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Ito Y, Takeda S, Nakajima T, Oyama A, Takeshita H, Miki K, Takami Y, Takeya Y, Shimamura M, Rakugi H, Morishita R. High-Fat Diet-Induced Diabetic Conditions Exacerbate Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease Via a Specific Tau Phosphorylation Pattern. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2024; 11:138-148. [PMID: 38230726 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2023.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Epidemiological evidence has demonstrated a clear association between diabetes mellitus and increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cerebral accumulation of phosphorylated tau aggregates, a cardinal neuropathological feature of AD, is associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Clinical and experimental studies indicate that diabetes mellitus affects the development of tau pathology; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unknown. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we used a unique diabetic AD mouse model to investigate the changes in tau phosphorylation patterns occurring in the diabetic brain. DESIGN Tau-transgenic mice were fed a high-fat diet (n = 24) to model diabetes mellitus. These mice developed prominent obesity, severe insulin resistance, and mild hyperglycemia, which led to early-onset neurodegeneration and behavioral impairment associated with the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau aggregates. RESULTS Comprehensive phosphoproteomic analysis revealed a unique tau phosphorylation signature in the brains of mice with diabetic AD. Bioinformatic analysis of the phosphoproteomics data revealed putative tau-related kinases and cell signaling pathways involved in the interaction between diabetes mellitus and AD. CONCLUSION These findings offer potential novel targets that can be used to develop tau-based therapies and biomarkers for use in AD.
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- Y Ito
- Shuko Takeda, MD, PhD and Ryuichi Morishita, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Gene Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan, Tel: 81-6-6210-8351, Fax: 81-6-6210-8354, and
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Kondo Y, Achouri NL, Falou HA, Atar L, Aumann T, Baba H, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Calvet D, Chae H, Chiga N, Corsi A, Delaunay F, Delbart A, Deshayes Q, Dombrádi Z, Douma CA, Ekström A, Elekes Z, Forssén C, Gašparić I, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Hagen G, Harakeh MN, Hirayama A, Hoffman CR, Holl M, Horvat A, Horváth Á, Hwang JW, Isobe T, Jiang WG, Kahlbow J, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kawase S, Kim S, Kisamori K, Kobayashi T, Körper D, Koyama S, Kuti I, Lapoux V, Lindberg S, Marqués FM, Masuoka S, Mayer J, Miki K, Murakami T, Najafi M, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nakatsuka N, Nilsson T, Obertelli A, Ogata K, de Oliveira Santos F, Orr NA, Otsu H, Otsuka T, Ozaki T, Panin V, Papenbrock T, Paschalis S, Revel A, Rossi D, Saito AT, Saito TY, Sasano M, Sato H, Satou Y, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Shikata M, Shimizu N, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Sohler D, Sorlin O, Stuhl L, Sun ZH, Takeuchi S, Tanaka M, Thoennessen M, Törnqvist H, Togano Y, Tomai T, Tscheuschner J, Tsubota J, Tsunoda N, Uesaka T, Utsuno Y, Vernon I, Wang H, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Yoneda K, Yoshida S. Publisher Correction: First observation of 28O. Nature 2023; 623:E13. [PMID: 37935927 PMCID: PMC10665181 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06815-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Y Kondo
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan.
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Lebanese-French University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Deddeh, Lebanon
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Atomki, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Liberal and General Education Center, Institute for Promotion of Higher Academic Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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Matsuki T, Yanagi H, Koba T, Aso H, Sakaguchi S, Ito S, Kouyama K, Furuta K, Miyazaki A, Sumitani H, Yokoyama M, Miyamoto S, Fukai M, Hashimoto K, Nii T, Hashimoto H, Fukushima K, Tsujino K, Miki K, Kida H, Kumanogoh A. Comparing the MiniBox™ and the Chestac-8900 ® for pulmonary function testing. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2023; 27:709-711. [PMID: 37608481 PMCID: PMC10443784 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.23.0212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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- T Matsuki
- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Osaka
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- ASTEM Incorporation, Saga
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Osaka
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Osaka
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Osaka
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- Departments of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Osaka
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Departments of Respiratory Medicine, and
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kondo Y, Achouri NL, Falou HA, Atar L, Aumann T, Baba H, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Calvet D, Chae H, Chiga N, Corsi A, Delaunay F, Delbart A, Deshayes Q, Dombrádi Z, Douma CA, Ekström A, Elekes Z, Forssén C, Gašparić I, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Hagen G, Harakeh MN, Hirayama A, Hoffman CR, Holl M, Horvat A, Horváth Á, Hwang JW, Isobe T, Jiang WG, Kahlbow J, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kawase S, Kim S, Kisamori K, Kobayashi T, Körper D, Koyama S, Kuti I, Lapoux V, Lindberg S, Marqués FM, Masuoka S, Mayer J, Miki K, Murakami T, Najafi M, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nakatsuka N, Nilsson T, Obertelli A, Ogata K, de Oliveira Santos F, Orr NA, Otsu H, Otsuka T, Ozaki T, Panin V, Papenbrock T, Paschalis S, Revel A, Rossi D, Saito AT, Saito TY, Sasano M, Sato H, Satou Y, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Shikata M, Shimizu N, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Sohler D, Sorlin O, Stuhl L, Sun ZH, Takeuchi S, Tanaka M, Thoennessen M, Törnqvist H, Togano Y, Tomai T, Tscheuschner J, Tsubota J, Tsunoda N, Uesaka T, Utsuno Y, Vernon I, Wang H, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Yoneda K, Yoshida S. First observation of 28O. Nature 2023; 620:965-970. [PMID: 37648757 PMCID: PMC10630140 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06352-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
Abstract
Subjecting a physical system to extreme conditions is one of the means often used to obtain a better understanding and deeper insight into its organization and structure. In the case of the atomic nucleus, one such approach is to investigate isotopes that have very different neutron-to-proton (N/Z) ratios than in stable nuclei. Light, neutron-rich isotopes exhibit the most asymmetric N/Z ratios and those lying beyond the limits of binding, which undergo spontaneous neutron emission and exist only as very short-lived resonances (about 10-21 s), provide the most stringent tests of modern nuclear-structure theories. Here we report on the first observation of 28O and 27O through their decay into 24O and four and three neutrons, respectively. The 28O nucleus is of particular interest as, with the Z = 8 and N = 20 magic numbers1,2, it is expected in the standard shell-model picture of nuclear structure to be one of a relatively small number of so-called 'doubly magic' nuclei. Both 27O and 28O were found to exist as narrow, low-lying resonances and their decay energies are compared here to the results of sophisticated theoretical modelling, including a large-scale shell-model calculation and a newly developed statistical approach. In both cases, the underlying nuclear interactions were derived from effective field theories of quantum chromodynamics. Finally, it is shown that the cross-section for the production of 28O from a 29F beam is consistent with it not exhibiting a closed N = 20 shell structure.
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- Y Kondo
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan.
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Lebanese-French University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Deddeh, Lebanon
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR, Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Atomki, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- ESRIG, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- LPC Caen UMR6534, Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
- Center for Exotic Nuclear Studies, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Liberal and General Education Center, Institute for Promotion of Higher Academic Education, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, Japan
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Mori K, Sasaki H, Urabe F, Honda M, Yanagisawa T, Aoki M, Miki K, Shariat S, Kimura T. Radical prostatectomy versus high-dose-rate brachytherapy and hypo-fractionated external beam radiation combined with long-term androgen deprivation for high-risk prostate cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)02507-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Babier A, Mahmood R, Zhang B, Alves VGL, Barragán-Montero AM, Beaudry J, Cardenas CE, Chang Y, Chen Z, Chun J, Diaz K, Eraso HD, Faustmann E, Gaj S, Gay S, Gronberg M, Guo B, He J, Heilemann G, Hira S, Huang Y, Ji F, Jiang D, Giraldo JCJ, Lee H, Lian J, Liu S, Liu KC, Marrugo J, Miki K, Nakamura K, Netherton T, Nguyen D, Nourzadeh H, Osman AFI, Peng Z, Muñoz JDQ, Ramsl C, Rhee DJ, Rodriguez JD, Shan H, Siebers JV, Soomro MH, Sun K, Hoyos AU, Valderrama C, Verbeek R, Wang E, Willems S, Wu Q, Xu X, Yang S, Yuan L, Zhu S, Zimmermann L, Moore KL, Purdie TG, McNiven AL, Chan TCY. OpenKBP-Opt: an international and reproducible evaluation of 76 knowledge-based planning pipelines. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67:10.1088/1361-6560/ac8044. [PMID: 36093921 PMCID: PMC10696540 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Objective.To establish an open framework for developing plan optimization models for knowledge-based planning (KBP).Approach.Our framework includes radiotherapy treatment data (i.e. reference plans) for 100 patients with head-and-neck cancer who were treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy. That data also includes high-quality dose predictions from 19 KBP models that were developed by different research groups using out-of-sample data during the OpenKBP Grand Challenge. The dose predictions were input to four fluence-based dose mimicking models to form 76 unique KBP pipelines that generated 7600 plans (76 pipelines × 100 patients). The predictions and KBP-generated plans were compared to the reference plans via: the dose score, which is the average mean absolute voxel-by-voxel difference in dose; the deviation in dose-volume histogram (DVH) points; and the frequency of clinical planning criteria satisfaction. We also performed a theoretical investigation to justify our dose mimicking models.Main results.The range in rank order correlation of the dose score between predictions and their KBP pipelines was 0.50-0.62, which indicates that the quality of the predictions was generally positively correlated with the quality of the plans. Additionally, compared to the input predictions, the KBP-generated plans performed significantly better (P< 0.05; one-sided Wilcoxon test) on 18 of 23 DVH points. Similarly, each optimization model generated plans that satisfied a higher percentage of criteria than the reference plans, which satisfied 3.5% more criteria than the set of all dose predictions. Lastly, our theoretical investigation demonstrated that the dose mimicking models generated plans that are also optimal for an inverse planning model.Significance.This was the largest international effort to date for evaluating the combination of KBP prediction and optimization models. We found that the best performing models significantly outperformed the reference dose and dose predictions. In the interest of reproducibility, our data and code is freely available.
