Monte Carlo Method

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 3-Hydroxykynurenine and clinical symptoms in first-episode neuroleptic-naive patients with schizophrenia. 
  • A Bayesian approach for individual-level drug benefit-risk assessment. 
  • A Bayesian approach to joint analysis of multivariate longitudinal data and parametric accelerated failure time. 
  • A Bayesian growth mixture model to examine maternal hypertension and birth outcomes. 
  • A Bayesian hierarchical approach for combining case-control and prospective studies. 
  • A Bayesian model for misclassified binary outcomes and correlated survival data with applications to breast cancer. 
  • A Bayesian uncertainty analysis of cetacean demography and bycatch mortality using age-at-death data 
  • A GPU-accelerated framework for individualized estimation of organ doses in digital tomosynthesis. 
  • A GPU-accelerated framework for rapid estimation of scanner-specific scatter in CT for virtual imaging trials. 
  • A Monte Carlo and physical phantom evaluation of quantitative In-111 SPECT. 
  • A Monte Carlo based method to estimate radiation dose from multidetector CT (MDCT): cylindrical and anthropomorphic phantoms. 
  • A Monte Carlo investigation of dual-energy-window scatter correction for volume-of-interest quantification in 99Tcm SPECT. 
  • A Monte Carlo model reveals independent signaling at central glutamatergic synapses. 
  • A Monte Carlo simulation framework for electron beam dose calculations using Varian phase space files for TrueBeam Linacs. 
  • A comparison of different bivariate correlated frailty models and estimation strategies. 
  • A comparison of risk prediction methods using repeated observations: an application to electronic health records for hemodialysis. 
  • A cone beam SPECT reconstruction algorithm with a displaced center of rotation. 
  • A core-weighted fitting method for docking atomic structures into low-resolution maps: application to cryo-electron microscopy. 
  • A database of 40 patient-based computational models for benchmarking organ dose estimates in CT. 
  • A feasibility study using radiochromic films for fast neutron 2D passive dosimetry. 
  • A filtered-backprojection algorithm for fan-beam SPECT which corrects for patient motion. 
  • A gradient-directed Monte Carlo approach for protein design. 
  • A gradient-directed Monte Carlo method for global optimization in a discrete space: application to protein sequence design and folding. 
  • A method for determining multileaf collimator transmission and scatter for dynamic intensity modulated radiotherapy. 
  • A modeled economic analysis of a digital tele-ophthalmology system as used by three federal health care agencies for detecting proliferative diabetic retinopathy. 
  • A new composite model of objects for Monte Carlo simulation of radiological imaging. 
  • A novel physical anthropomorphic breast phantom for 2D and 3D x-ray imaging. 
  • A novel silicon array designed for intraoperative charged particle imaging. 
  • A pencil beam dose calculation model for CyberKnife system. 
  • A population physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model to characterize antibody disposition in pediatrics and evaluation of the model using infliximab. 
  • A predictive model of shoulder instability after a first-time anterior shoulder dislocation. 
  • A real-time Monte Carlo tool for individualized dose estimations in clinical CT. 
  • A robust Monte Carlo model for the extraction of biological absorption and scattering in vivo. 
  • A semiparametric likelihood approach to joint modeling of longitudinal and time-to-event data. 
  • A strategy for quantitative spectral imaging of tissue absorption and scattering using light emitting diodes and photodiodes. 
  • A systematic review of models to predict recruitment to multicentre clinical trials. 
  • A tale of tails: how histone tails mediate chromatin compaction in different salt and linker histone environments. 
  • A vectorized Monte Carlo code for modeling photon transport in SPECT. 
  • Accommodating the ecological fallacy in disease mapping in the absence of individual exposures. 
  • Accounting for unreported and missing intercourse in human fertility studies 
  • Adverse subpopulation regression for multivariate outcomes with high-dimensional predictors. 
  • Air kerma based dosimetry calibration for the Leksell Gamma Knife. 
  • Allovalency revisited: an analysis of multisite phosphorylation and substrate rebinding. 
  • An adapted F-test for homogeneity of variability in follow-on biological products. 
  • An angle-dependent estimation of CT x-ray spectrum from rotational transmission measurements. 
