Browsing by Subject "Radiation"
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(2019-06-19)Department: Biomedical EngineeringBetween 2011 and 2015, approximately 121,277 malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors were diagnosed in the United States with a five year survival rate of 35.0%. Two clinical challenges that directly influence ...
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Influence of patient size on dose to female breast tissue during routine computed tomography scans (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 2008-04-21)Monte Carlo methods are well suited to the evaluation of radiation transport phenomena. The scalable phantoms employed in this project permitted rapid creation of three models of similar geometry, but different body habitus. ...
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(2011-04-07)Department: Cancer BiologyCancer targeted imaging plays an important role in cancer diagnosis. It allows us to rapidly evaluate tumor responses to certain treatments. Peptide-based imaging probes have been widely used in cancer targeted imaging. ...