Image guidance has rapidly become central to current radiotherapy practice. In this work a uniform framework is developed for evaluating image quality across all imaging modalities by modelling the... More > ‘universal phantom’: breaking any phantom down into its constituent fundamental test objects and applying appropriate analysis techniques to these through the construction of an automated analysis tree. This is implemented practically through the new software package ‘IQWorks’.
Examples are presented of the framework applied to the performance evaluation of a range of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging modalities, including X-ray computed tomography (CT), cone-beam CT (CBCT), electronic portal imaging (EPI), digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs), digital radiographic imaging and display devices.< Less
Image guidance has rapidly become central to current radiotherapy practice. In this work a uniform framework is developed for evaluating image quality across all imaging modalities by modelling the... More > ‘universal phantom’: breaking any phantom down into its constituent fundamental test objects and applying appropriate analysis techniques to these through the construction of an automated analysis tree. This is implemented practically through the new software package ‘IQWorks’. Examples are presented of the framework applied to the performance evaluation of a range of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging modalities, including X-ray computed tomography (CT), cone-beam CT (CBCT), electronic portal imaging (EPI), digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs), digital radiographic imaging and display devices.< Less
Gail Cotter was born in Portsmouth in 1953. Living and growing up in a naval port she quickly decided that the inevitable marriage to a ‘matelot’ was something to avoid and so purposely... More > steered away from the boys in dark blue. But she didn’t steer very well because she ended up marrying one!
In 2007, with her children grown-up and living away from home, she continued to work and live in Portsmouth. However her partner took early retirement and headed off to the sun - returning home to the UK for short periods. Tired of only seeing him on her holidays she also retired and decided to join him. It was whilst preparing to join him in the sun that she discovered the lump.
This book chronicles her daily life since that alarming discovery - from that first shock, through the tests & waiting, successful surgery and the subsequent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy.< Less
A story of cancer, pregnancy and childbirth. This book is a spiritual journey through adversity; adapted from a blog written by the author while pregnant and undergoing treatment for cancer.
A story of cancer, pregnancy and childbirth. This book is a spiritual journey through adversity; adapted from a blog written by the author while pregnant and undergoing treatment for cancer.
This brain cancer memoir is about CNS lymphoma, a cancer of the central nervous system, the brain and the spinal cord. To be technical, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the large B-cell variety. This book... More > is available for purchase here as a US $5 PDF download, a Portable Document Format file readable with Adobe Reader (formerly known as Acrobat Reader) available for free from adobe.com. The full text can be read for free online at cancer-patient.sushilotus.com/cancer-patient/cancer-patient.html and a follow-up blog dealing with survivorhood issues is at cancer-blog.sushilotus.com/cancer-blog/cancer-blog.html. Cancer poems relating to this eperience are online at cancer-poems.genghislotus.com.< Less
This brain cancer memoir is about CNS lymphoma, a cancer of the central nervous system, the brain and the spinal cord. To be technical, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the large B-cell variety. This book... More > is available for purchase here as a US $5 PDF download, a Portable Document Format file readable with Adobe Reader (formerly known as Acrobat Reader) available for free from adobe.com. The full text can be read for free online at cancer-patient.sushilotus.com/cancer-patient/cancer-patient.html and a follow-up blog dealing with survivorhood issues is at cancer-blog.sushilotus.com/cancer-blog/cancer-blog.html. Cancer poems relating to this eperience are online at cancer-poems.genghislotus.com.< Less
This is an autobiography of a cancer survivor, a veteran network news journalist. For 38 years since 1971, the author, as Asia video editor for ABC News, chased news stories round the clock, often... More > without sleep. With early retirement in sight, the sudden diagnosis of cancer one day radically changed his lifestyle overnight. By an unusual coincidence, his links to golf were also linked to his discovery of cancer. Here’s a man who led an incredible life even before he overcame his battle with cancer. It took more than the conventional means of treatment. His treatment and road to recovery is a revelation. Today, as a cancer survivor and a retiree who now enjoys a healthier and more fulfilling life, the author tells a compelling story of how he entered into the darkest tunnel and emerged, a more vigilant and environmentally aware individual. Eddy Li shares his painful experience, what he has learned about an increasingly hazardous environment and how you can protect yourself from its toxicity.< Less
This is an autobiography of a cancer survivor, a veteran network news journalist. For 38 years since 1971, the author, as Asia video editor for ABC News, chased news stories round the clock, often... More > without sleep. With early retirement in sight, the sudden diagnosis of cancer one day radically changed his lifestyle overnight. By an unusual coincidence, his links to golf were also linked to his discovery of cancer. Here’s a man who led an incredible life even before he overcame his battle with cancer. It took more than the conventional means of treatment. His treatment and road to recovery is a revelation. Today, as a cancer survivor and a retiree who now enjoys a healthier and more fulfilling life, the author tells a compelling story of how he entered into the darkest tunnel and emerged, a more vigilant and environmentally aware individual. Eddy Li shares his painful experience, what he has learned about an increasingly hazardous environment and how you can protect yourself from its toxicity.< Less
