INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY (SBRT) FOR LIVER METASTASES, PRIMARY LIVER MALIGNANCY, AND PANCREATIC CANCER WITH 4D-MRI BASED ONLINE ADAPTATION AND REAL-TIME MRI MONITORING USING A 1.5 TESLA MR-LINAC.

Initial clinical experience of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases, primary liver malignancy, and pancreatic cancer with 4D-MRI based online adaptation and real-time MRI monitoring using a 1.5 Tesla MR-Linac.

Purpose/objectivesRecently a 1.5 Tesla MR Linac has been FDA approved and is commercially available.Clinical series describing treatment methods and outcomes for Fondue Set upper abdominal tumors using a 1.5 Tesla MR Linac are lacking.We present the first clinical series of upper abdominal tumors treated using a 1.5 Tesla MR Linac along with the ac

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Combining hydrology and mosquito population models to identify the drivers of Rift Valley fever emergence in semi-arid regions of West Africa.

BackgroundRift Valley fever (RVF) is a vector-borne viral zoonosis of increasing global importance.RVF virus (RVFV) is transmitted either through exposure to infected animals or through bites from different species of infected mosquitoes, mainly of Aedes and Culex genera.These mosquitoes are very sensitive to environmental conditions, which may Bar

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