  • An anthropomorphic breast model for breast imaging simulation and optimization. 
  • An economic evaluation of prolonged mechanical ventilation. 
  • An efficient and exact stochastic simulation method to analyze rare events in biochemical systems. 
  • An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials with binary outcomes. 
  • An examination of the monophyly of morning glory taxa using Bayesian phylogenetic inference. 
  • Analysis of colorectal cancer screening regimens. 
  • Analysis of protein binding to receptor-doped lipid monolayers by Monte Carlo simulation. 
  • Analysis of uncertainties in Monte Carlo simulated organ and effective dose in chest CT: scanner- and scan-related factors. 
  • Analytical versus voxelized phantom representation for Monte Carlo simulation in radiological imaging. 
  • Anidulafungin for neonatal hematogenous Candida meningoencephalitis: identification of candidate regimens for humans using a translational pharmacological approach. 
  • Application of Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling to item-response theory modeling of multi-symptom genetic data. 
  • Artificial neural networks for single photon emission computed tomography. A study of cold lesion detection and localization. 
  • Asbestos standards: Impact of currently uncounted chrysotile asbestos fibers on lifetime lung cancer risk. 
  • Assessing agreement with repeated measures for random observers. 
  • Assessing overall risk in reproductive experiments. 
  • Assessment of individual organ doses in a realistic human phantom from neutron and gamma stimulated spectroscopy of the breast and liver. 
  • Augmented Beta rectangular regression models: A Bayesian perspective. 
  • Axillary lymph node dissection in node-positive breast cancer: are ten nodes adequate and when is enough, enough? 
  • Bayes or bootstrap? A simulation study comparing the performance of Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling and bootstrapping in assessing phylogenetic confidence. 
  • Bayesian analysis of multi-type recurrent events and dependent termination with nonparametric covariate functions. 
  • Bayesian analysis of paired survival data using a bivariate exponential distribution. 
  • Bayesian analysis of proportional hazards models built from monotone functions. 
  • Bayesian dynamic modeling of latent trait distributions. 
  • Bayesian estimation of the number of inversions in the history of two chromosomes. 
  • Bayesian inference for prevalence in longitudinal two-phase studies. 
  • Bayesian isotonic regression and trend analysis. 
  • Bayesian latent variable models for median regression on multiple outcomes. 
  • Bayesian latent variable models for mixed discrete outcomes. 
  • Bayesian methods for searching for optimal rules for timing intercourse to achieve pregnancy. 
  • Bayesian modeling of embryonic growth using latent variables. 
  • Bayesian modeling of incidence and progression of disease from cross-sectional data. 
  • Bayesian modeling of multiple lesion onset and growth from interval-censored data. 
  • Bayesian modeling of the level and duration of fertility in the menstrual cycle. 
  • Bayesian models for multivariate current status data with informative censoring. 
  • Bayesian multivariate logistic regression. 
  • Bayesian quantile regression joint models: Inference and dynamic predictions. 
  • Bayesian semi-parametric ROC analysis. 
  • Bayesian semiparametric dynamic frailty models for multiple event time data. 
  • Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: sample size and power calculation for a dietary intervention trial with episodically consumed foods. 
  • Brain phantom: high-resolution imaging with SPECT and I-123. 
  • CT breast dose reduction with the use of breast positioning and organ-based tube current modulation. 
  • Calibration inference based on multiple runs of an immunoassay. 
  • Can compression be reduced for breast tomosynthesis? Monte carlo study on mass and microcalcification conspicuity in tomosynthesis. 
  • Change point testing in logistic regression models with interaction term. 
  • Changes in protein function underlie the disease spectrum in patients with CHIP mutations. 
  • Characterization of the population pharmacokinetics of ampicillin in neonates using an opportunistic study design. 
  • Characterizing aqueous solution conformations of a peptide backbone with theoretical analysis of the Raman optical activity spectra 
  • Choice of Hemodialysis Access in Older Adults: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. 
  • Commissioning a CT-compatible LDR tandem and ovoid applicator using Monte Carlo calculation and 3D dosimetry. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Women. 
  • Comparison of 12 surrogates to characterize CT radiation risk across a clinical population. 
