Dante Capaldi, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address505 Parnassus Avenue, #001
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    University of California, San Francisco, CA2022Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    Stanford University, Stanford, CAResidency2021Medical Physics
    Stanford University, Stanford, CAPostdoctoral Fellowship2020Medical Physics
    University of Western Ontario, London, ONPhD2018Medical Biophysics

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    Dante Capaldi, PhD, DABR, is an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program at the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology. He completed his PhD in Medical Biophysics at Western University, Canada, where he developed and evaluated imaging biomarkers of pulmonary structure and function using MRI and CT without the use of exogenous contrast agents or specialized equipment for characterization of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and non-small cell lung cancer. Subsequently, he completed his Medical Physics Residency and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University, where his clinical research focused on SRS treatments of cranial lesions and advanced imaging methods in assessing treatment response.

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    1. Phase-Resolved Functional Lung (PREFUL) MRI to Quantify Ventilation: Feasibility and Physiological Relevance in Severe Asthma. Acad Radiol. 2024 Feb 19. Friedlander Y, Munidasa S, Thakar A, Ragunayakam N, Venegas C, Kjarsgaard M, Zanette B, Capaldi DPI, Santyr G, Nair P, Svenningsen S. PMID: 38378325.
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    2. Adverse radiation effect versus tumor progression following stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: Implications of radiologic uncertainty. J Neurooncol. 2024 Feb; 166(3):535-546. Salans M, Ni L, Morin O, Ziemer B, Capaldi DPI, Raleigh DR, Vasudevan HN, Chew J, Nakamura J, Sneed PK, Boreta L, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Theodosopoulos P, Braunstein S. PMID: 38316705; PMCID: PMC10876820.
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    3. A Couch Mounted Smartphone-based Motion Monitoring System for Radiation Therapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar-Apr; 14(2):161-170. Capaldi DPI, Axente M, Yu AS, Prionas ND, Hirata E, Nano TF. PMID: 38052299.
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    4. Specific Ventilation in Severe Asthma Evaluated with Noncontrast Tidal Breathing 1H MRI. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2023 Dec; 5(6):e230054. Capaldi DPI, Konyer NB, Kjarsgaard M, Dvorkin-Gheva A, Dandurand RJ, Nair P, Svenningsen S. PMID: 38166343.
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    5. Tungsten Filled 3-Dimensional Printed Lung Blocks for Total Body Irradiation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 Nov 18. Capaldi DPI, Gibson C, Villa A, Schulz JB, Ziemer BP, Fu J, Dubrowski P, Yu AS, Fogh S, Chew J, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Witztum A, Hirata E, Morin O, Skinner LB, Nano TF. PMID: 37981253.
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    6. Quantification of pulmonary functional MRI: state-of-the-art and emerging image processing methods and measurements. Phys Med Biol. 2022 11 07; 67(22). Sharma M, Wyszkiewicz PV, Desaigoudar V, Guo F, Capaldi DP, Parraga G. PMID: 36162409.
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    7. A geometry-informed deep learning framework for ultra-sparse 3D tomographic image reconstruction. Comput Biol Med. 2022 09; 148:105710. Shen L, Zhao W, Capaldi D, Pauly J, Xing L. PMID: 35715260.
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    8. Treatment planning system commissioning of the first clinical biology-guided radiotherapy machine. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Aug; 23(8):e13638. Simiele E, Capaldi D, Breitkreutz D, Han B, Yeung T, White J, Zaks D, Owens M, Maganti S, Xing L, Surucu M, Kovalchuk N. PMID: 35644039; PMCID: PMC9359035.
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    9. Functional Lung Avoidance for Individualized Radiation Therapy: Results of a Double-Masked, Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 08 01; 113(5):1072-1084. Yaremko BP, Capaldi DPI, Sheikh K, Palma DA, Warner A, Dar AR, Yu E, Rodrigues GB, Louie AV, Landis M, Sanatani M, Vincent MD, Younus J, Kuruvilla S, Chen JZ, Erickson A, Gaede S, Parraga G, Hoover DA. PMID: 35550405.
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    10. Beam commissioning of the first clinical biology-guided radiotherapy system. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Jun; 23(6):e13607. Han B, Capaldi D, Kovalchuk N, Simiele E, White J, Zaks D, Xing L, Surucu M. PMID: 35482018; PMCID: PMC9194984.
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    11. IMRT and SBRT Treatment Planning Study for the First Clinical Biology-Guided Radiotherapy System. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan-Dec; 21:15330338221100231. Pham D, Simiele E, Breitkreutz D, Capaldi D, Han B, Surucu M, Oderinde S, Vitzthum L, Gensheimer M, Bagshaw H, Chin A, Xing L, Chang DT, Kovalchuk N. PMID: 35579876; PMCID: PMC9118457.
