Proton therapy is sensitive to density changes, which occur in patients with large tumor motion. Individual margins, or internal target volumes (ITV) account for motion, are used the primary (GTVp), while nodes (GTVn) treated a fixed margin. The aim of this study was evaluate effect nodal motion on dose coverage proton therapy. included 58 lung cancer at least an involved upper mediastinal lymp...

Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) exhibit unique properties, such as remote motion controllability, degradability, and diagnostic imaging, which are typically not shown in nonmagnetic nanomaterials. MNPs remotely controllable via fields offer advantages of high tissue penetrability biocompatibility. In this review, recent advances multifunctional exhibiting characteristic for therap...

Recent development in the clinical application of cell therapy is potentially useful for treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). Rehabilitation is essential to improve the hip joint function and activity of patients. Rehabilitation program after cell therapy for ONFH treatment and other regenerative medicine fields is known. This narrative review aimed to assess the actual state ...

Aim:Researchers are demonstrating increasing interest in latent myofascial trigger points (LMTP) because of their significantly higher prevalence, compared to active myofascial trigger points (AMTP). Even though LMTP are quite prevalent and are important for muscle function, their effect is essentially under-researched due the lack of studies in the area. The aim is to compare the effectiveness...

Rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a costly, cumbersome, and often painful process. Physical therapy contributes to the successful outcome of TKA but can be expensive. Alternative methods of obtaining good functional results that help minimize costs are desirable. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a potential option. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation has b...

according to abū al-barakāt baghdādī, time and place are a priori conditions of motion; moreover, against the peripatetic philosophers, for whom time is the measure of motion, he holds that time is the measure of existence. nevertheless, he believes that we can define motion on the basis of our intuitive non-scientific concept of time and, by so doing, we can resolve the apparent circularity of...

BACKGROUND Intrafractional motion results in local over- and under-dosage in particle therapy with a scanned beam. Scanned beam delivery offers the possibility to compensate target motion by tracking with the treatment beam. METHODS Lateral motion components were compensated directly with the beam scanning system by adapting nominal beam positions according to the target motion. Longitudinal ...

INTRODUCTION Motion of the prostate is problematic in the accurate delivery of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer. This study investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI), an easily measured indicator of obesity, and prostate motion. METHODS Prostate motion during EBRT was assessed by measuring the displacement of fiducial markers implanted within the pr...

with the arrival of increasingly higher resolution pet systems, small amounts of motion can cause significant blurring in the images, compared to the intrinsic resolutions of the scanners. in this work, we have reviewed advanced correction methods for the three cases of (i) unwanted patient motion, as well as motions due to (ii) cardiac and (iii) respiratory cycles. for the first type of motion...