• Brainlab develops software and hardware for radiotherapy and radiosurgery, and the surgical fields of neurosurgery, ENT and craniomaxillofacial, spine surgery, and traumatic interventions. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1993, Brainlab developed a linear accelerator-based system for stereotactic radiosurgery using micromultileaf collimators. (wikipedia.org)
  • Brainlab introduced its first shaped-beam radiosurgery system, Novalis, in 1998. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2007, the company released Novalis Tx Radiosurgery, a radiotherapy system jointly created by Brainlab and Varian Medical Systems, Inc. A year later, Digital Lightbox was brought to the market, allowing digital patient images to be viewed and manipulated in the operating room. (wikipedia.org)
  • Radiation oncology offers advanced, targeted radiotherapy and radiosurgery to destroy cancer cells and tumors. (ascension.org)
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery uses high-energy rays to treat tumors and other diseases. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • When a tumor less than 3 centimeters in diameter is being treated, radiosurgery is given in a single session that lasts 15 minutes to 3 hours. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • Gamma Knife technology allows your physician team to treat brain tumors of any size or shape, and in any location, with accuracy to .3 millimeters. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • These efforts are centered on improving surgery for patients with epilepsy and brain tumors, particularly those whose pathology is intimately involved with critical brain regions. (dana-farber.org)
  • Sometimes doctors suggest radiotherapy in addition to chemotherapy or biological treatments which can reach the whole body via blood channels. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • For example, surgery may be followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, whereas a small, solid tumor may be treated with just radiotherapy depending on its location and the presence of metastasis. (saintjohnscancer.org)
  • Also, the treatment of these tumors including chemotherapy, radiotherapy can also affect your sperm count in many ways. (askdrjain.com)
  • With VATS surgery, we remove the tumor with less pain and a faster recovery than the traditional open-chest approach. (mountsinai.org)
  • The objective of all treatment is to completely remove the tumor and to kill any tumor cells that may have spread to other locations. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Clinical experience confirms the feasibility of proton radiation for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancers, and clinical trials are being conducted in locally advanced tumors: To date, evidence indicates that proton radiation should be further explored. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Mantle cell lymphoma belongs to a group of diseases known as non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, which are related malignancies (cancers) that affect the lymphatic system. (rarediseases.org)
  • AIM The goal of this study was to understand sex-specific differences in the molecular, clinical and radiological tumor parameters and survival outcomes of Glioblastoma (GBM) patients within the international GBM dataset, known as the ReSPOND (Radiomic Signatures for PrecisiON Diagnostics) consortium. (researchgate.net)
  • PURPOSE Glioblastoma is the most prevalent primary malignant brain tumor in adults, with a median overall survival (OS) of approximately 15 months and only limited advancements in prognostication and survival prediction. (researchgate.net)
  • Breast cancer is characterized by the growth of a malignant tumor arising from breast cells. (healthresource4u.com)
  • Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the larynx and accounts for approximately 95% of all cases of laryngeal carcinoma. (medscape.com)
  • Background: In treatment planning for intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT), we aim to deliver the prescribed dose to the target yet minimize the dose to adjacent healthy tissue. (ndltd.org)
  • With the help of computerised planning system it is possible to perform 3-D conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and volumetric modulated arch therapy (VMAT). (baskentuniversity.com)
  • 3-6] Most innovative techniques have focused on conformal treatment delivery with computer assisted three-dimensional therapy planning and, in some cases, intensity-modulated radiotherapy in which more complex treatment planning and delivery can allow the radiation oncologist to have better control of doses to healthy tissues. (cancernetwork.com)
  • 13th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems (BICS 2023). (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Research suggests that surgery to remove tumors is the most effective treatment for early-stage lung cancer. (mountsinai.org)
  • We tend to use this approach for small lung tumors located near the outer edge of the lungs. (mountsinai.org)
  • Over the last decade the therapy for lung cancer has changed dramatically with the rapid development of specific targeted therapies directed towards specific molecular abnormalities in the tumor. (mountsinai.org)
  • Elevated Coronary Artery Calcium Quantified by a Validated Deep Learning Model From Lung Cancer Radiotherapy Planning Scans Predicts Mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • Artificial intelligence-assisted decision making for prognosis and drug efficacy prediction in lung cancer patients: a narrative review. (cdc.gov)
