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Kok HP, Crezee J. Validation of the implementation of phased-array heating systems in Plan2Heat. Strahlenther Onkol 2024:10.1007/s00066-024-02264-0. [PMID: 39143400 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-024-02264-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Hyperthermia treatment planning can be supportive to ensure treatment quality, provided reliable prediction of the heating characteristics (i.e., focus size and effects of phase-amplitude and frequency steering) of the device concerned is possible. This study validates the predictions made by the treatment planning system Plan2Heat for various clinically used phased-array systems. METHODS The evaluated heating systems were AMC-2, AMC-4/ALBA-4D (Med-Logix srl, Rome, Italy), BSD Sigma-30, and Sigma-60 (Pyrexar Medical, Salt Lake City, UT, USA). Plan2Heat was used for specific absorption rate (SAR) simulations in phantoms representing measurement set-ups reported in the literature. SAR profiles from published measurement data based on E‑field or temperature rise were used to compare the device-specific heating characteristics predicted by Plan2Heat. RESULTS Plan2Heat is able to predict the correct location and size of the SAR focus, as determined by phase-amplitude settings and operating frequency. Measured effects of phase-amplitude steering on focus shifts (i.e., local SAR minima or maxima) were also correctly reflected in treatment planning predictions. Deviations between measurements and simulations were typically < 10-20%, which is within the range of experimental uncertainty for such phased-array measurements. CONCLUSION Plan2Heat is capable of adequately predicting the heating characteristics of the AMC‑2, AMC-4/ALBA-4D, BSD Sigma-30, and Sigma-60 phased-array systems routinely used in clinical hyperthermia.
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- H P Kok
- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Treatment and quality of life, Cancer biology and immunology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Dept. Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Cancer Center Amsterdam, Treatment and quality of life, Cancer biology and immunology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aklan B, Gierse P, Hartmann J, Ott OJ, Fietkau R, Bert C. Influence of patient mispositioning on SAR distribution and simulated temperature in regional deep hyperthermia. Phys Med Biol 2017; 62:4929-4945. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa6b99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bardati F, Tognolatti P. Figures of merit and their bounds in radiofrequency heating by phased arrays. Int J Hyperthermia 2013; 29:169-80. [PMID: 23590360 DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2013.784813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The problem of effective power delivery to a semi-deep target by a phased array has been addressed for application to hyperthermia treatment of some tumours in the thorax. METHODS Three efficiencies have been introduced, which estimate system ability in power transfer from generators to body, from body to tumour, and from generators to tumour. They are formulated in terms of a dissipation matrix and an interference matrix. Bounds to achievable efficiencies are obtained. Further figures of merit have also been introduced. The necessary mathematics has been developed. RESULTS A numerical analysis has been carried out for a partially interdigitated planar array of resonant dipoles. Results show how the new parameters can be exploited for optimal selection of the array's degrees of freedom. CONCLUSION The figures of merit and their bounds allow comparisons between RF heating devices and provide guidelines to phased array design.
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- Fernando Bardati
- Department of Civil Engineering and Computer Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Guardia P, Di Corato R, Lartigue L, Wilhelm C, Espinosa A, Garcia-Hernandez M, Gazeau F, Manna L, Pellegrino T. Water-soluble iron oxide nanocubes with high values of specific absorption rate for cancer cell hyperthermia treatment. ACS NANO 2012; 6:3080-91. [PMID: 22494015 DOI: 10.1021/nn2048137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 423] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Iron oxide nanocrystals (IONCs) are appealing heat mediator nanoprobes in magnetic-mediated hyperthermia for cancer treatment. Here, specific absorption rate (SAR) values are reported for cube-shaped water-soluble IONCs prepared by a one-pot synthesis approach in a size range between 13 and 40 nm. The SAR values were determined as a function of frequency and magnetic field applied, also spanning technical conditions which are considered biomedically safe for patients. Among the different sizes tested, IONCs with an average diameter of 19 ± 3 nm had significant SAR values in clinical conditions and reached SAR values up to 2452 W/g(Fe) at 520 kHz and 29 kAm(-1), which is one of the highest values so far reported for IONCs. In vitro trials carried out on KB cancer cells treated with IONCs of 19 nm have shown efficient hyperthermia performance, with cell mortality of about 50% recorded when an equilibrium temperature of 43 °C was reached after 1 h of treatment.
