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Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the clinical beam commissioning results and lateral penumbra characteristics of our new pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy using a multi‐leaf collimator (MLC) calculated by use of a commercial Monte Carlo dose engine.
Yuki Tominaga+5 more
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Digital radiography image quality evaluation using various phantoms and software
Abstract Purpose To investigate the effect of the exposure parameters on image quality (IQ) metrics of phantom images, obtained automatically using software or from visual evaluation. Methods Three commercial phantoms and a homemade phantom constructed according to the instructions given in the IAEA Human Health Series No.
Ioannis A. Tsalafoutas+4 more
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Abstract The present study was conducted as part of a comprehensive work to establish National Diagnostic Reference Levels (NDRLs) in Sri Lanka for the first time. DRLs can be used as an effective optimization tool for identifying unusually high or low patient doses during X‐ray examinations.
Sachith Welarathna+3 more
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Quality of Life in Acromegaly Disease Among Iranian Population:One Longitudinal Before-After Study [PDF]
Background: The current study aimed to determine the quality of life (QoL) scores before and after treatment in patients with acromegaly.Methods: In this longitudinal before-after study, the acromegaly quality of life (AcroQoL) questionnaire was used to ...
Arezoo Chouhdari+6 more
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Endonasal skull base repair with a vascularised pedicled temporo‐parietal myo‐fascial flap
Objective Expanded endonasal approaches (EEAs) to the skull base have increased the scope and extent of pathologies that can be treated endoscopically.
Thomas Land+4 more
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Background Infectious basilar artery (BA) aneurysm has been occasionally reported to be generated from meningitis following transcranial operation. However, infectious BA aneurysm formed by intracranial infection after endoscopic endonasal operation has ...
Xu Wang+6 more
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Objective: to estimate the results of endoscopic endonasal surgical management of giant pituitary adenomas (GPAs) with extension into ventricular system (VS), to study the peculiarities of surgical techniques. Materials and methods.
Mykola O. Guk, Oleksii V. Ukrainets
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“ABCDEF Checklist" based on 3D radiological images for preoperative planning of endoscopic sinus surgery [PDF]
Background: Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is performed on endonasal landmarks that have great anatomical variability, therefore a detailed preoperative study of these structures is necessary.
J.M. Maza-Solano+5 more
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Optimal timing of salvage intratympanic steroids in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Background Salvage intratympanic steroids (ITS) works in patients with idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL) after failure of initial therapy, but optimal timing of administration is unknown.
Yongzhen Wu+8 more
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Endonasal surgical management of tuberculum sellae meningiomas. Our experience
Purpose: to evaluate the results of endonasal interventions in patients with meningioma of the TS, to determine the criteria for selecting patients for endonasal approach, to establish indications and contraindications, to analyze the ...
Mykola O. Guk, Valeriia V. Musulevska
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