The proposed approach for automatic segmentation of GB proved to be robust on routine clinical data and showed on all tumor compartments a high automatic detection rate and a high accuracy, comparable to interrater variability. Further work on improvements of the segmentation accuracy for the necrosis compartments should be guided by the evaluation of the clinical relevance.Therefore, we propose this approach as a suitable building block for automatic tumor segmentation to support radiologists or neurosurgeons in the preoperative reading of GB MRI images and characterization of primary GB.

Gabapentin therapy is associated with a tangible decline in memory, executive function, and attention in individuals with spinal cord injury. However, owing to small sample size, loss of patient follow-up at the 4 week post-treatment assessment, and lack of a control group, we cannot definitively state that any decreases in cognition are solely attributable to treatment with gabapentin.

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The aim of this project was to evaluate the 10-yr outcomes from the Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students. A target benchmark was one high-quality output per student. Students were required to devise a research project and work full time with a mentor at an approved sponsor site for 8 wks. Longitudinal surveys were used to collect data about research outputs, match results, and decisions about whether to pursue academic careers. From 2008 to 2017, 73 (48%) of 153 applicants were awarded summer externships. Residency match results included the following: physical medicine and rehabilitation (45%), internal medicine (17%), emergency medicine (8%), orthopedic surgery (6%), neurology (6%), psychiatry (6%), OBGYN (6%), pediatrics (4%), and anesthesia (2%). The Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students was successful in exceeding the target benchmark for quality scholarly output, which included 73 oral presentations at the Association of Academic Physiatrists meeting, 63 published and 20 in-review articles directly related to summer research, 5 book chapters, and 51 published and 20 in-review articles that were indirectly related to summer research. A total of 77% reported that the Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students positively influenced their decision to pursue research in their future career, and 70% endorsed interest in becoming a clinician scientist.

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