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- Pablo Guardia
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Leybovich LB, Myerson RJ, Emami B, Straube WL. Author's reply. Int J Hyperthermia 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/02656739209037993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fatehi D, van Rhoon GC. SAR characteristics of the Sigma-60-Ellipse applicator. Int J Hyperthermia 2009; 24:347-56. [DOI: 10.1080/02656730701832326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Lamprecht U, Gromoll C, Hehr T, Buchgeister M, Bamberg M. An on-line phase measurement system for quality assurance of the BSD 2000. Part II: results of the phase measurement system. Int J Hyperthermia 2000; 16:365-73. [PMID: 10949132 DOI: 10.1080/02656730050074122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Phase constancy and accuracy are significant for regional hyperthermia with phased array radiofrequency hyperthermia systems. They are both necessary for a precise target steering in therapy. For the BSD 2000 system (BSD Medical Corp. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA), the phase values of all channels are checked with a self-developed automatic on-line phase measurement system. On different days the phases are measured under identical conditions, where the output paths are cut off with 50 ohm dummy loads to suppress the influence of the radiation conditions of the antennae on the measurement values. The results show how the phase values of the four channels change in the first 30 min and from day to day. During this time interval after the start the phases drop down by up to 15 degrees. For the time later changes are very slight and the differences from day to day are negligible. The phase shift that occurs in the first 30 min is as high as a change of the target point by 1 cm. Earlier switching on of the amplifiers prevents this shift occurring during the treatment. The measurement system provides a good tool for determination of phase accuracy and is easy to realize.
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- U Lamprecht
- Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Wust P, Fähling H, Helzel T, Kniephoff M, Wlodarczyk W, Mönich G, Felix R. Design and test of a new multi-amplifier system with phase and amplitude control. Int J Hyperthermia 1998; 14:459-77. [PMID: 9789770 DOI: 10.3109/02656739809018248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The clinical relevance of the radiofrequency regional hyperthermia (RF-RHT) as an adjuvant cancer therapy grows continuously. Simulation studies for optimization of RF-RHT based on the annular phased array systems have shown a significant improvement of power deposition patterns with increasing number of channels. However, this probably requires higher phase accuracy and amplitude stability than are provided by presently used clinical systems, e.g. BSD-2000. Measurements performed on the BSD-200 electronic revealed phase inaccuracies up to +/- 20 degrees and errors in the power registration of +/- 20 W (up to +/- 50 W in the low power range). These errors are further enhanced by the mismatching of the external load (antenna applicator) and thermal instabilities. To achieve the required phase accuracy and long-term stability in the prototype of a new amplifier system, single-sideband (SSB) mixing in combination with direct digital synthesizers (DDS), in-phase and quadrature-phase (IQ) processing and phase-lock loop (PLL) were used. In the DDS's the actual phase of the output signal of each channel is calculated in real-time. No analogue control loop is involved that may cause thermal offset or drift problems. Each DDS operates at a low intermediate frequency (IF) of 1 MHz. To transform the phase information of this IF signal into the desired RF band, SSB mixing-up is performed. A second frequency source, operating as a local oscillator (LO) in the RF band, is required for this technique. Also, the frequency adjustment of the desired RF signal is performed in the LO. These phase and frequency adjustment units are followed by the high efficiency AB-class solid state amplifier unit. The phase and power level stability of the amplifier are controlled by means of digital PLL structures in conjunction with look-up tables. For this control test signals are coupled out by means of directional couplers. The phase control is based on very sensitive phase comparison. These digital control loops are programmable and allow the implementation of different control algorithms. The achieved long-term accuracy (95% confidence interval) is +/- 1-3 W for output power levels ranging from 10-100 W, and +/- 1 degree for phase differences between each channel and a reference signal at a constant power level, and +/- 1.5 degrees for phase difference values at variable power levels between 10-100 W. In conclusion, the new amplifier system is smaller and more efficient than presently available commercial systems.