  • Comparison of diagnostic markers with repeated measurements: a non-parametric ROC curve approach. 
  • Comparison of patient specific dose metrics between chest radiography, tomosynthesis, and CT for adult patients of wide ranging body habitus. 
  • Competing Pathways and Multiple Folding Nuclei in a Large Multidomain Protein, Luciferase. 
  • Competition between monomeric and dimeric crystals in schematic models for globular proteins. 
  • Complexity of calcium signaling in synaptic spines. 
  • Comprehensive analysis of the Cramer-Rao bounds for magnetic resonance temperature change measurement in fat-water voxels using multi-echo imaging. 
  • Computational investigations into the origins of short-term biochemical memory in T cell activation. 
  • Computed tomography dose index and dose length product for cone-beam CT: Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics. 
  • Cone beam collimation for single photon emission computed tomography: analysis, simulation, and image reconstruction using filtered backprojection. 
  • Considerations for the implementation of target volume protocols in radiation therapy: in regard to Craig et al., IJROBP 2001;49:241-250. 
  • Convergence of the maximum likelihood reconstruction algorithm for emission computed tomography. 
  • Cost Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy versus Surveillance in BRCA Mutation Carriers with a History of Ovarian Cancer. 
  • Cost-Utility Analysis of Glaucoma Medication Adherence. 
  • Cost-benefit analysis of a hospital pharmacy bar code solution. 
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing "PARP inhibitors-for-all" to the biomarker-directed use of PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy for newly diagnosed advanced stage ovarian cancer. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of Strategies for Offering Influenza Vaccine in the Pediatric Emergency Department. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of automated external defibrillators on airlines. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with chest pain. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of opportunistic salpingectomy for ovarian cancer prevention. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of recombinant human activated protein C and the influence of severity of illness in the treatment of patients with severe sepsis. 
  • Cross-validation for linear model with unequal variances in genomic analysis. 
  • Crystallization of asymmetric patchy models for globular proteins in solution 
  • Cytomegalovirus Screening in Pregnancy: A Cost-Effectiveness and Threshold Analysis. 
  • Deconvolution of Compton scatter in SPECT. 
  • Detection of squamous cell carcinoma and corresponding biomarkers using optical spectroscopy. 
  • Determination of both mechanical and electronic shifts in cone beam SPECT. 
  • Determining VA physician requirements through empirically based models. 
  • Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Murine Model of Chronic Radiation-Induced Proctitis. 
  • Development of a multimarker assay for early detection of ovarian cancer. 
  • Development, validation, and application of a microsimulation model to predict stroke and mortality in medically managed asymptomatic patients with significant carotid artery stenosis. 
  • Diagnosis of breast cancer using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: Comparison of a Monte Carlo versus partial least squares analysis based feature extraction technique. 
  • Diagnosis of breast cancer using fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy: a Monte-Carlo-model-based approach. 
  • Differential expression analysis for RNAseq using Poisson mixed models. 
  • Dose-dependent number of implants and implications in developmental toxicity. 
  • Dosimetric characterisation of bismuth shields in CT: measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Dosimetry and microdosimetry of targeted radiotherapy. 
  • Dosimetry modeling of focused kV x-ray radiotherapy for wet age-related macular degeneration. 
  • Doubly robust estimation of causal effects. 
  • Dual-energy contrast-enhanced breast tomosynthesis: optimization of beam quality for dose and image quality. 
  • DukeSim: A Realistic, Rapid, and Scanner-Specific Simulation Framework in Computed Tomography. 
  • Dynamic docking and electron-transfer between cytochrome b5 and a suite of myoglobin surface-charge mutants. Introduction of a functional-docking algorithm for protein-protein complexes. 
  • Dynamic exchange at regulatory elements during chromatin remodeling underlies assisted loading mechanism. 
  • Economic analysis of gene expression profile data to guide adjuvant treatment in women with early-stage breast cancer. 
  • Economic evaluation of the benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity associated with air pollution. 
  • Economic outcomes with prasugrel versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndrome patients: observations from prasugrel users and matched clopidogrel users. 
  • Effect of optical clearing agents on the in vivo optical properties of squamous epithelial tissue. 