  • 7-8] Here, the goal has been to deliver higher doses to target volumes in an effort to improve local tumor control within the constraints of surrounding regions of normal tissues such as the heart, lung, esophagus, and spinal cord. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Researchers at RPI developed an optical reservoir computer (ORC) with commercial off-the-shelf components to predict lung tumor motion during radiotherapy. (rpi.edu)
  • The Division of Orthopedic Oncology at Mayo Clinic offers highly specialized care for people of all ages (infants to adults) with benign (noncancerous) and malignant (cancerous) bone and soft tissue tumors at Mayo Clinic. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Benign tumors or other lesions, whose cells divide slowly, may take several months to a year to show an effect. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • He further said: "It uses sophisticated image-guidance and computer-controlled robotics to deliver multiple beams of radiation to the tumour from virtually any direction with extreme accuracy. (gulfnews.com)
  • Gamma Knife utilizes 192 low-dose beams of radiation that intersect at the tumor to produce a high dose while minimizing exposure to nearby healthy brain. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • Its high technology enables us to take a tomography (cone beam computerised tomography) of the location of the tumor, before the start of the treatment. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • As for the application of image processing and computer vision, I have worked with medical doctors and forensic experts at Hospital Kuala Lumpur on Post Mortem Computerised Tomography (PMCT) data, to analyse and identify the associated demographics such as gender, age, race, etc, using image processing and machine learning techniques apart from standard methodologies in Forensic Medicine and Sciences. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Radiation imaging systems typically use double-scatter events of gamma rays or fast neutrons to reconstruct the incidence directional information, thus enabling source localization. (nature.com)
  • 2018). 3D Surface Scanning for Tumour Localization in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer . (queensu.ca)
  • 2017). Quantification of tumor localization needle displacement prior to tumor excision in navigated lumpectomy . (queensu.ca)
  • Brainlab expanded into the field of image-guided surgery in 1997 with the VectorVision Neuronavigation System and was the first to develop passive marker technology. (wikipedia.org)
  • This network can access state-of-the-art methods of diagnostics and surgery, newest ways of radio therapy and molecular analysis of tumors. (uniklinikum-dresden.de)
  • When you come to Mayo Clinic for your bone or soft tissue tumor evaluation, many other specialties collaborate as needed to assess your overall health, review imaging studies, and provide the best possible pain control and anesthesia techniques when surgery is needed. (mayoclinic.org)
  • This can help surgeons plan optimum surgery for each child s congenital heart defect. (mtbeurope.info)
  • Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 32nd International Congress and Exhibition. (queensu.ca)
  • International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. (queensu.ca)
  • Through minimally-invasive treatment techniques and innovations, including robot-assisted surgery, patients recover with fewer long-term side effects, allowing them to return to normal activities more quickly. (saintjohnscancer.org)
  • In December 2021, Qureshi underwent a painless, bloodless, non-invasive surgery (precision irradiation, which was able to irradiate the tumour with sharp precision even while sparing the rest of the area of her brain around it. (gulfnews.com)
  • Professor Dr Mssaddi, explained: "The CyberKnife is a patented robotic assisted radio surgery. (gulfnews.com)
  • In all patients, computer-assisted 3D planning after wax-up of the prosthetic restoration and template-guided surgery with titanium implants were performed. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2021). A platform for robot-assisted Intraoperative imaging in breast conserving surgery . (queensu.ca)
  • Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 29th International Congress and Exhibition. (queensu.ca)
  • Image analysis algorithms may also be used to facilitate the planning of radiation therapy and surgery. (ajnr.org)
  • If you first undergo removal of a tumor, your doctor may prescribe radiation to stop the growth of microscopic tumor cells that remain after surgery. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • Abstract and Concrete Interaction with Mixed Reality Systems / The case of the mini screen, a new interaction device in Computer-Assisted Surgery. (auth.gr)
  • Either these or any other surgery performed on the male reproductive system can harm the sperm count. (askdrjain.com)
  • The lateral penumbra of a proton pencil beam scanning system (PBS) is of great importance in sparing of organs at risk and normal tissue when treating patients. (ndltd.org)
  • Because of their Bragg peak dose distribution, protons are an effective way to deliver a dose to the tumor, while minimizing the dose to surrounding tissue. (ndltd.org)
  • Charged particles with greater mass and higher charge than protons have an even sharper Bragg peak and a higher Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE), allowing a greater dose to be delivered to the tumor and sparing healthy tissue. (ndltd.org)
  • In addition, we developed a model to more efficiently find the best balance between tumor coverage and normal tissue protection. (ndltd.org)
  • When we remove cancer cells, we also take a thin margin of health tissue around the tumor, to be sure we got everything. (mountsinai.org)
  • Mount Sinai's Pathology Department and special laboratories are well equipped to make a quick molecular characterization of the tumor from the patient's tumor tissue, or based on a blood-sample assessment. (mountsinai.org)
  • Mayo Clinic evaluates one of the largest numbers of patients with bone and soft tissue tumors nationally or internationally, including some of the rarest tumors. (mayoclinic.org)
  • It works by delivering high doses of radiation to irradiate a tumour with extreme accuracy, ensuring that no harm is done to surrounding healthy tissue. (gulfnews.com)
  • Lymphatic tissues also include the thymus, a relatively small organ behind the breastbone that is thought to play an important role in the immune system until puberty, as well as the bone marrow, which is the spongy tissue inside the cavities of bones that manufactures blood cells. (rarediseases.org)
  • Tumor tissue processing methodologies in combination with data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS) have emerged that can comprehensively analyze the …The MS in Molecular Basis of Cancer is available to individuals who have already obtained a BS or BA degree in the life, physical or health sciences and wish to pursue industry-focused training. (pozaschematem.eu)
  • Rates of volumetric change were tracked for contrast-enhancing tumor tissue. (ajnr.org)
  • The nearest-neighbor tissue segmentation algorithm provides significant power in quantifying tumor volume and in tracking growth rates of contrast-enhancing tissue in patients with GBM. (ajnr.org)
  • As part of a comprehensive longitudinal study of patients with high-grade gliomas, we analyzed the performance of two different algorithms in their ability to segment tissue (eg, contrast-enhancing tumor) and to follow or track changes in tumor tissue over time. (ajnr.org)
  • Towards 3D Ultrasound Image Based Soft Tissue Tracking: A Transrectal Ultrasound Prostate Image Alignment System. (auth.gr)
  • Because of excellent soft-tissue resolution, MRI is more accurate than CT in delineating deep tumor extension and cartilage involvement. (medscape.com)
  • On September 14, 2022, Stefan Vilsmeier, CEO and Claus Promberger, VP for R&D, from Brainlab, together with clinical partner Professor Cordula Petersen, MD from the UKE (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf) in Hamburg, were nominated as one of the three finalists for the Federal President's Award for Innovation and Technology (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) 2022 for the ExacTrac Dynamic technology, a highly precise radiation treatment for tumors in motion. (wikipedia.org)
  • The purpose of this current work is to measure the lateral penumbra of the Ion Beam Applications (Ion Beam Applications, Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium) ProteusPLUS PBS Proton Therapy System and compare the measurements with the computed results from the RayStation proton treatment planning system. (ndltd.org)
  • Mixed-integer programming (MIP) has been applied in radiation therapy to generate treatment plans. (ndltd.org)
  • However, MIP has not been used effectively for IMPT treatment planning with dose-volume constraints. (ndltd.org)
  • In this study, we incorporated dose-volume constraints in an MIP model to generate treatment plans for IMPT. (ndltd.org)
  • Two groups of IMPT treatment plans were generated for each of three patients by using MIP models for a total of six plans: one plan was derived with the Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (L-BFGS) method while the other plan was derived with our MIP model with dose-volume constraints. (ndltd.org)
  • Results: The MIP model with dose-volume constraints generates IMPT treatment plans with comparable target dose coverage, target dose homogeneity, and the maximum dose to organs at risk (OARs) compared to treatment plans from the conventional quadratic programming method without any tedious trial-and-error process. (ndltd.org)
  • The tumor or the suspected area is first determined and the treatment is performed by simulation method. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • Images that come through CT are transferred into computerised treatment planning system and the area which is going to be treated are marked by our specialist doctors. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • Physician and the specialist doctor work together to determine the right dose and the best treatment plan with the help of a 3-D computer system. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • Başkent University Hospital is the first center ever in Turkey, to start using Monaco Treatment Planning System. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • Most of the cancer patients are treated by radioptherapy and for most of them radiotherapy could be the only treatment option. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • Most cancer patients got free of their tumors thanks to the radiotherapy performed together along with the other tumor treatment options. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • We develop a treatment plan tailored to your cancer and preferences. (mountsinai.org)
  • Because of the progress with molecular targeted therapies, it is crucial to make a molecular characterization of the tumor before a treatment decision is made. (mountsinai.org)
  • Baseline MRI-based radiomics model assisted predicting disease progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with complete response after treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • Your team will recommend a treatment plan that's specific to your individual tumor and other medical needs. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Multidisciplinary tumor treatment. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Our surgeons work with radiation oncologists and medical oncologists to make personalized treatment plans for each person. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Multiple experts in sarcoma treatment (surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and others) meet regularly to discuss challenging cases and come up with appropriate treatment plans. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Medical image analysis is of tremendous importance in serving clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, as well as prognosis assessment. (frontiersin.org)
  • Medical imaging is widely employed in clinical research to investigate effects on diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up evaluations ( 1 - 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • This can help you identify the appropriate treatment plan for you. (lungevity.org)
  • The companies have signed a long-term development and license agreement that will result in a new proton treatment planning and optimization module that will be fully integrated in Nucletron's Oncentra MasterPlan software. (mtbeurope.info)
  • With an outcomes-based approach and our multi-disciplinary team, we work to develop the most optimal treatment plan for you based on your needs and the input of many of our oncologists, pathologists, and scientists. (saintjohnscancer.org)
  • Dr Shanbag, explained: "The CyberKnife treatment system is akin to having your X-ray taken. (gulfnews.com)
  • A method currently used by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group and the Radiation and Treatment Group to determine tumor response to treatment relies on measuring the area of tumor enhancement in a single MR section (1) . (ajnr.org)
  • The neurosurgeon and radiation oncologist are responsible for determining the correct target and radiation dose, and for approving the treatment plan. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • The medical physicist is involved in treatment planning and setting up the equipment. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • Your doctor will discuss the best type of radiation treatment for your particular tumor or lesion, explain the treatment process, and discuss the potential benefits and possible side effects. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • The authors used B-spline and mutual information to transform, register, and fuse Chinese Visible Human images with the volunteer's personalized computed tomography (CT) images, and integrated them into the Treatment Planning System (TPS). (ircmj.com)
  • Consequently, Three-Dimensional Visualization Treatment Planning System (3DV+TPS) was created. (ircmj.com)
  • Resection and whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) are the standards of care for the treatment of patients with brain metastases (BM) but are often associated with cognitive side effects. (researchgate.net)
  • Then, your cancer care team works with you to create a personalized care plan. (ascension.org)
  • Your specialists at Van Elslander Cancer Center routinely review your care plan to help improve your survivorship and quality of life. (ascension.org)
  • Advanced care for gastric cancer - the Jerome Williams Gastric Cancer Program , provides comprehensive care for gastrointestinal tumors and cancer that has spread to the peritoneal cavity. (ascension.org)
  • Our radiation oncology delivery systems help track tumors and cancer cells. (ascension.org)
  • This approach uses a high-energy laser beam to eliminate a cancer tumor. (mountsinai.org)
  • This approach uses medicine to boost the body's immune system and stimulate it to attack cancer cells. (mountsinai.org)
  • Proton radiation for cancer offers the ability to conform the high-dose region of radiation therapy to the tumor while reducing the dose of radiation to adjacent normal tissues. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Other more unusual types of cancer are phyllodes tumor, papillary carcinoma, tubular carcinoma and angiosarcoma. (healthresource4u.com)
  • Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is a form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system. (rarediseases.org)
  • During the past four decades, the understanding of cancer has increased dramatically with the discovery of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, DNA damage and repair pathways, cell cycle regulation, angiogenesis and responses to hypoxia, and the molecular basis of metastasis, among others. (pozaschematem.eu)
  • Diseases like Cancer can also affect the sperm count in your system. (askdrjain.com)
  • Areas were selected primarily for their ability to operate and maintain a population-based cancer reporting system, and for their epidemiologically significant population subgroups. (cdc.gov)
  • Each contractor: Maintains a cancer information reporting system. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, active smoking by patients with head and neck cancer is associated with significant increases in the annual rate of second primary tumor development compared to former smokers or nonsmokers. (medscape.com)
  • If results are abnormal (ie, indicating the presence of hematuria or infection), further workup is warranted before planning cancer therapy. (medscape.com)
  • Johnsson A, Kiani NA, Gernaat SAM, Wilking U, Shabo I, Hedayati E. Planning for return to work during the first year after breast cancer metastasis: A Swedish cohort study. (cancercentrum.se)