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- Aaron Babier
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Vector Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Shenying Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Taiwan AI Labs, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department Of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation (MAIA) Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America
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- Studio Vodels, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, National University of Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department Computer Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Shenying Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Anhui University, Hefei, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States of America
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- Tencent AI Lab, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States of America
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- Faculty of Health, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
- Competence Center for Preclinical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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- Radiation Medicine Program, UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Medicine Program, UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Vector Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Urabe F, Kimura T, Sasaki H, Iwatani K, Aikawa K, Tashiro K, Tsutsumi Y, Morikawa M, Sato S, Takahashi H, Aoki M, Miki K, Egawa S. Comparison between long-term outcomes of low-dose-rate brachytherapy and radical prostatectomy in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Propensity match scoring analysis. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)01031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kusters M, Miki K, Bouwmans L, Bzdusek K, van Kollenburg P, Smeenk RJ, Monshouwer R, Nagata Y. Evaluation of two independent dose prediction methods to personalize the automated radiotherapy planning process for prostate cancer. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 2022; 21:24-29. [PMID: 35146138 PMCID: PMC8819373 DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2022.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Currently, automatic approaches for radiotherapy planning are widely used, however creation of high quality treatment plans is still challenging. In this study, two independent dose prediction methods were used to personalize the initial settings for the automated planning template for optimizing prostate cancer treatment plans. This study evaluated the dose metrics of these plans comparing both methods with the current clinical automated prostate cancer treatment plans. Material and methods Datasets of 20 high-risk prostate cancer treatment plans were taken from our clinical database. The prescription dose for these plans was 70 Gy given in fractions of 2.5 Gy. Plans were replanned using the current clinical automated treatment and compared with two personalized automated planning methods. The feasibility dose volume histogram (FDVH) and modified filter back projection (mFBP) methods were used to calculate independent dose predictions. Parameters for the initial objective values of the planning template were extracted from these predictions and used to personalize the optimization of the automated planning process. Results The current automated replanned clinical plans and the automated plans optimized with the personalized template methods fulfilled the clinical dose criteria. For both methods a reduction in the average mean dose of the rectal wall was found, from 22.5 to 20.1 Gy for the FDVH and from 22.5 to 19.6 Gy for the mFBP method. Conclusions With both dose-prediction methods the initial settings of the template could be personalized. Hereby, the average dose to the rectal wall was reduced compared to the standard template method.
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Browne F, Chen S, Doornenbal P, Obertelli A, Ogata K, Utsuno Y, Yoshida K, Achouri NL, Baba H, Calvet D, Château F, Chiga N, Corsi A, Cortés ML, Delbart A, Gheller JM, Giganon A, Gillibert A, Hilaire C, Isobe T, Kobayashi T, Kubota Y, Lapoux V, Liu HN, Motobayashi T, Murray I, Otsu H, Panin V, Paul N, Rodriguez W, Sakurai H, Sasano M, Steppenbeck D, Stuhl L, Sun YL, Togano Y, Uesaka T, Wimmer K, Yoneda K, Aktas O, Aumann T, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Chung LX, Flavigny F, Franchoo S, Gasparic I, Gerst RB, Gibelin J, Hahn KI, Holl M, Kahlbow J, Kim D, Körper D, Koiwai T, Kondo Y, Koseoglou P, Lee J, Lehr C, Linh BD, Lokotko T, MacCormick M, Miki K, Moschner K, Nakamura T, Park SY, Rossi D, Sahin E, Schindler F, Simon H, Söderström PA, Sohler D, Takeuchi S, Törnqvist H, Tscheuschner J, Vaquero V, Wagner V, Wang S, Werner V, Xu X, Yamada H, Yan D, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Zanetti L. Pairing Forces Govern Population of Doubly Magic ^{54}Ca from Direct Reactions. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:252501. [PMID: 34241497 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.252501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Direct proton-knockout reactions of ^{55}Sc at ∼220 MeV/nucleon were studied at the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. Populated states of ^{54}Ca were investigated through γ-ray and invariant-mass spectroscopy. Level energies were calculated from the nuclear shell model employing a phenomenological internucleon interaction. Theoretical cross sections to states were calculated from distorted-wave impulse approximation estimates multiplied by the shell model spectroscopic factors, which describe the wave function overlap of the ^{55}Sc ground state with states in ^{54}Ca. Despite the calculations showing a significant amplitude of excited neutron configurations in the ground-state of ^{55}Sc, valence proton removals populated predominantly the ground state of ^{54}Ca. This counterintuitive result is attributed to pairing effects leading to a dominance of the ground-state spectroscopic factor. Owing to the ubiquity of the pairing interaction, this argument should be generally applicable to direct knockout reactions from odd-even to even-even nuclei.
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- F Browne
- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam 999077, Hong Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan
- Department of Physics, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- IPN Orsay, CNRS and Univiersité Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, Facultad de Ciencias, Departmento de Física, Bogotá 111321, Colombia
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Bogotá, Colombia
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Science & Technology, VINATOM, P.O. Box 5T-160, Nghia Do, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- IPN Orsay, CNRS and Univiersité Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- IPN Orsay, CNRS and Univiersité Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54,10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 Caen, France
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- Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam 999077, Hong Kong
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Science & Technology, VINATOM, P.O. Box 5T-160, Nghia Do, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam 999077, Hong Kong
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- IPN Orsay, CNRS and Univiersité Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
- Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Atomki, P.O. Box 51, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam 999077, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Akisada N, Nishimoto K, Takao S, Gion Y, Marunaka H, Tachibana T, Makino T, Miki K, Akagi Y, Tsumura M, Toji T, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Orita Y, Sato Y. Correction to: PD-L1 expression in tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Med Mol Morphol 2020; 54:68. [PMID: 33315143 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-020-00270-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Naoki Akisada
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama Red Cross Hospital, Okayama, 700-8607, Japan.,Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, 670-8540, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, 701-1192, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Miki K, Kusters M, Nakashima T, Saito A, Kawahara D, Nishibuchi I, Kimura T, Murakami Y, Nagata Y. Evaluation of optimization workflow using custom-made planning through predicted dose distribution for head and neck tumor treatment. Phys Med 2020; 80:167-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Yanaka K, Akahori H, Imanaka T, Miki K, Yoshihara N, Kimura T, Tanaka T, Asakura M, Ishihara M. Impact of lipoprotein(a) levels on angiographic severity of femoropopliteal lesions. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
High lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels are a risk factor for peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, the association between Lp(a) levels and angiographic severity of PAD has not been systematically studied.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of Lp(a) levels on angiographic severity of femoropopliteal lesions in patients with PAD.
Methods
We retrospectively analyzed a single-center database including 108 patients (74±8 years, 69% male) who underwent endovascular therapy for de novo femoropopliteal lesions and measured Lp(a) levels before therapy between June 2016 and September 2019. Patients were divided into low Lp(a) [LP(a) <30 mg/dL; 77 patients] and high Lp(a) [LP(a) ≥30 mg/dL; 31 patients] groups. Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) II classification, calcification [referring to peripheral arterial calcium scoring system (PACSS) classification] and lesion length were compared between the groups.
Results
Median Lp(a) was 16 (7–31) mg/dL.The prevalence of TASC II class D (13% vs 38%, P<0.01) and severe calcification (PACSS 4) (6% vs 23%, P=0.02) was significantly higher and lesion length was longer (123±88 mm vs 175±102 mm, P<0.01) in the high Lp(a) group than in the low Lp(a) group.(Table and Figure) In multivariate analysis, Lp(a)≥30 was an independent predictor for TASC II class D (HR=3.67, P=0.02) and PACSS 4 (HR=4.97, P=0.02) prevalence.
Conclusion
Lp(a) was associated with angiographic severity of femoropopliteal lesions in patients with PAD.
Comparison of angiographic severity
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- K Yanaka
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Koakutsu M, Miki K, Naka Y, Sasaki M, Napier S, Nishimoto T, Yoshida Y. Differential expression levels of CD151 enable enrichment of atrial cardiomyocytes derived from human induced-pluripotent stem cell. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
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Introduction
Human iPSCs-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSCs-CMs) are heterogeneous populations that contain ventricular-like CMs (VCMs), atrial-like CMs (ACMs) and pacemaker cells. Isolation of pure populations of each hiPSCs-CM subtype corresponding to the target regions of the heart enables effective drug screening process and stable engraftment of hiPSCs-CMs (e.g. ventricular cardiomyocytes without impurities).
Purpose
Atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes develop from distinct mesoderm populations, and many of different genes are expressed between two subtypes. Since our method of cardiomyocytes differentiation from hiPSCs mimics in vivo cardiomyocytes development, we hypothesized that two subtypes could be separated by differentially expressed genes in hiPSCs-CMs differentiation process. In this study, we focused cell surface genes which are useful for analysis by flow cytometry, and then identified cell surface marker that can distinguish atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes from hiPSCs-CMs.
Methods
We performed an antibody-based screening using hiPSCs-CMs induced under atrial induction condition (AIC) and ventricular induction condition (VIC) by flow cytometry. To identify cell surface markers which enable discrimination of cardiac subtypes, we isolated the cell populations using the antibodies against the cell surface markers. Quantitative PCR was performed to analyze expression levels of subtype-specific genes in sorted cells. We confirmed subtype classification of cells using patch-clamp method.
Results
We identified CD151 as a novel candidate of atrial/ventricular selectable marker. The expression level of CD151 was low in most hiPSCs-CMs under AIC. In these cells, CD151-low cells highly expressed atrial genes compared to CD151-high cells. In contrast, the expression level of CD151 was high in most hiPSCs-CMs under VIC. In these cells, CD151-high cells highly expressed ventricular genes compared to CD151-low cells. Furthermore, we investigated the electrophysiological properties of CD151-high and -low cells using patch-clamp experiments. As expected, the cells showing atrial type action potential were enriched in AIC with low expression of CD151 (n=17). On the other hand, CD151-high cells (n=16) contained no atrial CMs, but mostly nodal like cells. In addition, CD151-low cells in AIC were affected with action potential duration by exposure of atrial specific channel blocker (4-aminopyridine) and activator (carbachol). In VIC, CD151-high cells (n=16) demonstrated ventricular type action potential property compared to CD151-low cells (n=21).
