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AAPM Task Group Report 307: Use of EPIDs for Patient-Specific IMRT and VMAT QA. [PDF]
Abstract Purpose Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) have been widely utilized for patient‐specific quality assurance (PSQA) and their use for transit dosimetry applications is emerging. Yet there are no specific guidelines on the potential uses, limitations, and correct utilization of EPIDs for these purposes.
Dogan N +11 more
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Gamma passing rates of daily EPID transit images correlate to PTV coverage for breast cancer IMRT treatment plans. [PDF]
Abstract Purpose The use of the transit image obtained with the electronic portal‐imaging device (EPID) is becoming an extended method to perform in‐vivo dosimetry. The transit images acquired during each fraction can be compared with a predicted image, if available, or with a baseline image, usually the obtained in the first fraction.
Sánchez-Artuñedo D +5 more
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Early clinical experience with varian halcyon V2 linear accelerator: Dual-isocenter IMRT planning and delivery with portal dosimetry for gynecological cancer treatments. [PDF]
Abstract Purpose Varian Halcyon linear accelerator version 2 (The Halcyon 2.0) was recently released with new upgraded features. The aim of this study was to report our clinical experience with Halcyon 2.0 for a dual‐isocenter intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning and delivery for gynecological cancer patients and examine the ...
Kim H +5 more
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Diverse questions might be contemplated once we consider the gender implications and impacts of Aboriginal exemption policies. The article traces such questions in relation to a series of distinct episodes in the history of exemption. The first of these focuses on postwar New South Wales, where marital status was core to the application process from ...
Victoria K. Haskins
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When a common language is missing: Nurse–mother communication in the NICU. A qualitative study
Abstract Aims and objectives To explore how communication in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) between immigrant mothers and nurses take place without having a common language, and how these mothers experience their NICU stay. Background Admission of infants to NICU affects both parents and infants.
Nina Margrethe Kynoe +2 more
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A ovariectomia é empregada na espécie eqüina para incluir o estro, tratar de cistos e tumores ovarianos, melhorar o desempenho do animal e favorecer o convívio em grupo.
Luiz Antonio Franco da Silva +8 more
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Onychomycosis: Potential of Nail Lacquers in Transungual Delivery of Antifungals
Onychomycosis constitutes the most common fungal infection of the nail (skin beneath the nail bed) that affects the finger as well as toe nails. It is an infection that is initiated by yeasts, dermatophytes, and nondermatophyte molds. Nail lacquers are topical solutions intended only for use on fingernails as well as toenails and have been found to be ...
Nida Akhtar +3 more
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Acquired Surface Alexia in Spanish: A Case Report
This paper reports a case study of acquired surface alexia in Spanish and discusses the most suitable tests to detect this syndrome in a writing system that is very regular for reading at the segmental and supra‐segmental levels. Patient MM has surface alexia characterized by quantitatively good performance in reading words and pseudowords; accurate ...
Aldo R. Ferreres +2 more
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Efeito do ultrasom terapêutico nas anastomoses colônicas. Estudo experimental em ratos
Objetivou-se conhecer a influência do ultra-som na cicatrização colônica em ratos e avaliar os fios de aço e náilon na vigência desta terapia. Utilizou-se 64 ratos machos Wistar divididos em protocolos.
Fernando Hintz Greca +6 more
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A orquiectomia pode ser praticada mediante a utilização de diferentes procedimentos cirúrgicos – método de duas incisões laterais (IL), de incisão transversal (IT) e secção do funículo espermático por meio do burdizzo. Avaliaram-se o efeito da estação do
Luiz Antonio Franco da Silva +5 more
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