Search Results - "Ma, C. M."

An in-vivo study of the combined therapeutic effects of pulsed non-thermal focused ultrasound and radiation for prostate cancer by Chen, Xiaoming, Cvetkovic, Dusica, Chen, Lili, Ma, C.-M.

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vivo combined effects of pulsed focused ultrasound (pFUS) and radiation (RT) for prostate cancer treatment…”
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Dose specification for radiation therapy: dose to water or dose to medium? by Ma, C-M, Li, Jinsheng

“…The Monte Carlo method enables accurate dose calculation for radiation therapy treatment planning and has been implemented in some commercial treatment…”
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Report of the AAPM Task Group No. 105: Issues associated with clinical implementation of Monte Carlo-based photon and electron external beam treatment planning by Chetty, Indrin J., Curran, Bruce, Cygler, Joanna E., DeMarco, John J., Ezzell, Gary, Faddegon, Bruce A., Kawrakow, Iwan, Keall, Paul J., Liu, Helen, Ma, C.-M. Charlie, Rogers, D. W. O., Seuntjens, Jan, Sheikh-Bagheri, Daryoush, Siebers, Jeffrey V.

“…The Monte Carlo (MC) method has been shown through many research studies to calculate accurate dose distributions for clinical radiotherapy, particularly in…”
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AAPM Task Group 329: Reference dose specification for dose calculations: Dose‐to‐water or dose‐to‐muscle? by Kry, Stephen F., Feygelman, Vladimir, Balter, Peter, Knöös, Tommy, Charlie Ma, C.‐M., Snyder, Michael, Tonner, Brian, Vassiliev, Oleg N.

“…Linac calibration is done in water, but patients are comprised primarily of soft tissue. Conceptually, and specified in NRG/RTOG trials, dose should be…”
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AAPM protocol for 40–300 kV x-ray beam dosimetry in radiotherapy and radiobiology by Ma, C.-M., Coffey, C. W., DeWerd, L. A., Liu, C., Nath, R., Seltzer, S. M., Seuntjens, J. P.

“…The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) presents a new protocol, developed by the Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 61, for reference…”
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Vortex-Induced Vibration Performance and Suppression Mechanism for a Long Suspension Bridge with Wide Twin-Box Girder by Ma, C. M, Wang, J. X, Li, Q. S, Qin, H, Liao, H. L

“…AbstractThis study investigates the vortex-induced vibration (VIV) behavior of a twin-box girder bridge by means of aerodynamic sectional wind tunnel test and…”
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Towards Laser Driven Hadron Cancer Radiotherapy: A Review of Progress by Ledingham, Ken, Bolton, Paul, Shikazono, Naoya, Ma, C.-M.

“…It has been known for about sixty years that proton and heavy ion therapy is a very powerful radiation procedure for treating tumors. It has an innate ability…”
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Application of a directional palladium‐103 brachytherapy device on a curved surface by Veltchev, I., Price, R., Chen, X., Howell, K., Meyer, J., Ma, C.‐M.

“…Purpose The directional planar palladium‐103 LDR device (CivaSheetTM) may be used for intraoperative implantation at the interface between the tumor site and…”
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An in‐vivo investigation of the therapeutic effect of pulsed focused ultrasound on tumor growth by Ma, C.‐M., Chen, Xiaoming, Cvetkovic, Dusica, Chen, Lili

“…Purpose: High‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been investigated for ablative therapy and drug enhancement for gene therapy and chemotherapy. The aim of…”
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A narrative review of pyrolysis and its role in ulcerative colitis by Li, J, Ma, C-M, Di, D-L

“…Cell death is one of the inevitable life activities of cells during the growth and development of the body. Regulated cell death (RCD) is a type of cell death…”
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Monte Carlo dose calculation - A QA method for srt and sbrt plans in treating multiple and small metastatic lesions by Lin, Teh, Wang, Lu, Charlie Ma, C-M

“…To provide accurate and fast 3-D dose verification for hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT/SBRT) of small and multi targets calculated with a…”
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The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75 by Murphy, Martin J., Balter, James, Balter, Stephen, BenComo, Jose A., Das, Indra J., Jiang, Steve B., Ma, C.-M., Olivera, Gustavo H., Rodebaugh, Raymond F., Ruchala, Kenneth J., Shirato, Hiroki, Yin, Fang-Fang

“…Radiographic image guidance has emerged as the new paradigm for patient positioning, target localization, and external beam alignment in radiotherapy. Although…”
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4D patient dose reconstruction using online measured EPID cine images for lung SBRT treatment validation by Lin, Mu-Han, Li, Jinsheng, Wang, Lu, Koren, Sion, Fan, Jiajing, Forkal, Eugene, Ma, C.-M.

“…Purpose: This study aims to develop an EPID-guided 4D patient dose reconstruction framework and to investigate its feasibility for lung SBRT treatment…”
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Quantitative study of focused ultrasound enhanced doxorubicin delivery to prostate tumor in vivo with MRI guidance by Chen, Xiaoming, Cvetkovic, Dusica, Ma, C.-M., Chen, Lili

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of MR-guided pulsed focused ultrasound (pFUS) for the enhancement of drug uptake in…”
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Vitamin E attenuates crystal formation in rat kidneys: Roles of renal tubular cell death and crystallization inhibitors by Huang, H.-S., Chen, J., Chen, C.-F., Ma, M.-C.

“…We previously reported that oxidative stress and renal tubular damage occur in chronic hyperoxaluric rats. However, the in vivo responses of renal epithelial…”
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Particle in cell simulation of laser-accelerated proton beams for radiation therapy by Fourkal, E., Shahine, B., Ding, M., Li, J. S., Tajima, T., Ma, C.-M.

“…In this article we present the results of particle in cell (PIC) simulations of laser plasma interaction for proton acceleration for radiation therapy…”
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Breast Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Reduces Time Spent With Acute Dermatitis for Women of All Breast Sizes During Radiation by Freedman, Gary M., M.D, Li, Tianyu, M.S, Nicolaou, Nicos, M.D, Chen, Yan, Ph.D, Ma, Charlie C.-M., Ph.D, Anderson, Penny R., M.D

“…Purpose To study the time spent with radiation-induced dermatitis during a course of radiation therapy for breast cancer in women treated with conventional or…”
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Volumetric-modulated arc therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: A dosimetric and delivery efficiency comparison with static-field IMRT by Dai, Xiaofang, Zhao, Yingchao, Liang, Zhiwen, Dassarath, Meera, Wang, Lu, Jin, Lihui, Chen, Lili, Dong, James, Price, Robert A, Ma, C.-M

“…Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the treatment plan adequacy and delivery efficiency among volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with one or…”
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Investigation of the clinical potential of scattering foil free electron beams by Eldib, Ahmed, Jin, Lihui, Li, Jinsheng, Ma, C-M Charlie

“…Electron beam therapy has been an important radiation therapy modality for many decades. Studies have been conducted recently for more efficient and advanced…”
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Volatile organic compounds exposure and cardiovascular effects in hair salons by Ma, C.-M., Lin, L.-Y., Chen, H.-W., Huang, L.-C., Li, J.-F., Chuang, K.-J.

“…Background The relationship between occupational exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and cardiovascular effects among hairdressing assistants has…”
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