Radiotherapy efficacy is often limited by normal tissue toxicity. Standard models to estimate Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP), such as Lyman-Kutcher-Burman (LKB), often rely on parameters derived from the dose-volume histograms (DVHs) which consider organs and tissues to be completely homogeneous with equal sub-volume radiation sensitivities. As a result, they neglect any potentia...

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using open-source CAD modeling software, we developed a customizable prosthetic eye model. The eye can be customized within the following parameters: shape, height, length, width, thickness, concavity, iris diameter, and pupil diameter. The customization process is user friendly, requiring numeric inputs or parametric adjustments. The final model is exported and processed...

Ceramic powder (zirconia) was mixed with binder consisting polypropylene, paraffin and stearic acid in elastic extruder. Steady and oscillatory shear flow properties of these materials in the molten state were measured on a cone-plate rheometer; parallel superposed steady and oscillatory shear flow experiments were also carried out. Moreover, flow properties at high shear rates were measured on...