Bhudatt R. Paliwal

powered by
COS Expertise®
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School
Human Oncology
ProfessorAppointed: 1973
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Medicine and Public Health
Human Oncology
ProfessorAppointed: 1983
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical Physics
ProfessorAppointed: 1983
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Medicine and Public Health
Human Oncology
Section of Radiation Therapy Physics
DirectorAppointed: 1979
Professional Headshot of Bhudatt R. Paliwal

Mailing Address

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Human Oncology
600 Highland Avenue
K4/B100
Madison, Wisconsin 53792
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (608) 263-8514
Fax: (608) 263-9167
paliwal@humonc.wisc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center, Biophysics, 1973.
M.S., Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education (S.A.I.C.E.), India, Physics, 1962.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests involve radiation dosimetry, radiation imaging and treatment planning, CT and MRI applications in radiotherapy treatment planning, quality assurance compliance with federal regulations. My interests also include the application of hyperthermia in treatment of cancer.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biophysics, Cancer Or Carcinogenesis, Hyperthermia, Magnetic Resonance, Medical Physics, Radiotherapy.

Additional Terms:

Electron and Photon 3D Treatment Planning, Eye Plaque, Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Iodine-125 Prostate Implant, Medical Physics, Physics, Radiological, Quality Assurance, Radiation Dosimetry, Radiation Therapy, Radiotherapy, X-rays.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Hindi: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Board of Medical Physics
American Board of Radiology
American College of Medical Physics
American College of Radiation Oncology
American College of Radiology
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Association of Medical Physicists of India
Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs
European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology
Health Physics Society
International Hyperthermia Society
North American Hyperthermia Group
North Central Chapter American Association of Physicists in Medicine
Radiation Research Society
Radiological Society of North America
Wisconsin Radiological Society

Honors and Awards

2005, Distinguished Alumni Award, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
2002, William D. Coolidge Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics
2002, Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement Award, American College of Medical Physics, Medical Physics
1999, Fellow, American College of Medical Physics, Medical Physics
1995, Fellow, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics
1980, Best Scientific Exhibit Awarded by the AAPM on 'Deep Heating by Erbotherm UHF 69', American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics
1970-1972, Fellow, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Medical Physics
1969-1970, Fellowhsip in Medical Physics, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Medical Physics
1964-1965, World Health Organization Fellowship, Indian Atomic Energy Agency, Medical Physics
1959-1962, Fellowship in Advanced Studies, Centre International D'Education

Previous Positions

1981-1983, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Medical Physics
1979-1983, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Radiology
1979-1983, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Human Oncology
1979-1980, Associate Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Midwest Center for Radiologic Physics
1974-1979, Assistant Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Midwest Center for Radiological Physics
1973-1979, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Radiology
1965-1968, Chief, Sri Surobindo International Centre of Education, Radiological Physics Section
1963-1964, Assistant Professor, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Science and Math

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Improving Cancer Outcome with Adaptive Helical Tomotherapy, $8,909,839, 09/01/01 to 8/31/06.

