Posted on June 30th 2011
CONCLUSIONS: The VMAT plans provided adequate target dose coverage and normal organ sparing compared to helical tomotherapy plans for efficient delivery of total marrow and lymphatic irradiation. This study demonstrates that the VMAT technique could be a feasible alternative to helical tomotherapy for TMI treatment.
PMID: 21724284 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology)
Posted on June 30th 2011
The objective of the present study was to examine and compare the subtest, index, and factor scores of the Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL), using receiver-operating characteristic curves, to investigate their sensitivity and specificity to traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents. One hundred and fifty participants who had sustained TBI were compared to 150 controls matched on age and gender from the TOMAL's standardization sample. Results indicated that the greatest area under the curve (AUC) was for the Object Recall (OR) subtest score, the Composite Memory Index (CMI), and the attention factor score. The optimal CMI cutoff score for a TBI diagnosis was 83. When factor scores were compared, the attention factor and two verbal factors had significantly larger AUCs than...
Posted on June 30th 2011
Conclusion.- There was an increased prevalence of headaches in veterans with mild TBI. Most of the TBI veterans in our study group were exposed to blast injury and findings indicate that the nature of head trauma may be contributing to headaches. Findings highlight the need for developing effective headache prevention and treatment strategies for all persons with mild TBI and in particular for veterans with blast-related mild TBI.
PMID: 21762135 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Headache)
Posted on June 30th 2011
CONCLUSIONS: The VMAT plans provided adequate target dose coverage and normal organ sparing compared to helical tomotherapy plans for efficient delivery of total marrow and lymphatic irradiation. This study demonstrates that the VMAT technique could be a feasible alternative to helical tomotherapy for TMI treatment.
PMID: 21724284 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology)
Posted on June 30th 2011
In conclusion, this combination of the CDT and the TMT-B seems to be useful for early assessment of TBI patients.
PMID: 21846217 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Applied Neuropsychology)
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