@cheryanne@aus.socialLooking forward to this tonight at ANU. Daughter is hoping to finish work in time to meet me there. She's having a bonkers week so it could be a bit iffy.
But as it's her birthday this week and Mothers' Day on Sunday, we'll find time on the weekend to eat, drink, and be merry nonetheless.
Meet the author - Antoinette Lattouf | Australian National University
@servelan@newsie.socialTuskegee University's 10 Perfect-GPA Graduates
https://www.theroot.com/amazing-meet-tuskegees-10-perfect-gpa-graduates-who-se-2000107211
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.pagePatient-specific immobilisation for radiotherapy treatment of extensive lower-limb carcinoma
Tanya Kairn (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld, Australia), Tania Poroa (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane Qld, Australia), Jenna Luscombe (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane Qld, Australia), Shaun Chan (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia), Michelle Grogan (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, Australia), Scott B. Crowe (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane Qld, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane Qld, Australia)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21331 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.21331 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.21331
arXiv:2606.21331v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: When non-melanoma skin cancers extend over large areas of skin, effective radiotherapy treatments can be delivered using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) beams with narrow segments that rotate around the affected surfaces. For lower-limb carcinoma treatments, careful immobilisation is needed to achieve the degree of reproducible and stable positioning required to ensure the narrow field segments treat the targeted tissue and avoid underlying anatomy. To meet this need, a 3D printed patient-specific foot support was created in the form of a solid box containing a deep ``footprint'', shaped to match the outline of the patient's relaxed foot when lying supine, supported by a vacuum bag. For our first patient treated with a 3D printed foot support, image guidance data and clinical notes were evaluated against corresponding information from all recent lower-leg VMAT treatments. The patient feedback was recorded as ``good'', with no complaints of discomfort or poor fit, and the proportion of treatment fractions requiring shifts greater than 5 mm after setup imaging (20\%) compared favourably to the proportions for patients without a patient-specific foot support (23\%-84\%). The patient-specific foot support was particularly useful for minimising longitudinal shifts and leg rotations. Evidently, 3D-printed patient-specific immobilisation devices have the potential to enhance positioning stability, and therefore potentially improve accuracy and effectiveness of VMAT treatments, for patients with extensive lower-limb carcinomas.
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@bici@mastodon.socialMeet the “loyal loser,” a term coined by Erica Frantz, a political scientist at Michigan State University, to describe the tendency in authoritarian regimes to promote underqualified sycophants whose career prospects are solely tied to obeying their leader. Imagine it as Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” phenomenon, but for employees who would otherwise struggle to get a job.