Publications

  • Zhang T, Keller H, O'Brien MJ, Mackie TR, Paliwal B (2003) Application of the spirometer in respiratory gated radiotherapy, Med Phys, 30 (12), 3165-71
  • Richardson S, Tomé W, Orton N, McNutt T, Paliwal B (2003) IMRT delivery verification using a spiral phantom, Med Phys, 30 (9), 2553-8
  • Balog J, Mackie T, Pearson D, Hui S, Paliwal B, Jeraj R (2003) Benchmarking beam alignment for a clinical helical tomotherapy device., Med Phys, 30 (6), 1118-27
  • Mackie TR, J Kapatoes, K Ruchala, W Lu, C Wu, G Olivera, L Forrest, WA Tomé, J Welsh, R Jeraj, P Harari, P Reckwerdt, B Paliwal, M Ritter, H Keller, Mehta M (2003) Image Guidance for Precise Conformal Radiotherapy, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 56 (1), 89-105
  • Elhanafy OA, Das RK, Paliwal BR, Migahed MD, Sakr HA, Elleithy M, Anatomic variation of prescription points and treatment volume with fractionated high-dose rate gynecological brachytherapy, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics [electronic Resource] / American College of Medical Physics, 3(1), 1-5, Winter 2002 Abstract
  • Miranpuri AS, Tome WA, Paliwal BR, Kesslering C, Mehta MP, Assessment of patient-independent intrinsic error for a noninvasive frame for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy, International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer, 96(5), 320-5, October 2001 Abstract
  • Mehta M, Scrimger R, Mackie R, Paliwal B, Chappell R, Fowler J, A new approach to dose escalation in non-small cell lung cancer, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 49(1), 23-33, 2001
  • Johnson TK, Paliwal BR, Candidacy for board certification in radiological/medical physics should be restricted to graduates of accredited training programs, Medical Physics, 27(5), 825-7, May 2000 Abstract
  • Tomé WA, Steeves RA, Paliwal BR, On the use of virtual simulation in radiotherapy of the intact breast, Journal of Applied Clinical Physics, 1(2), 58-67, 2000
  • Tomé W, Mehta M, Paliwal B, From roots to realizations-radiosurgery, ADVANCE for Administrators in Radiology and Radiation Oncology, 10(7), 45-50, 2000
  • Thomadsen BR, Paliwal BR, Petereit DG, RAnallo FN, Radiation injury from x-ray exposure during brachytherapy localization, Medical Physics, 27(7), 1681-1684, 2000
  • Paliwal BR, Tomé WA, Richardson S, and Mackie TR, A Spiral Phantom for IMRT and Tomotherapy Delivery Verification, Medical Physics, 27(11), 2509-2507, 2000
  • Gentry J, Steeves R, Paliwal B, Mehta M, The Operational Impact of a Program to Measure and Monitor Radiation Dose to External Beam Patients, The Journal of Oncology Management, 9(5), 10-15, 2000
  • Gentry Jr, Hartje S, Stitt Ja, Steeves RA, Paliwal BR, Mehta MP, Use of Digital Technology Improves Documentation and Decreases Costs in Radiation Oncology, Journal of Oncology Management, 8(2), 10-13, 1999
  • Paliwal B R, Ritter M A, McNutt T R, Mackie T R, Thomadsen B R, Purdy J A, Kinsella T J, A solid water pelvic and prostate phantom for imaging, volume rendering, treatment planning, and dosimetry for an RTOG multi-institutional, 3-D dose escalation study. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 42(1), 205-11, 1 Aug 1998 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Rommelfanger S, Das RK, Attenuation characteristics of a new compensator material: Thermo-Shield for high energy electron and photon beams, Medical Physics, 25(4), 484-7, April 1998 Abstract
  • Harari PM, Sharda NN, Brock LK, Paliwal BR, Improving dose homogeniety in routine head and neck radiotherapy with custom 3-D compensation, Radiation Therapy and Oncology, 67-71, 1998
  • McNutt T R, Mackie T R, Paliwal B R, Analysis and convergence of the iterative convolution/superposition dose reconstruction technique for multiple treatment beams and tomotherapy., Medical Physics, 24(9), 1465-76, September 1997 Abstract
  • Zaini M R, Thomadsen B R, Pearson D W, Paliwal B R, Measuring the electron fluence of clinical accelerators, Radiation Measurements, 27(3), 511-521, 1997
  • Paliwal B R, Zaini M, McNutt T, Fairbanks E J, Kitchen R, A consistency monitor for radiation therapy treatments., Medical Physics, 23(10), 1805-7, October 1996 Abstract