  • Effect of respiratory motion on lung counting efficiency using a 4D NURBS-based cardio-torso (NCAT) phantom. 
  • Effects of Nicotinamide and Lanthanum Carbonate on Serum Phosphate and Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 in CKD: The COMBINE Trial. 
  • Effects of protocol and obesity on dose conversion factors in adult body CT. 
  • Efficient estimation of contact probabilities from inter-bead distance distributions in simulated polymer chains. 
  • Efficient global biopolymer sampling with end-transfer configurational bias Monte Carlo. 
  • Emergence of limit-periodic order in tiling models. 
  • Energy and spatial distribution of multiple order Compton scatter in SPECT: a Monte Carlo investigation. 
  • Enhancement of transport selectivity through nano-channels by non-specific competition. 
  • Estimating data transformations in nonlinear mixed effects models. 
  • Estimating mutation parameters, population history and genealogy simultaneously from temporally spaced sequence data. 
  • Estimating radiation exposure during paediatric cardiac catheterisation: a potential for radiation reduction with air gap technique. 
  • Estimating stimulus response latency. 
  • Estimating the Societal Benefits of THA After Accounting for Work Status and Productivity: A Markov Model Approach. 
  • Estimating the parameters in the Cox model when covariate variables are measured with error. 
  • Estimation of Radiation Dose in CT Based on Projection Data. 
  • Estimation of absorbed doses from paediatric cone-beam CT scans: MOSFET measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Estimation of cell survival in tumours heated to nonuniform temperature distributions. 
  • Estimation of computed tomography dose index in cone beam computed tomography: MOSFET measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Evaluation of an electron Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm for electron beam. 
  • Evaluation of patient effective dose of neurovascular imaging protocols for C-arm cone-beam CT. 
  • Evaluation of quantitative imaging methods for organ activity and residence time estimation using a population of phantoms having realistic variations in anatomy and uptake. 
  • Evaluation of quantitative planar 90Y bremsstrahlung whole-body imaging. 
  • Evaluation of underlying mechanisms in the link between childhood ADHD symptoms and risk for early initiation of substance use. 
  • Evidence for Dual Binding Sites for 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) in Insect Sodium Channels. 
  • Experimental validation of an inverse fluorescence Monte Carlo model to extract concentrations of metabolically relevant fluorophores from turbid phantoms and a murine tumor model. 
  • Experimentally measured scatter fractions and energy spectra as a test of Monte Carlo simulations. 
  • Exposure-Response Analysis of Micafungin in Neonatal Candidiasis: Pooled Analysis of Two Clinical Trials. 
  • Extension of RPI-adult male and female computational phantoms to obese patients and a Monte Carlo study of the effect on CT imaging dose. 
  • Extension of the NCAT phantom for the investigation of intra-fraction respiratory motion in IMRT using 4D Monte Carlo. 
  • Eye dose assessment and management: overview. 
  • Factors affecting increasing radiation dose for mammography in North Carolina from 1997 through 2001: an analysis of Food and Drug Administration annual surveys. 
  • Fast modelling of the collimator-detector response in Monte Carlo simulation of SPECT imaging using the angular response function. 
  • Feasibility study of a synchronized-moving-grid (SMOG) system to improve image quality in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). 
  • Fitting semiparametric random effects models to large data sets. 
  • Fluconazole dosing for the prevention or treatment of invasive candidiasis in young infants. 
  • Frailty models with missing covariates. 
  • Free-energy landscape of mono- and dinucleosomes: Enhanced rotational flexibility of interconnected nucleosomes 
  • Fully Bayesian estimation of Gibbs hyperparameters for emission computed tomography data. 
  • Gaussian process based independent analysis for temporal source separation in fMRI. 
  • Generalizability of Subgroup Effects. 
  • Generalized dual-energy-window scatter compensation in spatially varying media for SPECT. 
  • Genetic evidence for long-term population decline in a savannah-dwelling primate: inferences from a hierarchical bayesian model. 
  • Genetic susceptibility for lung cancer: interactions with gender and smoking history and impact on early detection policies. 
  • Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015. 
  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation 
  • Heteroaggregation, transformation and fate of CeO₂ nanoparticles in wastewater treatment. 
  • Hierarchical Bayesian mixture modelling for antigen-specific T-cell subtyping in combinatorially encoded flow cytometry studies. 
  • High-dimensional variable selection in meta-analysis for censored data. 
  • How much is another randomized trial of lymph node dissection in endometrial cancer worth? A value of information analysis. 
  • Ice as a water-equivalent solid medium for brachytherapy dosimetric measurements. 
  • Imaging nanoprobe for prediction of outcome of nanoparticle chemotherapy by using mammography. 
  • Impact of a 21-gene RT-PCR assay on treatment decisions in early-stage breast cancer: an economic analysis based on prognostic and predictive validation studies. 
  • Importance sampling for the infinite sites model. 
  • Improved accuracy of apparent diffusion coefficient quantification using a fully automatic noise bias compensation method: Preliminary evaluation in prostate diffusion weighted imaging. 
  • Improved dose-volume histogram estimates for radiopharmaceutical therapy by optimizing quantitative SPECT reconstruction parameters. 
  • Improving efficiency of inferences in randomized clinical trials using auxiliary covariates. 
  • Improving the modeling of disease data from the government surveillance system: a case study on malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. 
  • In vitro and in silico analysis of annexin V binding to lymphocytes as a biomarker in emergency department sepsis studies. 
  • Independent calculation of monitor units for VMAT and SPORT. 
  • Independent sources of quantal variability at single glutamatergic synapses. 
  • Inference on treatment effects from a randomized clinical trial in the presence of premature treatment discontinuation: the SYNERGY trial. 
  • Internal-Illumination Photoacoustic Tomography Enhanced by a Graded-Scattering Fiber Diffuser. 
  • Inverse Monte Carlo as a unified reconstruction algorithm for ECT. 
  • Investigation of effect of filter on the stand-up technique for total skin irradiation by Monte Carlo simulation. 
  • Is Food Irrigated with Oilfield-Produced Water in the California Central Valley Safe to Eat? A Probabilistic Human Health Risk Assessment Evaluating Trace Metals Exposure. 
  • Joint Bayesian analysis of birthweight and censored gestational age using finite mixture models. 
  • Joint modeling of longitudinal zero-inflated count and time-to-event data: A Bayesian perspective. 
  • Joint modeling of multiple repeated measures and survival data using multidimensional latent trait linear mixed model. 
  • Joint models for toxicology studies with dose-dependent number of implantations. 
  • K channel gating by an affinity-switching selectivity filter. 
  • Kinetics of release of serotonin from isolated secretory granules. II. Ion exchange determines the diffusivity of serotonin. 
  • Lesion size quantification in SPECT using an artificial neural network classification approach. 
  • Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device as an Endometrial Cancer Prevention Strategy in Obese Women: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. 
  • Likelihoods from summary statistics: recent divergence between species. 
  • Linked Sensitivity Analysis, Calibration, and Uncertainty Analysis Using a System Dynamics Model for Stroke Comparative Effectiveness Research. 
  • Majority-biased transmission in chimpanzees and human children, but not orangutans. 
  • Making treatment effect inferences from multiple-baseline data: the utility of multilevel modeling approaches. 
  • Mapping eQTL by leveraging multiple tissues and DNA methylation. 
  • Marginalized zero-inflated Poisson models with missing covariates. 
  • Markov Chain Monte Carlo approaches to analysis of genetic and environmental components of human developmental change and G x E interaction. 
  • Maximum-likelihood spatial spectrum estimation in dynamic environments with a short maneuverable array. 
  • Medicine. A portfolio model of drug development for tuberculosis. 
  • Metabolomics of human cerebrospinal fluid identifies signatures of malignant glioma. 
  • Methodology to correct for differential misclassification. 
  • Microtubule treadmilling in vitro investigated by fluorescence speckle and confocal microscopy. 
  • Miniature spectral imaging device for wide-field quantitative functional imaging of the morphological landscape of breast tumor margins. 
  • Modeling human fertility in the presence of measurement error. 
  • Modeling the effects of a bidirectional latent predictor from multivariate questionnaire data. 
