Mohammad Amir Owrangi

Associate Professor

Email

u256722@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Radiation Oncology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US

Associate Professor: Radiation Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States

Assistant Professor: Radiation Oncology
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, United States

Assistant Professor: Radiation Oncology
University of Toronto
Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Education

BSc from Shiraz University: Shiraz, Iran; Physics

MSc from Shiraz University: Shiraz, Iran; Radiation-Medicine Engineering

PhD from The University of Western Ontario: London, Canada; Biomedical Engineering

Residency at University of Michigan Health System: Ann Arbor, United States; CAMPEP accredited Therapeutic Radiologic Medical Physics Residency

Selected Publications

Soliman A, Burns L, Owrangi A, Lee Y, Ravi A, Song WY, Stanisz G, Chugh B.. " A Realistic Phantom for Validating MRI-based Synthetic CT Images of the Human Skull " Med Phys.. 2017 Sep ; 44 (9) : 4687-4694.
Liang X, Yen A, Bai T, Godley A, Shen C, Wu J, Meng B, Lin MH, Medin P, Yan Y, Owrangi A, Desai N, Hannan R, Garant A, Jiang S, Deng J. " Bony structure enhanced synthetic CT generation using Dixon sequences for pelvis MR-only radiotherapy " Medical physics (Lancaster). 2023 Dec ; 50 (12) : 7368-7382.
D’Cunha, P., Gonzalez, Y., Nwachukwu, C., Hrycushko, B., Medin, P., Owrangi, A., Jia, X., & Albuquerque, K.. " Change in image-guided planning strategies over time impacts oncologic and survival outcomes for intracavitary cervical cancer brachytherapy " Brachytherapy. 2022 Jul ; 21 (5) : 668-677.
Kanani, A., Owrangi, A. M., & Mosleh-Shirazi, M. A.. " Comprehensive methodology for commissioning modern 3D-image-based treatment planning systems for high dose rate gynaecological brachytherapy: A review " Physica Medica. 2020 Sep ; 77 : 22-29.
Owrangi, A., Medrano, A., Gao, Y., Kazemifar, S., Hrycushko, B., Medin, P., Nwachukwu, C., Jia, X., & Albuquerque, K.. " Definitive radiation for advanced cervix cancer is not associated with vaginal shortening—a prospective vaginal length and dose correlation " Brachytherapy. 2024 Mar ; 23 (2) : 136-140.
Safigholi H, Han DY, Mashouf S, Soliman A, Meigooni AS, Owrangi A, Song WY. " Direction modulated brachytherapy (DMBT) for treatment of cervical cancer: A planning study with 192Ir, 60Co, and 169Yb HDR sources " Med Phys. 2017 Dec ; 44 (12) : 6538-6547.
Kazemifar S, Barragán Montero AM, Souris K, Rivas ST, Timmerman R, Park YK, Jiang SB, Geets X, Sterpin E, Owrangi A.. " Dosimetric evaluation of synthetic CT generated with GANs for MRI-only proton therapy treatment planning of brain tumors " Appl Clin Med Phys.. 2020 May ; 21 (5) : 76-86.
Balagopal A, Kazemifar S, Nguyen D, Lin MH, Hannan R, Owrangi A, Jiang S. " Fully automated organ segmentation in male pelvic CT images " Phys Med Biol. 2018 Dec 14; 63 (24) : 245015-245015.
Kanani, A., Yazdi, M., Owrangi, A. M., Karbasi, S., & Mosleh-Shirazi, M. A.. " Metal artifact reduction in cervix brachytherapy with titanium applicators using dual-energy CT through virtual monoenergetic images and an iterative algorithm: A phantom study " Brachytherapy. 2022 ; 21 (6) : 933-942.
Kazemifar S, Nguyen D, McGuire S, Timmerman R, Wardak Z, Park Y, Jiang S, Owrangi A.. " MRI-only brain radiotherapy: assessing the geometric and dosimetric accuracy of synthetic CT images generated using a deep learning approach " Radiother Oncol. 2019 Apr 11; 136 : 56-63.
Owrangi A, Greer PB, Glide-Hurst CK. " MRI-only treatment planning: benefits and challenges " Phys Med Biol. 2018 Feb 26; 63 (5) : 05TR01.
