Search Results - "Kildea, John"

The effect of the flattening filter on photoneutron production at 10 MV in the Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator by Montgomery, Logan, Evans, Michael, Liang, Liheng, Maglieri, Robert, Kildea, John

“…Purpose Neutrons are an unavoidable by‐product of high‐energy radiation therapy treatments that deliver unwanted nontarget dose to patients. Use of…”
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Radiomics-based machine learning models to distinguish between metastatic and healthy bone using lesion-center-based geometric regions of interest by Naseri, Hossein, Skamene, Sonia, Tolba, Marwan, Faye, Mame Daro, Ramia, Paul, Khriguian, Julia, Patrick, Haley, Andrade Hernandez, Aixa X., David, Marc, Kildea, John

“…Radiomics-based machine learning classifiers have shown potential for detecting bone metastases (BM) and for evaluating BM response to radiotherapy (RT)…”
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Satisfaction among Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Institutional Experience by Di Lalla, Vanessa, Patrick, Haley, Siriani-Ayoub, Nicolas, Kildea, John, Hijal, Tarek, Alfieri, Joanne

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted oncology practices to prioritize patient safety while maintaining necessary treatment delivery. We obtained patient feedback…”
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The impact of treatment parameter variation on secondary neutron spectra in high-energy electron beam radiotherapy by Mathew, Felix, Makdessi, Georges Al, Montgomery, Logan, Evans, Michael, Kildea, John

“…•Impact of 8 electron treatment parameters on secondary neutron spectra was assessed.•Secondary neutron spectra were measured using the NNS.•The electron beam…”
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High-Accuracy Relative Biological Effectiveness Values Following Low-Dose Thermal Neutron Exposures Support Bimodal Quality Factor Response with Neutron Energy by Paterson, Laura C, Festarini, Amy, Stuart, Marilyne, Ali, Fawaz, Costello, Christie, Boyer, Chad, Rogge, Ronald, Ybarra, Norma, Kildea, John, Richardson, Richard B

“…Theoretical evaluations indicate the radiation weighting factor for thermal neutrons differs from the current International Commission on Radiological…”
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Striving to Fill in Gaps between Clinical Practice and Standards: The Evolution of a Pan-Canadian Approach to Patient-Reported Outcomes Use by Caissie, Amanda, Olson, Robert, Barbera, Lisa, O'Donnell, Jennifer, Davis, Carol-Anne, Croke, Jennifer, Bird, Louise, Kildea, John, Brown, Erika, Brundage, Michael, Milosevic, Michael

“…Despite the known importance and necessity of the standardized collection and use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), there remain challenges to successful…”
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A Scalable Radiomics- and Natural Language Processing-Based Machine Learning Pipeline to Distinguish Between Painful and Painless Thoracic Spinal Bone Metastases: Retrospective Algorithm Development and Validation Study by Naseri, Hossein, Skamene, Sonia, Tolba, Marwan, Faye, Mame Daro, Ramia, Paul, Khriguian, Julia, David, Marc, Kildea, John

“…The identification of objective pain biomarkers can contribute to an improved understanding of pain, as well as its prognosis and better management. Hence, it…”
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Information and Communication Technologies to Support the Provision of Respite Care Services: Scoping Review by Castro, Aimee R, Ould Brahim, Lydia, Chen, Qirong, Arnaert, Antonia, Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie, Moffatt, Karyn, Kildea, John, Bitzas, Vasiliki, Pang, Carolyn, Hall, Audrey-Jane, Pagnotta, Ariana, Tsimicalis, Argerie

“…Respite care is one of the most frequently requested support services by family caregivers. Yet, too often, respite care services are inaccessible, due in part…”
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Developing an mHealth Application to Coordinate Nurse-Provided Respite Care Services for Families Coping With Palliative-Stage Cancer: Protocol for a User-Centered Design Study by Castro, Aimee R, Arnaert, Antonia, Moffatt, Karyn, Kildea, John, Bitzas, Vasiliki, Tsimicalis, Argerie

“…Patients living with palliative-stage cancer frequently require intensive care from their family caregivers. Without adequate community support services,…”
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Remote Follow-up of Self-isolating Patients With COVID-19 Using a Patient Portal: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study (Opal-COVID Study) by Lessard, David, Engler, Kim, Ma, Yuanchao, Rodriguez Cruz, Adriana, Vicente, Serge, Kronfli, Nadine, Barkati, Sapha, Brouillette, Marie-Josée, Cox, Joseph, Kildea, John, Hijal, Tarek, Pomey, Marie-Pascale, Bartlett, Susan J, Asselah, Jamil, Lebouché, Bertrand

“…Background People with COVID-19 are instructed to self-isolate at home. During self-isolation, they may experience anxiety and insufficient care. Patient…”
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260 Incorporating Dna Repair Mechanisms Into a Monte Carlo Model of Dna Damage by Neutrons by Desjardins, Nicolas, Kildea, John

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A study of indirect action's impact on simulated neutron-induced DNA damage by Manalad, James, Montgomery, Logan, Kildea, John

“…The risk of radiobiological stochastic effects associated with neutrons is strongly energy dependent. Recent Monte Carlo studies simulating neutron-irradiated…”
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A Monte Carlo study on the impact of indirect action on neutron relative biological effectiveness by Manalad, James, Montgomery, Logan, Kildea, John

“…Abstract Recent Monte Carlo studies have linked the energy-dependent risk of neutron-induced stochastic effects to the relative biological effectiveness (RBE)…”
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69 Experimental Validation of a Novel Method of Dose Accumulation for the Rectum by Patrick, Haley, Poon, Emily, O’sullivan-Steben, Kayla, Kildea, John

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Technical note: rtdsm—An open‐source software for radiotherapy dose‐surface map generation and analysis by Patrick, Haley M., Kildea, John

“…Background Dose‐outcome studies in radiation oncology have historically excluded spatial information due to dose‐volume histograms being the most dominant…”
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Sci-Fri AM: Quality, Safety, and Professional Issues 06: An Evaluation of Incident Reporting and Learning using the Canadian National System for Incident Reporting – Radiation Treatment by Montgomery, Logan, Kildea, John

“…We report on the development and clinical deployment of an in-house incident reporting and learning system that implements the taxonomy of the Canadian…”
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Poster - 26: Electronic Waiting Room Management for a busy Cancer Centre by Kildea, John, Hijal, Tarek

“…We describe an electronic waiting room management system that we have developed and deployed in our cancer centre. Our system connects with our electronic…”
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Development of a passive gold-foil Nested Neutron Spectrometer to validate the active current-mode He-3 measurements in a high neutron fluence rate radiotherapy environment by Mathew, Felix, Chilian, Cornelia, Montgomery, Logan, Kildea, John

“…Nested Neutron SpectrometersTM (NNS) can be used to measure neutron fluence rate spectra under diverse circumstances with a working principle similar to Bonner…”
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Design and Development of a Person-Centered Patient Portal Using Participatory Stakeholder Co-Design by Kildea, John, Battista, John, Cabral, Briana, Hendren, Laurie, Herrera, David, Hijal, Tarek, Joseph, Ackeem

“…Patient portals are increasingly accepted as part of standard medical care. However, to date, most patient portals provide just passive access to medical data…”
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30 Retrospective Evaluation of the Effects of Interobserver Contouring Practices in Clinical Practice by Patrick, Haley, Souhami, Luis, Kildea, John

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