Abstract BACKGROUND Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) has emerged as a viable tool for consolidation of surgery and radiation brain metastases into single episode care, but its relative novelty compared to SRS or fractionated warrants evaluation safety. While post-operative seizure risk is typically minimal with the use anti-epileptic drugs during peri-operative phase, intra-operative epilepti...

background: intra-operative radiation therapy (iort) is the transfer of a single large radiation dose to the tumor bed during surgery with the final goal of improving regional tumor control. this study aimed to investigate the safety, effectiveness and economic evaluation of intra-operative radiation therapy.   methods : the scientific literature was searched in the main biomedical databases (c...

Background: One of the main problems of dedicated IORT accelerators is to determine dosimetric characteristics of the electron beams. Monte Carlo simulation of IORT accelerator head and produced beam will be useful to improve the accuracy of beam dosimetry.Materials and Methods: Liac accelerator head was modeled using the BEAMnrcMonte Carlo simulation system. Phase-space files were generated at...

People with Dementia (PwD) exhibit Behavioral Disturbances (BD) that can be alleviated by personalized interactions, revisiting memories and promoting comfort and quality of life. However, caregivers are unable to spend a lot of time on these interactions. This work-in-progress poster details the design and deployment of a semantic Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) platform that enables persona...

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Despite the important improvements made in the fields of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal malignancies. Improved outcomes with novel chemotherapy regimes led again to increased attention on the role of localized radiotherapy, since local tumor progression causes significant morbidity and mortality in patients. Even after resection loc...

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