  • Associations of a Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score With Tumor Characteristics and Survival. (cancercentrum.se)
  • Such a method would have direct application in therapy trials in which tumor volume quantification could be used to measure response. (ajnr.org)
  • The Department of Neurology deals with various diseases that affect the central nervous system (e.g., the cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord), peripheral nerves, and muscles. (keio.ac.jp)
  • Differential Diagnosis and Molecular Stratification of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors on CT Images Using a Radiomics Approach. (cdc.gov)
  • Our Biology graduate programs span the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems - from evolution in viruses to cell and molecular biology in frogs and plants to bioinformatics of the human genome. (pozaschematem.eu)
  • Mixed reality (MR) technologies are at the verge of wide scale adoption and can assist in the visualization of complex data. (nature.com)
  • The diagnostic performance of ultrasound computer-aided diagnosis system for distinguishing breast masses: a prospective multicenter study. (cdc.gov)
  • 3-D Ultrasound Probe Calibration for Computer-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy. (auth.gr)
  • One way to assist clinicians in this task is using computer-aided diagnosis tools that automatically segment skin lesions from dermoscopic images. (researchgate.net)
  • Commonly implanted medical devices containing metal parts (i.e., dental fillings, coils, hip replacements) generate streaks in computed tomography (CT) images, thereby impeding diagnosis and interfering with radiation therapy planning. (rpi.edu)
  • I am interested in innovating and applying Machine Learning techniques to various Computer Vision problems, including 3D reconstruction from single 2D images, 3D point cloud registration and classification, landmark detection of objects in 2D/3D images, semantic segmentation of 2D/3D images, object detection and classification in 2D images. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Stereotaxic space, a coordinate system applied across scan data to relate data from different patients and different time points in a common 3D space, has been used to advance segmentation techniques. (ajnr.org)
  • The doctors decided it was worth an attempt to shrink the tumour non-invasively. (gulfnews.com)
  • My tumour was expected to shrink in three months' time. (gulfnews.com)
  • Over time, the abnormal cells die and the tumor may shrink. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • For both protons and carbon ions, the use of a moderator increased the scattering off of the beam line, and slightly increased the dose behind the tumor. (ndltd.org)
  • Directionally encoded color track density imaging in brain tumor patients: A potential application to neuro-oncology surgical planning. (dana-farber.org)
  • endobronchiologic ultrasound bronchoscopy (EBUS) - direct, Ultra Sound guided lymph node and tumor biopsy. (uniklinikum-dresden.de)
  • With leading morbidity among malignant tumors in otorhinolaryngology, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most frequent malignant tumors in China. (ircmj.com)
  • This study aimed to help radiotherapy doctors recognize and segment nasopharyngeal organs at risk of NPC and make a radiotherapy plan. (ircmj.com)
  • To verify it, 3DV+TPS was deployed to identify and segment the nasopharyngeal organs at risk of NPC, and a questionnaire was filled out by radiotherapy doctors. (ircmj.com)
  • Through automatically registering and fusing color and CT gray images, 3DV+TPS improves the accuracy and efficiency of recognizing nasopharyngeal structures in making radiotherapy plans. (ircmj.com)
  • The only NSCLC subgroup that has a better than 50% five-year survival is that comprised of patients with peripherally located T1 or T2 tumors without evidence of nodal or distant metastases. (cancernetwork.com)
  • An algorithm capable of reliably and accurately tracking changes in tumor volume would be of value as an adjunct marker in following up patients with cerebral tumors. (ajnr.org)
  • The Department of Cardiology can treat patients in need of emergency care in coordination with other departments (intensive medical care system) 24 hours a day throughout the year. (keio.ac.jp)
  • Esaote harnesses TI DSP chips to deliver new range of medical diagnostic systems. (mtbeurope.info)
  • The goal of definitive radiotherapy is to eradicate intra-thoracic disease while respecting the radiation tolerance of nearby normal structures by minimizing the dose to such structures. (cancernetwork.com)
  • Tumor control rates with photon radiation therapy, however, continue to be disappointing, in part because of the dose-limiting constraints associated with these normal structures. (cancernetwork.com)
  • As lymph moves through the lymphatic system, it is filtered by a network of small structures known as lymph nodes that help to remove microorganisms (e.g., viruses, bacteria, etc.) and other foreign bodies. (rarediseases.org)
  • Tumors that are close to critical brain structures or sensitive areas can be safely targeted. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • The incidence of laryngeal tumors is closely correlated with smoking, as head and neck tumors occur 6 times more often in cigarette smokers than in nonsmokers. (medscape.com)
  • External radiotherapy of prostatic carcinoma: a quadratic optimization of the dose distribution. (auth.gr)
