INTRODUCTION Exact measurements of cerebral aneurysms are important in terms of their treatment. However, there is no definitive way to estimate the exact volume of an aneurysm. Our aim was to compare aneurysm volume measured under different conditions: threshold values, observers, and measurement methods. METHODS 40 aneurysms and 7 phantom models were included in the study. Three-dimensional...

Different methods have been used to cross-validate cartilage thickness measurements from magnetic resonance images (MRIs); however, a majority of these methods rely on interpolated data points, regional mean and/or maximal thickness, or surface mean thickness for data analysis. Furthermore, the accuracy of MRI cartilage thickness measurements from commercially available software packages has no...

Background: About 50% of heavy elements are produced by the slow neutron capture process ($s$ process) in stars. The element gallium is mostly during weak $s$ massive stars.Purpose: Our activation at ${k}_{\mathrm{B}}T\phantom{\rule{4pt}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\approx}25$ keV first experiment a series and time-of-flight measurements on $^{69}\mathrm{Ga}$ $^{71}\mathrm{Ga}$ relevant for astrophysics.M...

The calibration of a LE Ge detector system has been performed at CIEMAT Whole Body Counter for the assessment of Am in skull and knee. The facility counts with a Cohen phantom simulating a human head with 1000 Bq of Americium homogeneously distributed in the bone equivalent material. Measurements of the LE Ge system with the skull phantom were carried out in an optimisation study of counting ef...

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the dose on megavoltage CT (MVCT) images required for tomotherapy. As imaging possibilities are often used before each treatment and usually used several times before the session, we tried to evaluate the dose delivered during the procedure. For each scanning mode (fine, normal, and coarse), we first established the relative variation of these d...

INTRODUCTION A sweeping beam technique for total body irradiation in standard treatment rooms and for standard linear accelerators (linacs) is introduced, which does not require any accessory attached to the linac. Lung shielding is facilitated to reduce the risk of pulmonary toxicity. Additionally, the applicability of a commercial radiotherapy planning system (RTPS) is examined. MATERIAL AN...

how to cite this article: poor zamany nejat kermany m, modirian e, soroush m, masoumi m, hosseini m. phantom limb sensation (pls) and phantom limb pain (plp) among young landmine amputees. iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):42-47.   abstract objective to determine the frequency of phantom limb sensation (pls) and phantom limb pain (plp) in children and young adults suffering landmine-relat...

INTRODUCTION Phantom-based (synchronous and asynchronous) and phantomless (internal tissue calibration based) assessment of bone mineral density (BMD) in routine MDCT (multidetector computed tomography) examinations potentially allows for diagnosis of osteoporosis. Although recent studies investigated the effects of contrast-medium application on phantom-calibrated BMD measurements, it remains ...

An accurate and fast radiation dose calculation is essential for successful radiation radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to implement a new graphic processing unit (GPU) based radiation therapy treatment planning for accurate and fast dose calculation in radiotherapy centers. A program was written for parallel running based on GPU. The code validation was performed by EGSnrc/DOSXYZnrc. Mor...

Some recent observations provide > 2σ evidence for phantom dark energy—a value of the dark energy equation of state less than the cosmological-constant value of −1. We focus on constraining the equation of state by combining current data from the most mature geometrical probes of dark energy: type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS3), the Supernova Cosmology Project (...