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A framework for defining FLASH dose rate for pencil beam scanning by Folkerts, Michael M., Abel, Eric, Busold, Simon, Perez, Jessica Rika, Krishnamurthi, Vidhya, Ling, C. Clifton

“…Purpose To develop a method of (a) calculating the dose rate of voxels within a proton field delivered using pencil beam scanning (PBS), and (b) reporting a…”
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Combined optimization of spot positions and weights for better FLASH proton therapy by Lansonneur, P, Magliari, A, Rosa, L, Perez, J, Niemelä, P, Folkerts, M

“…In Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT), the weights of individual pencil-beams or spots are optimized to fulfil dosimetric constraints. Theses spots are…”
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Economic valuation of climate change–induced mortality: age dependent cold and heat mortality in the Netherlands by Botzen, W. J. W., Martinius, M. L., Bröde, P., Folkerts, M. A., Ignjacevic, P., Estrada, F., Harmsen, C. N., Daanen, H. A. M.

“…This study examines the impacts of climate change on future mortality in the Netherlands and the related economic costs. Our methods account for changes in…”
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ClimApp—Integrating Personal Factors with Weather Forecasts for Individualised Warning and Guidance on Thermal Stress by Kingma, B. R. M., Steenhoff, H., Toftum, J., Daanen, H. A. M., Folkerts, M. A., Gerrett, N., Gao, C., Kuklane, K., Petersson, J., Halder, A., Zuurbier, M., Garland, S. W., Nybo, L.

“…This paper describes the functional development of the ClimApp tool (available for free on iOS and Android devices), which combines current and 24 h weather…”
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TU‐A‐116‐02: A Novel Algorithm for Highly Efficient Polyenergetic DRR Calculation by Folkerts, M, Jia, X, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: It is desirable to compute polyenergetic digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) in many radiotherapy tasks, especially when investigating beam…”
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TU‐A‐213CD‐01: GDRR: A GPU Tool for Cone‐Beam CT Projection Simulations by Jia, X, Yan, H, Folkerts, M, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: Realistic calculations of x‐ray projection images play an important role in many projects related to CBCT, such as the design of scanners and…”
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Care provider assessment of thermal state of children in day-care centers by Folkerts, M.A., Gerrett, N., Kingma, B.R.M., Zuurbier, M., Daanen, H.A.M.

“…Young children are vulnerable to extreme temperatures due to their physiological and anatomical characteristics and behavioural dependability. The latter is a…”
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SU‐E‐T‐193: A Custom Web Application for a GPU‐Based Monte Carlo IMRT/VMAT QA Tool by Folkerts, M, Graves, Y, Gautier, Q, Kim, G, Jia, X, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: To develop a user friendly web application for a GPU‐based Monte Carlo (MC) 3D dosimetry quality assurance (QA) tool which runs in modern web browsers…”
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SU‐E‐J‐60: GPU Accelerated DRR Computation with Scatter by Vidal, F, Folkerts, M, Freud, N, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: We propose a fast software library implemented on graphics processing unit (GPU) to compute digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs). It takes into…”
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SU‐E‐T‐242: A Gateway for GPU Computations in Radiotherapy by Shi, F, Sivagnanam, S, Folkerts, M, Gautier, Q, Jia, X, Majumdar, A, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) has become increasingly important in radiotherapy. However, it is still difficult for general clinical researchers to…”
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TH‐C‐103‐08: BEST IN PHYSICS (IMAGING) — A Hybrid 4D Cone Beam CT Reconstruction Algorithm for Highly Under‐Sampled Projections From the 1‐Minute Cone Beam Scan by Yan, H, zhen, x, Folkerts, M, Pan, T, Cervino, L, Jiang, S, Jia, X

“…Purpose: To facilitate fast and accurate 4D image guidance for lung and upper abdomen radiotherapy, we propose a novel 4D cone beam CT (4D‐CBCT) reconstruction…”
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SDDRO-joint: simultaneous dose and dose rate optimization with the joint use of transmission beams and Bragg peaks for FLASH proton therapy by Lin, Yuting, Lin, Bowen, Fu, Shujun, Folkerts, Michael M, Abel, Eric, Bradley, Jeffrey, Gao, Hao

“…Cancer radiotherapy (RT) with the irradiation at ultra-high dose rates, namely FLASH-RT, can substantially reduce radiation-induced normal tissue toxicities…”
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Comparison of behavioral deficits and acute neuronal degeneration in rat lateral fluid percussion and weight-drop brain injury models by Hallam, Thomas M, Floyd, Candace L, Folkerts, Michael M, Lee, Lillian L, Gong, Q-Z, Lyeth, Bruce G, Muizelaar, J Paul, Berman, Robert F

“…The behavioral and histological effects of the lateral fluid percussion (LFP) brain injury model were compared with the weight drop impact-acceleration model…”
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SU‐E‐T‐213: Development of a Web Wrapper to Facilitate Radiotherapy Research by Folkerts, M, Graves, Y, Gautier, Q, Kim, G, Jia, X, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: Researchers write many computer programs with unique implementations, usually requiring a great amount of effort for other researchers to learn how to…”
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SU‐E‐I‐35: A GPU Optimized DRR Algorithm by Folkerts, M, Jia, X, Choi, D, Gu, X, Majumdar, A, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: To develop and evaluate a new DRR algorithm on GPU and compare it's accuracy and efficiency to two other commonly used DRR algorithms. Methods: We…”
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SU‐E‐J‐15: A GPU‐Based Monte Carlo Tool for Computing DRRs with Multiple Scattering by Jia, X, Folkerts, M, Choi, D, Majumdar, A, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: To develop a GPU‐based kV Monte Carlo (MC) simulation tool for computing CBCT x‐ray projection images including both primary and scattered photon…”
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A quantitative FLASH effectiveness model to reveal potentials and pitfalls of high dose rate proton therapy by Krieger, Miriam, Water, Steven, Folkerts, Michael M., Mazal, Alejandro, Fabiano, Silvia, Bizzocchi, Nicola, Weber, Damien C., Safai, Sairos, Lomax, Antony J.

“…Purpose In ultrahigh dose rate radiotherapy, the FLASH effect can lead to substantially reduced healthy tissue damage without affecting tumor control. Although…”
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Phosphorylation of calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II following lateral fluid percussion brain injury in rats by Folkerts, Michael M, Parks, Elizabeth A, Dedman, John R, Kaetzel, Marcia A, Lyeth, Bruce G, Berman, Robert F

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can dramatically increase levels of intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)). One consequence of increased [Ca(2+)](i) would be altered…”
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WE‐E‐BRB‐09: A GPU‐Based Monte Carlo QA Tool for IMRT and VMAT by Graves, Y, Kim, G, Folkerts, M, Teke, T, Popescu, I, Cervino, L, Tian, Z, Jia, X, Jiang, S

“…Purpose: To develop a GPU‐based Monte Carlo (MC) 3D dosimetry quality assurance (QA) tool employing patient geometry and actual delivery information. Methods:…”
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SU‐E‐J‐37: An Open Platform for 2D‐3D Image Registration Experiments by Balter, J, Long, Y, Folkerts, M, Sharp, G, Bortfeld, T, Fessler, J

“…Purpose: To provide a flexible environment for experimenting with various combinations of input images, arc length and resolution, projection geometries,…”
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