  • It was mid-March and the neurosurgeons who opened my skull, soon realised that my tumour had many vital blood vessels involving my thalamus and brain stem tightly wound up around it. (gulfnews.com)
  • This approach uses high-energy radio waves to heat the tumor. (mountsinai.org)
  • The Dr ger Infinity Acute Care System offers a completely new approach to managing and delivering care across the entire acute care continuum. (mtbeurope.info)
  • By combining a state-of-the-art dual particle imaging system with HoloLens 2, we propose to display the data directly to the user via the head-mounted MR smart glasses, presenting the directional information as an overlay to the user's 3D visual experience. (nature.com)
  • The handheld dual particle imager (H2DPI) developed at the University of Michigan 3 is a portable fast neutron and gamma-ray detection system optimized for imaging purposes. (nature.com)
  • The use of this model removes the need for using the collimator in the system configuration and thus to overcome the perennial problem of particle. (sharif.edu)
  • Acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) is a common complication following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) caused by cellular and inflammatory factors, including those arising from monocytes and dendritic cells as integral parts of the immune system. (magiran.com)
  • Functioning as part of the immune system, the lymphatic system helps to protect the body against infection and disease. (rarediseases.org)
  • When a small tumor is being treated, a single dose of radiation is given in a single session using a rigid frame. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) created a 3D computer simulation tool to assess the behavior/interaction of a hydrophobic membrane material with waste/feed water particles to assist membrane manufacturers/end-users in identifying a high performing membrane filtration/separation system. (rpi.edu)
  • 2011). PLUS: An open-source toolkit for developing ultrasound-guided intervention systems . (queensu.ca)
  • The bracelet, which integrates a mobile telephone system, intelligent alerts and localisation via satellite (GPS), allows the Alzheimer patient to be located if they are lost or disoriented and also to establish immediate contact with them. (mtbeurope.info)
  • Boston Scientific's Latitude Patient Management is the first remote patient monitoring system to provide clinicians with direct device data integration capability into GE's Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR). (mtbeurope.info)
  • In addition to the lymph nodes, the lymphatic system includes the spleen. (rarediseases.org)
  • Imaging detector systems offer the ability to obtain the direction of incoming radiation, thus accelerating the search and enabling a search with less radiation exposure risk to the involved individuals 1 . (nature.com)
  • Through its ability to detect contrast in soft tissues, MR imaging is well suited to monitor and evaluate cerebral tumors as they develop and respond or, as the case may be, fail to respond to therapy. (ajnr.org)
  • The Golby Lab is a translational multidisciplinary group of investigators focusing on functional brain mapping using both structural and functional imaging techniques to guide neurosurgical planning and intra-operative decision making. (dana-farber.org)
  • This work aims to integrate information acquired from pre-operative brain mapping with intra-operative brain mapping and intra-operative imaging to define functional brain anatomy for surgical planning. (dana-farber.org)
  • T1 tumors of the glottis may not require imaging, though CT is often used to exclude nodal metastases. (medscape.com)
  • The information sought at imaging depends on the size and position of the primary tumor and the type of therapy planned. (medscape.com)
  • A small tumor without evidence of deep extension does not require imaging because all information needed for the therapeutic decision may be obvious at endoscopy. (medscape.com)
  • Aggressive tumors, whose cells divide rapidly, tend to respond quickly to radiation. (mayfieldclinic.com)
  • The first Brainlab product was a mouse-controlled, menu-driven surgical planning and navigation software introduced in 1990 at the University of Vienna and exhibited at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1992. (wikipedia.org)
  • By mid-2021, when she turned 26, her tumour had grown to 2.7mm. (gulfnews.com)
  • This method also relies on the hypothesis that the largest area is an accurate adjunct marker for tumor volume. (ajnr.org)
  • Orthopedic oncologists at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota offer specialized expertise that uniquely combines large surgical volumes for even some of the rarest tumors with cutting-edge technology. (mayoclinic.org)
  • There are two main types of lymphocytes: B-lymphocytes, which may produce specific antibodies to "neutralize" certain invading microorganisms, and T-lymphocytes, which may directly destroy microorganisms or assist in the activities of other lymphocytes. (rarediseases.org)
  • Deviations from the planning were indicated in millimeters and degrees. (bvsalud.org)
  • Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). (queensu.ca)
  • Radiation therapy can also damage normal cells, leading to side effects .However unlike the tumor cells, normal cells can quickly recover from the side effects of radiation therapy. (baskentuniversity.com)
  • It is also useful to improve the teaching quality of tumor radiotherapy for medical students and interns as well. (ircmj.com)
  • we provide comprehensive medical care for a variety of neurological disorders affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nerves, and muscles. (keio.ac.jp)