Point Dose Measurement for Verification of Treatment Planning System using an Indigenous Heterogeneous Pelvis Phantom for Clarkson, Convolution, Superposition, and Fast Superposition Algorithms [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2019 Background: Nowadays, advanced radiotherapy equipment includes algorithms to calculate dose. The verification of the calculated doses is important to achieve accurate results. Mostly homogeneous dosimetric phantoms are available commercially which do not
S Singh, P Raina, O P Gurjar
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Learning with the Amerindians: the evaluation of pelvic floor disorders among indigenous women who live in the Xingu Indian Park,Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: to evaluate the pelvic floor muscles and the incidence of pelvic organ prolapse among indigenous women who live in Xingu Indian Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Methods: observational study with 377 indigenous women, mean age 31+/-15 years,
Marair Gracio Ferreira Sartori +3 more
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Sexual dimorphism and ancestral variation in the pectoral and pelvic girdles of modern humans
Homo, 2023 Discussions of the evolution of sexual dimorphism in torso shape and the pectoral region assume that this dimorphism exists independently of body size.
Daphne R. Hudson, John H. Langdon
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Pelvic insufficiency fractures
Onkologija, 2023 Pelvic insufficiency fractures after radiation therapy are a long-known consequence of tumour irradiation in the pelvic area. Considering their frequency, especially in the sacral region, they are still often hard to diagnose due to their unspecific ...
Jan Žagar, Barbara Šegedin
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Unusual localization and aggressive progression of large infantile fibrosarcoma
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2019 Infantile fibrosarcoma is a very rare soft tissue tumor in infants and children most commonly located in extremities. It constitutes less then 1 percent of all childhood cancers.
İsmail Burak Atalay, Guray Togral
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Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatis infection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) results from the ascending spread of microorganisms from the vagina and endocervix to the upper genital tract. PID can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain. The timing of development
Herzog, Sereina A +28 more
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Community-based trial of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease: the POPI (prevention of pelvic infection) trial. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is common and can lead to tubal factor infertility, ectopic pregnancy or chronic pelvic pain. Despite major UK government investment in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, evidence of benefit remains ...
Atherton, H +32 more
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Patient Safety in Surgery, 2020 Introduction There is a lack of data on the use and effectiveness of pre-hospital pelvic circumferential compression devices (PCCD) as a temporary intervention for pelvic fracture management; they are thought to decrease pelvic volume and hemorrhage but ...
Stephanie Jarvis +8 more
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Detection of oncological diseases in patients with pelvic organ prolapse. Case report
Гинекология, 2021 Pelvic organ prolapse is a common benign disease among women that is characterized by an isolated or combined descent of the anterior, posterior vaginal wall, uterus, and vaginal dome after hysterectomy.
Dmitrii V. Baibuz +7 more
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Post partum pelvic floor changes [PDF]
, 2009 Pelvic-perineal dysfunctions, are the most common diseases in women after pregnancy. Urinary incontinence and genital prolapsy, often associated, are the most important consequences of childbirth and are determined by specific alterations in the ...
Fonti, Ilenia +4 more
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