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Three-dimensional reconstruction of blood vessel lumen from a single x-ray projection image
(2010)
Stroke and heart attack are the leading causes of death and morbidity in developed countries. The underlying cause is the occlusion of blood vessel lumen by atherosclerotic plaque. Vascular intervention is the dominant ...
Permeability of gel phase phospholipid bilayers
(2015)
The membranes of viable cells are boundaries that control the transit of material into and out of the cell. Pivotal components of these membranes are bilayers of phospholipids with intercalated cholesterol, embedded membrane ...
The development of mass spectrometric techniques in the analysis of biomarkers and compounds of pharmaceutical and environmental interest
(2006)
Mass spectrometry has become an invaluable tool to a wide range of biological, chemical, and physical research endeavors. It is routinely used in both the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as the ...
Design, x-ray image guidance and flow characterization of new asymmetric vascular stents
(2005)
Recent advances of x-ray imaging techniques have made possible improvement and development of new minimally invasive image guided interventions (IGI). Capabilities such as real-time, high special resolution image guidance ...
Determination of three-dimensional structured objects, vascular structures, and imaging geometry from single-plane and biplane projection images
(2005)
Three-dimensional (3D) vessel trees can provide useful visual and quantitative information during interventional procedures. To calculate the 3D vasculature and improve these measurements, we have developed methods for the ...
Investigating the occurrence and fate of human and veterinary antibiotics in environmental water systems
(2006)
The occurrence of antibiotics in surface water, groundwater, and wastewater was investigated using solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography with ion-trap mass spectrometry (IT-LC/MS/MS) method developed for ...
Imaging characteristics of iodine-124 on animal PET
(2006)
We studied the imaging characteristics of Iodine-124 (I-124) on an animal scanner, a microPET Focus 120. The motivation was to develop I-124 applications that take advantage of the long half-life (4.2 days) of I-124 and ...
Techniques for the Enhancement of Optimization Schemes in Radiation Therapy
(2013)
With the advent of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), the process of generating a radiotherapy treatment plan has become a complex and time consuming process due to an increase in the number of variables which ...
Photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
(2006)
As the African American community witness thousands dying per year from cancer, many advances are being made in the arena of cancer treatment. Although the current methods of cancer treatment are considered viable, the ...
The Development of Contemporary Antigen Presenting Cell-Targeting Gene Delivery Vectors for the Generation of a New Class of Vaccines
(2016)
Genetic vaccines offer a treatment opportunity based upon successful gene delivery to specific immune cell modulators. Driving the process is the vector chosen for gene cargo packaging and subsequent delivery to antigen ...