  • Mohs versus traditional surgical excision for facial and auricular nonmelanoma skin cancer: an analysis of cost-effectiveness. 
  • Molecular genetics of successful smoking cessation: convergent genome-wide association study results. 
  • Monte Carlo analysis of beam blocking grid design parameters: Scatter estimation and the importance of electron backscatter. 
  • Monte Carlo analysis of multi-layer targets for production of 15O. 
  • Monte Carlo calculation of imaging doses from diagnostic multidetector CT and kilovoltage cone-beam CT as part of prostate cancer treatment plans. 
  • Monte Carlo methods for localization of cones given multielectrode retinal ganglion cell recordings. 
  • Monte Carlo reference data sets for imaging research: Executive summary of the report of AAPM Research Committee Task Group 195. 
  • Monte Carlo simulation and molecular theory of tethered polyelectrolytes. 
  • Monte Carlo simulations of the transformation and removal of Ag, TiO2, and ZnO nanoparticles in wastewater treatment and land application of biosolids. 
  • Monte Carlo-based dosimetry of head-and-neck patients treated with SIB-IMRT. 
  • Monte Carlo-based inverse model for calculating tissue optical properties. Part I: Theory and validation on synthetic phantoms. 
  • Monte Carlo-based inverse model for calculating tissue optical properties. Part II: Application to breast cancer diagnosis. 
  • Monte-Carlo-based model for the extraction of intrinsic fluorescence from turbid media. 
  • Multidimensional latent trait linear mixed model: an application in clinical studies with multivariate longitudinal outcomes. 
  • Natural history of severe decompression sickness after rapid ascent from air saturation in a porcine model. 
  • Neural mechanisms of social decision-making in the primate amygdala. 
  • Noise characteristics for cone beam collimators: a comparison with parallel hole collimator. 
  • Non-invasive monitoring of intra-tumor drug concentration and therapeutic response using optical spectroscopy. 
  • Non-parametric estimation for the difference or ratio of median failure times for paired observations. 
  • Norwalk virus: how infectious is it? 
  • On the estimation of total variability in assay validation. 
  • On the feasibility of polyurethane based 3D dosimeters with optical CT for dosimetric verification of low energy photon brachytherapy seeds. 
  • On-axis sensitivity and resolution of a slit-slat collimator. 
  • Optimal P2Y12 Inhibitor in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Network Meta-Analysis. 
  • Optimal management of Riata leads with no known electrical abnormalities or externalization: a decision analysis. 
  • Optimal timing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation after myocardial infarction: a decision analysis. 
  • Optimization of a 90Sr/90Y radiation source train stepping for intravascular brachytherapy. 
  • Ordering in granular-rod monolayers driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium. 
  • Organ doses and cancer risk assessment in patients exposed to high doses from recurrent CT exams. 
  • Organ doses from CT localizer radiographs: Development, validation, and application of a Monte Carlo estimation technique. 
  • Origin of improved depth penetration in dual-axis optical coherence tomography: a Monte Carlo study 
  • Patient-based estimation of organ dose for a population of 58 adult patients across 13 protocol categories. 
  • Patient-specific dose estimation for pediatric chest CT. 
  • Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk estimation in CT: part I. development and validation of a Monte Carlo program. 
  • Patient-specific radiation dose and cancer risk for pediatric chest CT. 
  • Pediatric chest and abdominopelvic CT: organ dose estimation based on 42 patient models. 
  • Performance metrics of an optical spectral imaging system for intra-operative assessment of breast tumor margins. 
  • Performance of propensity score methods when comparison groups originate from different data sources. 
  • Performing cost-effectiveness analysis by integrating randomized trial data with a comprehensive decision model: application to treatment of acute ischemic stroke. 
  • Pharmacokinetics of Ceftazidime in Children and Adolescents with Obesity. 
  • Phasic and tonic coupling between EEG and EMG demonstrated with independent component analysis. 
  • Photothermal coagulation of blood vessels: a comparison of high-speed optical coherence tomography and numerical modelling. 
  • Phylogeny and evolution of medical species of Candida and related taxa: a multigenic analysis. 
  • Point mutations alter the mechanical stability of immunoglobulin modules. 
