ALL RIGHTS RESERVED iii ABSTRACT Ghassan Badri Hamra: Bayesian methods for the evaluation of Tritium: Relative Biological Effectiveness and cancer risk. Tritium is a radioisotope of hydrogen that releases -energy, which is a form of ionizing radiation. Tritium is understudied due to a lack of epidemiological data on human exposure, despite the fact that exposure to low energy ionizing radiatio...

1556-6072/09/$25.00©2009IEEE ||| 71 Vehicular networks require accurate channel state information (CSI) to decode the received signal. Such knowledge is usually estimated using short training sequences. However, in vehicular networks, the channel coherence time is very small due to the high speeds of the nodes, therefore the channel estimate from the training is likely to become inaccurate as t...

A new particle simulation method for solving the Boltzmann equation is presented and tested. This method holds a significant computational efficiency advantage for low-signal flows compared to traditional particle methods such as the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC). More specifically, the proposed algorithmn can efficiently simulate arbitrarily small deviations from equilibrium (e.g. low s...

MARCH/APRIL 2007 1541-1672/07/$25.00 © 2007 IEEE 5 Published by the IEEE Computer Society Improving diagnoses Getting a quicker, smarter look at medical images taken using computer-aided tomography (CAT scans) and magnetic resonance imaging would help doctors make faster, more accurate diagnoses. At Simon Fraser University, Ghassan Hamarneh and Chris McIntosh have developed virtual worms that c...

To my family: for their continuous love and support. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation marks the end of a chapter of my life. My journey through school has been aided by many people over the years and I'm thankful for all their help and support. First, I must thank my family. They have always encouraged me to learn and have been supportive in every way they could be. My mother, Raghda Saidi...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful All praise and glory to Almighty Allah (Subhanahu Wa Taalaa) who gave me courage and patience to carry out this work. Peace and blessing of Allah be upon last Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). Acknowledgment is due to King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals for supporting this research. My unrestrained appreciation goe...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving procedure often performed in the intensive care unit (ICU). Post-cardiac arrest centers on supportive as well identifying and treating underlying etiology of cardiac arrest. Consideration myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism ongoing atrial fibrillation may prom...

TOPIC: Lung Pathology TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial Ultrasound is a technique that has become gold standard for diagnosing mediastinal masses, with implementation by 2015.[1] It allows excellent visualization of structures in and surrounding the central airways, providing significant additional information to diagnostic bronchoscopy.[3] EBUS can diagnos...

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Independent central review (ICR) is advocated by regulatory authorities as a means of independent verification of clinical trial end-points dependent on medical imaging, when the data from the trials may be submitted for licensing applications [Food and Drug Administration. United States food and drug administration guidance for industry: clinical trial endpoints for the approval of cancer drug...