozzi J, Graham J, Redler G, Latifi K, Feygelman V, Rosenberg SA, Yu HM, Oliver DE. Treatment of Central Nervous System Tumors on Combination MR-Linear Accelerators: Review of Current Practice and Future Directions. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct.15(21). Pubmedid: 37958374. Pmcid: PMC10649155.
• Rong Y, Chen Q, Fu Y, Yang X, Al-Hallaq HA, Wu QJ, Yuan L, Xiao Y, Cai B, Latifi K, Benedict SH, Buchsbaum JC, Qi XS. NRG Oncology assessment on AI deep-learning based auto-segmentation for radiotherapy: current development, clinical consideration, and future direction. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Nov. Pubmedid: 37972715.
• Liveringhouse C, Netzley A, Bryant JM, Linkowski LC, Weygand J, Sandoval ML, Dohm A, Dookhoo M, Kelley S, Rosenberg SA, Latifi K, Torres-Roca JF, Johnstone PAS, Yamoah K, Grass GD. Trimodal Therapy Using an MR-guided Radiation Therapy Partial Bladder Tumor Boost in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2023 May.8(6):101268. Pubmedid: 38047218. Pmcid: PMC10692296.
• Sandoval ML, Sim AJ, Bryant JM, Bhandari M, Wuthrick EJ, Perez BA, Dilling TJ, Redler G, Andreozzi J, Nardella L, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Rosenberg SA. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy/Hypofractionated Radiation therapy for Metastatic and Primary Central and Ultracentral Lung Lesions. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2023 May.4(5):100488. Pubmedid: 37159821. Pmcid: PMC10163640.
• Bryant JM, Weygand J, Keit E, Cruz-Chamorro R, Sandoval ML, Oraiqat IM, Andreozzi J, Redler G, Latifi K, Feygelman V, Rosenberg SA. Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance-Guided Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Radiotherapy on Combination MR-Linear Accelerators: Current Practice and Future Directions. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar.15(7). Pubmedid: 37046741. Pmcid: PMC10093051.
• Liveringhouse CL, Latifi K, Asous AG, Lam NB, Rosenberg SA, Dilling TJ, MacMillan GV, Chiappori AA, Haura EB, Creelan B, Gray JE, Tanvetyanon T, Shafique MR, Saltos AN, Weiner AA, Clarke J, Kelsey CR, Kim S, Caudell JJ, Rose TA, Conejo-Garcia JR, Li J, Schell MJ, Antonia SJ, Perez BA. Dose-Limiting Pulmonary Toxicity in a Phase 1/2 Study of Radiation and Chemotherapy with Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab for Patients With Stage 3 Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jul.116(4):837-848. Pubmedid: 36657497.
• Keit E, Liveringhouse C, Figura N, Weygand J, Sandoval ML, Garcia G, Peters J, Nieder M, Faramand R, Khimani F, Kim S, Robinson TJ, Johnstone PAS, Penagaricano J, Latifi K. Feasibility and Toxicity of Full-Body Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Technique for High-Dose Total Body Irradiation. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Jan.22. Pubmedid: 37287260. Pmcid: PMC10272663.
• Bryant JM, Sim AJ, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Rosenberg SA. Adaptive hypofractionted and stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung tumors with real-time MRI guidance. Front Oncol. 2023 Jan.13:1061854. Pubmedid: 36776319. Pmcid: PMC9911810.
• Lotey R, Latifi K, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Evaluation of an MRI linac magnetic isocenter walkout with gantry rotation in the presence of angle-specific corrections. Phys Med Biol. 2023 Apr.68(8). Pubmedid: 36958055.
• Koo J, Caudell JJ, Latifi K, Jordan P, Shen S, Adamson PM, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Comparative evaluation of a prototype deep learning algorithm for autosegmentation of normal tissues in head and neck radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol. 2022 Sep.174:52-58. Pubmedid: 35817322.
• Feygelman V, Latifi K, Bowers M, Greco K, Moros EG, Isacson M, Angerud A, Caudell J. Maintaining dosimetric quality when switching to a Monte Carlo dose engine for head and neck volumetric-modulated arc therapy planning. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 May.23(5):e13572. Pubmedid: 35213089. Pmcid: PMC9121035.
