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Zheng Feng Lu

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InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentRadiology-Basic Sciences
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Zheng Feng Lu, PhD, DABR, FAAPM is a Professor of Radiology and a Clinical Diagnostic Physicist at the University of Chicago. She serves as the Section Chief of Clinical Physics at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Lu holds a faculty position at the Committee on Medical Physics at the University of Chicago. She is a U.S. ultrasound expert and co-convenor for the IEC Technical Committee 87 Working Group 9 on ultrasound pulse-echo diagnostic equipment, and she also contributes to various committees of AAPM, CAMPEP, ABR, AIUM, and ACR.

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    American Board of RadiologyCertificate2023Nuclear Medical Physics
    American Board of RadiologyCertificate1997Diag Radiological Physics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WIPhD1994Medical Physics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WIMS1992Medical Physics
    Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaMS1989Underwater Acoustics
    Nanjing University, ChinaBS1986Physics
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    2025Service Award, American Board of Radiology
    2016Fellow, American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM)
    2014Senior Class Teaching Award, Radiology Resident Program, University of Chicago

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    1. Yu B, Wu D, Baiu C, Lu ZF. Assessing imaging performance of ultrasound systems using a random hypoechoic sphere phantom with freehand scanning. Med Phys. 2026 Jan; 53(1):e70278. PMID: 41539936; PMCID: PMC12807791.
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    2. Long Z, Russ M, Larson S, Holland MR, Lu ZF, Kofler C, Zhou W, Chen JF, Li Z, Zagzebski J, Stickel J, Dohatcu A. Multi-Institutional Survey of 4-Year Ultrasound Quality Control Findings. J Ultrasound Med. 2025 Jul 03. PMID: 40607767.
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    3. Nye JA, Dugas JP, Erwin WD, Gierga DP, Kaurin DG, Leon SM, Liu HA, Lu ZF, Magri AW, Rill LN, Schubert LK, Schueler BA, Vergalasova I, Vetter J, Wichman BD, Yu AS, Zheng D. AAPM Task Group No. 249.B-Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training programs. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Jun; 26(6):e70111. PMID: 40387591; PMCID: PMC12148754.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Marshall EL, Schwarz B, Glassell M, Lu ZF, Lee C. Prospective workup for the estimation of conceptus dose in fluoroscopically guided procedures. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e70037. PMID: 39969019; PMCID: PMC11969096.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Blunt KF, Marshall EL, Guo C, Lu ZF, Reiser I. Technical note: Water-equivalent thickness of Superflab bolus material at diagnostic x-ray energies. Med Phys. 2023 Feb; 50(2):1237-1241. PMID: 36482752.
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    6. Klejch WJ, Marshall EL, Blunt KF, Kinsey T, Reiser I, Lu ZF, Mathew M, Patel P, Chang P, Paushter D, Harmath C, Dachman A. A Clinically Optimal Protocol for the Imaging of Enteric Tubes: On the Basis of Radiologist Interpreted Diagnostic Utility and Radiation Dose Reduction. Acad Radiol. 2022 12; 29(12):e279-e288. PMID: 35504809.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Hendley SA, Dimov A, Bhargava A, Snoddy E, Mansour D, Afifi RO, Wool GD, Zha Y, Sammet S, Lu ZF, Ahmed O, Paul JD, Bader KB. Assessment of histological characteristics, imaging markers, and rt-PA susceptibility of ex vivo venous thrombi. Sci Rep. 2021 11 23; 11(1):22805. PMID: 34815441; PMCID: PMC8610976.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Pfeiffer D, Al-Hallaq H, Halvorsen P, Hendrickson K, Lu ZF, Martin MC, Schueler B, Shuman J, E Zoberi J. AAPM medical physics practice guideline 3.b.: Levels of supervision for medical physicists in clinical training. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Jun; 22(6):11-15. PMID: 34018313; PMCID: PMC8200506.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Lu L, Sun SH, Afran A, Yang H, Lu ZF, So J, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Identifying Robust Radiomics Features for Lung Cancer by Using In-Vivo and Phantom Lung Lesions. Tomography. 2021 03; 7(1):55-64. PMID: 33681463; PMCID: PMC7934702.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Marshall EL, Guajardo S, Sellers E, Gayed M, Lu ZF, Owen J, Funaki B, Ahmed O. Radiation Dose during Transarterial Radioembolization: A Dosimetric Comparison of Cone-Beam CT and Angio-CT Technologies. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 03; 32(3):429-438. PMID: 33358328.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Oren NC, Ali S, Mok J, Lu ZF, Lee SK. Sacroiliac joint injections with the guidance of three-dimensional cone beam computed tomography (3D-CBCT) and fluoroscopy fusion. J Neurointerv Surg. 2021 Feb; 13(2):191-195. PMID: 32554694.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Wang S, Lu Z, Fan X, Medved M, Jiang X, Sammet S, Yousuf A, Pineda F, Oto A, Karczmar GS. Comparison of arterial input functions measured from ultra-fast dynamic contrast enhanced MRI and dynamic contrast enhanced computed tomography in prostate cancer patients. Phys Med Biol. 2018 01 30; 63(3):03NT01. PMID: 29300175; PMCID: PMC6040820.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Reiser I, Baxter T, Zhang Y, Finkle JH, Lu ZF, Feinstein KA, Sánchez AA. Portable abdomen radiography: moving to thickness-based protocols. Pediatr Radiol. 2018 02; 48(2):210-215. PMID: 29130139.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Baad M, Lu ZF, Reiser I, Paushter D. Clinical Significance of US Artifacts. Radiographics. 2017 Sep-Oct; 37(5):1408-1423. PMID: 28777700.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Little KJ, Reiser I, Liu L, Kinsey T, Haas K, Mallory F, Froman C, Lu ZF, Sánchez AA. Unified Database for Rejected Image Analysis Across Multiple Vendors in Radiography. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 Feb; 14(2):208-216. PMID: 27663061.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    
