... Clinical applications Imaging Characterization Radiation therapy is a regular and proven treatment option for early stage, localized prostate cancer. One of the main approaches is external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in which beams of radiation generated by a medical linear accelerator...

... manuscript received May 29, 2018; published online July 3, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Douglas Dow. 09 03 2018 29 05 2018 Clinical applications Clinical diagnostics Imaging Characterization Burn wounds are characterized according to the depth of injury. In clinical practice...

... is important for the characterization of a tumor and for improved diagnosis and treatments. In several studies retrievable in the literature, fluid transport mechanisms in the interstitial space of the tumors are incorporated in the models [ 9 , 11 – 13 ]. In other studies, the growth of the stress of residual...

.... Manuscript received January 26, 2018; final manuscript received May 3, 2018; published online June 5, 2018. Editor: Ahmed Al-Jumaily. 26 01 2018 03 05 2018 Acoustics Imaging Vibration Wave propagations Characterization Viscoelastic properties of human skin are affected...

... Characterization While some studies treat bone tissues as homogeneous materials [ 1 – 3 ], others take into consideration the bone's inhomogeneity [ 4 – 7 ]. For example, Couteau et al. [ 5 ] used homogeneous assignment for cortical bones and inhomogeneous description for cancellous bones...

... of gross visible disease, and delineate anatomy in an operative field distorted by underlying pathology. Cancer treatments Clinical diagnostics Imaging Characterization 15 09 2017 01 11 2017 Manuscript received September 15, 2017; final manuscript received November 1, 2017...

... , “ An Exact Method for Characterization of Grain Shape ,” J. Sediment. Res. , 40 (1), pp. 205–212. [17] Marino , P. , and Weiss , L. , 1988 , “ Influence of Site of Regional Ischemia on LV Cavity Shape Change in Dogs ,” Am. Physiol. Soc. , 254 , pp. H547 – H557 . [18] Azancot...

... Pain Syndrome ,” Skeletal Radiol. , 42 ( 5 ), pp. 659 – 666 . 10.1007/s00256-012-1520-4 [31] Chen , X. M. , Cui , L. G. , He , P. , Shen , W. W. , Qian , Y. J. , and Wang , J. R. , 2013 , “ Shear Wave Elastographic Characterization of Normal and Torn Achilles Tendons...

... Imaging Characterization Since the recent spread of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology and the drop in prices, a wide range of applications has been slowly emerging. One of those with major importance is in healthcare and particularly in personalized medicine. The most common 3D printing...