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- P Wust
- Department of Radiology, Charité Medical School-Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany
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Sathiaseelan V, Mittal BB, Fenn AJ, Taflove A. Recent advances in external electromagnetic hyperthermia. Cancer Treat Res 1998; 93:213-45. [PMID: 9513783 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5769-2_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- V Sathiaseelan
- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
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Hornsleth SN, Frydendal L, Mella O, Dahl O, Raskmark P. Quality assurance for radiofrequency regional hyperthermia. Int J Hyperthermia 1997; 13:169-85. [PMID: 9147144 DOI: 10.3109/02656739709012381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Today most treatments with regional hyperthermia are applied using radiofrequency systems with 'focus' steering by amplitude and phase control. This paper deals with quality assurance procedures developed to ensure controlled and safe treatments in such systems. Our results show how the deviations between requested and observed phase and amplitude vary with frequency, and how these deviations depend on both the geometry of the object (phantom) inside the system and the power level applied. The results also indicate that the investigated systems' internal quality assurance procedures were inadequate and that additional procedures should be applied. Since the system parameters depend on patient and treatment specific conditions it is concluded that there is a need for QA measurements before or during treatment. This paper deals specifically with the commercial BSD-2000 system from BSD Medical Corp. in Salt Lake City, Utah, as installed in Bergen, but the procedure outlined can be applied to other phase and amplitude-controlled RF-RHT systems with only minimal adjustments.
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- S N Hornsleth
- Department of Radiophysics, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Nussbaum GH, Sidi J, Dipalma M, Adam R, Ghnassia MD, Navarro P, Hand JW, Nagi M, Rotarsky M, Plaza NP, Ionescu-Goga M, Morel P, Alhomme P, Vannetzel JM, Bismuth H, Jasmin C. Production and manipulation of elevated temperatures in pig abdomen with a three-electrode capacitive heating device. Int J Hyperthermia 1996; 12:421-30. [PMID: 9044909 DOI: 10.3109/02656739609022528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The ability of a three-electrode capacitive heating device operating at 13.56 MHz to produce and effect spatial redistribution of hyperthermic temperatures is demonstrated through abdominal heating studies conducted with 80 kg female and 65 kg male pigs. Temperature-time profiles over the respective heating periods were obtained in anterior and posterior superficial tissue and in selected abdominal organs. At selected times during heating, spatial redistribution of elevated temperatures was effected through adjustment of power settings for one or more of the three electrodes, i.e. through manipulation of the specific absorption rate (SAR) in-vivo.
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- G H Nussbaum
- Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Wust P, Meier T, Seebass M, Fähling H, Petermann K, Felix R. Noninvasive prediction of SAR distributions with an electro-optical E field sensor. Int J Hyperthermia 1995; 11:295-310. [PMID: 7790742 DOI: 10.3109/02656739509022464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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An integrated electro-optical (eo) E field sensor is developed on the basis of a Ti:LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A measuring device based on the lock-in principle is introduced to register the E field in phase and amplitude using this E field probe. Segmented electrodes are used to minimize influences from the dielectric surroundings on the base point capacitance of the receiving dipole. The operating point is stabilized against drift phenomena resulting from optical damage and pyroelectric effect. Sensitivity, dynamic range, harmonic distortions and mechanical properties of a prototype of this electro-optical E field sensor are evaluated. A phantom setup in the SIGMA-60 applicator was developed to test this electro-optical sensor for hyperthermia applications. Power deposition patterns of various standard adjustments of the SIGMA ring are visualized in an elliptical lamp phantom. Simultaneously, E field in phase and amplitude is determined on a closed curve in 10 degrees steps around the phantom in a substitute bolus. The numbers are stored and utilized as boundary conditions in a two-dimensional finite elements code which calculates the SAR distribution on an appropriate triangular grid inside the closed curve. An excellent qualitative agreement is obtained between visualized and calculated SAR patterns. This novel measurement method is therefore suitable for noninvasive monitoring of SAR patterns during clinical application of regional radiofrequency hyperthermia.