Conclusion
These results suggest that CD151 is a useful marker which can enrich ACMs from hiPSCs-CMs. Because these enriched ACMs are uniform population, it may be appropriate for atrial-selective drug screening. Additionally, this marker can reduce contaminated ACMs from hiPSCs-CMs cultured in VIC.
Action potential of CD151-high/low CMs
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Other. Main funding source(s): Takeda pharmaceutical company limited, Japan society for the promotion of science(JSPS) KAKENHI
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- M Koakutsu
- Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto, Japan
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- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, T-CiRA Discovery, Fujisawashi, Japan
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- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, T-CiRA Discovery, Fujisawashi, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto, Japan
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Takeuchi Y, Kameoka T, Ochi M, Imano N, Takahashi I, Nishibuchi I, Kimura T, Murakami Y, Kawahara D, Miki K, Saito A, Nagata Y. Interstitial Brachytherapy For Locally Advanced Tongue Cancer: Analysis Of The Long-Term Treatment Results For Survival And Complications. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Akisada N, Nishimoto K, Takao S, Gion Y, Marunaka H, Tachibana T, Makino T, Miki K, Akagi Y, Tsumura M, Toji T, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Orita Y, Sato Y. PD-L1 expression in tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Med Mol Morphol 2020; 54:52-59. [PMID: 32699939 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-020-00261-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Immune checkpoint proteins programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) are important therapeutic targets for head and neck cancer. This large-scale case study aimed to analyze tongue squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and evaluate the correlation between PD-L1 expression and clinical prognosis. So far, this study is the largest case study on PD-L1 expression in tongue SCCs. METHODS This is a case-control study that analyzed 121 tongue SCCs. Paraffin-embedded sections and clinical data were obtained retrospectively and immunohistochemistry with PD-L1 was performed. RESULTS 11.6% contained ≥ 50% of PD-L1-positive cells, 57.1% of these cases had a poor prognosis with nodal metastasis. Among cases of T1/2 primary lesions with nodal metastasis, cases of high PD-L1 expression had a significantly shorter disease-free survival than cases of no PD-L1 expression (p = 0.018). The hazard ratio for high PD-L1 expression was 3.21 (95 per cent CI, 1.26-8.72) compared with no PD-L1 expression after adjusting for other factors. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that PD-L1 upregulation in tongue SCCs is associated with a more advanced stage and shorter disease-free survival. PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors might hence constitute potential adjuvant therapy for tongue SCCs with PD-L1 upregulation.
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- Naoki Akisada
- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama Red Cross Hospital, Okayama, 700-8607, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Himeji, Hyogo, 670-8540, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, 701-1192, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-City, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan.
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Makino T, Orita Y, Gion Y, Tachibana T, Takao S, Marunaka H, Miki K, Akisada N, Akagi Y, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Sato Y. MACC1 expression is an indicator of recurrence in early-stage glottic cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2020; 50:392-398. [PMID: 31894242 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyz206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metastasis-associated in colon cancer 1 (MACC1) has been reported to be an independent indicator of poor prognoses in some kinds of cancer due to disease metastasis or recurrence. We investigated the correlation between MACC1 expression and the prognosis of glottic cancer. METHODS Paraffin-embedded, early-stage (I or II) glottic cancer specimens (n = 52) were immunohistochemically analyzed to explore MACC1 expression. The clinical records associated with each case were also examined. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method, and between-group RFS differences were assessed using the log-rank test. The multivariate analyses were evaluated using the Cox's proportional-hazard model. RESULTS Patients were treated with only radiotherapy (RT) (n = 37, including 18 with T1 disease and 19 with T2 disease), or with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) (n = 15, including 1 with T1 disease and 14 with T2 disease). Eleven patients demonstrated local recurrence and two patients experienced cervical lymph node recurrence. Tumor specimens were MACC1-positive in 9 of the 13 (69.2%) patients with local or neck recurrence, and 7 of the 11 (63.6%) patients with local recurrence. The RFS rate of patients who were treated with only RT was significantly lower than that of patients who were treated with CRT (P = 0.0243). The RFS rate was significantly lower in cases with MACC1 expression than in those without MACC1 expression (P = 0.0003). Multivariate analysis revealed that MACC1 expression was an independent risk factor of local recurrence (P = 0.0016). CONCLUSION MACC1 is an independent indicator of recurrence related to RFS in early-stage glottic cancer.
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- Takuma Makino
- Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama Red Cross Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan.,Departments of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Revel A, Sorlin O, Marqués FM, Kondo Y, Kahlbow J, Nakamura T, Orr NA, Nowacki F, Tostevin JA, Yuan CX, Achouri NL, Al Falou H, Atar L, Aumann T, Baba H, Boretzky K, Caesar C, Calvet D, Chae H, Chiga N, Corsi A, Crawford HL, Delaunay F, Delbart A, Deshayes Q, Dombrádi Z, Douma CA, Elekes Z, Fallon P, Gašparić I, Gheller JM, Gibelin J, Gillibert A, Harakeh MN, He W, Hirayama A, Hoffman CR, Holl M, Horvat A, Horváth Á, Hwang JW, Isobe T, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kawase S, Kim S, Kisamori K, Kobayashi T, Körper D, Koyama S, Kuti I, Lapoux V, Lindberg S, Masuoka S, Mayer J, Miki K, Murakami T, Najafi M, Nakano K, Nakatsuka N, Nilsson T, Obertelli A, de Oliveira Santos F, Otsu H, Ozaki T, Panin V, Paschalis S, Rossi D, Saito AT, Saito T, Sasano M, Sato H, Satou Y, Scheit H, Schindler F, Schrock P, Shikata M, Shimizu Y, Simon H, Sohler D, Stuhl L, Takeuchi S, Tanaka M, Thoennessen M, Törnqvist H, Togano Y, Tomai T, Tscheuschner J, Tsubota J, Uesaka T, Yang Z, Yasuda M, Yoneda K. Extending the Southern Shore of the Island of Inversion to ^{28}F. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:152502. [PMID: 32357034 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.152502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Detailed spectroscopy of the neutron-unbound nucleus ^{28}F has been performed for the first time following proton/neutron removal from ^{29}Ne/^{29}F beams at energies around 230 MeV/nucleon. The invariant-mass spectra were reconstructed for both the ^{27}F^{(*)}+n and ^{26}F^{(*)}+2n coincidences and revealed a series of well-defined resonances. A near-threshold state was observed in both reactions and is identified as the ^{28}F ground state, with S_{n}(^{28}F)=-199(6) keV, while analysis of the 2n decay channel allowed a considerably improved S_{n}(^{27}F)=1620(60) keV to be deduced. Comparison with shell-model predictions and eikonal-model reaction calculations have allowed spin-parity assignments to be proposed for some of the lower-lying levels of ^{28}F. Importantly, in the case of the ground state, the reconstructed ^{27}F+n momentum distribution following neutron removal from ^{29}F indicates that it arises mainly from the 1p_{3/2} neutron intruder configuration. This demonstrates that the island of inversion around N=20 includes ^{28}F, and most probably ^{29}F, and suggests that ^{28}O is not doubly magic.
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- A Revel
- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, 23 rue de Loess 67037 Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IBS, 55, Expo-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, F-14050 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Unversity of Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, 50937 Köln, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- KVI-CART, University of Groningen, Zernikelaan 25, 9747 AA Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Advanced Energy Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Institutionen för Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Irfu, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, Bvd Henri Becquerel, 14076 Caen, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Unversity of Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Research, Atomki, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Nakao M, Ozawa S, Miura H, Yamada K, Habara K, Hayata M, Kusaba H, Kawahara D, Miki K, Nakashima T, Ochi Y, Tsuda S, Seido M, Morimoto Y, Kawakubo A, Nozaki H, Nagata Y. Development of a CT number calibration audit phantom in photon radiation therapy: A pilot study. Med Phys 2020; 47:1509-1522. [PMID: 32026482 PMCID: PMC7216906 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE In photon radiation therapy, computed tomography (CT) numbers are converted into values for mass density (MD) or relative electron density to water (RED). CT-MD or CT-RED calibration tables are relevant for human body dose calculation in an inhomogeneous medium. CT-MD or CT-RED calibration tables are influenced by patient imaging (CT scanner manufacturer, scanning parameters, and patient size), the calibration process (tissue-equivalent phantom manufacturer, and selection of tissue-equivalent material), differences between tissue-equivalent materials and standard tissues, and the dose calculation algorithm applied; however, a CT number calibration audit has not been established. The purposes of this study were to develop a postal audit phantom, and to establish a CT number calibration audit process. METHODS A conventional stoichiometric calibration conducts a least square fit of the relationships between the MD, material weight, and measured CT number, using two parameters. In this study, a new stoichiometric CT number calibration scheme has been empirically established, using three parameters to harmonize the calculated CT number with the measured CT number for air and lung tissue. In addition, the suitable material set and the minimal number of materials required for stoichiometric CT number calibration were determined. The MDs and elemental weights from the International Commission on Radiological Protection Publication 110 were used as standard tissue data, to generate the CT-MD and CT-RED calibration tables. A small-sized, CT number calibration phantom was developed for a postal audit, and stoichiometric CT number calibration with the phantom was compared to the CT number calibration tables registered in the radiotherapy treatment planning systems (RTPSs) associated with five radiotherapy institutions. RESULTS When a least square fit was performed for the stoichiometric CT number calibration with the three parameters, the calculated CT number showed better agreement with the measured CT number. We established stoichiometric CT number calibration using only two materials because the accuracy of the process was determined not by the number of used materials but by the number of elements contained. The stoichiometric CT number calibration was comparable to the tissue-substitute calibration, with a dose difference less than 1%. An outline of the CT number calibration audit was demonstrated through a multi-institutional study. CONCLUSIONS We established a new stoichiometric CT number calibration method for validating the CT number calibration tables registered in RTPSs. We also developed a CT number calibration phantom for a postal audit, which was verified by the performances of multiple CT scanners located at several institutions. The new stoichiometric CT number calibration has the advantages of being performed using only two materials, and decreasing the difference between the calculated and measured CT numbers for air and lung tissue. In the future, a postal CT number calibration audit might be achievable using a smaller phantom.
