Max-Planck-Institut f ur extraterrestrische Physik, Garching Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney Institut f ur medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie, TU M unchen Klinik und Poliklinik f ur Dermatologie der Universit at Regensburg Fachbereich Informatik/Mathematik, Fachhochschule M unchen Lehrstuhl f ur Theoretische Informatik und Grundlagen der KI, TU M unchen ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES We propose a novel segmentation-based interpolation method to reduce the metal artifacts caused by surgical aneurysm clips. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our method consists of five steps: coarse image reconstruction, metallic object segmentation, forward-projection, projection interpolation, and final image reconstruction. The major innovations are 2-fold. First, a state-of-...

Energy intake under-reporting (UR) is a concern in nutritional epidemiological studies, as it may distort the relationships between dietary habits and health. Although UR is known to be associated with certain characteristics, few studies have investigated them in France. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of UR in French adults. UR was def...

PURPOSE To investigate dosimetric consequences of patient metal prosthesis in prostate radiotherapy, considering the body heterogeneity, metal artifacts, prostate daily displacements and target delineation. METHODS Three prostate patients with metal prosthesis were simulated with CT images and 3D ultrasound images. Conformal RT treatment plans were generated based on target volumes delineated...

ID: 8312 Title: The use of dual-energy CT images for Monte Carlo treatment planning: material extraction and metal artifact reduction Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of dual-energy CT-based material extraction (DECT) for Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculations, to evaluate metal streaking artifact reduction using DECT and to propose a novel scanning technique for motion artifacts reduction. ...

STUDY DESIGN Matched cohort. OBJECTIVE To compare the unit rod instrumentation (UR) technique with all-pedicle screw (PS) constructs in the surgical care of scoliosis in Gross Motor Function Classification System IV/V non-ambulatory spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Over the past 20 years, there has been a transition from the UR technique to the use of...

Do tej pory w języku polskim nie istniało pełne tłumaczenie najstarszego dobrze zachowanego mezopotamskiego zbioru praw, tj. praw Ur-Nammy (panującego latach 2110-2093 p.n.e.). Niniejszy artykuł prezentuje ten zbiór tłumaczeniu z języka sumeryjskiego, uwzględniając nowo opublikowane manuskrypty tego zbioru.

This paper examines the heavy metal genre as a popular form of apocalypticism, i.e., warning reminder or “premediation” potentially (large-scale) lethal crises. By confronting audience with disturbing, seemingly exaggerated scenarios disease, chaos, war, and horror, builds barriers in culture against what philosopher Günther Anders has called “apocalyptic blindness.” The genre, then, offers kin...

Bean rust, caused by Uromyces appendiculatus, is a devastating disease of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in the Americas and Africa. The historically important Ur-3 gene confers resistance to many races of the highly variable bean rust pathogen that overcome other rust resistance genes. Existing molecular markers tagging Ur-3 for use in marker-assisted selection produce false results. Here, w...