  • Population Pharmacokinetics of Cefazolin in Serum and Adipose Tissue From Overweight and Obese Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery. 
  • Population genetic inference using a fixed number of segregating sites: a reassessment. 
  • Population genetics of polymorphism and divergence under fluctuating selection. 
  • Population pharmacokinetics of fluconazole in young infants. 
  • Population pharmacokinetics of metronidazole evaluated using scavenged samples from preterm infants. 
  • Population pharmacokinetics of micafungin in neonates and young infants. 
  • Power and sample size calculations for the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test in the presence of death-censored observations. 
  • Practical Bayesian inference using mixtures of mixtures. 
  • Practical aspects of in situ 16O (gamma,n) 15O activation using a conventional medical accelerator for the purpose of perfusion imaging. 
  • Predicting population survival under future climate change: density dependence, drought and extraction in an insular bighorn sheep. 
  • Prediction of Occult Invasive Disease in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Using Deep Learning Features. 
  • Preserving the Boltzmann ensemble in replica-exchange molecular dynamics. 
  • Prevalence estimation and validation of new instruments in psychiatric research: an application of latent class analysis and sensitivity analysis. 
  • Prevalence of transcription promoters within archaeal operons and coding sequences. 
  • Propensity score weighting with multilevel data. 
  • Proper multivariate conditional autoregressive models for spatial data analysis. 
  • Prospective estimation of organ dose in CT under tube current modulation. 
  • Pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients: fetal radiation dose with helical CT. 
  • Quantitation of protein-protein interactions by thermal stability shift analysis. 
  • Quantitative determinants of aerobic glycolysis identify flux through the enzyme GAPDH as a limiting step. 
  • Quantitative physiology of the precancerous cervix in vivo through optical spectroscopy. 
  • Radiation dosimetry in digital breast tomosynthesis: report of AAPM Tomosynthesis Subcommittee Task Group 223. 
  • Radiation risk index for pediatric CT: a patient-derived metric. 
  • Random effects selection in linear mixed models. 
  • Realistic reference adult and paediatric phantom series for internal and external dosimetry. 
  • Reducing dose calculation time for accurate iterative IMRT planning. 
  • Refugial isolation and range expansions drive the genetic structure of Oxyria sinensis (Polygonaceae) in the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. 
  • Regression with a right-censored predictor using inverse probability weighting methods. 
  • Relationship between time to invasive assessment and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a patient-level analysis of the randomized early routine invasive clinical trials. 
  • Representation of strong baseline contributions in 1H MR spectra. 
  • Resolving multiple epigenetic pathways to adolescent depression. 
  • Robust Bayesian inference for multivariate longitudinal data by using normal/independent distributions. 
  • Roles of RAD6 epistasis group members in spontaneous polzeta-dependent translesion synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Scaffold proteins confer diverse regulatory properties to protein kinase cascades. 
  • Screening for bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm birth: assessing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. 
  • Search for the standard model Higgs Boson produced in association with top quarks using the full CDF data set. 
  • Semiparametric Bayesian modeling of random genetic effects in family-based association studies. 
  • Separating variability in healthcare practice patterns from random error. 
  • Some thoughts on the QR method for analytical similarity evaluation. 
  • Spatial Measures of Genetic Heterogeneity During Carcinogenesis. 
  • Spatial vision in the echinoid genus Echinometra. 
  • Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. 
  • Spermidine-Induced Attraction of Like-Charged Surfaces Is Correlated with the pH-Dependent Spermidine Charge: Force Spectroscopy Characterization. 
  • Spiral computed tomography phase-space source model in the BEAMnrc/EGSnrc Monte Carlo system: implementation and validation. 
  • Statistical analysis of genetic interactions in Tn-Seq data. 
  • Statistical genetics of an annual plant, Impatiens capensis. I. Genetic basis of quantitative variation. 
  • Strategies for analyzing multilevel cluster-randomized studies with binary outcomes collected at varying intervals of time. 
  • Stratification and weighting via the propensity score in estimation of causal treatment effects: a comparative study. 
  • Systematic errors in detecting biased agonism: Analysis of current methods and development of a new model-free approach. 