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- Minoru Nakao
- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
- Department of Radiation OncologyGraduate School of Biomedical & Health SciencesHiroshima University1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
- Department of Radiation OncologyGraduate School of Biomedical & Health SciencesHiroshima University1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
- Department of Radiation OncologyGraduate School of Biomedical & Health SciencesHiroshima University1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyGraduate School of Biomedical & Health SciencesHiroshima University1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyHiroshima University Hospital1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University Hospital1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University Hospital1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University Hospital1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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- Department of RadiologyHiroshima Prefectural Hospital1‐5‐54, Ujinakanda, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8530Japan
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- Department of RadiologyHiroshima Prefectural Hospital1‐5‐54, Ujinakanda, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8530Japan
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- Radiation Therapy DepartmentHiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital7‐33, Motomachi, Naka‐kuHiroshima730‐8518Japan
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- Division of RadiologyHiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors Hospital1‐9‐6, Senda, Naka‐kuHiroshima730‐8619Japan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center3‐2‐2, Futabanosato, Higashi‐kuHiroshima732‐0057Japan
- Department of Radiation OncologyGraduate School of Biomedical & Health SciencesHiroshima University1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
- Department of Radiation OncologyHiroshima University Hospital1‐2‐3 Kasumi, Minami‐kuHiroshima734‐8551Japan
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Shiba E, Saito A, Furumi M, Kawahara D, Miki K, Murakami Y, Ohguri T, Ozawa S, Tsuneda M, Yahara K, Nishio T, Korogi Y, Nagata Y. Predictive gamma passing rate for three‐dimensional dose verification with finite detector elements via improved dose uncertainty potential accumulation model. Med Phys 2020; 47:1349-1356. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.13985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Eiji Shiba
- Department of Radiation Oncology Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Fukuoka 807‐8556Japan
- Department of Radiation Oncology Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hiroshima University Hospital Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Fukuoka 807‐8556Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hiroshima University Hospital Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Fukuoka 807‐8556Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center Hiroshima 732‐0057Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Tokyo Women's Medical University Shinjuku Tokyo 162‐8666Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Fukuoka 807‐8556Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics Graduate School of Medical Science Tokyo Women's Medical University Tokyo 162‐8666Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health Fukuoka 807‐8556Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima University Hiroshima 734‐8551Japan
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Yanaka K, Akahori H, Imanaka T, Miki K, Yoshihara N, Tanaka T, Asakura M, Yanaka K. P937Impact of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on long-term outcome in patients with lower extremity artery disease. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and heart failure (HF) in patients with lower extremity artery disease (LEAD) is associated with an increased risk for adverse events. However, relationship between long-term outcome in patient with LEAD and LV diastolic dysfunction remains unclear.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of LV diastolic dysfunction on long-term outcome in patients with LEAD.
Methods
Two hundred patients (male 66%, mean age 76±9 years) with preserved LV systolic function assessed by echocardiography (ejection fraction ≥50%) were enrolled from a single-center database between January 2013 to May 2015. Baseline LEAD was identified by ABI <0.9 or history of lower extremity revascularization. Diagnosis of LV diastolic dysfunction was based on the ASE/EACVI guidelines. The 3-year cumulative incidence of primary endpoint compared between LEAD patients with LV diastolic dysfunction than those without. The primary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke and hospitalization for HF during 3 years follow-up. Multivariate analysis was performed to determine whether LV diastolic dysfunction was independently associated with the primary endpoint.
Results
LV diastolic dysfunction was identified in 31%. The mean observation period was 32±21 months. The primary endpoint occurred more frequently in patients with LV diastolic dysfunction than those without at 3 years (30% vs 16%, P=0.02). There were no significant differences between 2 groups in the myocardial infarction (3% vs 3%, P=0.73) and stroke (3% vs 3%, P=0.55). Cardiovascular death (19% vs 7%, P=0.01) and hospitalization for HF (19% vs 7%, P=0.01) were significantly higher in patients with LV diastolic dysfunction. In multivariate analysis, LV diastolic dysfunction was an independent predictor for primary endpoint (HR=2.28, 95% CI 1.10–4.73, P=0.02) (Table)
Predictor for primary endpoint Factors Univariate model Multivariate model Hazard ratio [95% CI] P value Hazard ratio [95% CI] P value Age 1.03 [0.98–1.08] 0.24 1.03 [0.98–1.08] 0.22 Chronic kidney disease 1.53 [0.77–3.07] 0.23 1.25 [0.60–2.58] 0.55 Coronary artery disease 1.08 [0.53–2.18] 0.84 1.18 [0.56–2.50] 0.65 Cerebrovascular disease 1.93 [0.74–5.02] 0.17 2.28 [0.86–6.05] 0.10 Critical limb ischemia 3.75 [1.68–8.37] <0.01 3.72 [0.56–2.50] <0.01 LV diastolic dysfunction 2.37 [1.18–4.74] 0.02 2.28 [1.10–4.73] 0.03
Conclusions
LV diastolic dysfunction increased the risk for adverse events in patients with LEAD.
Acknowledgement/Funding
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- K Yanaka
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Imano N, Kimura T, Kameoka T, Ochi M, Takeuchi Y, Takahashi I, Nishibuchi I, Murakami Y, Kawahara D, Miki K, Saito A, Yasushi N. P1.18-22 Impact of Using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy on Radiation Pneumonitis in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tanaka T, Akahori H, Imanaka T, Miki K, Yoshihara N, Yanaka K, Ishihara M. P4591Impact of extent of non-culprit lesions on one-year outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
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Background
Presence of severe stenosis in non-infarct related arteries, i.e. multi-vessel disease (MVD), is associated with poor outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, impact of mild to moderate stenosis in non-culprit lesions remains unclear.Gensini score is an angiographic application grading the extent of coronary artery lesions including mild to moderate stenosis.
Purpose
To evaluate whether the extent of non-culprit lesion is related to one-year outcomes after AMI.
Methods
This study consisted of consecutive 168 patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for AMI between 2015 and 2017. Patients with coronary bypass grafts were excluded from the analysis. To assess the extent of non-culprit lesions, we used “non-culprit Gensini score”, which is calculated by excluding score of the culprit lesion from the original Gensini score. Patients were divided into 2 groups by the median ofnon-culprit Gensini score: low score (0–14, n=84) and high score (>15, n=84). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included all cause of deaths, non-fatal MI, stroke and ischemia driven coronary revascularization during one-year follow-up period.
Results
MVDwas more frequent in patients with high score than those in those with low score (90% vs 25%, P<0.05). Kaplan-Mayer curves of patients with and without MVD are shown in left figure, and curves of patients with low score and those with high score are shown in right figure. Multivariable analysis showed that high score was an independent predictor of one-year MACE (HR 5.28, 95% CI 1.93–14.9, P<0.05), but MVD was not (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.23–1.54, P=0.25) (Table).
Multivariable analyses Univariable analyses Multivariable analyses HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value Age 1.03 (1.01, 1.06) <0.05 1.15 (0.99, 1.05) 0.31 eGFR (<45ml/min/1.73m2) 2.95 (1.59, 5.38) <0.05 2.35 (1.26, 4.35) <0.05 Multi-vessel disease 1.84 (1.01, 3.55) <0.05 0.56 (0.23, 1.54) 0.25 Non-culprit-Gensini score (>15) 3.37 (1.79, 6.78) <0.05 5.28 (1.93, 14.9) <0.05 HR = hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate.
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Conclusion
These findings suggested that extent of mild to moderate stenosis in non-culprit lesions might affect the prognosis after AMI in patients undergoing PPCI. Non-culprit Gensini score may be useful to predict outcomes of patients with AMI.
Acknowledgement/Funding
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- T Tanaka
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Miki K, Kawashima S, Takahashi Y, Yonemura S. Potential survival of the lichen Caloplaca flavovirescens under high helium-beam doses. Radiat Environ Biophys 2019; 58:449-454. [PMID: 31222610 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-019-00803-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Testing the limits of survivability in space is the primary focus in astrobiological research. Although a number of previous studies have examined terrestrial life survival in an extraterrestrial environment, only a few have investigated how life systems respond to high doses of alpha cosmic ray, the main component of cosmic rays. We used respiration and photosynthetic rates as indicators of the vital signs of the lichen Caloplaca flavovirescens, which is a symbiotic life form including fungi and algae. Our experiment demonstrated that the photosynthetic rate decreased with increased helium-beam doses, whereas the respiration rate was relatively unaffected. Specifically, under a helium-beam dose greater than 10 Gy, the respiration rate remained nearly constant regardless of further increases in the radiation rate. Our results indicate that the different metabolic systems of terrestrial life forms might exhibit different survival characteristics when they are in space.
