Essays about: "bone marker"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words bone marker.

  1. 1. The association between obesity, low-grade inflammation, self-reported knee symptoms and radiographic knee osteoarthritis in individuals with knee pain : A longitudinal cohort study

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Alma Buer; [2024]
    Keywords : osteoarthritis knee pain; artros knä smärta;

    Abstract : Abstract  Background One of the earliest signs of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is knee pain which correlates with inflammation and disease severity. Knee OA affects 260 million worldwide, and is in similarity with obesity, characterized by ongoing low-grade inflammation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Radiotherapy treatment strategy for prostate cancer with lymph node involvement

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Amanda Östensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Radiotherapy; prostate cancer; lymph node; gold fiducial marker; multiple target;

    Abstract : Radiotherapy is a common and useful method for treating prostate cancer, often using gold fiducial markers in the prostate as guidance. However, when there is a high risk of lymph node involvement, the independent motion of volumes causes complications in patient positioning since there is a choice between position against the gold fiducial markers or the bone anatomy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Artificial intelligence for segmentation of nuclei from transmitted images

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Norah Klintberg Sakal; [2020]
    Keywords : image segmentation; U2OS convolutional neural network; artificial intelligence; human bone osteosarcoma;

    Abstract : State-of-the-art fluorescent imaging research is strictly limited to eight fluorophore labels duringthe study of intercellular interactions among organelles. The number of excited fluorophore colorsis restricted due to overlap in the narrow spectra of visual wavelength. READ MORE

  5. 4. Age dependent costs of reproduction in a sexually dimorphic species : male fallow deer as an example

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Linn Lindström; [2017]
    Keywords : dama dama; cost of reproduction; home range size; sexual dimorphism;

    Abstract : Energy and time are two of the most important factors limiting the investment spent on reproduction for an organism. Due to this limitation, individuals have to balance between using energy for maintenance or growth and using it for reproduction. READ MORE

  6. 5. Green and red fluorescent protein tagging of endogenous proteins in glioblastoma using the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-Cas9 system

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Jenny Lindvall; [2016]
    Keywords : Glioblastoma; Cancer stem cells; CRISPR Cas9; Nestin; GFAP; GFP; RFP;

    Abstract : Glioblastoma multiforme is the most malignant primary brain tumor that affects adults, recognized by the World Health Organization as an aggressive grade IV astrocytoma. Patients diagnosed with this type of tumor are left with a poor prognosis even with the most advanced treatment available. READ MORE