Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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Method and Apparatus for Low Dose Computed Tomography

One problem associated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is that the precise position, shape and size of the target often changes between the time the plan was developed and the actual...
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Bhudatt Paliwal, Robert Jeraj, Ke Sheng | P05030US

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Arm Brace for Sonographers to Reduce Wrist Injuries

As use of real-time diagnostic ultrasound scanning has increased, work-related injury has become epidemic among medical sonographers and echocardiographers. Approximately 80 percent of sonographers re...
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Mark Kliewer, Timothy Walker, Christopher Thomas | P06204US

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Using Endogenous Fluorescence to Identify Cancerous Cells

Optical imaging techniques play a pivotal role in detecting disease, injury and other disorders at an early stage and monitoring progression or remission after treatment. Images are generated by detec...
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Paolo Provenzano, Patricia Keely, Kevin Eliceiri, John White | P07165US

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Improved MRI Coil Design for a Breast Biopsy Device

X-ray mammography is currently the most popular method of detecting breast cancer. However, X-ray mammography requires painful breast compression and is not sensitive enough to detect some early-stage...
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Sean Fain, Krishna Kurpad, Xu Zhai | P06382US

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