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- K Miki
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Astrophysics, Interactive Symbiosphere Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yamagata, 990-8560, Japan
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- Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Akimoto R, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Alfred M, Al-Jamel A, Al-Ta'ani H, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Aramaki Y, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Asano H, Aschenauer EC, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bagoly A, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Bannier B, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Baumann C, Baumgart S, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bhom JH, Bickley AA, Bjorndal MT, Blau DS, Boer M, Boissevain JG, Bok JS, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bryslawskyj J, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Canoa Roman V, Caringi A, Castera P, Chai JS, Chang BS, Chang WC, Charvet JL, Chen CH, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choi S, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Conesa Del Valle Z, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Danley TW, Das K, Datta A, Daugherity MS, David G, Dayananda MK, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Ding L, Dion A, Do JH, Donadelli M, D'Orazio L, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Dubey AK, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fan W, Feege N, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Gainey K, Gal C, Gallus P, Garg P, Garishvili A, Garishvili I, Gastineau F, Ge H, Germain M, Glenn A, Gong H, Gong X, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Guo L, Gustafsson HÅ, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Hasegawa S, Haseler TOS, Hashimoto K, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Heuser JM, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hill K, Hobbs R, Hodges A, Hohlmann M, Hollis RS, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hornback D, Hotvedt N, Huang J, Huang S, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Iordanova A, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanishchev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Javani M, Ji Z, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kaneti S, Kang BH, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kanou H, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawagishi T, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Kempel T, Khachatryan V, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim C, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim EJ, Kim HJ, Kim KB, Kim M, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kim YK, Kim YS, Kincses D, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klatsky J, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kleinjan D, Kline P, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komatsu Y, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kotov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Krizek F, Kroon PJ, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurgyis B, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Layton D, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee B, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee MK, Lee SH, Lee SR, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitgab M, Lenzi B, Leung YH, Lewis B, Lewis NA, Li X, Li X, Li XH, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Lim H, Lim SH, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Lökös S, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Majoros T, Makdisi YI, Makek M, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manion A, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Mašek L, Masui H, Masumoto S, Matathias F, McCain MC, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, McKinney C, Means N, Mendoza M, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Mihalik DE, Mikeš P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra DK, Mishra GC, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Mitsuka G, Miyachi Y, Miyasaka S, Mohanty AK, Mohapatra S, Moon HJ, Moon T, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Morrow SI, Moss JM, Motschwiller S, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murakami T, Murata J, Mwai A, Nagae T, Nagamiya S, Nagashima K, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Nattrass C, Nederlof A, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Niida T, Norman BE, Nouicer R, Novák T, Novitzky N, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Oka M, Okada K, Omiwade OO, Onuki Y, Orjuela Koop JD, Osborn JD, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park BH, Park IH, Park J, Park S, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Patel L, Patel M, Pei H, Peng JC, Peng W, Pereira H, Perepelitsa DV, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, PerezLara CE, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Radzevich PV, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Reynolds D, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Richford D, Rinn T, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rowan Z, Rukoyatkin P, Runchey J, Ružička P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakashita K, Sakata H, Sako H, Samsonov V, Sano M, Sano S, Sarsour M, Sato HD, Sato S, Sato T, Sawada S, Schmoll BK, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Semenov V, Sen A, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Skoby MJ, Skutnik S, Slunečka M, Smith WC, Soldatov A, 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J, Yokkaichi S, Yoo JH, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yu H, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zelenski A, Zhang C, Zharko S, Zhou S, Zimamyi J, Zolin L, Zou L. Beam Energy and Centrality Dependence of Direct-Photon Emission from Ultrarelativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:022301. [PMID: 31386493 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.022301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The PHENIX collaboration presents first measurements of low-momentum (0.4<p_{T}<3 GeV/c) direct-photon yields from Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=39 and 62.4 GeV. For both beam energies the direct-photon yields are substantially enhanced with respect to expectations from prompt processes, similar to the yields observed in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200. Analyzing the photon yield as a function of the experimental observable dN_{ch}/dη reveals that the low-momentum (>1 GeV/c) direct-photon yield dN_{γ}^{dir}/dη is a smooth function of dN_{ch}/dη and can be well described as proportional to (dN_{ch}/dη)^{α} with α≈1.25. This scaling behavior holds for a wide range of beam energies at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and the Large Hadron Collider, for centrality selected samples, as well as for different A+A collision systems. At a given beam energy, the scaling also holds for high p_{T} (>5 GeV/c), but when results from different collision energies are compared, an additional sqrt[s_{NN}]-dependent multiplicative factor is needed to describe the integrated-direct-photon yield.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Adare
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
| | - A Al-Jamel
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
| | - H Al-Ta'ani
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
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- KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- SUBATECH (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes), BP 20722-44307 Nantes, France
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- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
| | - B Azmoun
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - V Babintsev
- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Hungary
| | - M Bai
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
| | - L Baksay
- Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
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- Dapnia, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - P D Barnes
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10010, USA
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - S Batsouli
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- PNPI, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188300, Leningrad region, Russia
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- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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- Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
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- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123098, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University, MEPhI, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Dapnia, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA
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- Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10010, USA
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104-5586, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- KAERI, Cyclotron Application Laboratory, Seoul 34057, Korea
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Dapnia, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
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- KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay 400 085, India
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
| | - A Churyn
- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
| | - O Chvala
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - V Cianciolo
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
| | - Z Citron
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - C R Cleven
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - Y Cobigo
- Dapnia, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - B A Cole
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
| | - M P Comets
- IPN-Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, BP1, F-91406 Orsay, France
| | - Z Conesa Del Valle
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - M Connors
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - P Constantin
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - M Csanád
- ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, Hungary
| | - T Csörgő
- Eszterházy Károly University, Károly Róbert Campus, H-3200 Gyöngyös, Mátrai út 36, Hungary
- Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Wigner RCP, RMKI) H-1525 Budapest 114, POBox 49, Budapest, Hungary
| | - T Dahms
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - S Dairaku
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - I Danchev
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
| | - T W Danley
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
| | - K Das
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
| | - A Datta
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
| | | | - G David
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - M K Dayananda
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - M B Deaton
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - K Dehmelt
- Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - H Delagrange
- SUBATECH (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes), BP 20722-44307 Nantes, France
| | - A Denisov
- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
| | - D d'Enterria
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - A Deshpande
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - E J Desmond
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | | | - O Dietzsch
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, Caixa Postal 66318, São Paulo CEP05315-970, Brazil
| | - L Ding
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - A Dion
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - J H Do
- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
| | - M Donadelli
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, Caixa Postal 66318, São Paulo CEP05315-970, Brazil
| | - L D'Orazio
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | | | - O Drapier
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - A Drees
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - K A Drees
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - A K Dubey
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - J M Durham
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - A Durum
- IHEP Protvino, State Research Center of Russian Federation, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281, Russia
| | - D Dutta
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay 400 085, India
| | - V Dzhordzhadze
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - S Edwards
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
| | - Y V Efremenko
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
| | - J Egdemir
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - F Ellinghaus
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - W S Emam
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - T Engelmore
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
| | - A Enokizono
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - H En'yo
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - B Espagnon
- IPN-Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, BP1, F-91406 Orsay, France
| | - S Esumi
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - K O Eyser
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - B Fadem
- Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104-5586, USA
| | - W Fan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - N Feege
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - D E Fields
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - M Finger
- Charles University, Ovocný trh 5, Praha 1, 116 36 Prague, Czech Republic
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Moscow Region, Russia
| | - M Finger
- Charles University, Ovocný trh 5, Praha 1, 116 36 Prague, Czech Republic
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Moscow Region, Russia
| | - F Fleuret
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - S L Fokin
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123098, Russia
| | - B Forestier
- LPC, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS-IN2P3, Clermont-Fd, 63177 Aubiere Cedex, France
| | - Z Fraenkel
- Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel
| | - J E Frantz
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - A Franz
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - A D Frawley
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
| | - K Fujiwara
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - Y Fukao
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - S-Y Fung
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - T Fusayasu
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 851-0193, Japan
| | - S Gadrat
- LPC, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS-IN2P3, Clermont-Fd, 63177 Aubiere Cedex, France
| | - K Gainey
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - C Gal
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - P Gallus
- Czech Technical University, Zikova 4, 166 36 Prague 6, Czech Republic
| | - P Garg
- Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - A Garishvili
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - I Garishvili
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - F Gastineau
- SUBATECH (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes), BP 20722-44307 Nantes, France
| | - H Ge
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes), BP 20722-44307 Nantes, France
| | - A Glenn
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - H Gong
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - X Gong
- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
| | - M Gonin
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - J Gosset
- Dapnia, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Y Goto
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - R Granier de Cassagnac
- Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS-IN2P3, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
| | - N Grau
- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - S V Greene
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
| | - G Grim
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - M Grosse Perdekamp
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - T Gunji
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - L Guo
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - H-Å Gustafsson
- Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
| | - T Hachiya
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- Nara Women's University, Kita-uoya Nishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - A Hadj Henni
- SUBATECH (Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes), BP 20722-44307 Nantes, France
| | - C Haegemann
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
| | - J S Haggerty
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - M N Hagiwara
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - K I Hahn
- Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
| | - H Hamagaki
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - J Hamblen
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - R Han
- Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
| | - J Hanks
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - H Harada
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - E P Hartouni
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - K Haruna
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - M Harvey
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - S Hasegawa
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan
| | - T O S Haseler
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - K Hashimoto
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - E Haslum
- Department of Physics, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
| | - K Hasuko
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - R Hayano
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - X He
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - M Heffner
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - T K Hemmick
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - T Hester
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - J M Heuser
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - H Hiejima
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - J C Hill
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - K Hill
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - R Hobbs
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
| | - A Hodges
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - M Hohlmann
- Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
| | - R S Hollis
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - M Holmes
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
| | - W Holzmann
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
| | - K Homma
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - B Hong
- Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
| | - T Horaguchi
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - Y Hori
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
| | - D Hornback
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
| | - N Hotvedt
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - J Huang
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - S Huang
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
| | - M G Hur
- KAERI, Cyclotron Application Laboratory, Seoul 34057, Korea
| | - T Ichihara
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - R Ichimiya
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - H Iinuma
- KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - Y Ikeda
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - K Imai
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - J Imrek
- Debrecen University, H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary
| | - M Inaba
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - Y Inoue
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - A Iordanova
- University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - D Isenhower
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - L Isenhower
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - M Ishihara
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - T Isobe
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - M Issah
- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
| | - A Isupov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Moscow Region, Russia
| | - D Ivanishchev
- PNPI, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188300, Leningrad region, Russia
| | - Y Iwanaga
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - B V Jacak
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - M Javani
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - Z Ji
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - J Jia
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
- Chemistry Department, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
| | - X Jiang
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - J Jin
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, New York 10533, USA
| | - O Jinnouchi
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - B M Johnson
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
| | - T Jones
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - K S Joo
- Myongji University, Yongin, Kyonggido 449-728, Korea
| | - D Jouan
- IPN-Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, BP1, F-91406 Orsay, France
| | - D S Jumper
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
| | - F Kajihara
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - S Kametani
- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Waseda University, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan
| | - N Kamihara
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
| | - J Kamin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - M Kaneta
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - S Kaneti
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - B H Kang
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-792, Korea
| | - J H Kang
- Yonsei University, IPAP, Seoul 120-749, Korea
| | - J S Kang
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-792, Korea
| | - H Kanou
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Oh-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
| | - J Kapustinsky
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - K Karatsu
- Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - M Kasai
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - T Kawagishi
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
| | - D Kawall
- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - M Kawashima
- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
| | - A V Kazantsev
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow 123098, Russia
| | - S Kelly
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
| | - T Kempel
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
| | - V Khachatryan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
| | - A Khanzadeev
- PNPI, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188300, Leningrad region, Russia
| | - K M Kijima
- Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - J Kikuchi
- Waseda University, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, 17 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan
| | - A Kim
- Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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- Center for Nuclear Study, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Akagi Y, Tachibana T, Orita Y, Gion Y, Marunaka H, Makino T, Miki K, Akisada N, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Sato Y. KRAS mutations in tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Acta Otolaryngol 2019; 139:647-651. [PMID: 31066593 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2019.1610574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Background: p16INK4a (p16) expression in tongue cancer (TC) is reportedly not associated with human papilloma virus (HPV). Mutations of KRAS in cancer cells are most frequently observed within codon 12. However, few reports have investigated the association between KRAS mutations and p16 status in TC. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the influence of KRAS mutations on TC. Methods: Clinical records and surgically resected specimens of 85 TC patients were analyzed. Tumor samples were analyzed for mutations of KRAS located within codons 12 and 13. p16 staining was performed and considered positive in cases with moderate to strong nuclear and cytoplasmic staining. Results: Positive p16 staining was observed in 10 cases (11.8%). A KRAS mutation was detected in one case (1.2%). The case with KRAS mutation showed negative p16 staining. Despite being at an early stage, the patient died of lung metastasis at 43 months from initial treatment. Conclusions and Significance: KRAS mutations are not associated with p16 expression in TC and may predict poor prognosis in TC patients. Further analysis of mutations in regions other than codons 12 and 13 of KRAS will be necessary to determine the relationship between KRAS mutations and prognosis of this disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yusuke Akagi
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Japan, Okayama
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- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Matsuba T, Kubozono H, Saegusa A, Obata K, Gotoh K, Miki K, Akiyama T, Oba M. Short communication: Effects of feeding purple corn (Zea mays L.) silage on productivity and blood superoxide dismutase concentration in lactating cows. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:7179-7182. [PMID: 31178175 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-16353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of feeding purple corn (Zea mays L.) silage on productivity and blood superoxide dismutase concentration in lactating cows. We hypothesized that feeding purple corn silage (AX-152; Nagano Animal Industry Experiment Station, Nagano, Japan, and Takii and Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), which is high in anthocyanin content, would increase milk production and blood concentration of superoxide dismutase. We assigned 16 Holstein cows (8 primiparous and 8 multiparous) in mid lactation to 1 of 2 treatments in a randomized block design, with efforts to balance parity, body weight, and days in milk between treatments. Experimental diets contained either purple corn silage [PCS; 31.2% dry matter (DM), 8.4% crude protein, 40.2% neutral detergent fiber, and 26.6% starch] or conventional corn silage (CONT; 30.5% dry matter, 8.7% crude protein, 42.1% neutral detergent fiber, and 26.5% starch) at approximately 32% of diet DM. Both PCS and CONT were ensiled for 5 mo before the study. Treatment diets were fed as total mixed rations ad libitum for 12 wk from February 1 to April 25, 2016. Cows fed the PCS had increased milk yield (31.7 vs. 29.2 kg/d) and blood superoxide dismutase concentrations (9,333 vs. 8,467 U/mL) compared with those fed CONT. However, anthocyanin concentration in the PCS decreased over the 12-wk experiment: 70 mg/kg of DM for the first 4 wk, 20 mg/kg of DM for the second 4 wk, and undetectable for the last 4 wk. We did not detect anthocyanins in the CONT group at any time point. Feeding PCS may increase antioxidant capacity and milk production in dairy cows, but anthocyanin in PCS may be degraded during storage.
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- T Matsuba
- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (ZEN-RAKU-REN), Fukushima, Japan 969-0223
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- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (ZEN-RAKU-REN), Fukushima, Japan 969-0223
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- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (ZEN-RAKU-REN), Fukushima, Japan 969-0223
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- Dairy Technology Research Institute, National Federation of Dairy Co-operative Associations (ZEN-RAKU-REN), Fukushima, Japan 969-0223
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- Nagano Animal Industry Experiment Station, Nagano, Japan 399-0711
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- Nagano Animal Industry Experiment Station, Nagano, Japan 399-0711
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- Takii and Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan 600-8686
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2P5.
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Nakao M, Ozawa S, Yogo K, Miura H, Yamada K, Hosono F, Hayata M, Miki K, Nakashima T, Ochi Y, Kawahara D, Morimoto Y, Yoshizaki T, Nozaki H, Habara K, Nagata Y. Tolerance levels of mass density for CT number calibration in photon radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2019; 20:45-52. [PMID: 31081175 PMCID: PMC6560312 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Computed tomography (CT) data are required to calculate the dose distribution in a patient's body. Generally, there are two CT number calibration methods for commercial radiotherapy treatment planning system (RTPS), namely CT number-relative electron density calibration (CT-RED calibration) and CT number-mass density calibration (CT-MD calibration). In a previous study, the tolerance levels of CT-RED calibration were established for each tissue type. The tolerance levels were established when the relative dose error to local dose reached 2%. However, the tolerance levels of CT-MD calibration are not established yet. We established the tolerance levels of CT-MD calibration based on the tolerance levels of CT-RED calibration. In order to convert mass density (MD) to relative electron density (RED), the conversion factors were determined with adult reference computational phantom data available in the International Commission on Radiological Protection publication 110 (ICRP-110). In order to validate the practicability of the conversion factor, the relative dose error and the dose linearity were validated with multiple RTPSes and dose calculation algorithms for two groups, namely, CT-RED calibration and CT-MD calibration. The tolerance levels of CT-MD calibration were determined from the tolerance levels of CT-RED calibration with conversion factors. The converted RED from MD was compared with actual RED calculated from ICRP-110. The conversion error was within ±0.01 for most standard organs. It was assumed that the conversion error was sufficiently small. The relative dose error difference for two groups was less than 0.3% for each tissue type. Therefore, the tolerance levels for CT-MD calibration were determined from the tolerance levels of CT-RED calibration with the conversion factors. The MD tolerance levels for lung, adipose/muscle, and cartilage/spongy-bone corresponded to ±0.044, ±0.022, and ±0.045 g/cm3 , respectively. The tolerance levels were useful in terms of approving the CT-MD calibration table for clinical use.
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- Minoru Nakao
- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Department of RadiologyNagoya University Graduate School of MedicineNagoyaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy Section, Department of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy Section, Department of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy Section, Department of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy DepartmentHiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Division of RadiologyHiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Division of RadiologyHiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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Mizuno H, Saito O, Tajiri M, Kimura T, Kuroiwa D, Shirai T, Inaniwa T, Fukahori M, Miki K, Fukuda S. Commissioning of a respiratory gating system involving a pressure sensor in carbon-ion scanning radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2019; 20:37-42. [PMID: 30387271 PMCID: PMC6333131 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This study reports the commissioning methodology and results of a respiratory gating system [AZ - 733 V/733 VI (Anzai Medical Co., Japan)] using a pressure sensor in carbon-ion scanning radiotherapy. Commissioning includes choosing a location and method for pressure sensor installation, delay time measurement of the system, and the final flow test. Additionally, we proposed a methodology for the determination of a threshold level of generating an on/off gate for the beam to the respiratory waveform, which is important for clinical application. Regarding the location and method for installation of the pressure sensor, the actual person's abdomen, back of the body position, and supine/prone positioning were checked. By comparing the motion between the pressure sensor output and the reference LED sensor motion, the chest rear surface was shown to be unsuitable for the sensor installation, due to noise in the signal caused by the cardiac beat. Regarding delay time measurement of the system, measurements were performed for the following four steps: (a). Actual motion to wave signal generation; (b). Wave signal to gate signal generation; (c). Gate signal to beam on/off signal generation; (d). Beam on/off signal to the beam irradiation. The total delay time measured was 46 ms (beam on)/33 ms (beam off); these were within the prescribed tolerance time (<100 ms). Regarding the final flow test, an end-to-end test was performed with a patient verification system using an actual carbon-ion beam; the respiratory gating irradiation was successfully performed, in accordance with the intended timing. Finally, regarding the method for determining the threshold level of the gate generation of the respiration waveform, the target motion obtained from 4D-CT was assumed to be correlated with the waveform obtained from the pressure sensor; it was used to determine the threshold value in amplitude direction.
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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- National institute of Radiological Sciences, QSTChibaJapan
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Tachibana T, Orita Y, Gion Y, Miki K, Ikegami K, Marunaka H, Makino T, Akagi Y, Akisada N, Tsumura M, Ito T, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Sato Y. Young adult patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue strongly express p16 without human papillomavirus infection. Acta Otolaryngol 2019; 139:80-84. [PMID: 30712427 DOI: 10.1080/00016489.2018.1541506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Long-term smoking and drinking are known to contribute to the onset of tongue cancer (TC). However, the increasing incidence of TC in younger adults has been suggested to be associated with other factors. OBJECTIVES The present study investigated the relationship between TC and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical records and surgically resected specimens from 86 patients (<40-years-old, n = 12; ≥40-years-old, n = 74) with TC were analyzed. Strong nuclear and cytoplasmic p16 staining was considered positive. HPV DNA (high-risk subtypes: 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 52b, and 58; low-risk subtypes: 6 and 11) was detected using consensus primer-mediated polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS Strong p16 expression was observed in 10 (11.6%) patients. HPV DNA was detected in 9 (10.5%) patients (high-risk subtypes, n = 2; low-risk subtypes, n = 7). Strong p16 expression was observed more frequently among younger adults than among older adults (33.3% vs. 8.1%; p = .045). p16 staining did not correlate with the detection of HPV DNA (correlation coefficient, 0.113; p = .300). CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE In TC, p16 expression was not associated with HPV infection, suggesting that it may be caused by a different mechanism.
