PURPOSE To quantify the risk of radiation-induced second malignancies (SMN) in pediatric patients receiving craniospinal irradiation (CSI) either with 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (Conv CSI) or tomotherapy helical intensity modulated radiation therapy (Tomo CSI). METHODS AND MATERIALS A novel predictive model that accounts for short- and long-term carcinogenesis was incorporated ...

This paper characterizes the degrees of freedom (DoF) regions for the multi-user vector broadcast channel with periodic channel state information (CSI) feedback. As a part of the characterization, a new transmission method called spacetime interference alignment is proposed, which exploits both the current and past CSI jointly. Using the proposed alignment technique, an inner bound of the sum-D...

Cloud radio access network (Cloud-RAN) is a revolutionary RAN architecture. It provides a cost-effective way to improve both the network capacity and energy efficiency by shifting the baseband signal processing to a single baseband unit (BBU) pool, which enables centralized signal processing. However, in order to exploit the performance gains of full cooperation, full channel state information ...

The Complex Streamed Instruction (CSI) set is an architectural paradigm designed to accelerate multimedia applications. These applications are characterized by streaming operations on small-width data elements such as 8-bit pixels or 16-bit audio samples. CSI instructions operate on two-dimensional data streams in a SIMD fashion and are able to process streams of arbitrary length. In this paper...

Base station cooperation is an attractive technique to increase the spectral efficiency of multi-cell systems. One of the challenges in multi-cell systems is obtaining accurate channel state information (CSI) at the base station. One source of CSI inaccuracy is the delay incurred in obtaining CSI and exchanging it among base stations. The presence of delay is inevitable when CSI is exchanged ov...

BACKGROUND Many musculoskeletal pain conditions are characterized by hypersensitivity, which is induced by central sensitization (CS). A questionnaire, the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI), was recently developed to help clinicians identify patients whose presenting symptoms may be related to central sensitivity syndrome (CSS). The aims of the present study were to examine criterion validi...

To prove feasibility of proton chemical shift imaging ((1)H CSI) during stereotactic procedure, authors performed (1)H CSI in combination with a stereotactic headframe and selected targets according to local metabolic information, evaluated the pathologic results. The (1)H CSI directed stereotactic biopsy was performed in four patients. (1)H CSI and conventional Gd-enhancement stereotactic MRI ...

Objective: The Cerebral State index (CSI) is a new index based on electroencephalogram to monitor depth of anesthesia. Transferring guidelines for titration of the Bispectral index (BIS) to the CSI depends on their compatibility. We compared the relationship between BIS and CSI values during propofol-remifentanil anesthesia. Methods: Forty one adult patients about to have open heart surgeries w...