  • McNutt T R, Mackie T R, Reckwerdt P, Paliwal B R, Modeling dose distributions from portal dose images using the convolution/superposition method., Medical Physics, 23(8), 1381-92, August 1996 Abstract
  • McNutt T R, Mackie T R, Reckwerdt P, Papanikolaou N, Paliwal B R, Calculation of portal dose using the convolution/superposition method., Medical Physics, 23(4), 527-35, April 1996 Abstract
  • Steeves R A, Tompkins D T, Nash R N, Blair J R, Gentry L L, Paliwal B R, Murray T G, Mieler W F, Thermoradiotherapy of intraocular tumors in an animal model: concurrent vs. sequential brachytherapy and ferromagnetic hyperthermia., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 33(3), 659-62, 15 Oct 1995 Abstract
  • Podgorsak M B, DeWerd L A, Paliwal B R, Ho A K, Sibata C H, Accuracy of the point source approximation to high dose-rate Ir-192 sources., Medical Dosimetry, 20(3), 177-81, 1 Oct 1995 Abstract
  • Papanikolaou N, Paliwal B, A study of the effect of cone shielding in intraoperative radiotherapy., Med. Phys., 22(5), 571-5, 1995 Abstract
  • Frye DM, Paliwal BR, Thomadsen BR, Jursinic P, Intercomparison of normalized head-scatter factor measurement techniques., Med. Phys., 22(2), 249-53, 1995 Abstract
  • Tompkins DT, Vanderby R, Klein SA, Beckman WA, Steeves RA, Paliwal BR, The use of generalized cell-survival data in a physiologically based objective function for hyperthermia treatment planning: a sensitivity study with a simple tissue model implanted with an array of f, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 30(4), 929-43, 15 Nov 1994 Abstract
  • Tompkins DT, Vanderby R, Klein SA, Beckman WA, Steeves RA, Paliwal BR, Effect of interseed spacing, tissue perfusion, thermoseed temperatures and catheters in ferromagnetic hyperthermia: results from simulations using finite element models of thermoseeds and catheters., IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 41(10), 975-85, October 1994 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Podgorsak MB, Harari PM, Haney P, Jursinic PA, Evaluation and quality control of a commercial 3-D dose compensator system., Medical Dosimetry, 19(3), 179-85, 1 Oct 1994 Abstract
  • Tompkins DT, Vanderby R, Klein SA, Beckman WA, Steeves RA, Frye DM, Paliwal BR, Temperature-dependent versus constant-rate blood perfusion modelling in ferromagnetic thermoseed hyperthermia: results with a model of the human prostate., International Journal of Hyperthermia, 10(4), 517-36, 1994 Abstract
  • Jursinic PA, Podgorsak MB, Paliwal BR, Implementation of a three-dimensional compensation system based on computed tomography generated surface contours and tissue inhomogeneities., Med. Phys., 21(3), 357-65, 1994 Abstract
  • Podgorsak MB, DeWerd LA, Paliwal BR, The half-life of high dose rate Ir-192 sources, Medical Physics, 20(4), 1257-9, 1993 Abstract
  • Thomadsen BR, Kubsad SS, Paliwal BR, Shahabi S, Mackie TR, On the cause of the variation in tissue-maximum ratio values with source-to-detector distance, Medical Physics, 20(3), 723-7, 1993 Abstract
  • Podgorsak MB, Kubsad SS, Paliwal BR, Dosimetry of large wedged high-energy photon beams, Medical Physics, 20(2 Pt 1), 369-73, 1993 Abstract
  • Podgorsak MB, Paliwal BR, Thomadsen BR, Stitt JA, Buchler DA, Radiographic visualization of vaginal cylinders in gynecologic high dose rate brachytherapy, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 25(3), 525-7, 1993 Abstract
  • Podgorsak MB, DeWerd LA, Thomadsen BR, Paliwal BR, Thermal and scatter effects on the radiation sensitivity of well chambers used for high dose rate Ir-192 calibrations, Medical Physics, 19(5), 1311-4, 1992 Abstract
  • Steeves RA, Murray TG, Moros EG, Boldt HC, Mieler WF, Paliwal BR, Concurrent ferromagnetic hyperthermia and 125I brachytherapy in a rabbit choroidal melanoma model, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 8(4), 443-9, 1992 Abstract
  • Tompkins DT, Partington BP, Steeves RA, Bartholow SD, Paliwal BR, Effect of implant variables on temperatures achieved during ferromagnetic hyperthermia, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 8(2), 241-51, 1992 Abstract
  • Thomadsen BR, Shahabi S, Stitt JA, Buchler DA, Fowler JF, Paliwal BR, Kinsella TJ, High dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix: the Madison system: II. Procedural and physical considerations, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 24(2), 349-57, 1992 Abstract
