Phantom Writing by Michael Hirschbichler

“…Building upon this, I propose ‘phantom writing’ or ‘phantasmography’ as a situated, multidisciplinary and multisensory approach aimed at understanding and designing contemporary places, landscapes and environments, acknowledging and mediating the agency of diverse phantoms and phantasms.…”
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The "Phantom Costs" of Florida's Citrus Industry by Ronald P. Muraro, Fritz M. Roka, Thomas H. Spreen, Marcus Timpner

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The "Phantom Costs" of Florida's Citrus Industry by Ronald P. Muraro, Fritz M. Roka, Thomas H. Spreen, Marcus Timpner

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Optimization of Dual-energy Spectral Lower-extremity Computed Tomography Venography Scanning Protocol: Phantom Study by Shigeng WANG, Renwang PU, Yijun LIU, Xin FANG, Wei WEI, Beibei LI

“…Objective: To optimize a scanning protocol for dual-energy spectral lower-extremity computed tomography venography (CTV) based on a phantom study. Methods: Test plugs were placed in the cavities of an energy CT quality-control phantom to simulate clinical scenarios. …”
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Optimization of Image Quality and Organ Absorbed Dose for Pediatric Chest X-Ray Examination: In-House Developed Chest Phantom Study by Thanyawee Pengpan, Natch Rattanarungruangchai, Juthathip Dechjaithat, Phawinee Panthim, Puntarika Siricharuwong, Ausanai Prapan

“…Briefly, an in-house developed pediatric chest phantom was constructed. Next, nanodot OSLDs were used for organ absorbed dose measurement and placed in the lung area, and the phantom was exposed to various exposure techniques (ranging from 50 to 70 kVp with 1.6, 2, and 2.5 mAs). …”
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Dosimetry and Comparison between Different CT Protocols (Low Dose, Ultralow Dose, and Conventional CT) for Lung Nodules’ Detection in a Phantom by Cleverson Alex Leitão, Gabriel Lucca de Oliveira Salvador, Priscilla Tazoniero, Danny Warszawiak, Cristian Saievicz, Rosangela Requi Jakubiak, Dante Luiz Escuissato

“…Equivalent doses were estimated by placing thermoluminescent dosimeters on the surface and inside the phantom. …”
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Savi’s pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) in Ukraine: analysis of records and evidence of expansion by Igor Polischuk, Igor Zagorodniuk

“…Today, we can talk about another phantom species, which repeats the history of other phantom bat species that have been reported from Ukraine. …”
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Planar MIMO Antenna with Slits for WBAN Applications by Do-Gu Kang, Jinpil Tak, Jaehoon Choi

“…Through two slits in a ground plane, the isolation characteristic is improved and the resonant frequency can be controlled. …”
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Wearable Loop Sensors for Knee Flexion Monitoring: Dynamic Measurements on Human Subjects by Ian Anderson, Christopher Cosma, Yingzhe Zhang, Vigyanshu Mishra, Asimina Kiourti

“…An untethered version is also presented and validated on phantoms, aiming towards a fully wearable design. <italic>Methods:</italic> Three dynamic activities (walking, brisk walking, and full flexion&#x002F;extension, all performed in place) are used to validate the tethered sensor on ten (10) adults. …”
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Deformable Image Registration with Inclusion of Autodetected Homologous Tissue Features by Qingsong Zhu, Jia Gu, Yaoqin Xie

“…The associated feature point pairs are served as landmarks for the subsequent thin plate spline (TPS) interpolation. Several registration experiments using both digital phantom and clinical data demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the method. …”
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Planar Monopoles with Different Radiator Shapes for UWB Body-Centric Wireless Communications by Y. Y. Sun, S. W. Cheung, T. I. Yuk

“…A solid-body phantom mimicking human tissue is used for studies of these three monopoles for body-centric communications. …”
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Out-of-field dose assessment for pencil beam scanning proton radiotherapy versus photon radiotherapy for breast cancer in pregnant women by Menke Weessies, Murillo Bellezzo, Britt J.P. Hupkens, Frank Verhaegen, Gloria Vilches-Freixas

“…Measurements were conducted using an adapted anthropomorphic phantom representing 20- and 30-week pregnancy. Bubble detectors placed in the phantom’s abdomen assessed neutron dose from PBS-PRT, while a Farmer ion chamber was used for imaging and XRT dose. …”
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Quantitative accuracy of preclinical in ovo PET/MRI: influence of attenuation and quantification methods by Theresa Balber, Katarína Benčurová, Manuela Mayrhofer, Joachim Friske, Martin Haas, Claudia Kuntner, Thomas H. Helbich, Marcus Hacker, Markus Mitterhauser, Ivo Rausch

“…The phantom was placed in a preclinical PET/MRI system and PET acquisitions were performed without, and after subsequently adding the different hardware parts to the setup. …”
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Flexible Dual-Frequency Applicator for Local Hyperthermia by Houda Halheit, André Vander Vorst, Smail Tedjini, Rachida Touhami

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Novel Multiband Metal-Rimmed Antenna for Wearable Applications by Bin Liu, Jianghong Han, Songhua Hu, Li Zhang

“…In this way, the proposed antenna presents a broadband behavior, while the width of the clearance area on the ground plane is of only 2 mm. The antenna performances in free-space and on a human phantom simulating a human body are analyzed by means of numerical simulations. …”
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FDK Half-Scan with a Heuristic Weighting Scheme on a Flat Panel Detector-Based Cone Beam CT (FDKHSCW) by Dong Yang, Ruola Ning

“…Computer simulation is employed and conducted on a 3D Shepp-Logan phantom. The result illustrates a correction of FDKHSCW to the attenuation coefficient drop in the off-scanning plane associated with FDKFS and FDKHSFW while maintaining the same spatial resolution.…”
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Circle Plus Partial Helical Scan Scheme for a Flat Panel Detector-Based Cone Beam Breast X-Ray CT by Dong Yang, Ruola Ning, Weixing Cai

“…Computer simulations using a numerical breast phantom demonstrated the practical feasibility of this new scheme and correction to those artifacts to a certain degree.…”
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Towards examiner-independent reproducible abdominal ultrasound examinations by Baader Tobias, Nam Bach Thanh, Yavuz Sümeyra, Brand Lukas Klaus, Güler Beyda, Grupp Peter, Malek Nisar Peter, Hoffmann Tatjana, Pauluschke-Fröhlich Jan, Fröhlich Eckhart, Burgert Oliver

“…It includes a guidance feature to assist in placing the transducer correctly on the patient. Evaluation of the system involved technical accuracy tests on a phantom and accuracy tests on human subjects. …”
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EBG Based Microstrip Patch Antenna for Brain Tumor Detection via Scattering Parameters in Microwave Imaging System by Reefat Inum, Md. Masud Rana, Kamrun Nahar Shushama, Md. Anwarul Quader

“…Electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure is incorporated on the antenna ground plane to enhance the performance. Rectangular and circular EBG structures are proposed to investigate the antenna performance. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of percutaneous spinal cord stimulation according to the single or double leads by Esra Ertilav, Osman Nuri Aydin

“…In 10 patients, leads were placed in the cervical region and in 31 patients in the thoracic region. …”
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