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- P Wust
- Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG
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Straube WL, Moros EG, Myerson RJ. Phase stability of a clinical phased array system for deep regional hyperthermia. Int J Hyperthermia 1995; 11:87-93. [PMID: 7714373 DOI: 10.3109/02656739509004950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Measurements were performed on the amplifiers of a phased array system to evaluate the dependence of phase on frequency. The power from the amplifiers was terminated into a 50 ohm load at the point of connection to the antennas of the applicator, and the power was sampled to determine the phase relation between amplifier channels. It was found that the measured phase difference between two amplifier channels can: (1) change by as much as 20 degrees with frequency; (2) be as much as 12 degrees different than the prescribed phase; and (3) be as much as 30 degrees different than the phase measured and displayed by the system. Previous studies indicate that in order to accurately plan and deliver treatments with this type of device, it is necessary to know the phase relationship of the array to within at least 20 degrees. Since the differences as great as 20 degrees were obtained under ideal loading conditions, greater differences could result during normal (clinical) loading conditions, and these may not be compensated by the operator because of the inaccurate values reported by the system itself. These findings should be of concern to investigators using these devices since they could result in SAR distributions different from those planned and/or optimized for a particular patient. It is therefore recommended that the measurements such as those reported here also be performed on similar clinical devices as a standard quality assurance procedure so that the power steering capabilities of these systems can be utilized effectively and safely.
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- W L Straube
- Washington University School of Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Radiation Oncology Center, St Louis, MO 63110
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Schneider CJ, van Dijk JD, De Leeuw AA, Wust P, Baumhoer W. Quality assurance in various radiative hyperthermia systems applying a phantom with LED matrix. Int J Hyperthermia 1994; 10:733-47. [PMID: 7806928 DOI: 10.3109/02656739409022451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The Amsterdam phantom with LED-matrix is applied as an instrument in testing the performance of four types of radiative deep-body hyperthermia systems, which are in clinical use in Germany and The Netherlands. The devices tested were Essen's BSD-1000, Berlin's BSD-2000, Utrecht's Coaxial TEM applicator and Amsterdam's Four-waveguide-array. Photographs were taken of the matrix of dipoles loaded with light-emitting diodes (LED) to visualize the distribution of the RF power deposition or specific absorption rate (SAR) in the aperture midplane. The utility of the phantom with LED matrix for various types of radiative hyperthermia systems is demonstrated. Within this preliminary study, the influence of important parameters on the SAR-pattern in the aperture midplane was demonstrated. After corrections on the phase relation of the applicators a central focus in the SAR distribution could be realized in all systems and could also be moved in any direction. The patterns of the central focus changed in its absolute values and its proportions depending on the relative relations of phase and amplitude of the lateral applicators with respect to the top and bottom applicator. Frequency dependency was recognized for the central focus of the BSD-1000 as well as for the irradiation pattern of a single applicator for the BSD-2000. In the Coaxial TEM applicator it was demonstrated that the dimension of the open water bolus influenced the absolute value of SAR in the aperture midplane.
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- C J Schneider
- Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Raskmark P, Larsen T, Hornsleth SN. Multi-applicator hyperthermia system description using scattering parameters. Int J Hyperthermia 1994; 10:143-51. [PMID: 8144985 DOI: 10.3109/02656739409009339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Hyperthermia systems using electromagnetic phased arrays have often been investigated from a SAR distribution point of view. One of the problems in these systems is that the achieved SAR distribution is different from the intended one because of changes in the generator signals due to mutual coupling between applications. The use of circuit theory and S-parameters in the description of an N-applicator phased array system is introduced in this paper, and a compact matrix equation giving excitation as a function of generator signals is derived. Measurement of the S-parameters is discussed using a phased array deep heating system (Danish Hyperthermia Foundation (DHF)) as an example. In a phantom experiment a significant improvement in the SAR distribution is demonstrated when the developed method is applied.
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- P Raskmark
- Aalborg University, Department of Communication Technology, Denmark
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Raskmark P, Larsen T, Hornsleth SN. BSD 2000 multi-applicator hyperthermia system using scattering- or S-parameters. Int J Hyperthermia 1992; 8:555-60. [PMID: 1402134 DOI: 10.3109/02656739209037992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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