We have automated the determination of the placement location of the dosimetry ion chamber within intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) fields, as part of streamlining the entire IMRT quality assurance process. This paper describes the mathematical image-processing techniques to arrive at the appropriate measurement locations within the planar dose maps of the IMRT fields. A specific spot wit...

Ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies can provide assistance and support to persons with dementia. They might allow them the possibility of living at home for longer whilst maintaining their comfort and security as well as offering a way towards reducing the huge economic and personal costs forecast as the incidence of dementia increases worldwide over coming decades. However, the developm...

Minimally invasive surgery has become a widely used surgical technique that improves patients’ safety and optimizes health resources. Specifically, laparoscopic surgery uses small incisions through the abdomen to operate, for example a liver, with minimal postoperative complications and faster recoveries. However, the cognitive load and surgical skills required by surgeons increase when compare...

Background and objectives: Educational technology is widely used in all parts of medical education. The use and application of common educational technologies and adoption of educational design patterns in medical sciences education can greatly help in medical simulations, training, and improving of clinical skills of nurses and medical students. The aim of this research was to study computer-a...

the interaction of radiation with cells and tissues has a random nature. therefore, understanding the random nature of cell killing that is determined by poisson distribution statistics is an essential point in education of radiation biology. radbiostat is a newly developed educational matlab-based software designed for computer-assisted learning of the target theory in radiation biology. altho...

These notes are part of a 3rd year undergraduate course called "Computer Peripherals", taught at Nanyang Technological University School of Computer Engineering in Singapore, and developed by Associate Professor Kwoh Chee Keong. The course covered various topics relevant to modern computers (at that time), such as displays, buses, printers, keyboards, storage devices etc... The course is no lon...

These notes are part of a 3rd year undergraduate course called "Computer Peripherals", taught at Nanyang Technological University School of Computer Engineering in Singapore, and developed by Associate Professor Kwoh Chee Keong. The course covered various topics relevant to modern computers (at that time), such as displays, buses, printers, keyboards, storage devices etc... The course is no lon...

To generate fair curves and surfaces is an important tool in the area of computer graphics (CG), computer-aided design (CAD), and other geometric modeling applications. In this paper, we present an iteration-based algorithm to generate fair polygonal curves and surfaces that is based on a new discrete spring model. In the spring model, a linear spring, which length approximately represents a cu...

Computer-Assisted and Web-Based Innovations in Psychology, Special Education, and Health edited by James K. Luiselli & Aaron J. Fischer. London & San Diego: Academic Press, 2016. 408pp., $74.95 (hardcover), ISBN 9780128020753

As a result, the need for Computer Scientist is continuously growing. This brings up an important question. How can we increase the number of computer science students? Getting students interested and enrolled in computer science is only half the battle. Computer science(CS) is known to have one of the highest failure rates of all majors. Back in 1997, the average failure rate in the first CS c...