  • Technical Note: A dose calculation framework for dynamic electron arc radiotherapy (DEAR) using VirtuaLinac Monte Carlo simulation tool. 
  • Technical Note: On maximizing Cherenkov emissions from medical linear accelerators. 
  • Technical note: A fast and accurate analytical dose calculation algorithm for 125 I seed-loaded stent applications. 
  • Testing homogeneity of intra-run variance parameters in immunoassay. 
  • Testing of local gamma-ray scatter fractions determined by spectral fitting. 
  • Tests for 2 x K contingency tables with clustered ordered categorical data. 
  • Tests for inter-subject and total variabilities under crossover designs. 
  • The Monte Carlo simulation of pearl chain formation. 
  • The chronic kidney disease model: a general purpose model of disease progression and treatment. 
  • The cost effectiveness of a quality improvement program to reduce maternal and fetal mortality in a regional referral hospital in Accra, Ghana. 
  • The effect of ambient pressure on well chamber response: Monte Carlo calculated results for the HDR 1000 plus. 
  • The effect of dose heterogeneity on radiation risk in medical imaging. 
  • The effect of serial dilution error on calibration inference in immunoassay. 
  • The effect of variance function estimation on nonlinear calibration inference in immunoassay data. 
  • The effects of nucleotide substitution model assumptions on estimates of nonparametric bootstrap support. 
  • The molecular elasticity of the extracellular matrix protein tenascin. 
  • The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of micafungin in experimental hematogenous Candida meningoencephalitis: implications for echinocandin therapy in neonates. 
  • The profound effects of patient arm positioning on organ doses from CT procedures calculated using Monte Carlo simulations and deformable phantoms. 
  • The retention of recalled United States Navy nurse reservists. 
  • Therapeutic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors for established febrile neutropenia: effect on costs from a hospital perspective. 
  • Three dimensional dose distribution comparison of simple and complex acquisition trajectories in dedicated breast CT. 
  • Three-Dimensional Dosimetric Validation of a Magnetic Resonance Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy System. 
  • Toward an organ based dose prescription method for the improved accuracy of murine dose in orthovoltage x-ray irradiators. 
  • Treatment of Compton scattering in maximum-likelihood, expectation-maximization reconstructions of SPECT images. 
  • Tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular function after mitral valve surgery with or without concomitant tricuspid valve procedure. 
  • Triple vs Dual Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Twist propagation in dinucleosome arrays. 
  • Use of the landmark method to address immortal person-time bias in comparative effectiveness research: a simulation study. 
  • Using decision analysis to determine optimal experimental design for monitoring sewer exfiltration with tracers. 
  • Using optical spectroscopy to longitudinally monitor physiological changes within solid tumors. 
  • Using the detectability index to predict P300 speller performance. 
  • Validation and statistical analysis of a computer modeling method for quantitative analysis of radioligand binding data for mixtures of pharmacological receptor subtypes. 
  • Validation of the dosimetry of total skin irradiation techniques by Monte Carlo simulation. 
  • Variability in radiation dose and image quality: A comparison across fluoroscopy-system vendors, generations of equipment and institutions. 
  • Variation in Hospital Risk-Adjusted Mortality Rates Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • VirtualDose: a software for reporting organ doses from CT for adult and pediatric patients. 
  • Visible light optical spectroscopy is sensitive to neovascularization in the dysplastic cervix. 
  • Volumetric x-ray coherent scatter imaging of cancer in resected breast tissue: a Monte Carlo study using virtual anthropomorphic phantoms. 
  • Wavelength optimization for quantitative spectral imaging of breast tumor margins. 
  • [Estimation of gene-environment interaction regarding partial case-control study with missing data on gene information of the controls]. 
  • chngpt: threshold regression model estimation and inference. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
  • Colsher, James George, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology
  • Dunson, David B., Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science, Mathematics
  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology
  • Jokerst, Nan Marie, J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nicholas Institute-Energy Initiative
  • Lee, Walter T, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Radiation Oncology
  • Li, Fan, Professor of Statistical Science, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • O'Daniel, Jennifer Colleen, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology
  • Orlando, Lori Ann, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Palmer, Gregory M., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology