BACKGROUND The diagnostic value of indirect computed tomographic venography (CTV), following thoracic computed tomographic angiography (CTA), has not been specifically evaluated in postpartum patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. OBJECTIVES To assess the diagnostic value of CTV in postpartum venous thromboembolism. METHODS We reviewed all CTA and CTV procedures performed during the la...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To compare partial-breast clinical target volumes generated using a standard 15 mm margin (CTV(standard)) with those generated using three-dimensional surgical excision margins (CTV(tailored 30)) in women who have undergone wide local excision (WLE) for breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-five women underwent WLE with placement of clips in the anterior, deep and ...

⎯We consider the problem of scheduling a set of simultaneously available jobs on a single machine. The objective is to determine a schedule that minimizes the class-based completion time variance (CB-CTV) of the jobs while reducing the overall CTV is taken as the secondary objective. This non-regular performance measure is closely related to service stability and of practical significance in ma...

abstract hop stunt viroid (hsvd) and citrus tristeza virus (ctv) are the causal agents of most important diseases of citrus. previously we reported a novel variant of hsvd that constantly associated with the yellow corky vein disease. here, 19 individual citrus leaves with yellow corky vein symptoms were sampled for ctv by elisa. in this study, most symptomatic samples were found to be infected...

Resistance to citrus tristeza virus (CTV) was evaluated in 554 progeny of 10 populations derived from Poncirus trifoliata. A dominant gene (Ctv) controlled CTV resistance in P. trifoliata. Twenty-one dominant PCR-based DNA markers were identified as linked to Ctv by bulked segregant analysis. Of the 11 closest markers to Ctv, only 2 segregated in all populations. Ten of these markers were clone...

The emerging diversity of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) genotypes has complicated detection and diagnostic measures and prompted the search for new differentiation methods. To simplify the identification and differentiation of CTV genotypes, a multiplex reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique for the screening of CTV isolates was developed. Variable regions within the o...

PURPOSE To investigate the impact of clinical target volume (CTV) shape and size on CTV to planning target volume (PTV) margin expansion. METHODS AND MATERIALS Using numerical integration methods, margins accounting for random errors and systematic errors were calculated for CTVs of different shapes and sizes. We use k(r-95) and k(s-95) to represent the coefficients, for random errors and sys...

PURPOSE To analyze the feasibility of omitting clinical target volume (CTV) for limited small cell lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and intensity modulated radiotherapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS 89 patients were treated from January 1, 2008 to August 31, 2011, 54 cases were irradiated with target volume without CTV, and 35 cases were irradiated with CTV. Both arms were irradiated post chemo...

This study aimed to identify factors predictive of the benefit of respiratory-gated radiotherapy. Three plans were created for 25 patients with non-small cell lung cancer, simulating the following 3 treatment scenarios. Protocol 1 was non-gated and the lung dose was calculated using 4-s slow CT (PnA), protocol 2 was also non-gated and the lung dose was calculated by CT at the end-expiration pha...

PURPOSE We sought to derive and validate an interdisciplinary consensus definition for the anatomic boundaries of the postoperative clinical target volume (CTV, prostate bed). METHODS AND MATERIALS Thirty one patients who had planned for radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy were enrolled and underwent computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) simulation prior to radiotherap...