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Andrew McGuffey

Medical Physics Resident, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Verified email at marybird.com
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Measuring and predicting visual fidelity

B Watson, A Friedman, A McGaffey - … of the 28th annual conference on …, 2001 - dl.acm.org
This paper is a study of techniques for measuring and predicting visual fidelity. As visual
stimuli we use polygonal models, and vary their fidelity with two different model simplification …

Modeling scatter through sides of island blocks used for intensity‐modulated bolus electron conformal therapy

…, RL Carver, KJ Erhart, AS McGuffey… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Passive Radiotherapy Intensity Modulators for Electrons (PRIME) devices are
comprised of cylindrical tungsten island blocks imbedded in a machinable foam slab within the …

Can Elvis Pretzley and the Fitwits improve knowledge of obesity, nutrition, exercise, and portions in fifth graders?

A McGaffey, K Hughes, SK Fidler, FJ D'amico… - International Journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention, created with a
human-centered design approach, on children's knowledge and beliefs related to obesity and …

A basis for bias in geographical judgments

A Friedman, NR Brown, AP Mcgaffey - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2002 - Springer
To determine why North Americans tend to locate European cities south of North American
cities at similar latitudes (Tversky, 1981), we had observers provide bearing estimates …

Planning and delivery of intensity modulated bolus electron conformal therapy

…, JA Kavanaugh, KJ Erhart, AS McGuffey… - Journal of applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Bolus electron conformal therapy (BECT) is a clinically useful, well‐documented,
and available technology. The addition of intensity modulation (IM) to BECT reduces volumes …

Using naming time to evaluate quality predictors for model simplification

B Watson, A Friedman, A McGaffey - Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2000 - dl.acm.org
Model simplification researchers require quality heuristics to guide simplification, and quality
predictors to allow comparison of different simplification algorithms. However, there has …

Raising adult vaccination rates over 4 years among racially diverse patients at inner‐city health centers

…, M Tabbarah, SA Wilson, A McGaffey… - Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To increase adult immunizations at inner‐city health centers serving primarily
minority patients. DESIGN: A before–after trial with a concurrent control. SETTING: Five inner…

Fitwits MD™: an office-based tool and games for conversations about obesity with 9-to 12-year-old children

AL McGaffey, DJ Abatemarco, IK Jewell… - The Journal of the …, 2011 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Physician feelings of ineffectiveness and family-related barriers hamper
childhood obesity discussions. Physicians desire appealing, time-efficient tools to frame and …

The influence of solvent of crystallization upon the solid-state conformation of calix [6] arenes'

…, DM Carter, A Bacchus, AR McGuffey… - Supramolecular …, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
The X-ray structures of complexes between pt-butylcalix[6]arene and DMSO (3) and calix[6]arene
and benzene (2), acetone (4), and dioxane/water (5) are presented and compared to …

A “sense”-ational HPV vaccination quality improvement project in a family medicine residency practice

A McGaffey, NP Lombardo, N Lamberton, P Klatt… - Journal of the National …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination uptake for adolescents and young
adults in the United States remains far from national goals. Using a multi-component …