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Assays for the Specific Growth Rate and Cell-binding Ability of Rotavirus

Rotavirus is the main etiological factor for infantile diarrhea. It is a double-stranded (ds) RNA virus and forms a genetically diverse population, known ...

Tohoku University

We determined correction factors for absorbed dose energy dependence and intrinsic energy dependence for measurements of absorbed dose to water around an  Ir source using a radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter (RPLD) calibrated with a 4-MV photon beam.

Energy dependence of a radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter for HDR  Ir brachytherapy source.

This study aimed to develop and evaluate field shape optimization technique based on dose calculation using daily cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to compensate for interfractional anatomic changes in three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) for prostate cancer. For each of 10 patients, 9-10 CBCT images were obtained throughout the treatment course. The prostate, seminal vesicles, and rectum were manually contoured in all CBCT images. Subsequently, plan adaptation was performed with a program developed in-house. This program calculates dose distributions on CBCT images and optimizes field shape to minimize rectal dose while keeping the target at the optimal dose coverage (the planning target volume D receives 95% of the prescription dose). To evaluate the adaptive planning approach, we re-calculated dose distributions on CBCT images based on the conventional and adaptive plans. For the entire cohort, plan adaptation improved rectal V, V, V, and V by -7.71±8.43%, -8.30±8.90%, -7.91±8.51% and -7.03±7.70% on average (±SD), respectively. Our results demonstrate that adaptive planning approach is superior to the conventional planning approach for optimizing dose distribution, and this adaptive approach can optimize field shape in 3 min. The proposed approach can be an effective solution for the problem of interfractional anatomic changes in 3D-CRT for prostate cancer.

[Field Shape Optimization Technique Based on Dose Volume Histogram Using Daily Cone-beam Computed Tomography in Three-dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Develop and Evaluation].

CT ventilation imaging (CTVI) is being used to achieve functional avoidance lung cancer radiation therapy in three clinical trials (NCT02528942, NCT02308709, NCT02843568). To address the need for common CTVI validation tools, we have built the Ventilation And Medical Pulmonary Image Registration Evaluation (VAMPIRE) Dataset, and present the results of the first VAMPIRE Challenge to compare relative ventilation distributions between different CTVI algorithms and other established ventilation imaging modalities.

Syun-suke Kadoya

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Tohoku University

Assays for the Specific Growth Rate and Cell-binding Ability of Rotavirus

Syun-suke Kadoya

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Tohoku University

Assays for the Specific Growth Rate and Cell-binding Ability of Rotavirus

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering