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Assessing proton plans with three different beam delivery systems versus photon plans for head and neck tumors

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare plan quality among photon volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity‐modulated proton therapy (IMPT) with robustness using three different proton beam delivery systems with various spot size (σ) ranges: cyclotron‐generated proton beams (CPBs) (σ: 2.7–7.0 mm), linear accelerator proton beams (LPBs) (σ: 2.9–5.5 mm),
Tara Gray, Chieh‐Wen Liu, Saeed Ahmed, Anna Maria Kolano, Jeremy Donaghue, Shlomo Koyfman, Neil Woody, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan B. Farr, Ping Xia   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the Uniformity of Gel Shrinkage by Imaging Tracer Particles Using X‐Ray Microtomography

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView., 2023
A novel method for tracking structural changes in gels using widely accessible microcomputed tomography is presented and validated for various hydro‐, alco‐, and aerogels. The core idea of the method is to track positions of micrometer‐sized tracer particles entrapped in the gel and relate them to the density of the gel network.
Anja Hajnal, Mimololorun Lucy Aiyelari, Martin Dirauf, Pavel Gurikov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Usability Evaluation of Dwell-free Eye Typing Techniques [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Dwelling is an essential task to be performed to select keys from an on-screen keyboard present in the eye typing interface. This selection task can be performed by fixing eye gaze on a key for a prolonged time. Spending sufficient amount of time on each key effectively decreases the overall eye typing rate. To address the problem, researchers proposed
arxiv  

Left hippocampus sparing model for glioblastoma radiotherapy by utilizing knowledge‐based planning and multi‐criteria optimization

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Results of a prospective, randomized controlled trial at our institute demonstrate an association between the dose to the left hippocampus and neurocognitive decline post‐radiotherapy for patients with glioblastoma. To minimize the dose to the left hippocampus, a left hippocampus sparing model was created using RapidPlan (RP) and multi‐
Shima Y. Tari, Amr Heikal, Connie Le, Fan Yang, Deepak Dinakaran, John Amanie, Albert Murtha, Lindsay S. Rowe, Wilson H. Roa, Samir Patel   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endogenous Nocardial Endophthalmitis Misdiagnosed as Giant Cell Arteritis

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2020
Steven Gagnon,1– 3 Marc Saab1,2,4– 6 1Département d’ophtalmologie et d’oto-rhino-laryngologie – chirurgie cervico-faciale, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada; 2Hôpital Régional de Rimouski, Centre ...
Gagnon S, Saab M
doaj  

Motion Control on Bionic Eyes: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
Biology can provide biomimetic components and new control principles for robotics. Developing a robot system equipped with bionic eyes is a difficult but exciting task. Researchers have been studying the control mechanisms of bionic eyes for many years and considerable models are available.
arxiv  

The effect of multi‐leaf collimator leaf width on VMAT treatment plan quality

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The advent of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in radiotherapy has made it one of the most commonly used techniques in clinical practice. VMAT is the delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) while the gantry is in motion, and existing literature has shown it has decreased treatment delivery times and the ...
Gregory Sadharanu Peiris, Brendan Whelan, Nicholas Hardcastle, Suzie Lynn Sheehy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the dose reduction effect of crystalline lens exposure in cone‐beam computed tomography with bismuth eye shield for image‐guided radiation therapy: An anthropomorphic phantom study

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the dose‐exposure reduction effect of a crystalline lens with a bismuth eye shield using cone‐beam computed tomography (CBCT) for head image‐guided radiation therapy. The ocular surface dose of the head phantom (THRA‐1) is defined as a crystalline lens exposure dose and is measured using a radiophotoluminescence ...
Tatsuya Yoshida, Koji Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Kawasaki, Tomoki Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Kawadai, Takako Shibasaki   +5 more
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Compensatory growth renders Tcf7l1a dispensable for eye formation despite its requirement in eye field specification

eLife, 2019
The vertebrate eye originates from the eye field, a domain of cells specified by a small number of transcription factors. In this study, we show that Tcf7l1a is one such transcription factor that acts cell-autonomously to specify the eye field in ...
Rodrigo M Young, Thomas A Hawkins, Florencia Cavodeassi, Heather L Stickney, Quenten Schwarz, Lisa M Lawrence, Claudia Wierzbicki, Bowie YL Cheng, Jingyuan Luo, Elizabeth Mayela Ambrosio, Allison Klosner, Ian M Sealy, Jasmine Rowell, Chintan A Trivedi, Isaac H Bianco, Miguel L Allende, Elisabeth M Busch-Nentwich, Gaia Gestri, Stephen W Wilson   +18 more
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From 2D to 3D gamma passing rate tolerance and action limits for patient‐specific quality assurance in volumetric‐modulated arc therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) requires an accurate patient‐specific quality assurance (PSQA) program. In clinical practice, this is usually performed using the γ‐index and the two‐dimensional gamma passing rate (2D %GP). A three‐dimensional (3D) index incorporating the patient anatomy could be more useful for the 3D dose ...
Christos Zarros, George Patatoukas, Nikos Kollaros, Marina Chalkia, Andromachi Kougioumtzopoulou, Vasilios Kouloulias, Kalliopi Platoni   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source