• Weinfurtner RJ, Abdalah M, Stringfield O, Ataya D, Williams A, Mooney B, Rosa M, Lee MC, Khakpour N, Laronga C, Czerniecki B, Diaz R, Ahmed K, Washington I, Latifi K, Niell B, Montejo M, Raghunand N. Quantitative Changes in Intratumoral Habitats on MRI Correlate With Pathologic Response in Early-stage ER/PR+ HER2− Breast Cancer Treated With Preoperative Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy. J Breast Imaging. 2022 May.4(3):273-284. Pubmedid: 36686407. Pmcid: PMC9851176.
• Sim AJ, Hoffe SE, Latifi K, Palm RF, Feygelman V, Leuthold S, Dookhoo M, Dennett M, Rosenberg SA, Frakes JM. A Practical Workflow for Magnetic Resonance-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to the Pancreas. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2022 Jul.13(1):e45-e53. Pubmedid: 35901947.
• Ericsson-Szecsenyi R, Zhang G, Redler G, Feygelman V, Rosenberg S, Latifi K, Ceberg C, Moros EG. Robustness Assessment of Images From a 0.35T Scanner of an Integrated MRI-Linac: Characterization of Radiomics Features in Phantom and Patient Data. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan.21. Pubmedid: 35521966. Pmcid: PMC9083059.
• Rong Y, Rosu-Bubulac M, Benedict SH, Cui Y, Ruo R, Connell T, Kashani R, Latifi K, Chen Q, Geng H, Sohn J, Xiao Y. Rigid and Deformable Image Registration for Radiation Therapy: A Self-Study Evaluation Guide for NRG Oncology Clinical Trial Participation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2021 Mar.11(4):282-298. Pubmedid: 33662576. Pmcid: PMC8406084.
• Yuan Z, Fernandez D, Dhillon J, Abraham-Miranda J, Awasthi S, Kim Y, Zhang J, Jain R, Serna A, Pow-Sang JM, Poch M, Li R, Manley B, Fink A, Naghavi A, Torres-Roca JF, Grass GD, Kim S, Latifi K, Hunt D, Johnstone PAS, Yamoah K. Proof-of-principle Phase I results of combining nivolumab with brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy for Grade Group 5 prostate cancer: safety, feasibility, and exploratory analysis. Prostate Cancer P D. 2021 Mar.24(1):140-149. Pubmedid: 32651467. Pmcid: PMC7882397.
• Latifi K, Lotey R, Feygelman V. On the MLC leaves alignment in the direction orthogonal to movement. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun.22(6):268-273. Pubmedid: 34056837. Pmcid: PMC8200498.
• Sandoval ML, Youssef I, Latifi K, Grass GD, Torres-Roca J, Rosenberg S, Yamoah K, Johnstone PA. Non-Adaptive MR-Guided Radiotherapy for Prostate SBRT: Less Time, Equal Results. J Clin Med. 2021 Jul.10(15). Pubmedid: 34362179. Pmcid: PMC8347281.
• Koo J, Nardella L, Degnan M, Andreozzi J, Yu HM, Penagaricano J, Johnstone PAS, Oliver D, Ahmed K, Rosenberg SA, Wuthrick E, Diaz R, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Moros EG, Redler G. Triggered kV Imaging During Spine SBRT for Intrafraction Motion Management. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Jan.20. Pubmedid: 34855577. Pmcid: PMC8649431.
• Yuan Z, Frazer M, Rishi A, Latifi K, Tomaszewski MR, Moros EG, Feygelman V, Felder S, Sanchez J, Dessureault S, Imanirad I, Kim RD, Harrison LB, Hoffe SE, Zhang GG, Frakes JM. Pretreatment CT and PET radiomics predicting rectal cancer patients in response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2021 Feb.26(1):29-34. Pubmedid: 33948299. Pmcid: PMC8086711.
• Perez BA, Kim S, Wang M, Karimi AM, Powell C, Li J, Dilling TJ, Chiappori A, Latifi K, Rose T, Lannon A, MacMillan G, Saller J, Grass GD, Rosenberg S, Gray J, Haura E, Creelan B, Tanvetyanon T, Saltos A, Shafique M, Boyle TA, Schell MJ, Conejo-Garcia JR, Antonia SJ. Prospective Single-Arm Phase 1 and 2 Study: Ipilimumab and Nivolumab With Thoracic Radiation Therapy After Platinum Chemotherapy in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Feb.109(2):425-435. Pubmedid: 33002543. Pmcid: PMC8465780.
