Body Burden

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Monte Carlo based method to estimate radiation dose from multidetector CT (MDCT): cylindrical and anthropomorphic phantoms. 
  • A dose-volume-based tool for evaluating and ranking IMRT treatment plans. 
  • A technique optimization protocol and the potential for dose reduction in digital mammography. 
  • AI-guided parameter optimization in inverse treatment planning. 
  • Biological monitoring for occupational cadmium exposure: the urinary metallothionein. 
  • CT patterns of fungal pulmonary infections of the lung: comparison of standard-dose and simulated low-dose CT. 
  • CT with a computer-simulated dose reduction technique for detection of pediatric nephroureterolithiasis: comparison of standard and reduced radiation doses. 
  • CT-guided lumbar nerve root injections: are we using the correct radiation dose settings? 
  • Calculation and prediction of the effect of respiratory motion on whole breast radiation therapy dose distributions. 
  • Chronic inhalation study of fiber glass and amosite asbestos in hamsters: twelve-month preliminary results. 
  • Conventional and CT angiography in children: dosimetry and dose comparisons. 
  • Cumulative CT exposures in emergency department patients evaluated for suspected renal colic. 
  • Database of normalised computed tomography dose index for retrospective CT dosimetry. 
  • Detection of pancreatic tumors, image quality, and radiation dose during the pancreatic parenchymal phase: effect of a low-tube-voltage, high-tube-current CT technique--preliminary results. 
  • Determination of patient radiation dose during ureteroscopic treatment of urolithiasis using a validated model. 
  • Dose sculpting with generalized equivalent uniform dose. 
  • Dosimetric and radiobiologic comparison of 3D conformal versus intensity modulated planning techniques for prostate bed radiotherapy. 
  • Dosimetric characterisation of bismuth shields in CT: measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Dosimetric study using different leaf-width MLCs for treatment planning of dynamic conformal arcs and intensity-modulated radiosurgery. 
  • Dual energy versus single energy MDCT: measurement of radiation dose using adult abdominal imaging protocols. 
  • EFFECTIVE DOSE ESTIMATION FROM ORGAN DOSE MEASUREMENTS IN FAST-kV SWITCH DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. 
  • Early first trimester fetal dose estimation method in a multivendor study of 16- and 64-MDCT scanners and low-dose imaging protocols. 
  • Effect of automatic tube current modulation on radiation dose and image quality for low tube voltage multidetector row CT angiography: phantom study. 
  • Effect of patient size on radiation dose for abdominal MDCT with automatic tube current modulation: phantom study. 
  • Effects of elevated lead and cadmium burdens on renal function and calcium metabolism. 
  • Elastic image mapping for 4-D dose estimation in thoracic radiotherapy. 
  • Estimation of absorbed doses from paediatric cone-beam CT scans: MOSFET measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Estimation of computed tomography dose index in cone beam computed tomography: MOSFET measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Exposure to PBDEs in the office environment: evaluating the relationships between dust, handwipes, and serum. 
  • How many strikes does it take till we are out? 
  • Human/murine chimeric 81C6 F(ab')(2) fragment: preclinical evaluation of a potential construct for the targeted radiotherapy of malignant glioma. 
  • Impact of dust from multiple microenvironments and diet on PentaBDE body burden. 
  • In vivo calibration for quantitative retention estimation. 
  • Kerma area product method for effective dose estimation during lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures: phantom study. 
  • Long-term pulmonary responses of three laboratory rodent species to subchronic inhalation of pigmentary titanium dioxide particles. 
  • MOSFET dosimetry for radiation dose assessment of bismuth shielding of the eye in children. 
  • Malignant mesothelioma and occupational exposure to asbestos: a clinicopathological correlation of 1445 cases. 
  • Novel human IgG2b/murine chimeric antitenascin monoclonal antibody construct radiolabeled with 131I and administered into the surgically created resection cavity of patients with malignant glioma: phase I trial results. 
  • Obesity triples the radiation dose of stone protocol computerized tomography. 
  • On-line re-optimization of prostate IMRT plans for adaptive radiation therapy. 
  • Organ-based dose current modulation and thyroid shields: techniques of radiation dose reduction for neck CT. 
  • Our responsibility for medical radiation dose determinations. 
  • Patient Exposure from Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Procedures in the United States: Procedure Volume and Effective Dose for the Period 2006-2016. 
  • Patient doses in radiographic examinations in 12 countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe: initial results from IAEA projects. 
  • Patient radiation exposure tracking: worldwide programs and needs--results from the first IAEA survey. 
  • Pediatric MDCT: towards assessing the diagnostic influence of dose reduction on the detection of small lung nodules. 
  • Pediatric cardiac-gated CT angiography: assessment of radiation dose. 
  • Pharmacokinetic modeling of the lung burden from repeated inhalation of nickel aerosols. 
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioaccumulation by meiobenthic copepods inhabiting a superfund site: techniques for micromass body burden and total lipid analysis. 
  • Quantification of prostate and seminal vesicle interfraction variation during IMRT. 
  • Quantification of the whole-body burden of radiographic osteoarthritis using factor analysis. 
  • Quantitative analysis of particulate burden in lung tissue. 
  • Radiation absorbed dose estimates for [1-carbon-11]-glucose in adults: the effects of hyperinsulinemia. 
  • Radiation dose estimation for prospective and retrospective ECG-gated cardiac CT angiography in infants and small children using a 320-MDCT volume scanner. 
  • Radiation dose for body CT protocols: variability of scanners at one institution. 
  • Radiation dose for routine clinical adult brain CT: Variability on different scanners at one institution. 
  • Radiation dose from cone beam CT in a pediatric phantom: risk estimation of cancer incidence. 
  • Radiation dose savings for adult pulmonary embolus 64-MDCT using bismuth breast shields, lower peak kilovoltage, and automatic tube current modulation. 
  • Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdomen/pelvis MDCT in pediatric Crohn disease. 
  • Radiation doses from small-bowel follow-through and abdominopelvic MDCT in Crohn's disease. 
  • Radiation protection in newer imaging technologies. 
  • Radiation protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology in Asian countries: impact of an IAEA project. 
  • Radiation, CT, and children: the simple answer is ... it's complicated. 
  • Speed and convergence properties of gradient algorithms for optimization of IMRT. 
  • Studies on the inhalation toxicology of two fiberglasses and amosite asbestos in the Syrian golden hamster. Part II. Results of chronic exposure. 
  • Studies on the inhalation toxicology of two fiberglasses and amosite asbestos in the syrian golden hamster. Part I. Results of a subchronic study and dose selection for a chronic study. 
  • The effect of dose heterogeneity on radiation risk in medical imaging. 
  • Tracking patient radiation exposure: challenges to integrating nuclear medicine with other modalities. 
  • Treatment planning for prostate brachytherapy using region of interest adjoint functions and a greedy heuristic. 
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  Keywords of People

  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • O'Daniel, Jennifer Colleen, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Sampson, John Howard, Robert H., M.D. and Gloria Wilkins Professor of Neurosurgery, in the School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering
  • Wu, Qingrong, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Yoo, Sua, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology