Assessment of Structural Integrity of Normal Brain Tissues in Craniopharyngioma Patients After Proton Therapy

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advantageously affected alterations anterior appearing arises assessed assessment asterisk audience background beams brain cancer capsule chemistry childhood clinicians commonly compromised contributed corpus correlation deliver delivery dependency derived deviation diffusivity distribution dose doses double error except expected favorable findings five fractional functional furthermore give hand helpful hospital identified include included indicates indicating induced injury institute institutional integrity internal irradiation larger limb linear longer managed manually maps marker mater matrix medical merchant mild model month months nonlinear normalized observation observe often oncology outcomes oxford pairwise patient patients percentage photon phys physics pons positive possibly posterior potential previously prospective proton protons proximity pulse radial radiation radiological reached receive recovered recruited reduce reduction registered related relation relatively reported reports resection resolution scanner sciences sensitive side significance significantly slice solutions song space spatially statistical strong structural suggested suggesting surgical target tend tended term therapy tissue tissues treatment tumor typically union useful variance volume weakly white years