• Dibs K, Sim AJ, Peñagaricano JA, Latifi K, Garcia GA, Peters JA, Nieder ML, Kim S, Robinson TJ. Gonadal-sparing total body irradiation with the use of helical tomotherapy for nonmalignant indications. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2021 Feb.26(1):153-158. Pubmedid: 34046227. Pmcid: PMC8149136.
• Tomaszewski MR, Latifi K, Boyer E, Palm RF, El Naqa I, Moros EG, Hoffe SE, Rosenberg SA, Frakes JM, Gillies RJ. Delta radiomics analysis of Magnetic Resonance guided radiotherapy imaging data can enable treatment response prediction in pancreatic cancer. Radiat Oncol. 2021 Dec.16(1):237. Pubmedid: 34911546. Pmcid: PMC8672552.
• Sim AJ, Palm RF, DeLozier KB, Feygelman V, Latifi K, Redler G, Washington IR, Wuthrick EJ, Rosenberg SA. MR-guided stereotactic body radiation therapy for intracardiac and pericardial metastases. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2020 Nov.25:102-106. Pubmedid: 33204858. Pmcid: PMC7653008.
• Parsee AA, Thomas KL, Ghayouri M, Mehta R, Latifi K, Sweeney J, Jeong D, Ahmed A. Rare Abdominal Wall Metastasis following Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer: What Can Be Learned from the Use of Percutaneous Catheters?. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 May.2020:3738798. Pubmedid: 32509367. Pmcid: PMC7244962.
• Yuan Z, Frazer M, Zhang GG, Latifi K, Moros EG, Feygelman V, Felder S, Sanchez J, Dessureault S, Imanirad I, Kim RD, Harrison LB, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM. CT-based radiomic features to predict pathological response in rectal cancer: A retrospective cohort study. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jun.64(3):444-449. Pubmedid: 32386109.
• Tchelebi LT, Romesser PB, Feuerlein S, Hoffe S, Latifi K, Felder S, Chuong MD. Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: Expanding Opportunities for Non-Operative Management. Cancer Control. 2020 Jan.27(1). Pubmedid: 33118384. Pmcid: PMC7791447.
• Parsee AA, McDonald JA, Jiang K, Latifi K, Mehta R, Frakes JM, Pimiento JM, Hoffe SE. Radiation-induced hepatitis masquerading as metastatic disease: the importance of correlating diagnostic imaging with treatment planning. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2020 Feb.11(1):133-138. Pubmedid: 32175116. Pmcid: PMC7052759.
• Mitin T, Degnin C, Chen Y, Shirvani S, Gillespie E, Hoffe S, Latifi K, Nabavizadeh N, Dengina N, Chernich M, Usychkin S, Kharitonova E, Egorova Y, Pankratov A, Tsimafeyeu I, Thomas CR, Tjulandin S, Likhacheva A. Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Russia: a Survey-Based Analysis of Current Practice and the Impact of an Educational Workshop on Clinical Expertise. J Cancer Educ. 2020 Feb.35(1):105-111. Pubmedid: 30467774.
• Rishi A, Zhang GG, Yuan Z, Sim AJ, Song EY, Moros EG, Tomaszewski MR, Latifi K, Pimiento JM, Fontaine JP, Mehta R, Harrison LB, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM. Pretreatment CT and 18 F-FDG PET-based radiomic model predicting pathological complete response and loco-regional control following neoadjuvant chemoradiation in oesophageal cancer. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Dec.65(1):102-111. Pubmedid: 33258556.
• Wang J, Zhang H, Chuong M, Latifi K, Tan S, Choi W, Hoffe S, Shridhar R, Lu W. Prediction of Anal Cancer Recurrence After Chemoradiotherapy Using Quantitative Image Features Extracted From Serial 18F-FDG PET/CT. Front Oncol. 2019 Sep.9:934. Pubmedid: 31612104. Pmcid: PMC6777412.
• Song E, Segarra D, Latifi K, Leuthold S, Belinc D, Pena L, Malafa M, Frakes JM, Hoffe SE. Recognition of Tumor Invasion of a Pancreatic Head Biliary Stent During Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 May.9(3):132-135. Pubmedid: 30708132.
• Latifi K, Moros EG, Zhang G, Harrison L, Feygelman V. A Method to Determine the Coincidence of MRI-Guided Linac Radiation and Magnetic Isocenters. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Jan.18. Pubmedid: 31537173. Pmcid: PMC6755638.
• Machicado JD, Obuch JC, Goodman KA, Schefter TE, Frakes J, Hoffe S, Latifi K, Simon VC, Santangelo T, Ezekwe E, Edmundowicz SA, Brauer BC, Shah RJ, Hammad HT, Wagh MS, Attwell A, Han S, Klapman J, Wani S. Endoscopic Ultrasound Placement of Preloaded Fiducial Markers Shortens Procedure Time Compared to Back-Loaded Markers. Clin Gastroenterol H. 2019 Dec.17(13):2749-2758.e2. Pubmedid: 31042578.
• Nichols D, Boyle TA, Noyes D, Latifi K, Feygelman V, Jackson I, Vujaskovic Z, Antonia S, Perez BA. Evaluation of combined anti-PD-1 immunotherapy and radiation therapy in a preclinical mouse model of pneumonitis and fibrosis. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.10(11):6254-6260. Pubmedid: 30622798. Pmcid: PMC6297393.
• Poleszczuk J, Walker R, Moros EG, Latifi K, Caudell JJ, Enderling H. Predicting Patient-Specific Radiotherapy Protocols Based on Mathematical Model Choice for Proliferation Saturation Index. Bull Math Biol. 2018 May.80(5):1195-1206. Pubmedid: 28681150.
• Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Latifi K, Zhang G, Ullah G, Gillies R, Moros E. Voxel size and gray level normalization of CT radiomic features in lung cancer. Sci Rep. 2018 Jul.8(1):10545. Pubmedid: 30002441. Pmcid: PMC6043486.
• Latifi K, Caudell J, Zhang G, Hunt D, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Practical quantification of image registration accuracy following the AAPM TG-132 report framework. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Jul.19(4):125-133. Pubmedid: 29882231. Pmcid: PMC6036411.
• Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Zhang GG, Hunt DC, Latifi K, Ullah G, Gillies RJ, Moros EG. Accounting for reconstruction kernel-induced variability in CT radiomic features using noise power spectra. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2018 Jan.5(1):011013. Pubmedid: 29285518. Pmcid: PMC5729963.
• Altazi BA, Fernandez DC, Zhang GG, Hawkins S, Naqvi SM, Kim Y, Hunt D, Latifi K, Biagioli M, Venkat P, Moros EG. Investigating multi-radiomic models for enhancing prediction power of cervical cancer treatment outcomes. Phys Med. 2018 Feb.46:180-188. Pubmedid: 29475772. Pmcid: PMC7771366.
• Li Q, Kim J, Balagurunathan Y, Qi J, Liu Y, Latifi K, Moros EG, Schabath MB, Ye Z, Gillies RJ, Dilling TJ. CT imaging features associated with recurrence in non-small cell lung cancer patients after stereotactic body radiotherapy. Radiat Oncol. 2017 Sep.12(1):158. Pubmedid: 28946909. Pmcid: PMC5613447.
• Zhang GG, Latifi K, Feygelman V, Chou KT, Huang TC, Dilling TJ, Perez BA, Moros EG. Ventilation Series Similarity: A Study for Ventilation Calculation Using Deformable Image Registration and 4DCT to Avoid Motion Artifacts. Contrast Media Mol Imaging. 2017 Sep.2017:9730380. Pubmedid: 29097945. Pmcid: PMC5623778.
• Oliver JA, Budzevich M, Hunt D, Moros EG, Latifi K, Dilling TJ, Feygelman V, Zhang G. Sensitivity of Image Features to Noise in Conventional and Respiratory-Gated PET/CT Images of Lung Cancer: Uncorrelated Noise Effects. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Oct.16(5):595-608. Pubmedid: 27502957. Pmcid: PMC5665151.
• Murimwa GZ, Venkat PS, Jin W, Leuthold S, Latifi K, Almhanna K, Pimiento JM, Fontaine JP, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM. Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes of locally advanced esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2017 Oct.8(5):808-815. Pubmedid: 29184684. Pmcid: PMC5674260.
• Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Zhang GG, Latifi K, Ullah G, Hunt DC, Balagurunathan Y, Abdalah MA, Schabath MB, Goldgof DG, Mackin D, Court LE, Gillies RJ, Moros EG. Intrinsic dependencies of CT radiomic features on voxel size and number of gray levels. Med Phys. 2017 Mar.44(3):1050-1062. Pubmedid: 28112418. Pmcid: PMC5462462.
• Oliver JA, Venkat P, Frakes JM, Klapman J, Harris C, Montilla-Soler J, Dhadham GC, Altazi BA, Zhang GG, Moros EG, Shridhar R, Hoffe SE, Latifi K. Fiducial markers coupled with 3D PET/CT offer more accurate radiation treatment delivery for locally advanced esophageal cancer. Endosc Int Open. 2017 Jun.5(6):E496-E504. Pubmedid: 28573183. Pmcid: PMC5451282.
• Ryckman JM, Shelton JW, Waller AF, Schreibmann E, Latifi K, Diaz R. Anatomic structure-based deformable image registration of brachytherapy implants in the treatment of locally advanced cervix cancer. Brachytherapy. 2017 Jul.15(5):584-592. Pubmedid: 27263057.
• Zhang DG, Feygelman V, Moros EG, Latifi K, Hoffe S, Frakes J, Zhang GG. Superficial and peripheral dose in compensator-based FFF beam IMRT. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2017 Jan.18(1):151-156. Pubmedid: 28291940. Pmcid: PMC5689887.
• Chung H, Polf J, Badiyan S, Biagioli M, Fernandez D, Latifi K, Wilder R, Mehta M, Chuong M. Rectal dose to prostate cancer patients treated with proton therapy with or without rectal spacer. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2017 Jan.18(1):32-39. Pubmedid: 28291917. Pmcid: PMC5689902.
• Li Q, Kim J, Balagurunathan Y, Liu Y, Latifi K, Stringfield O, Garcia A, Moros EG, Dilling TJ, Schabath MB, Ye Z, Gillies RJ. Imaging features from pretreatment CT scans are associated with clinical outcomes in nonsmall-cell lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy. Med Phys. 2017 Aug.44(8):4341-4349. Pubmedid: 28464316. Pmcid: PMC5553698.
• Jin W, Mellon EA, Hoffe SE, Frakes JM, Springett GM, Centeno BA, Kim R, Mahipal A, Pimiento JM, Malafa MP, Latifi K. Does Metabolic Tumor Volume Predict Tumor Regression Grade After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct.96(2S):E195. Pubmedid: 27674030.
• Gintz D, Latifi K, Caudell J, Nelms B, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman V. Initial evaluation of automated treatment planning software. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 May.17(3):331-346. Pubmedid: 28297346.
• Gintz D, Latifi K, Caudell J, Nelms B, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman V. Initial evaluation of automated treatment planning software. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 May.17(3):331-346. Pubmedid: 27167292. Pmcid: PMC5690942.
• Zhang GG, Latifi K, Du K, Reinhardt JM, Christensen GE, Ding K, Feygelman V, Moros EG. Evaluation of the ΔV 4D CT ventilation calculation method using in vivo xenon CT ventilation data and comparison to other methods. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Mar.17(2):550-560. Pubmedid: 28297411.
• Zhang GG, Latifi K, Du K, Reinhardt JM, Christensen GE, Ding K, Feygelman V, Moros EG. Evaluation of the ΔV 4D CT ventilation calculation method using in vivo xenon CT ventilation data and comparison to other methods. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Mar.17(2):550-560. Pubmedid: 27074479. Pmcid: PMC5874808.
• Permuth JB, Choi J, Balarunathan Y, Kim J, Chen DT, Chen L, Orcutt S, Doepker MP, Gage K, Zhang G, Latifi K, Hoffe S, Jiang K, Coppola D, Centeno BA, Magliocco A, Li Q, Trevino J, Merchant N, Gillies R, Malafa M, On Behalf Of The Florida Pancreas Collaborative . Combining radiomic features with a miRNA classifier may improve prediction of malignant pathology for pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Oncotarget. 2016 Dec.7(52):85785-85797. Pubmedid: 27589689. Pmcid: PMC5349874.
• Frakes JM, Figura ND, Ahmed KA, Juan TH, Patel N, Latifi K, Sarangkasiri S, Strom TJ, Chinnaiyan P, Rao NG, Etame AB. Potential role for LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of 5 or more radioresistant melanoma brain metastases. J Neurosurg. 2015 Nov.123(5):1261-1267. Pubmedid: 26140482.