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    12. Acute and Late Esophageal Toxicity After SABR to Thoracic Tumors Near or Abutting the Esophagus. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 04 01; 112(5):1144-1153. Sodji QH, Ko R, von Eyben R, Owen SG, Capaldi DPI, Bush K, Binkley MS, Alrowais F, Pickthorn B, Maxim PG, Gensheimer MF, Diehn M, Loo BW. PMID: 34942312.
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    13. Ultra-short echo-time magnetic resonance imaging lung segmentation with under-Annotations and domain shift. Med Image Anal. 2021 08; 72:102107. Guo F, Capaldi DP, McCormack DG, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 34153626.
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    14. A robotically assisted 3D printed quality assurance lung phantom for Calypso. Phys Med Biol. 2021 04 06; 66(7). Capaldi DPI, Skinner LB, Dubrowski P, Zhang H, Xing L, Chuang CF, Loo BW, Bush KK, Fahimian BP, Yu AS. PMID: 33657537.
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    15. Prior-image-based CT reconstruction using attenuation-mismatched priors. Phys Med Biol. 2021 03 17; 66(6):064007. Zhang H, Capaldi D, Zeng D, Ma J, Xing L. PMID: 33729997; PMCID: PMC8494193.
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    16. Prior-image-based CT reconstruction using attenuation mismatched prior. Phys Med Biol. 2021 Feb 17. Zhang H, Capaldi DPI, Zeng D, Ma J, Xing L. PMID: 33596553.
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    17. Pulmonary Ventilation Maps Generated with Free-breathing Proton MRI and a Deep Convolutional Neural Network. Radiology. 2021 02; 298(2):427-438. Capaldi DPI, Guo F, Xing L, Parraga G. PMID: 33289613.
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    18. Precision radiotherapy using monochromatic inverse Compton x-ray sources. Med Phys. 2021 Jan; 48(1):366-375. Simiele EA, Breitkreutz DY, Capaldi DPI, Liu W, Bush KK, Skinner LB. PMID: 33107049.
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    19. Technical Note: Performance of CyberKnife® tracking using low-dose CT and kV imaging. Med Phys. 2020 Dec; 47(12):6163-6170. Nano TF, Capaldi DPI, Yeung T, Chuang CF, Wang L, Descovich M. PMID: 33064863.
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    20. Technical Note: Evaluation of audiovisual biofeedback smartphone application for respiratory monitoring in radiation oncology. Med Phys. 2020 Nov; 47(11):5496-5504. Capaldi DPI, Nano TF, Zhang H, Skinner LB, Xing L. PMID: 32969075; PMCID: PMC7722016.
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    21. An integrated quality assurance phantom for frameless single-isocenter multitarget stereotactic radiosurgery. Phys Med Biol. 2020 06 10; 65(11):115006. Capaldi DPI, Skinner LB, Dubrowski P, Yu AS. PMID: 32235050.
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    22. Parametric Response Mapping of Coregistered Positron Emission Tomography and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography to Identify Radioresistant Subvolumes in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 07 15; 107(4):756-765. Capaldi DPI, Hristov DH, Kidd EA. PMID: 32251757.
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    23. Pulmonary Imaging Phenotypes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Multiparametric Response Maps. Radiology. 2020 04; 295(1):227-236. MacNeil JL, Capaldi DPI, Westcott AR, Eddy RL, Barker AL, McCormack DG, Kirby M, Parraga G. PMID: 32096708.
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    24. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Thoracic CT Texture Analysis and Machine Learning to Predict Pulmonary Ventilation. Radiology. 2019 12; 293(3):676-684. Westcott A, Capaldi DPI, McCormack DG, Ward AD, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 31638491.
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    25. CT and Functional MRI to Evaluate Airway Mucus in Severe Asthma. Chest. 2019 06; 155(6):1178-1189. Svenningsen S, Haider E, Boylan C, Mukherjee M, Eddy RL, Capaldi DPI, Parraga G, Nair P. PMID: 30910637.
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    26. Incorporating prior knowledge via volumetric deep residual network to optimize the reconstruction of sparsely sampled MRI. Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 02; 66:93-103. Wu Y, Ma Y, Capaldi DP, Liu J, Zhao W, Du J, Xing L. PMID: 30880112; PMCID: PMC6745016.
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    27. A framework for Fourier-decomposition free-breathing pulmonary 1 H MRI ventilation measurements. Magn Reson Med. 2019 03; 81(3):2135-2146. Guo F, Capaldi DPI, McCormack DG, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 30362609.
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    28. Hyperpolarized 3 He MRI ventilatory apparent diffusion coefficient of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2019 01; 49(1):311-313. Westcott A, Capaldi DPI, Ouriadov A, McCormack DG, Parraga G. PMID: 30102430.
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    29. Development of a pulmonary imaging biomarker pipeline for phenotyping of chronic lung disease. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2018 Apr; 5(2):026002. Guo F, Capaldi D, Kirby M, Sheikh K, Svenningsen S, McCormack DG, Fenster A, Parraga G, Canadian Respiratory Research Network. PMID: 29963580; PMCID: PMC6022861.
