Adapting inverse planning to patient and organ geometrical variation: algorithm and implementation
M Birkner, D Yan, M Alber, J Liang, F Nüsslin - Medical physics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Image guided radiotherapy has the potential to improve both tumour control and normal
tissue sparing by including temporal patient specific geometry information into the adaptive …
tissue sparing by including temporal patient specific geometry information into the adaptive …
Comorbidity was associated with neurologic and psychiatric diseases: a general practice-based controlled study
…, WA Satariano, PM Spreeuwenberg, MD Birkner… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively examine comorbidity in unselected
cohorts of patients with depression, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease/…
cohorts of patients with depression, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease/…
Modelling individual geometric variation based on dominant eigenmodes of organ deformation: implementation and evaluation
M Söhn, M Birkner, D Yan, M Alber - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a method of modelling inter-fractional organ deformation and correlated motion
of adjacent organ structures in terms of so-called eigenmodes. The method is based on a …
of adjacent organ structures in terms of so-called eigenmodes. The method is based on a …
Alpha-stable branching and beta-coalescents
M Birkner, J Blath, M Capaldo, A Etheridge, M Möhle… - 2005 - projecteuclid.org
We determine that the continuous-state branching processes for which the genealogy, suitably
time-changed, can be described by an autonomous Markov process are precisely those …
time-changed, can be described by an autonomous Markov process are precisely those …
Coalescents and population genetic inference
M Birkner, J Blath - Trends Stoch. Anal, 2009 - books.google.com
We review recent progress in the understanding of the interplay between population models,
measure-valued diffusions, general coalescent processes and inference methods for …
measure-valued diffusions, general coalescent processes and inference methods for …
Can the site-frequency spectrum distinguish exponential population growth from multiple-merger coalescents?
… It thus seems natural to consider (approximate) likelihood functions for lumped spectra (eg,
collapsing all entries in classes to the right of some number m into one class m + ), as we …
collapsing all entries in classes to the right of some number m into one class m + ), as we …
Robust treatment planning for intensity modulated radiotherapy of prostate cancer based on coverage probabilities
C Baum, M Alber, M Birkner, F Nüsslin - Radiotherapy and oncology, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To evaluate an optimization approach where coverage
probabilities are incorporated into the optimization of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) …
probabilities are incorporated into the optimization of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) …
Experimental validation of a commercial 3D dose verification system for intensity-modulated arc therapies
R Boggula, F Lorenz, L Mueller, M Birkner… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We validate the dosimetric performance of COMPASS®, a novel 3D quality assurance
system for verification of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans that can …
system for verification of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans that can …
A modified lookdown construction for the Xi-Fleming-Viot process with mutation and populations with recurrent bottlenecks
M Birkner, J Blath, M Möhle, M Steinrücken… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2008 - arxiv.org
… (k) we choose randomly m groups of sizes k1,...,km from the present population. Inside each
of these m groups we furthermore … For a set M, M(i) will denote the ith largest element in M. …
of these m groups we furthermore … For a set M, M(i) will denote the ith largest element in M. …
Ultrafiltration membranes with markedly different pH-and ion-responsivity by photografted zwitterionic polysulfobetain or polycarbobetain
M Birkner, M Ulbricht - Journal of membrane science, 2015 - Elsevier
… Dextran (average M W ~168 kDa) with a total concentration of 1 g/L in 0.01 M NaN 3
aqueous solution was used for the characterization of sieving curves including the cut-off of …
aqueous solution was used for the characterization of sieving curves including the cut-off of …