• Prokopiou S, Moros EG, Poleszczuk J, Caudell J, Torres-Roca JF, Latifi K, Lee JK, Myerson R, Harrison LB, Enderling H. A proliferation saturation index to predict radiation response and personalize radiotherapy fractionation. Radiat Oncol. 2015 Jul.10:159. Pubmedid: 26227259. Pmcid: PMC4521490.
• Oliver JA, Budzevich M, Zhang GG, Dilling TJ, Latifi K, Moros EG. Variability of Image Features Computed from Conventional and Respiratory-Gated PET/CT Images of Lung Cancer. Transl Oncol. 2015 Dec.8(6):524-534. Pubmedid: 26692535. Pmcid: PMC4700295.
• Zhang DG, Feygelman V, Moros EG, Latifi K, Zhang GG. Monte Carlo study of radiation dose enhancement by gadolinium in megavoltage and high dose rate radiotherapy. PLoS One. 2014 Oct.9(10):e109389. Pubmedid: 25275550. Pmcid: PMC4183586.
• Oliver JA, Budzevich M, Zhang G, Moros EG, Latifi K, Kuykendall C, Hoffe S, Montilla-Soler J, Eikman E, Dilling T. Positron emission tomography texture analysis of necrosis in primary adenocarcinomas of the lung. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S29-S30. Pubmedid: 24674537.
• Kuykendall CC, Budzevich MM, Latifi K, Moros EG, Hoffe SE, Dilling TJ, Zhang GG, Montilla-Soler JL, Eikman EA. 4D PET/CT: Radiology Imaging to Radiation Therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S28. Pubmedid: 24674534.
• Latifi K, Dilling TJ, Hoffe SE, Stevens CW, Moros EG, Zhang GG. Evaluating Effects of Radiation Therapy Treatment on 4DCT-Calculated Lung Ventilation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S6-S7. Pubmedid: 24674563.
• Zhang GG, Latifi K, Huang T, Feygelman V, Stevens CW, Dilling TJ, Moros EG, Elmpt Wv, Dekker A. Effects of Noise in 4D CT on Deformable Image Registration and Derived Ventilation Data. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S7-S8. Pubmedid: 24674566.
• Saeed N, Latifi K, Hoffe SE, Cruz A, Opp DW, Moros EG, Zhang GG, Budzevich MM, Shridhar R, Dilling TJ. Optimizing Options for Re-irradiation With Deformable Image Registration of Prior Plans. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S16-S17. Pubmedid: 24674497.
• Figura N, Latifi K, Dilling TJ, Kuykendall CC, Eikman EA, Moros EG, Zhang GG, Leuthold S, Mehra C, Hoffe SE. Dosimetric Implications of Treating 4D PET/CT-Defined Maximum Inhale Versus Exhale Target Volumes in Esophageal Cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S34-S35. Pubmedid: 24674556.
• Budzevich MM, Kuykendall CC, Latifi K, Oliver J, Dilling TJ, Hoffe SE, Eikman EA, Montilla-Soler JI, Zhang GG, Moros EG. A Method to Determine the Optimal Number of Bins in 4D PET. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Mar.3(2 Suppl 1):S25. Pubmedid: 24674527.
• Latifi K, Oliver J, Baker R, Dilling TJ, Stevens CW, Kim J, Yue B, Demarco M, Zhang GG, Moros EG, Feygelman V. Study of 201 non-small cell lung cancer patients given stereotactic ablative radiation therapy shows local control dependence on dose calculation algorithm. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Apr.88(5):1108-1113. Pubmedid: 24529716.
• Stambaugh C, Nelms BE, Dilling T, Stevens C, Latifi K, Zhang G, Moros E, Feygelman V. Experimentally studied dynamic dose interplay does not meaningfully affect target dose in VMAT SBRT lung treatments. Med Phys. 2013 Sep.40(9):091710. Pubmedid: 24007143.
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• Title: Objective Evaluation of Machine Learning Potential for Automated Segmentation and Generation of Head and Neck Plans with Proven Reduced Toxicity
  Sponsor: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
  PI: Feygelman, V., CO-PI: Caudell, J., CO-PI: Latifi, K., CO-PI: Moros, E.