    16. Lu ZF, Thomas S. Imaging wisely: patient safety in CT. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2016 Mar; 41(3):452-60. PMID: 26971337.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    17. Jiang X, Baad M, Reiser I, Feinstein KA, Lu Z. Effect of comfort pads and incubator design on neonatal radiography. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 Jan; 46(1):112-8. PMID: 26335424.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    18. Shih G, Lu ZF, Zabih R, Kennedy D, Loftus M, Shih WJ, Osborne J, Nickoloff E, Schwartz L. Automated framework for digital radiation dose index reporting from CT dose reports. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Nov; 197(5):1170-4. PMID: 22021511.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Wang TJ, Brisman R, Lu ZF, Li X, Isaacson SR, Shah JN, Yoshida EJ, Liu T. Image registration strategy of T(1)-weighted and FIESTA MRI sequences in trigeminal neuralgia gamma knife radiosurgery. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2010; 88(4):239-45. PMID: 20530977; PMCID: PMC2914395.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Liu T, Zhou J, Yoshida EJ, Woodhouse SA, Schiff PB, Wang TJ, Lu ZF, Pile-Spellman E, Zhang P, Kutcher GJ. Quantitative ultrasonic evaluation of radiation-induced late tissue toxicity: pilot study of breast cancer radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Nov 01; 78(3):811-20. PMID: 20171811; PMCID: PMC2888858.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    21. Zhou J, Zhang P, Osterman KS, Woodhouse SA, Schiff PB, Yoshida EJ, Lu ZF, Pile-Spellman ER, Kutcher GJ, Liu T. Implementation and validation of an ultrasonic tissue characterization technique for quantitative assessment of normal-tissue toxicity in radiation therapy. Med Phys. 2009 May; 36(5):1643-50. PMID: 19544781; PMCID: PMC2736706.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    22. Nickoloff EL, Lu ZF, Dutta AK, So JC. Radiation dose descriptors: BERT, COD, DAP, and other strange creatures. Radiographics. 2008 Sep-Oct; 28(5):1439-50. PMID: 18794317.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:PHPublic Health
    23. Nickoloff EL, Lu ZF, Dutta A, So J, Balter S, Moses J. Influence of flat-panel fluoroscopic equipment variables on cardiac radiation doses. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Mar-Apr; 30(2):169-76. PMID: 17216374.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Lu ZF, Nickoloff EL, Ruzal-Shapiro CB, So JC, Dutta AK. New automated fluoroscopic systems for pediatric applications. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2005; 6(4):88-105. PMID: 16421503; PMCID: PMC5723454.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Nickoloff EL, Dutta AK, Lu ZF. Influence of phantom diameter, kVp and scan mode upon computed tomography dose index. Med Phys. 2003 Mar; 30(3):395-402. PMID: 12674240.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    26. Lu ZF, Nickoloff EL, So JC, Dutta AK. Comparison of computed radiography and film/screen combination using a contrast-detail phantom. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2003; 4(1):91-8. PMID: 12540823; PMCID: PMC5724439.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    
    27. Nickoloff EL, Berdon WE, Lu ZF, Ruzal-Shapiro CB, So JC, Dutta AK. Pediatric high KV/filtered airway radiographs: comparison of CR and film-screen systems. Pediatr Radiol. 2002 Jul; 32(7):476-84. PMID: 12107580.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    28. Lu ZF, Zagzebski JA, Lee FT. Ultrasound backscatter and attenuation in human liver with diffuse disease. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1999 Sep; 25(7):1047-54. PMID: 10574336.
      Citations: 41     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Lu ZF, Zagzebski JA, O'Brien RT, Steinberg H. Ultrasound attenuation and backscatter in the liver during prednisone administration. Ultrasound Med Biol. 1997; 23(1):1-8. PMID: 9080612.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    30. O'Brien RT, Zagzebski JA, Lu ZF, Steinberg H. Measurement of acoustic backscatter and attenuation in the liver of dogs with experimentally induced steroid hepatopathy. Am J Vet Res. 1996 Dec; 57(12):1690-4. PMID: 8950419.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    31. Lu ZF, Zagzebski JA, Madsen EL, Dong F. A method for estimating an overlying layer correction in quantitative ultrasound imaging. Ultrason Imaging. 1995 Oct; 17(4):269-90. PMID: 8677562.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Zagzebski JA, Lu ZF, Yao LX. Quantitative ultrasound imaging: in vivo results in normal liver. Ultrason Imaging. 1993 Oct; 15(4):335-51. PMID: 8171756.
      Citations: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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