Publications

For a list of our publications please see this Google Scholar profile.

Many of our lab’s publications are also available on ResearchGate.

Books

  • A. Darafsheh (editor), Radiation Therapy Dosimetry: A practical handbook (CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, 2021). ISBN 9781138543973, eBook ISBN 9781351005388, doi.org/10.1201/9781351005388

Book Chapters

  • J. C. Finlay and A. Darafsheh, “Light sources, drugs, and dosimetry,” in Biomedical Optics in Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, edited by B. Wong and J. Ilgner, (Springer, New York, NY, 2016), Chap. 19, 311-336. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1758-7_19
  • M. Mehrpouya, H. Lavvafi, and A. Darafsheh, “Microstructural characterization and mechanical reliability of laser-machined structures,” in Advances in Laser Materials Processing: Technology, Research and Application, edited by J. Lawrence, 2nd Ed. (Woodhead Publishing, 2018), Chap. 25, 731-761. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-101252-9.00025-X
  • D. Bollinger and A. Darafsheh, “In vivo dosimetry,” in Radiation Therapy Dosimetry: A practical handbook, edited by A. Darafsheh, (CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, 2021), Chap. 11, 151-171.
  • A. Darafsheh, “Scintillation fiber optic dosimetry,” in Radiation Therapy Dosimetry: A practical handbook, edited by A. Darafsheh, (CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, 2021), Chap. 9, 123-137.
  • S. Mosahebi, N. Hoshyar, R. Khan, and A. Darafsheh, “Film dosimetry,” in Radiation Therapy Dosimetry: A practical handbook, edited by A. Darafsheh, (CRC press, Boca Raton, FL, 2021), Chap. 5, 61-74.
  • M. Mehrpouya, A. Gisario, H. Lavvafi, A. Dehghanghadikolaei, and A. Darafsheh, “Laser welding of nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys,” in Advanced Manufacturing Handbook II: Advanced Welding and Deforming, edited by P. Davim and K. Gupta (Elsevier, 2021), Chap. 8, 203-230. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822049-8.00008-6

