2020
A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation
Liang Y, Muhammad W, Hart GR, Nartowt BJ, Chen ZJ, Yu JB, Roberts KB, Duncan JS, Deng J. A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 9808. PMID: 32555530, PMCID: PMC7300009, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66844-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhoton transportBoundary crossing algorithmMonte Carlo particle transport codeMonte Carlo methodTransport simulationsAcceptance-rejection samplingRadiotherapy dose calculationsPhoto-electric effectParticle transport codeEGSnrc simulationsCarlo methodBremsstrahlung eventsInelastic scatteringPair productionRayleigh scatteringThread divergenceMC simulationsTransport codeMC codeHistory schemeParticle transportCrossing algorithmInverseElectron transportSimulation accuracy
2003
MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Bremner JD, Vythilingam M, Vermetten E, Southwick SM, McGlashan T, Nazeer A, Khan S, Vaccarino LV, Soufer R, Garg PK, Ng CK, Staib LH, Duncan JS, Charney DS. MRI and PET Study of Deficits in Hippocampal Structure and Function in Women With Childhood Sexual Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2003, 160: 924-932. PMID: 12727697, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.5.924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderChildhood sexual abuseHippocampal volumeEarly childhood sexual abuseHippocampal structureHippocampal functionAbuse-related posttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderSmaller hippocampal volumesPositron emission tomographySexual abuseVerbal declarative memory tasksAnimal studiesBrain areasDeclarative memory taskEmission tomographyPET studiesHippocampal activationWomenEarly stressHippocampusAbused womenDisordersAbuseMagnetic resonance