OBJECT The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of brachytherapy using the GliaSite Radiation Therapy System in patients with a newly diagnosed resected single brain metastasis. The primary end point of the study was local tumor control. The secondary end points included patient survival, distant brain recurrence, quality of life, and treatment toxicity. METHODS The authors con...

In this report we evaluate an image registration technique that can improve the information content of intraoperative image data by deformable matching of preoperative images. In this study, pretreatment 1.5 tesla (T) magnetic resonance (MR) images of the prostate are registered with 0.5 T intraoperative images. The method involves rigid and nonrigid registration using biomechanical finite elem...

i) The institutional affiliation for co-author Manzoor Hussain is missing. The affiliation of Manzoor Hussain is University of the Punjab, Department of Physics, Jinnah Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. With this correction, the institutional affiliations of all the authors will be as follows: Shahid B. Awan,a,b Sharifeh A. Dinib, Manzoor Hussaina, David Soleimani-Meigoonib, and Ali S. Meigoonib Univer...

The second part of the GYN GEC ESTRO working group recommendations is focused on 3D dose-volume parameters for brachytherapy of cervical carcinoma. Methods and parameters have been developed and validated from dosimetric, imaging and clinical experience from different institutions (University of Vienna, IGR Paris, University of Leuven). Cumulative dose volume histograms (DVH) are recommended fo...

5 Mapping supermanifolds and the functor of points formalism 31 5.1 Internal hom objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.2 The functor of points formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5.3 The supermanifold of endomorphisms of R0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5.4 Vector bundles on supermanifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Application of radioactive isotopes is the treatment of choice around the globe for many cancer sites. In this technique, the accuracy of the radiation delivery is highly dependent on the accuracy of radiation dosimetry around individual brachytherapy sources. Moreover, in order to have compatible clinical results, an identical method of source dosimetry must be employed across the world. This ...

AIMS In animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus, myocardial TG accumulation is associated with decreased myocardial function. In the physiologically ageing heart, myocardial triglyceride (TG) accumulation may also occur due to reduced myocardial fatty acid oxidation. The role of myocardial TG in the ageing human heart is unknown. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to evaluate the ef...

Moderate exercise improves insulin sensitivity and reduces triacylglycerol (triglyceride; TG) concentrations. We hypothesized that changes in insulin sensitivity are an important determinant of exercise-induced changes in postprandial TG concentrations. Altogether, 38 men and 43 women, all of whom were normotriglyceridaemic and normoglycaemic, each underwent two oral fat tolerance tests with di...