PRO-CON OF PROTON: DOSIMETRIC ADVANTAGES OF INTENSITY-MODULATION OVER PASSIVE SCATTER FOR THORACIC MALIGNANCIES

Pro-con of proton: Dosimetric advantages of intensity-modulation over passive scatter for thoracic malignancies

The use of passively scattered proton therapy (PSPT) or intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) opens Exotic Bird the potential for dose escalation or critical structure sparing in thoracic malignancies.While the latter offers greater dose conformality, dose distributions are subjected to greater uncertainties, especially due to interplay effects

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Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma based on ultrasound radiomics analysis

ObjectiveTo assess the utility of predictive models using ultrasound radiomic features to predict cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients.MethodsA total of 570 PTC patients were included (456 patients in the training set and 114 in the testing set).Pyradiomics was employed to extract radiomic fea

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Long Mu Qing Xin mixture improves behavioral performance in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR/NCrl) by upregulating catecholamine neurotransmitters in prefrontal cortex and striatum via DRD1/cAMP/PKA-CREB signaling pathway

BackgroundAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder in children, can be effectively alleviated by the herbal preparation Long Mu Qing Xin Mixture (LMQXM), but its mechanism has not been fully elucidated.ObjectiveTo scrutinize the potential pharmacological Whips mechanisms by which LMQXM improves behavi

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