The Performance Characterization Of Two Multileaf Collimator Tracking Algorithms For Radiotherapy

Ben-Or, S., Nifong, W., & Chitwood, W. (2013). Robotic Surgical Training. The Cancer Journal, 19(2), 120-123.

In our study: statistically, the extent of agreement between dynamic contrast MRI and histopathological staging was almost perfect (κ =0.880) and highly significant (P = 0.001), which is higher compared to the study done by Gupta N. and his colleagues on 60 patients, that resulted in good agreement equals (κ =0.690) and

Dr. Ramachandran wrote in his book that to diagnose a movement disorder, one needs to hear the patient instead of seeing them. I listen keenly.

Algorithms are useful for clinicians because they provide a schematic visual that is presented in a multistep model to help in the diagnosis and

When cancer develops, it typically forms in one part of the body. This site is known as the primary site. Unlike other cells in the body, cancer cells can break away from the primary site and travel to other parts o...

New wheezing, shortness of breath, hoarseness, coughing up blood, swelling in the neck and face, difficulty swallowing, weight loss and no appetite, fatigue and weakness, clubbing of the fingers. (http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52889). Areas of tenderness or masses may be felt when palpating the chest wall. Increased vibrations felt on the chest wall indicates areas of the lung where air spaces are filled with a tumor or fluid. Lung areas with masses sound dull and flat rather than hollow on chest percussion. Breath sounds may change with a tumor in place. Wheezes will indicate obstruction of airflow, decreased or absent breath sounds will indicate complete obstruction of airway by a tumor or fluid. A pleural friction rub may be heard when inflammation also is present. Lung cancer may also effect other systems of the body like heart sounds could be muffled by a tumor or fluid around the heart. Bones will lose density with a tumor in

The Impact of DaTscan on the Diagnosis and Management of Movement Disorders: A Retrospective Study.

3-D conformal radiation therapy allows the beams of radiation used in treatment to be shaped to match the tumor. Conformal radiation therapy uses information to focus exactly on the tumor. This will help with avoiding the healthy surrounding tissue. It is a very advanced method for radiation therapy but is highly suitable for cancer patients.

In advanced disease, there may be signs of pleural effusion, and/or hepatomegaly, and/or bone metastases as regional and generalized spread of the cancer ensues 2

It scores from 3 to 15, 3 being the worst. It has widespread acceptance because of highly accurate characterization of patients and its high level of inter-observer reliability [14]. It can be utilized by any health

At the termination of the experiment, all mice were sacrificed. The tumor was then dissected free of the skin and body tissue and weighed on a digital balance. Tumor volume based on caliper measurements were calculated by the modified ellipsoidal formula, width2×length×0.5 (9;10). The mice were weighed on the day 0th (injection cells day), 7th, 14th, and 20th.

In 2007, it is predicted that almost 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States (Pickle et al., 2007). More than half of these cancer patients will undergo the use of radiation as a means for treating cancer at some point during the course of their disease (Perez and Brady, 1998). Cancer, a disease caused by an uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells, affects millions of people around the world. Radiotherapy is one of the well known various methods used to treat cancer, where high powered rays are aimed directly at the tumor from the outside of the body as external radiation or an instrument is surgically placed inside the body producing a result of internal radiation. Radiation is delivered to the cancerous regions of the body to damage and destroy the cells in that area, terminating the rapid growth and division of the cells. Radiation therapy has been used by medicine as a treatment for cancer from the beginning of the twentieth century, with its earliest beginnings coming from the discovery of x-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen. With the advancements in physics and computer programming, radiation had greatly evolved towards the end of the twentieth century and made the radiation treatment more effective. Radiation therapy is a curative treatment approach for cancer because it is successful in killing cancerous tumor cells and stop them from regenerating.

Tumors are one of the most feared diseases of our time. Many people upon hearing the word “tumor” immediately resonate to the conclusion of it being cancer, which is not necessarily true. Tumors fall into to two main types, benign and malignant. Although they are considerably different in tissue invasion, their nature that makes them distinct and symptoms, they are also quite similar in the way they recur in the same location, growth size and their health risks.

The computer system translates the surgeon's hand, wrist and finger movements into precise, real-time movements of surgical instruments inside the patient.

Importance of difference in drainage to that of lung in the behaviour of malignant mesothelioma. Recognized in latest 8th TNM revision with no demarcation between N1 and N2 as per lung cancer, just N1 for all ipsilateral nodal metastasis.