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    30. Free-breathing Pulmonary MR Imaging to Quantify Regional Ventilation. Radiology. 2018 05; 287(2):693-704. Capaldi DPI, Eddy RL, Svenningsen S, Guo F, Baxter JSH, McLeod AJ, Nair P, McCormack DG, Parraga G, Canadian Respiratory Research Network. PMID: 29470939.
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    31. Through the Looking Glass and What Was Found There: Imaging Biomarkers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 12 01; 196(11):1364-1366. Capaldi DPI, Parraga G. PMID: 28813162.
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    32. On the Potential Role of MRI Biomarkers of COPD to Guide Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction. Acad Radiol. 2018 02; 25(2):159-168. Adams CJ, Capaldi DPI, Di Cesare R, McCormack DG, Parraga G, Canadian Respiratory Research Network. PMID: 29051040.
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    33. Free-breathing Functional Pulmonary MRI: Response to Bronchodilator and Bronchoprovocation in Severe Asthma. Acad Radiol. 2017 10; 24(10):1268-1276. Capaldi DPI, Sheikh K, Eddy RL, Guo F, Svenningsen S, Nair P, McCormack DG, Parraga G, Canadian Respiratory Research Network. PMID: 28551402.
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    34. Thoracic CT-MRI coregistration for regional pulmonary structure-function measurements of obstructive lung disease. Med Phys. 2017 May; 44(5):1718-1733. Guo F, Svenningsen S, Kirby M, Capaldi DP, Sheikh K, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 28206676.
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    35. A pilot randomised clinical trial of mepolizumab in COPD with eosinophilic bronchitis. Eur Respir J. 2017 03; 49(3). Dasgupta A, Kjarsgaard M, Capaldi D, Radford K, Aleman F, Boylan C, Altman LC, Wight TN, Parraga G, O'Byrne PM, Nair P. PMID: 28298405.
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    36. Ultrashort echo time MRI biomarkers of asthma. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 04; 45(4):1204-1215. Sheikh K, Guo F, Capaldi DP, Ouriadov A, Eddy RL, Svenningsen S, Parraga G, Canadian Respiratory Research Network. PMID: 27731948.
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    37. Anatomical pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging segmentation for regional structure-function measurements of asthma. Med Phys. 2016 Jun; 43(6):2911-2926. Guo F, Svenningsen S, Eddy RL, Capaldi DPI, Sheikh K, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 27277040.
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    38. Imaging how and where we breathe oxygen: another Big Short? J Thorac Dis. 2016 Mar; 8(3):E204-7. Capaldi DP, Guo F, Parraga G. PMID: 27076971; PMCID: PMC4805788.
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    39. Regional Heterogeneity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotypes: Pulmonary (3)He Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography. COPD. 2016 10; 13(5):601-9. Pike D, Kirby M, Eddy RL, Guo F, Capaldi DP, Ouriadov A, McCormack DG, Parraga G. PMID: 26788765.
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    40. Pulmonary Imaging Biomarkers of Gas Trapping and Emphysema in COPD: (3)He MR Imaging and CT Parametric Response Maps. Radiology. 2016 May; 279(2):597-608. Capaldi DP, Zha N, Guo F, Pike D, McCormack DG, Kirby M, Parraga G. PMID: 26744928.
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    41. Second-order Texture Measurements of (3)He Ventilation MRI: Proof-of-concept Evaluation of Asthma Bronchodilator Response. Acad Radiol. 2016 Feb; 23(2):176-85. Zha N, Pike D, Svenningsen S, Capaldi DP, McCormack DG, Parraga G. PMID: 26601971.
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    42. Magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prior to radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Radiol Open. 2015; 2:81-9. Sheikh K, Capaldi DP, Hoover DA, Palma DA, Yaremko BP, Parraga G. PMID: 26937440; PMCID: PMC4750562.
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    43. Globally optimal co-segmentation of three-dimensional pulmonary ¹H and hyperpolarized ³He MRI with spatial consistence prior. Med Image Anal. 2015 Jul; 23(1):43-55. Guo F, Yuan J, Rajchl M, Svenningsen S, Capaldi DP, Sheikh K, Fenster A, Parraga G. PMID: 25958028.
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    44. Functional lung avoidance for individualized radiotherapy (FLAIR): study protocol for a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. BMC Cancer. 2014 Dec 11; 14:934. Hoover DA, Capaldi DP, Sheikh K, Palma DA, Rodrigues GB, Dar AR, Yu E, Dingle B, Landis M, Kocha W, Sanatani M, Vincent M, Younus J, Kuruvilla S, Gaede S, Parraga G, Yaremko BP. PMID: 25496482; PMCID: PMC4364501.
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    45. Free-breathing pulmonary 1H and Hyperpolarized 3He MRI: comparison in COPD and bronchiectasis. Acad Radiol. 2015 Mar; 22(3):320-9. Capaldi DP, Sheikh K, Guo F, Svenningsen S, Etemad-Rezai R, Coxson HO, Leipsic JA, McCormack DG, Parraga G. PMID: 25491735.
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