David Thomas

Associate Professor



720-848-0134


Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Radiation Oncology – University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Court, Suite 1032
Mail Stop F706
Aurora, CO 80045



David Thomas

Associate Professor


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David Thomas

Associate Professor



720-848-0134


Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Radiation Oncology – University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Court, Suite 1032
Mail Stop F706
Aurora, CO 80045




Thomas Lab at CUAnschutz


The Thomas Lab in the Department of Radiation Oncology at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is focused on improving the quality of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, through the integration of novel imaging methods. 

News


Sep 15, 2023

Computer Vision guided bronchoscopy application

We presented some early results at the ARPA-H Proposer's Day in Chicago recently, and had some really interesting discussions. Lots of great projects represented from CU Anschutz!  Computer Vision enhanced  Advanced Cone Beam CT for Intraoperative G...


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Aug 2, 2023

AAPM!

Successful AAPM 2023 meeting this year in Houston, with lots of interest in Atharva Peshkar and William Frantz 's presentations. Well done Atharva and Will! (Link)


Jun 27, 2023

Latest results from our Computer Vision in Radiation Therapy project

Computer vision assisted alignment for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).



Jun 22, 2023

Med Phys Slam winner!

Please join me in once again congratulating our CU Boulder Computer Science graduate student Atharva Peshkar, who has won first prize in the AAPM Rocky Mountain Chapter ‘Med Phys Slam’ competition. Atharva will represent our local chapter at the AAPM a...


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May 12, 2023

ARS 2023

Come see our abstract presentation at the ARS 105th Annual Meeting. Lahaina, HI, May 17 – 21, 2023 Computer Vision Assisted Collision Avoidance for Radiation Therapy Noncoplanar treatment fields and more complex immobilization devices offer improved ... (Link)


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Projects




Computer Vision enhanced Advanced Cone Beam CT for Intraoperative Guidance.


Using our expertise with 4D-CT and a machine learning approach to motion modelling to improve current image-guided bronchoscopy guidance




Computer Vision assisted Collision Avoidance for Radiation Therapy.


Computer vision combined with a novel skin-mesh model allows patient specific ‘avatars’ to detect and track patient positioning in real-time 3D during treatment.




Computer vision assisted alignment for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).


We are developing a skeletal-pose computer vision model that correlates an external (skin mesh) with an internal (biomechanical) anatomy, thereby aligning the patient-specific model to a patient’s CT imaging.



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Associate Professor
Lab PI. Academic medical physicist.

Current Lab Members



Current Postdoctoral Fellow
PI: David Thomas Project: “X-Ray induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry" Study of a photoacoustic contrast agent for dosimetry.

PhD Student
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Washington State University, May 2022 Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering,

PhD Student

PhD Student
Project - Computer vision assisted alignment for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Previous Lab Members



Previous Post doc
Current Position: Medical Physics Resident, Washington University in St. Louis Now: Faculty Medical Physicist at Washington University in St. Louis.

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David Thomas

Associate Professor



720-848-0134


Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Radiation Oncology – University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Court, Suite 1032
Mail Stop F706
Aurora, CO 80045


Publications


Computer Vision assisted Collision Avoidance for Radiation Therapy


David Thomas, Moyed Miften, Brian Kavanagh, Bernard Trip Jones,

2023 May


Characterizing spatial differences between SPECT-ventilation and SPECT-perfusion in patients with lung cancer undergoing radiotherapy


Farnoush Forghani, Taylor Patton, Jennifer Kwak, David Thomas, Quentin Diot, Chad Rusthoven, Richard Castillo, Edward Castillo, Inga Grills, Thomas Guerrero, others

Radiotherapy and Oncology, vol. 160, Elsevier, 2021, pp. 120--124


Analysis of experimental acoustic waves induced by high energy pulsed X-ray beams


Farnoush Forghani, Adam Mahl, Bernard Jones, Mark Borden, Moyed Miften, David Thomas

Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 65, APS, 2020


Simulation of x-ray-induced acoustic imaging for absolute dosimetry: Accuracy of image reconstruction methods


Farnoush Forghani, Adam Mahl, Taylor J Patton, Bernard L Jones, Mark A Borden, David C Westerly, Cem Altunbas, Moyed Miften, David H Thomas

Medical Physics, vol. 47, Wiley Online Library, 2020, pp. 1280--1290


Effect of X-Ray Irradiation On the Ultrasound Imaging Signal of a Novel Photoacoustic Contrast Agent


F Forghani, A Mahl, G Shakya, M Borden, T Patton, Y Vinogradskiy, B Jones, M Miften, D Thomas

MEDICAL PHYSICS, vol. 47, WILEY 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2020, pp. E763--E763


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