Recent Journal Papers

2025

  • A. Darafsheh, “On energy dependency, orientation dependency, and spectral properties of EBT3, EBT-XD, and HD-V2 radiochromic films,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (8), 085015 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/adcafc
  • A. Darafsheh and A. Bey, “Implementation of a platform for proton FLASH irradiation using a proton therapy gantry-mounted synchrocyclotron,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (10), 105008 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/add106
  • A. Darafsheh, “Polarization properties of EBT3, EBT4, EBT-XD, MD-V3, and HD-V2 radiochromic films,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (20), 20NT01 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ae0bed
  • A. Darafsheh, Y. Hao, A. Bey, M. M. Kim, E. Diffenderfer, L. Yang, C.-C. Chen, Z. Xiao, S. M. Goddu, G. Zorloni, P. Grignani, K. Parodi, K. Davidson, T. Zhang, S. Perkins, L. G. Sobotka, and S. Mossahebi, “First multi-institutional systematic comparison of the neutron ambient dose equivalent produced by proton therapy systems,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (23), 235019(2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ae1ee5
  • S. M. Goddu, S. Hollingsworth, W. Green, M. Goddu, T. R. Mazur, D. Owen, Y. Hao, S. M. Perkins, and A. Darafsheh, “Pulse-by-pulse ultra-high resolution scintillation imaging of proton FLASH beams produced by a gantry-mounted synchrocyclotron”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (24), 245010 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ae25b3
  • H. Ghaznavi, B. Maraghechi, H. Zhang, T. Zhu, E. Laugeman, T. Zhang, T. Zhao, T. R. Mazur, and A. Darafsheh “Quantitative use of cone-beam computed tomography in proton therapy: challenges and opportunities,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 70 (9), 09TR01 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/adc86c
  • V. Abbasian, V. Farzam Rad, and A. Darafsheh, “Microsphere-assisted polarization-driven dynamic laser speckle analysis: a proof of concept,” Journal of Applied Physics, 137 (6), 063104 (2025). doi.org/10.1063/5.0244195
  • V. Abbasian, V. Farzam Rad, H. Cabrera, and A. Darafsheh, “Microsphere-assisted digital in-line holographic microscopy,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, 7 (4), 045011 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ae007d
  • H. Ghaznavi, M. Rezaee, F. Reynoso, and A. Darafsheh, “Emerging strategies in radiation therapy: promises and challenges of spatial fractionation, ultra-high dose rates, and nanoparticles,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 58 (41), 416002 (2025). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ae0e2d (Invited)
  • J. Setianegara, W. Green, X. Zhao, T. R. Mazur, A. Darafsheh, A. J. Apicelli, S. N. Badiyan, S. M. Perkins, T. Zhao, and M. T. Prusator, “Design, fabrication, commissioning, and dosimetric verification of a GRID collimator for proton SFRT on a compact proton therapy machine,” Medical Physics, 52 (7), e17939 (2025). doi.org/10.1002/mp.17939
  • S. Zhou, A. Darafsheh, Z. Xiao, A. Mascia, Y. Zhang, J. Zhou, L. Lin, D. Zhang, L. Shen, H. Jiang, Q. Chen, T. Zhao, S. Perkins, and T. Zhang, “Three-dimensional proton FLASH dose rate measurement at high spatiotemporal resolution using a novel multi-layer strip ionization chamber (MLSIC) device,” Medical Physics, 52 (10), e70033 (2025). doi.org/10.1002/mp.70033
  • A. Darafsheh and H. Ghaznavi, “A review on radiochromic film dosimetry in radiation therapy,” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 26 (12), e70365(2025). doi.org/10.1002/acm2.70365
  • M. Lowe, H. Zhang, A. Darafsheh, and T. Zhao, “Commissioning of a gantry-mounted synchrocyclotron for preclinical FLASH studies utilizing spread-out Bragg peaks,” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 26 (12), e70357 (2025). doi.org/10.1002/acm2.70357
  • S. Shindler, T. Zhang, T. Zhu, B. Sun, G. D. Hugo, A. Darafsheh, S. Perkins, T. Zhao, and Y. Hao, “Feasibility study on using low dose CT for adaptive proton therapy,” Medical Dosimetry, 50 (4), 344-352 (2025). doi.org/10.1016/j.meddos.2025.05.001

2024

  • A. Darafsheh, S. M. Goddu, J. Williamson, T. Zhang, and L. G. Sobotka, “Radioluminescence dosimetry in modern radiation therapy”, Advanced Photonics Research, 5 (9), 2300350 (2024). doi.org/10.1002/adpr.202300350 (Invited)
  • S. M. Goddu, Y. Hao, Z. Ji, J. Setianegara, F. Liu, W. Green, L. G. Sobotka, T. Zhao, S. Perkins, and A. Darafsheh, “High spatiotemporal resolution scintillation imaging of pulsed pencil beam scanning proton beams produced by a gantry‐mounted synchrocyclotron”, Medical Physics, 51 (7), 4996-5006 (2024). doi.org/10.1002/mp.17116
  • Q. Chen, X. Zhao, J. Setianegara, Y. Hao, T. Zhao, T. Zhang, and A. Darafsheh, “Response characterization of radiochromic OC-1 films in photon, electron, and proton beams”, Medical Physics, 51(11), 8584-8596 (2024). doi.org/10.1002/mp.17356
  • P Panahianfar, B Rezaei, and A Darafsheh, “A tunable flat terahertz lens using Dirac semimetals: a simulation study”, Scientific Reports, 14, 5191 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56026-0
  • B. Rezaei, B. Yahyapour, and A Darafsheh, “Terahertz tunable three‑dimensional photonic jets”, Scientific Reports, 14, 16522 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64158-6
  • V. Abbasian and A. Darafsheh, “A dataset of digital holograms of normal and thalassemic cells”, Scientific Data, 11, 3 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02818-4
  • S. Zhou, Q. Chen, J. Haefner, W. Smith, A. Darafsheh, T. Zhao, N. A. Harrison, J. Zhou, L. Lin, W. Lu, L. Shen, H. Jiang, and T. Zhang, “Proton 3D dose measurement with a multi-layer strip ionization chamber (MLSIC) device”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 69, 135010 (2024). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ad550f
  • F. Di Martino, E. Scifoni, V. Patera, P. Montay-Gruel, F. Romano, A. Darafsheh, and V. Tozzini, “Multidisciplinary approaches to the FLASH radiotherapy”, Frontiers in Physics, 12, 1439081 (2024). doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2024.1439081 (Editorial)
  • V. Abbasian, T. Pahl, L. Huser, S. Lecler, P. Montgomery, P. Lehman, and A. Darafsheh, “Microsphere-assisted quantitative phase microscopy: a review”, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 5 (1), 133-152 (2024). doi.org/10.37188/lam.2024.006
  • V. Abbasian, V. Farzam Rad, P. Shamshiripour, D. Ahmadvand, and A. Darafsheh, “Polarization-driven dynamic laser speckle analysis for brain neoplasms differentiation”, Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 5 (4), 509-522 (2024). doi.org/10.37188/lam.2024.04

