Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) represents one of the most significant technical advances in radiation therapy. In the dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC) method of IMRT delivery, because of the relatively small gaps between opposed leaves and because most regions are shielded by leaves most of the time, the delivered dose is very sensitive to MLC leaf positional accuracy. A variati...

Multi-label classification (MLC) extends multi-class classification by tagging each instance as multiple classes simultaneously. Different real-world MLC applications often demand different evaluation criteria (costs), which calls for cost-sensitive MLC (CSMLC) algorithms that can easily take the criterion of interest into account. Nevertheless, existing CSMLC algorithms generally suffer from h...

Maximum likelihood classifier (MLC) and support vector machines (SVM) are two commonly used approaches in machine learning. MLC is based on Bayesian theory in estimating parameters of a probabilistic model, whilst SVM is an optimization based nonparametric method in this context. Recently, it is found that SVM in some cases is equivalent to MLC in probabilistically modeling the learning process...

The purpose of the present work was to measure the performance characteristics in the penumbra region and on the leaf-end of an innovative dual-layer micro multileaf collimator (DmMLC). The DmMLC consists of two orthogonal (upper and lower) layers of leaves; a standard MLC consists of one layer. The DmMLC provides unique performance characteristics in smoothing dose undulation, reducing leaf-en...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) presents an important complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. A method to predict GVHD might be the analysis of cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors, but the technique requires the use of radioactive elements not suitable in all laboratories. DESIGN AND METHODS Serine esterase (SE) activity was studied by a cytochemical me...

During Gram-negative sepsis bacterial LPS induces endothelial cell contraction, actin reorganization, and loss of endothelial integrity by an unknown signal mechanism. In this study, we provide evidence that LPS-stimulation of endothelial cells (HUVEC) decreases myosin light chain (MLC) phosphatase, resulting in an increase in MLC phosphorylation followed by cell contraction. All of these LPS e...

We have used a combination of classical genetic, molecular genetic, histological, biochemical, and biophysical techniques to identify and characterize a null mutation of the myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Mlc2E38 is a null mutation of the MLC-2 gene resulting from a nonsense mutation at the tenth codon position. Mlc2E38 confers dominant flightless behavior that i...

Xenogeneic lymphocytes can induce proliferative responses in the mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) ~ which are as strong as those induced by allogeneic lymphocytes (1). It is impossible to determine directly which lymphocyte antigens stimulate the xenogeneic MLC response. The recently described "primed lymphocyte typing" (PLT) assay (2) has made it possible to determine indirectly the genetic cont...

OBJECTIVE Mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) is one of the routine tests performed prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) as a predictive assay for assessing the quality of donor matching and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). The stimulation index is one of the formulas of the MLC test, and it is used for evaluation of matching between donor and recipient. Modified MLC (mMLC) test ...

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is an innovative, three-dimensional conformal radiation treatment that can deliver highly focused and precisely shaped radiation to a tumor site through the use of the Multi-Leaf Collimators (MLC). A crucial step in IMRT procedure is the verification of MLC positioning to assure the accuracy of radiation treatment delivery. In this paper, we have dev...