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.
American Board of Radiology
Certificate - Nuclear Medical Physics
2023
American Board of Radiology
Certificate - Diag Radiological Physics
1997
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
PhD - Medical Physics
1994
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
MS - Medical Physics
1992
Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
MS - Underwater Acoustics
1989
Nanjing University
China
BS - Physics
1986
Assessing imaging performance of ultrasound systems using a random hypoechoic sphere phantom with freehand scanning.
Assessing imaging performance of ultrasound systems using a random hypoechoic sphere phantom with freehand scanning. Med Phys. 2026 Jan; 53(1):e70278.
PMID: 41539936
Multi-Institutional Survey of 4-Year Ultrasound Quality Control Findings.
Multi-Institutional Survey of 4-Year Ultrasound Quality Control Findings. J Ultrasound Med. 2025 Nov; 44(11):2103-2111.
PMID: 40607767
AAPM Task Group No. 249.B-Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training programs.
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
Prospective workup for the estimation of conceptus dose in fluoroscopically guided procedures.
Prospective workup for the estimation of conceptus dose in fluoroscopically guided procedures. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e70037.
PMID: 39969019
Technical note: Water-equivalent thickness of Superflab bolus material at diagnostic x-ray energies.
Technical note: Water-equivalent thickness of Superflab bolus material at diagnostic x-ray energies. Med Phys. 2023 Feb; 50(2):1237-1241.
PMID: 36482752
A Clinically Optimal Protocol for the Imaging of Enteric Tubes: On the Basis of Radiologist Interpreted Diagnostic Utility and Radiation Dose Reduction.
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
Assessment of histological characteristics, imaging markers, and rt-PA susceptibility of ex vivo venous thrombi.
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
AAPM medical physics practice guideline 3.b.: Levels of supervision for medical physicists in clinical training.
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
Identifying Robust Radiomics Features for Lung Cancer by Using In-Vivo and Phantom Lung Lesions.
Identifying Robust Radiomics Features for Lung Cancer by Using In-Vivo and Phantom Lung Lesions. Tomography. 2021 03; 7(1):55-64.
PMID: 33681463
Radiation Dose during Transarterial Radioembolization: A Dosimetric Comparison of Cone-Beam CT and Angio-CT Technologies.
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
Service Award
American Board of Radiology
2025
Fellow
American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM)
2016
Senior Class Teaching Award
Radiology Resident Program, University of Chicago
2014