  • Gehring MA, Mackie TR, Kubsad SS, Paliwal BR, Mehta MP, Kinsella TJ, A three-dimensional volume visualization package applied to stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 21(2), 491-500, July 1991 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Gehring MA, Sanders C, Mackie TR, Raffety HM, Song CW, 3D rendering of SAR distributions from Thermotron RF-8 using a ray casting technique, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 7(4), 567-75, 1991 Abstract
  • Phromratanapongse P, Steeves RA, Severson SB, Paliwal BR, Hyperthermia and irradiation for locally recurrent previously irradiated breast cancer, Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie, 167(2), 93-7, February 1991 Abstract
  • Kubsad SS, Mackie TR, Gehring MA, Misisco DJ, Paliwal BR, Mehta MP, Kinsella TJ, Monte Carlo and convolution dosimetry for stereotactic radiosurgery, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 19(4), 1027-35, October 1990 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Shrivastava PN, Microwave hyperthermia. Principles and quality assurance, Radiologic Clinics of North America, 27(3), 489-97, May 1989 Abstract
  • Partington BP, Steeves RA, Su SL, Paliwal BR, Dubielzig RR, Wilson JW, Brezovich IA, Temperature distributions, microangiographic and histopathologic correlations in normal tissue heated by ferromagnetic needles, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 5(3), 319-27, 1989 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Shrivastava PN, Haney P, Hyperthermia: principles and quality assurance, Medical Dosimetry, 14(2), 117-23, 1989 Abstract
  • Sibata CH, Paliwal BR, Attix FH, Experimental derivation of beta for high-energy photons, British Journal of Radiology, 61(727), 600-8, July 1988 Abstract
  • Smith AR, Bjarngard BE, Chen GT, Pelizzari CA, Paliwal BR, Persson B, Strohbehn JW, Shrivastava PN, Bigler RE, Zanzonico PB, Basic and clinical radiation physics, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 11(3), 187-211, June 1988 Abstract
  • Shrivastava PN, Saylor TK, Matloubieh AY, Paliwal BR, Hyperthermia thermometry evaluation: criteria and guidelines, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 14(2), 327-35, February 1988 Abstract
  • Shrivastava PN, Saylor TK, Matloubieh AY, Paliwal BR, Hyperthermia quality assurance results, International Journal of Hyperthermia, 4(1), 25-37, 1988 Abstract
  • Niroomand-Rad A, Paliwal BR, Effect of field irregularities on the dose distribution of 4 MV photon beam, Radiotherapy and Oncology, 8(1), 43-8, January 1987 Abstract
  • Ho AK, Paliwal BR, Stopping-power and mass energy-absorption coefficient ratios for Solid Water, Medical Physics, 13(3), 403-4, 1986 Abstract
  • Ho AK, Paliwal BR, Attix FH, Charge storage in electron-irradiated phantom materials, Medical Physics, 13(1), 99-100, 1986 Abstract
  • Ogunleye OT, Paliwal BR, A proposed modification of the cavity theory for electrons, Health Physics, 49(5), 937-44, November 1985 Abstract
  • Adams WM, Higgins PD, Siegfried L, Paliwal BR, Steeves RA, Chronic response of normal porcine fat and muscle to focused ultrasound hyperthermia, Radiation Research, 104(2 Pt 1), 140-52, November 1985 Abstract
  • Higgins PD, Sibata CH, Paliwal BR, Determination of contamination-free build-up for 60Co, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 30(2), 153-62, February 1985 Abstract
  • Higgins PD, Zeng XW, Zagzebski JA, Paliwal BR, Steeves RA, Versatility of distributed focus ultrasound in treatment of superficial lesions, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 10(10), 1923-31, October 1984 Abstract
  • Thomadsen BR, Paliwal BR, Laursen JF, Filamor CO, van de Geijn P, Some phantom designs for radiation dosimetry and CT applications, Medical Physics, 10(6), 886-8, 1983 Abstract
  • Robins HI, Shecterle LM, Aubuchon JP, Paliwal BR, Davis TE, Dennis WH, Whole body hyperthermia with a microwave regional boost: unexpected toxicity in the pig, International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine, 44(5), 469-73, November 1983 Abstract