2023

  • A. Darafsheh and V. Abbasian, “Dielectric microspheres enhance microscopy resolution mainly due to increasing the effective numerical aperture,” Light: Science and Applications, 12(1), 22 (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-01056-4 (Invited commentary)
  • O. Pedram, R. Jamali, V. Abbasian, V. Farzam Rad, A. Darafsheh, R. Khamedi, E. Poursaeidi, and A. R. Moradi, “Evaluation of pitting corrosion by dynamic speckle pattern analysis”, Scientific Reports 13, 8549 (2023) doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35559-w
  • Y. Tan, S. Zhou, Q. Chen, T. R. Mazur, A. Darafsheh, and T. Zhang, “A novel small animal FLASH irradiator (SAFI) based on distributed kV x-ray sources”, Scientific Reports, 13, 20181 (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47421-0
  • V. Abbasian, A. Darafsheh, and A. R. Moradi, “Simple high-resolution 3D microscopy by a dielectric microsphere: a proof of concept”, Optics Letters, 48 (23), 6216-6219 (2023). doi.org/10.1364/OL.502599

2022

  • A. Darafsheh, “Microsphere-assisted microscopy,” Journal of Applied Physics, 131(3), 031102 (2022). doi.org/10.1063/5.0068263 (Editor’s Pick)
  • X. Chen, M. Medrano, B. Sun, Y. Hao, F. J. Reynoso, A. Darafsheh, D. Yang, T. Zhang, and T. Zhao. “A reconstruction approach for proton computed tomography by modeling the integral depth dose of the scanning proton pencil beam,” Medical Physics (2022). doi.org/10.1002/mp.15482 (Editor’s Choice)
  • M. M. Kim, A. Darafsheh, J. Schuemann, I. Dokic, O. Lundh, T. Zhao, J. Ramos-Méndez, L. Dong, and K. Petersson, “Development of ultra-high dose rate particle therapy (FLASH),” IEEE Transactions on Radiation & Plasma Medical Sciences, 6(3), 252-262 (2022). doi.org/10.1109/TRPMS.2021.3091406 (Invited)
  • F. Romano, C. Bailat, P. Goncalves Jorge, M. L. F. Lerch, and A. Darafsheh, “Ultra-high dose rate dosimetry: challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiation therapy,” Medical Physics, 49(7), 4912-4932 (2022). doi.org/10.1002/mp.15649 (Invited)
  • S. M. Goddu, G. T. Westphal, B. Sun, Y. Wu, C. D. Bloch, J. D. Bradley, and A. Darafsheh, “Synchronized high-speed scintillation imaging of proton beams, generated by a gantry-mounted synchrocyclotron, on a pulse-by-pulse basis,” Medical Physics,49(9), 6209-6220 (2022). doi.org/10.1002/mp.15826
  • S. Zhou, W. Rao, Q. Chen, Y. Tan, W. Smith, B. Sun, J. Zhou, C.-W. Chang, L. Lin, A. Darafsheh, T. Zhao, and T. Zhang, “A multi-layer strip ionization chamber (MLSIC) device for proton pencil beam scan quality assurance,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 67(11), 175006 (2022). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac8593