Chow JC, Owrangi A. " Mucosal dosimetry on unflattened photon beams: a Monte Carlo phantom study " Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express. 2019 Jan ; 5 (1) : 15007.
Gonzalez Y, Giap F, Klages P, Owrangi A, Jia X, Albuquerque K.. " Predicting which patients may benefit from the hybrid intracavitary+interstitial needle (IC/IS) applicator for advanced cervical cancer: A dosimetric comparison and toxicity benefit analysis " Brachytherapy. 2021 Jan ; 20 (1) : 136-145.
Kanani, A., Fatemi-Ardakani, A., Owrangi, A. M., Yazdi, M., Baghbani, H., & Mosleh-Shirazi, M. A.. " Quantification of Artifacts and Image Distortions in 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Images of a Commercial Multi-Channel Vaginal Cylinder Brachytherapy Applicator Set " Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering. 2023 Dec ; 13 (6) : 523-534.
Kazemifar S, Balagopal A, Nguyen D, McGuire S, Hannan R, Jiang S, Owrangi A.. " Segmentation of the prostate and organs at risk in male pelvic CT images using deep learning " Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express. 2018 Jul ; 4 (5) : 55003.
Li, W., Kazemifar, S., Bai, T., Nguyen, D., Weng, Y., Li, Y., Xia, J., Xiong, J., Xie, Y., Owrangi, A., & Jiang, S.. " Synthesizing CT images from MR images with deep learning: model generalization for different datasets through transfer learning " Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express. 2021 Feb 24; 7 (2)
Chow JC, Owrangi A. " A surface energy spectral study on the bone heterogeneity and beam obliquity using the flattened and unflattened photon beams " Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2016 Jan ; 21 (1) : 63-70.
Owrangi A, Jolly S, Balter JM, Cao Y, Maturen KE, Young L, Zhu T, Prisciandaro JI. " Clinical implementation of MR-guided vaginal cylinder brachytherapy " J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015 Nov ; 16 (6) : 490-500.
Han DY, Safigholi H, Soliman A, Ravi A, Leung E, Scanderbeg DJ, Liu Z, Owrangi A and Song WY. " Direction Modulated Brachytherapy (DMBT) for Treatment of Cervical Cancer. II: Comparative Planning Study with Intracavitary and Intracavitary-Interstitial Techniques " Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Oct ; 96 (2) : 440-448.
Covington EL, Ritter TA, Moran JM, Owrangi A and Prisciandaro JI. " Evaluation of peripheral dose for flattening filter free photon beams " Med Phys. 2014 Aug ; 43 (8) : 4789-4796.
Kirby M, Ouriadov A, Svenningsen S, Owrangi A, Wheatley A, Etemad-Rezai R, Santyr GE, McCormack DG, Parraga G.. " Hyperpolarized 3He and 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging apparent diffusion coefficients: physiological relevance in older never- and ex-smokers " Physiol Rep. 2014 Jul ; 2 (7) : 1-15.
Owrangi A, Prisciandaro JI, Soliman A, Ravi A, Song WY. " Magnetic resonance imaging-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer: initiating a program " J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2015 Oct ; 7 (5) : 417-422.
Soliman AS, Owrangi A, Ravi A, Song WY. " Metal artefacts in MRI-guided brachytherapy of cervical cancer " J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2016 Aug ; 8 (4) : 363-369.
Soliman AS, Elzibak A, Easton H, Kim JY, Han DY, Safigholi H, Mashouf S, Owrangi A, Ravi A and Song WY. " Quantitative MRI Assessment of a Novel Direction Modulated Brachytherapy Tandem Applicator for Cervical Cancer at 1.5 Tesla " Radiother Oncol. 2016 Sep ; 120 (3) : 500-506.
Roberts DA, Covington E, Hayman JA, Masi K, Lee C, Moran JM, and Prisciandaro JI. " Revisiting fetal dose during radiation therapy: Evaluating treatment techniques and a custom shield " J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2016 Sep ; 17 (5) : 34-46.