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MR-guidance: the next step for IGRT? Feb 25, 2010

As imaging becomes an indispensable part of the radiotherapy process, will MR-guided treatment prove the way forward?

Research & Innovation news

A closer look at bubble-enhanced HIFU

Simulating bubble dynamics at the microscopic level provides insight into the bio-effects of microbubble-enhanced ultrasound therapy.

'Spot scan' proton plans gain safety margins

Shaping the beam to cover an expanded target volume ensures comprehensive tumour coverage during spot scanning proton therapy.

Lung CAD boosts radiologist accuracy

CAD technology can improve the performance of even experienced thoracic radiologists in assessing lung nodules on CT.

Dose check for VMAT plans

VMAT treatments can be checked in vivo using portal dosimetry to provide a fully 3D representation of delivered dose.

In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in functional MRI, PET, proton therapy, cardiac CT and more.

Super-thin probe finds fluorescing plaques

Catheter-based NIR fluorescence imaging can help detect vulnerable plaque in coronary-sized arteries.

Advances in X-ray detection

The SPIE Medical Imaging conference saw researchers present the latest developments in X-ray detector technologies.

SPECT and MRI get it together

Researchers demonstrate the feasibility of simultaneous MR/SPECT imaging.

MR-guidance: the next step for IGRT?

As imaging becomes an indispensable part of the radiotherapy process, will MR-guided treatment prove the way forward?

High-resolution detector eyes IMRT QA

A silicon strip detector with sub-millimetre spatial and sub-second temporal resolution may prove ideal for measuring steep dose gradients.

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Head of Radiotherapy Physics - Sheffield, UK

Posting date: Feb 22, 2010
Closing date: Mar 24, 2010
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Age-dependent tissue-specific exposure of cell phone users Mar 8, 2010

Andreas Christ et al Phys. Med. Biol. 55 1767–1783

Geometrical co-calibration of a tomographic optical system with CT for intrinsically co-registered imaging Feb 26, 2010

Liji Cao, Mathies Breithaupt and Jörg Peter Phys. Med. Biol. 55 1591–1606

Topical review: Polymer gel dosimetry Feb 11, 2010

C Baldock et al Phys. Med. Biol. 55 R1–R63

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Defining the future of radiation medicine - where technology meets cancer care

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The biomedical attraction of magnetic nanoparticles

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