2021

  • A. Darafsheh, “Photonic nanojet and their applications,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, 3(2), 022001 (2021). doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/abdb05
  • A. Darafsheh, Y. Hao, X. Zhao, T. Zwart, M. Wagner, T. Evans, F. Reynoso, and T. Zhao, “Spread‐out Bragg peak proton FLASH irradiation using a clinical synchrocyclotron: Proof of concept and ion chamber characterization,” Medical Physics, 48(8), 4472-4484 (2021). doi.org/10.1002/mp.15021 (Editor’s Choice)
  • M. Mehrpouya, H. Vahabi, S. Janbaz, A. Darafsheh, T. R. Mazur, and S. Ramakrishna, “4D printing of shape memory polylactic acid (PLA),” Polymer, 230 124080 (2021). doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124080

2020

  • A. Darafsheh, Y. Hao, J. F. Williamson, N. Knutson, B. Sun, S. Mutic, and T. Zhao, “Feasibility of proton FLASH irradiation using a clinical synchrocyclotron,” Medical Physics, 47(9), 4348-4355 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/mp.14253
  • A. Darafsheh, Y. Hao, B. Maraghehchi, J. Cammin, F. Reynoso, and R. Khan, “Influence of the 0.35 T magnetic field on the spectral response of EBT3 and EBT-XD radiochromic films,” Medical Physics, 47(9), 4543-4552 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/mp.14313
  • A. Darafsheh, T. Zhao, and R. Khan, “Spectroscopic analysis of EBT-XD radiochromic films irradiataed with proton therapy beams,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 65(20), 205002 (2020). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aba28e
  • A. Darafsheh, H. Lavvafi, R. Taleei, and R. Khan, “Mitigating disruptions, and scalability of radiation oncology physics work during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 21(7), 187-195 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12896
  • M. M. Kim and A. Darfasheh*, “Light sources and dosimetry techniques for photodynamic therapy,” Photochemistry and Photobiology, 96(2), 280-294 (2020). (*Senior author) doi.org/10.1111/php.13219
  • M. Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi, F. J. Reynoso, B. Sun, A. Darafsheh, M. T. Prusator, S. Mutic, and T. Zhao, “A Monte Carlo-based analytic model of neutron dose equivalent for a Mevion gantry-mounted passively scattered proton system for craniospinal irradiation,” Medical Physics, 47(9), 4509-4521 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/mp.14299
  • J. Setianegara, T. R. Mazur, B. Maraghechi, A. Darafsheh, D. Yang, T. Zhao, H. H. Li, “Quantitative proton radiation therapy dosimetry using the storage phosphor europium doped potassium chloride,” Medical Physics, 47(10), 5287-5300 (2020). doi.org/10.1002/mp.14423
  • R. Khan*, A. Darafsheh*,**, M. Goharian, S. Cilla, and J. E. Villarreal-Barajas, “Evolution of radiotherapy clinical physics practice during COVID-19 constraints,” Radiotherapy and Oncology, 148, 274-278 (2020). (*Equal contribution, **Corresponding author) doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2020.05.034
  • M. Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi, F. J. Reynoso, A. Darafsheh, B. Sun, M. T. Prusator, S. Mutic, and T. Zhao, “A Monte Carlo based-analytic model of in-room neutron ambient dose equivalent for a Mevion gantry-mounted passively scattered proton system,” Journal of Radiological Protection, 40(4), 980-996 (2020). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/abaff4

2019

  • E. Y. León-Marroquín, D. Mulrow, R. Khan*, and A. Darafsheh*, “Spectral analysis of EBT3 radiochromic films for clinical photon and electron beams,” Medical Physics, 46(2), 973-982 (2019). (*Co-senior author) doi.org/10.1002/mp.13330
  • A. Darafsheh, E. Y. León-Marroquín, D. Mulrow, M. Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi, T. Zhao, and R. Khan, “On the spectral characterization of radiochromic films irradiataed with clinical proton beams,” Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(13), 135016 (2019). doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab23cd
  • E. Y. León-Marroquín, D. Mulrow, A. Darafsheh*, and R. Khan*, “Response characterization of the EBT-XD radiochromic films in megavoltage photon and electron beams,” Medical Physics, 46(9), 4246-4256 (2019). (*Co-senior author) doi.org/10.1002/mp.13708