Yufeng Cao, PhD
- Academic Title: Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Radiation Oncology
- Additional Title: Medical Physics
- Email: yufeng.cao@som.umaryland.edu
- Location: Shore Health
Education and Training
2011-2013 M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American
2014-2019 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Washington State University
2022-2024 Certificate in Medical Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2024-2026 Residency, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Research/Clinical Keywords
Deep learning, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Brachytherapy
Highlighted Publications
- Y Cao, Hua-Ren Cherng, Dan Kunaprayoon, Lei Ren. Interpretable AI-assisted Clinical Decision Making (CDM) for Treatment Selection of Brain Metastases with Radiation Therapy. Medical Physics. 2025. PMID: 40257121.
- Y Cao, P Sutera, W S Mendas, B Yousefi, T Hrinvich, M Deek, R Phillips, D Song, A Kiess, O Guler, N Torun, M Reyhan, A Sawant, L Marchionni, N L Simone, P Tran, C Onal, L Ren. Machine learning predicts conventional imaging metastasis-free survival (MFS) for oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (OMCSPC) using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET Radiomics. Radiotherapy Oncology. 2024. PMID: 39094629.
- Philip Sutera, Yang Song, Amol C. Shetty, Keara English, Kim Van der Eecken, Ozan Cem Guler, Jarey Wang, Yufeng Cao, Soha Bazyar & Matthew P. Deek. Genomic Determinants Associated with Modes of Progression and Patterns of Failure in Metachronous Oligometastatic Castration-sensitive Prostate Cancer. European Urology Oncology. 2024. PMID: 38862340.
- Y Cao, K Dan, and L Ren. Interpretable AI-assisted Clinical Decision Making (CDM) for dose prescription in radiosurgery of brain metastases. Radiotherapy Oncology. 2023: 109842.
- Y Cao, A Vassantachart, J Ye, Y Cheng, D Ruan, K Sheng, Y Lao, Z Shen, S Balik, S Bian, G Zada, A Shiu, E L Chang, W Yang et al. Automatics detection and segmentation of multiple brain metastases on mr images using asymmetric U-Net architecture. Med. Biol. 2021; 66:015003.