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- Tomoyasu Tachibana
- Department of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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Makino T, Orita Y, Tachibana T, Marunaka H, Miki K, Akisada N, Akagi Y, Usui Y, Sato Y, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K. Computed Tomography Findings for Diagnosing Follicular Thyroid Neoplasms. Acta Med Okayama 2018; 72:577-581. [PMID: 30573912 DOI: 10.18926/amo/56375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Since no diagnostic method has been established to distinguish follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) from follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA), surgery has been the only way to reach a diagnosis of follicular neoplasm. Here we investigated the computed tomography (CT) features of follicular neoplasms, toward the goal of being able to identify specific CT features allowing the preoperative differentiation of FTC from FTA. We retrospectively analyzed the cases of 205 patients who underwent preoperative CT of the neck and were histopathologically diagnosed with FTC (n=31) or FTA (n=174) after surgery between January 2002 and June 2016 at several hospitals in Japan. In each of these 205 cases, non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced CT images were obtained, and we analyzed the CT features. On univariate analysis, inhomogeneous features of tumor lesions on contrast-enhanced CT were more frequently observed in FTC than in FTA (p=0.0032). A multivariate analysis identified inhomogeneous features of tumor lesions on contrast-enhanced CT images as an independent variable indicative of FTC (p=0.0023). CT thus offers diagnostic assistance in distinguishing FTC from FTA.
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- Takuma Makino
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558,
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Miki K, Saito A, Nakashima T, Murakami Y, Kimura T, Nishibuchi I, Nagata Y. Evaluation of optimization workflow using design of experiment (DoE) for various field configurations in volumetric-modulated arc therapy. Phys Med 2018; 54:34-41. [PMID: 30337008 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE In volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), field configurations such as couch or arc angles are defined manually or using a template. A field configuration is reselected through trial-and-error in the case of undesirable resultant planning. To efficiently plan for desirable quality, configurations should be assessed before dose calculation. Design of experiments (DoE) is an optimization technique that efficiently reveals the influence of inputs on outputs. We developed an original tool using DoE to determine the field configuration selection and evaluated the efficacy of this workflow for clinical practice. METHODS Computed-tomography scans of 17 patients and target structures were acquired retrospectively from a brain tumor treated using a dual-arc VMAT plan. The configurations of the couch, arc, collimator angles, field sizes, and beam energy were determined using DoE. The resultant dose distributions obtained using the DoE-selected configuration were compared with the clinical plan. RESULTS The averaged differences between the DoE and clinical plan for 17 patients of doses to 50% of the planning target volume (PTV-D50%), Brain-D60%, Brain-D30%, Brain stem-D1%, Left eye-D1%, Right eye-D1%, Optic nerve-D1%, and Chiasm-D1% were 0.2 ± 0.5%, -1.0 ± 4.6%, 1.7 ± 3.5%, -2.5 ± 6.7%, -0.2 ± 4.9%, -1.2 ± 3.6%, -2.8 ± 7.3%, and -2.1 ± 5.7%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our optimization workflow obtained using DoE for various field configurations provided the same or slightly superior plan quality compared with that created by experts. This process is feasible for clinical practice and will efficiently improve treatment quality while removing the influence of the planner's experience.
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- Kentaro Miki
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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- Radiation Therapy Section, Department of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Japan
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Kimura Y, Nakano M, Sakata Y, Nochioka K, Hasebe Y, Abe R, Chiba T, Fukasawa K, Oikawa T, Kasahara S, Miki K, Sato M, Shiroto T, Miyata S, Shimokawa H. 4376Clinical impacts of wide ORS morphologies on deterioration of left ventricular ejection fraction and fatal arrhythmias in patients with relatively preserved left ventricular ejection function. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.4376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Y Kimura
- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Miki K, Yanaka K, Yoshihara N, Kawai K, Imanaka T, Akahori H, Masuyama T, Ishihara M. P3569Predictive value of vessel size for the long-term patency following self-expanding nitinol stent implantation in the superficial femoral artery. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p3569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- K Miki
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Imanaka T, Fujii K, Kawai K, Akahori H, Miki K, Yoshihara N, Yanaka K, Kawakami R, Masuyama T, Ishihara M. P758Ex vivo comparison of optical coherence tomography and histopathology for detecting strut coverage within 3 months after new-generation drug-eluting stent implantation. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.p758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- T Imanaka
- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Kawahara D, Ozawa S, Tanaka S, Yokomachi K, Higaki T, Saito A, Miki K, Fujioka C, Ohno Y, Ohno Y, Kimura T, Murakami Y, Nagata Y. Automatic contrast medium extraction system using electron density data with dual-energy CT. Br J Radiol 2018; 91:20180396. [PMID: 29947267 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study is to create a contrast medium extraction method using raw-data-based electron density (rED) and CT number from dual-energy CT (DECT) for automatic delineation of the contrast region. METHODS: A CT-ED phantom containing tissue-equivalent inserts and an acrylic phantom with an iodinated contrast medium were scanned by DECT. The contrast medium extraction system was created using Python. The accuracy of the contrast medium extraction was evaluated by measuring the diameter in terms of the full width at half maximum (FWHM) and the ratio of the volume (ROV). RESULTS: Mean-2SD CT numbers and the difference of the CT numbers (DCT) of the contrast medium at 0-130 mg ml-1 contrast medium concentration and the bone materials were more than -33 and -20 HU, respectively. In the correlation of rED and CT number, the gradient with the contrast medium phantom was greater than that with the CT-ED phantom. The accuracy of the contrast medium at 80 kV/135 kV and 100 kV/135 kV tube voltages. The gradient of the CT-ED and contrast medium phantoms were different. The gradient in the CT-ED phantom and the contrast medium was 0.0012 and 0.0003 at 80 kV/135 kV, and 0.0015 and 0.0005 at 100 kV/135 kV tube voltages, respectively. The ratio of the measured to the actual diameter in FWHM and ROV was 0.98-1.00 at 2-130 mg ml-1. At a tube voltage of 100 kV/135 kV. The ratio of the measured to the actual diameter in ROV was 0.66 and FWHM was 0.90 at 2 mg ml-1 contrast medium concentration. The ratio of the measured to the actual diameter in FWHM and ROV was 0.98-1.00 at 3-130 mg ml-1. CONCLUSION: We created the contrast medium extraction method with rED and CT number images. The contrast medium extraction method could be used with DECT images at 80 kV/135 kV. The method is expected to only extract images from the region containing the contrast medium. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: We created the contrast medium extraction method using raw-data-based electron density and CT number from DECT and it is expected to only extract information from the region containing the contrast medium.
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- Daisuke Kawahara
- 1 Radiation Therapy Section, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital , Hiroshima , Japan.,2 Medical and Dental Sciences Course, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan.,4 Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 5 Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- 1 Radiation Therapy Section, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 6 Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Radiology, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 1 Radiation Therapy Section, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 1 Radiation Therapy Section, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 1 Radiation Therapy Section, Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan
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- 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University , Hiroshima , Japan.,4 Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center , Hiroshima , Japan
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Tachibana T, Orita Y, Marunaka H, Makihara SI, Hirai M, Gion Y, Ikegami K, Miki K, Makino T, Noyama Y, Komatsubara Y, Kimura M, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Sato Y. Neck metastasis in patients with T1-2 supraglottic cancer. Auris Nasus Larynx 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Noji S, Sakai H, Aoi N, Baba H, Berg GPA, Doornenbal P, Dozono M, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Kameda D, Kawabata T, Kawase S, Kikuchi Y, Kisamori K, Kubo T, Maeda Y, Matsubara H, Michimasa S, Miki K, Miya H, Miyasako H, Sakaguchi S, Sasamoto Y, Shimoura S, Takaki M, Takeda H, Takeuchi S, Tokieda H, Ohnishi T, Ota S, Uesaka T, Wang H, Yako K, Yanagisawa Y, Yokota N, Yoshida K, Zegers RGT. Excitation of the Isovector Spin Monopole Resonance via the Exothermic ^{90}Zr(^{12}N,^{12}C) Reaction at 175 MeV/u. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:172501. [PMID: 29756826 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.172501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The (^{12}N, ^{12}C) charge-exchange reaction at 175 MeV/u was developed as a novel probe for studying the isovector spin giant monopole resonance (IVSMR), whose properties are important for better understanding the bulk properties of nuclei and asymmetric nuclear matter. This probe, now available through the production of ^{12}N as a secondary rare-isotope beam, is exothermic, is strongly absorbed at the surface of the target nucleus, and provides selectivity for spin-transfer excitations. All three properties enhance the excitation of the IVSMR compared to other, primarily light-ion, probes, which have been used to study the IVSMR thus far. The ^{90}Zr(^{12}N,^{12}C) reaction was measured and the excitation energy spectra up to about 70 MeV for both the spin-transfer and non-spin-transfer channels were deduced separately by tagging the decay by γ emission from the ^{12}C ejectile. Besides the well-known Gamow-Teller and isobaric analog transitions, a clear signature of the IVSMR was identified. By comparing with the results from light-ion reactions on the same target nucleus and theoretical predictions, the suitability of this new probe for studying the IVSMR was confirmed.