  • Higgins PD, Sibata CH, Attix FH, Paliwal BR, Calculational methods for estimating skin dose from electrons in Co-60 gamma-ray beams, Medical Physics, 10(5), 622-7, 1983 Abstract
  • Attix FH, Lopez F, Owolabi S, Paliwal BR, Electron contamination in 60Co gamma-ray beams, Medical Physics, 10(3), 301-6, 1983 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Gibbs FA, Wiley AL, Heating patterns induced by a 13.56 MHz radiofrequency generator in large phantoms and pig abdomen and thorax, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 8(5), 857-64, May 1982 Abstract
  • Constantinou C, Attix FH, Paliwal BR, A solid water phantom material for radiotherapy x-ray and gamma-ray beam calibrations, Medical Physics, 9(3), 436-41, 1982 Abstract
  • Thomadsen BR, Asp LW, van de Geijn J, Paliwal BR, PoCheng C, Perturbation of electron beam doses as a function of SSD due to the use of shielding blocks on the Clinac-18a, Medical Physics, 8(4), 507-9, 1981 Abstract
  • Kan WC, Wiley AL, Wirtanen GW, Lange TA, Moran PR, Paliwal BR, Cashwell RJ, High Z elements in human sarcomata: assessment by multienergy CT and neutron activation analysis, AJR American Journal of Roentgenology, 135(1), 123-9, July 1980 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Cardozo C, Jafari F, Hanson J, Caldwell W, Heating patterns produced by 434 MHz erbotherm UHF 69, Radiology, 135(2), 511-2, May 1980 Abstract
  • Ogunleye OT, Attix FH, Paliwal BR, Comparison of Burlin cavity theory with LiF TLD measurements for cobalt-60 gamma rays, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 25(2), 203-13, March 1980 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Pocheng C, Greenberg AJ, Wiley AL, A technique to improve the homogeneity of electron dose distribution in chest wall irradiation, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 5(10), 1889-92, October 1979 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Thomadsen BR, Wiley AL, Magnetic modification of electron beam dose distributions, Acta Radiologica: Oncology, Radiation, Physics, Biology, 18(1), 57-64, 1979 Abstract
  • Wessels BW, Paliwal BR, Parrott MJ, Choi MC, Characterization of Clinac-18 electron-beam energy using a magnetic analysis method, Medical Physics, 6(1), 45-8, 1979 Abstract
  • Lane RG, Paliwal BR, Tolbert DD, Leakage radiation characteristics of an 18 MeV clinical linear accelerator, Health Physics, 35(3), 485-9, September 1978 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Wiley AL, Wessels BW, Choi MC, Magnetic field modification of electron-beam dose distributions in inhomogeneous media, Medical Physics, 5(5), 404-8, 1978 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Wochos JF, Response of Baldwin-Farmer chamber at mammography energy, Health Physics, 33(6), 621-2, December 1977 Abstract
  • Tolbert DD, Lane RG, Paliwal BR, Frost SW, Chin KB, Dercks J, Characteristics of Clinac-18 wedged fields for 10-MV x rays, Medical Physics, 4(5), 419-22, 1977 Abstract
  • Lane RG, Paliwal BR, Elliot PF, Tolbert DD, A tissue compensation source-to-skin measurement system, Radiology, 122(3), 829-31, March 1977 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Lane RG, A cassette holder for therpay portal radiographs, Radiology, 122(2), 539, February 1977 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Almond PR, Electron attenuation characteristics of LiF, Health Physics, 31(2), 151-3, August 1976 Abstract
  • Lane RG, Tolbert DD, Paliwal BR, Radtke RR, Radiation incidents with a cobalt-60 teletherapy unit, Health Physics, 31(2), 163-5, August 1976 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Asp L, A technique to evaluate styrofoam cutouts used in irregular field shaping, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 1(7-8), 791-3, 1976 Abstract
  • Paliwal BR, Almond PR, Applications of cavity theories for electrons to LiF dosemeters, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 20(4), 547-58, July 1975 Abstract
  • Lane RG, Paliwal BR, Extended field treatment flatness filter for 4 MV linear accelerators, Radiology, 115(2), 478-9, May 1975 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 1/17/2008

COS Expertise ID #310067
Reference this profile directly: http://myprofile.cos.com/paliwalb67