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- S Noji
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
- The JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- The JINA Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Nishi T, Itahashi K, Berg GPA, Fujioka H, Fukuda N, Fukunishi N, Geissel H, Hayano RS, Hirenzaki S, Ichikawa K, Ikeno N, Inabe N, Itoh S, Iwasaki M, Kameda D, Kawase S, Kubo T, Kusaka K, Matsubara H, Michimasa S, Miki K, Mishima G, Miya H, Nagahiro H, Nakamura M, Noji S, Okochi K, Ota S, Sakamoto N, Suzuki K, Takeda H, Tanaka YK, Todoroki K, Tsukada K, Uesaka T, Watanabe YN, Weick H, Yamakami H, Yoshida K. Spectroscopy of Pionic Atoms in ^{122}Sn(d,^{3}He) Reaction and Angular Dependence of the Formation Cross Sections. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:152505. [PMID: 29756883 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.152505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We observed the atomic 1s and 2p states of π^{-} bound to ^{121}Sn nuclei as distinct peak structures in the missing mass spectra of the ^{122}Sn(d,^{3}He) nuclear reaction. A very intense deuteron beam and a spectrometer with a large angular acceptance let us achieve a potential of discovery, which includes the capability of determining the angle-dependent cross sections with high statistics. The 2p state in a Sn nucleus was observed for the first time. The binding energies and widths of the pionic states are determined and found to be consistent with previous experimental results of other Sn isotopes. The spectrum is measured at finite reaction angles for the first time. The formation cross sections at the reaction angles between 0° and 2° are determined. The observed reaction-angle dependence of each state is reproduced by theoretical calculations. However, the quantitative comparison with our high-precision data reveals a significant discrepancy between the measured and calculated formation cross sections of the pionic 1s state.
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- T Nishi
- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for the Evolution of the Elements, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502 Kyoto, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishimachi, Nara, 630-8506 Nara, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyamacho-Minami, Tottori, 680-8551 Tottori, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishimachi, Nara, 630-8506 Nara, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502 Kyoto, Japan
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- Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198 Saitama, Japan
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Orita Y, Gion Y, Tachibana T, Ikegami K, Marunaka H, Makihara S, Yamashita Y, Miki K, Makino T, Akisada N, Akagi Y, Kimura M, Yoshino T, Nishizaki K, Sato Y. Laryngeal squamous cell papilloma is highly associated with human papillomavirus. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2018; 48:350-355. [DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyy009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Yorihisa Orita
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Himeji Red Cross Hospital, Hyogo
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama Red Cross Hospital, Okayama
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Okayama
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- Department of Virology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama
- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Nakao M, Ozawa S, Yamada K, Yogo K, Hosono F, Hayata M, Saito A, Miki K, Nakashima T, Ochi Y, Kawahara D, Morimoto Y, Yoshizaki T, Nozaki H, Habara K, Nagata Y. Tolerance levels of CT number to electron density table for photon beam in radiotherapy treatment planning system. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2018; 19:271-275. [PMID: 29152898 PMCID: PMC5768003 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The accuracy of computed tomography number to electron density (CT-ED) calibration is a key component for dose calculations in an inhomogeneous medium. In a previous work, it was shown that the tolerance levels of CT-ED calibration became stricter with an increase in tissue thickness and decrease in the effective energy of a photon beam. For the last decade, a low effective energy photon beam (e.g., flattening-filter-free (FFF)) has been used in clinical sites. However, its tolerance level has not been established yet. We established a relative electron density (ED) tolerance level for each tissue type with an FFF beam. The tolerance levels were calculated using the tissue maximum ratio (TMR) and each corresponding maximum tissue thickness. To determine the relative ED tolerance level, TMR data from a Varian accelerator and the adult reference computational phantom data in the International Commission on Radiological Protection publication 110 (ICRP-110 phantom) were used in this study. The 52 tissue components of the ICRP-110 phantom were classified by mass density as five tissues groups including lung, adipose/muscle, cartilage/spongy-bone, cortical bone, and tooth tissue. In addition, the relative ED tolerance level of each tissue group was calculated when the relative dose error to local dose reached 2%. The relative ED tolerances of a 6 MVFFF beam for lung, adipose/muscle, and cartilage/spongy-bone were ±0.044, ±0.022, and ±0.044, respectively. The thicknesses of the cortical bone and tooth groups were too small to define the tolerance levels. Because the tolerance levels of CT-ED calibration are stricter with a decrease in the effective energy of the photon beam, the tolerance levels are determined by the lowest effective energy in useable beams for radiotherapy treatment planning systems.
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- Minoru Nakao
- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation OncologyInstitute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyInstitute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Department of Radiation OncologyInstitute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy SectionDepartment of Clinical SupportHiroshima University HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Radiation Therapy DepartmentHiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Division of RadiologyHiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Division of RadiologyHiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic‐bomb Survivors HospitalHiroshimaJapan
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- Hiroshima High‐Precision Radiotherapy Cancer CenterHiroshimaJapan
- Department of Radiation OncologyInstitute of Biomedical & Health ScienceHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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Watanabe H, Ozawa S, Ohashi A, Ikenaga K, Miki K, Saito A, Nishio T, Murakami Y, Nagata Y. [Study of Dose Recalculation Method on Overriding Lung Density Using CBCT Image in the Thorax]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2018; 74:465-472. [PMID: 29780046 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2018_jsrt_74.5.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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It is a useful method for the adaptive radiotherapy (ART) to calculate absorbed dose accurately on the image set taken by on-board cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) attached to linac for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). For this purpose, a simple and accurate calculation method is necessary. Several papers report that it is possible to calculate easily and accurately by using several methods of researches in the neck and prostate, but the lung density varies greatly depending on patient thorax condition. In this study, we propose a new dose recalculation method, which is a simple procedure and can achieve accurate dose calculation considered different lung densities in each patient. By using this method, it is possible to calculate exclusive of artifacts in CBCT because of overriding the lung density. The dose error between dose recalculation of the CBCT image and treatment plan agreed within±1%. Therefore, this method is expected to be a useful method for accurate dose calculation with CBCT image for ART.
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- Hiroshi Watanabe
- Medical and Dental Sciences Major, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- Ashiya Radiotherapy Clinic Nozomi
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- Ashiya Radiotherapy Clinic Nozomi
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
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- Medical and Dental Sciences Major, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- Ashiya Radiotherapy Clinic Nozomi
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
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Martin D, von Neumann-Cosel P, Tamii A, Aoi N, Bassauer S, Bertulani CA, Carter J, Donaldson L, Fujita H, Fujita Y, Hashimoto T, Hatanaka K, Ito T, Krugmann A, Liu B, Maeda Y, Miki K, Neveling R, Pietralla N, Poltoratska I, Ponomarev VY, Richter A, Shima T, Yamamoto T, Zweidinger M. Test of the Brink-Axel Hypothesis for the Pygmy Dipole Resonance. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:182503. [PMID: 29219585 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.182503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The gamma strength function and level density of 1^{-} states in ^{96}Mo have been extracted from a high-resolution study of the (p[over →], p[over →]^{'}) reaction at 295 MeV and extreme forward angles. By comparison with compound nucleus γ decay experiments, this allows a test of the generalized Brink-Axel hypothesis in the energy region of the pygmy dipole resonance. The Brink-Axel hypothesis is commonly assumed in astrophysical reaction network calculations and states that the gamma strength function in nuclei is independent of the structure of the initial and final state. The present results validate the Brink-Axel hypothesis for ^{96}Mo and provide independent confirmation of the methods used to separate gamma strength function and level density in γ decay experiments.
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- D Martin
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75429, USA
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Iwasawa E, Li F, Ishibashi S, Ichijo M, Miki K, Yokota T. Expression of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 in leptomeningeal arteries is upregulated and its agonist improves neurological outcome in ischemic stroek in mice. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Miki K, Yoshino Y, Jun K, Shigeru N. Three cases of dual antiplatelet therapy resistance in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting and stent assisted coil embolization. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.1750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Miki K, Saito A, Nakashima T, Nagata Y. The Planning Configurations Optimization for Treatment Planning of VMAT With Design of Experiments. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.2283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ichijo M, Ishibashi S, Miki K, Itaya S, Amino T, Kamata T, Yokota T. Significance of hyperintense vessels in negative DWI area as a prognostic factor after thrombolysis. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.3672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nishibuchi I, Murakami Y, Imano N, Takeuchi Y, Takahashi I, Miki K, Saito A, Kimura T, Wadasaki K, Nagata Y. Long-Term Results of Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy for Elderly Patients With Esophageal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.06.1026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Miki K, Fujii K, Yoshihara N, Kawai K, Imanaka T, Akahori H, Honda Y, Fitzgerald P, Masuyama T, Ishihara M. P5218Influence of analysis interval size on optical coherence tomography assessments of stent therapy for superficial femoral artery lesions. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx493.p5218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Miki K, Sumida M, Iwadoh K, Honda K, Murakami T. Recurrence of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy with Monoclonal IgG3κ Deposits after Kidney Transplant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.17352/aot.000006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Miki K, Orita Y, Gion Y, Takao S, Ohno K, Takeuchi M, Ito T, Minoura A, Tachibana T, Marunaka H, Makino T, Matsukawa A, Nishizaki K, Yoshino T, Sato Y. Tumor-Associated Macrophages in the Development of 4-Nitroquinoline-1-Oxide-Induced Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Mouse Model. Oncology 2017. [PMID: 28633143 DOI: 10.1159/000477301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the distribution of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) in the development of tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and to elucidate the role of TAMs in the progression of tongue SCC. METHODS The expression of the macrophage markers nitric oxide synthase, Retnla, and mannose receptor 1 in the development of tongue SCC was longitudinally observed using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Additionally, an immunohistochemical study using an anti-mannose receptor (MR) antibody was performed. RESULTS The numbers of both of M1 and M2 macrophages in the tongues of mice treated with 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) were significantly lower compared with those of normal tongues. The cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor did not prevent cancer progression and did not affect the total number of macrophages in the tongues of 4NQO-treated mice. In the immunohistochemical studies, MR staining was observed in lymphangioendothelium in the subepithelial area of the tongues. The staining intensity of the MR was significantly stronger in the 4NQO-treated mice compared with that in control mice and 4NQO-treated mice treated with the COX-2 inhibitor. CONCLUSION TAMs may not contribute to the development of 4NQO-induced tongue SCC. MR expression is associated with the progression of 4NQO-induced tongue SCC.
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- Kentaro Miki
- Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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