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Talking point RSS feedElectrons: are they underused in radiotherapy?
May 10, 2013 (1 comment)
ESTRO debate examines the future of electrons in radiation therapy.
Biological optimization for radiotherapy
Apr 12, 2013 (1 comment)
Individualizing radiotherapy plans based on radiobiological models could improve tumour control without increasing complications.
A pioneering approach to proton therapy
Mar 15, 2013
Video: Thomas Bortfeld describes the cutting-edge cancer treatments available at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Iterative least-squares optimizes VMAT apertures
Feb 7, 2013
Use of iterative least-squares for aperture optimization reduces leaf motion and monitor unit variation in volumetric-modulated arc therapy plans.
Brachytherapy dose calculation just got better
Jan 7, 2013
Some important changes are coming to the techniques used for brachytherapy dose calculation. Frank Verhaegen and Luc Beaulieu discuss the details.
Open access and the impact on PMB
Dec 10, 2012
Simon Cherry examines the debate surrounding open access publishing and details the options offered by the journal Physics in Medicine and Biology.
CUBRIC: a focus on brain research
Nov 13, 2012
Researchers at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre can exploit a range of imaging techniques to study the workings of the human brain.
Omni-tomography: the ultimate in multimodality imaging?
Oct 2, 2012
Omni-tomography, in which multiple tomographic scanners are integrated into a single gantry, represents the next stage of multimodality fusion for biomedical imaging, says Ge Wang.
Personalized medicine: how medical physics can help
Sep 4, 2012
Medical physics has made a vast contribution to the development of modern medicine, but could still deliver a lot more, says Robert Jeraj.
Imaging advances therapy assessment
Aug 9, 2012
AAPM symposium focuses on the development and verification of imaging techniques for therapy assessment.
Latest Editorial articles
Editorial articles RSS feedMedical isotope supplies: a game plan for the future
Dec 8, 2008 (1 comment)
A Canadian task force has identified a promising alternative method for making large quantities of Mo-99, using natural uranium and photons from a high-power accelerator.
Medical physicists: preparing for change
Oct 27, 2008 (6 comments)
As the boundaries between medical disciplines become increasingly blurred and those between diagnosis, therapy and management follow suit, how can medical physicists adapt to these changing needs?
Radiotherapy: challenges old and new
Sep 24, 2008
Long-standing tasks such as dealing with organ motion, as well as the new challenges arising from state-of-the-art beam-delivery systems, were the talk of this year's ESTRO meeting.
Ionizing radiation: the double-edged sword
Aug 15, 2008
With cancer survivors now younger and living longer, it's pertinent to ask whether recent advances in conformal radiotherapy modalities come at a latent cost.
High-performance computing: shaping medicine's future
Jul 14, 2008
Tools such as grid networks and supercomputers will play a vital supporting role in biomedical research and clinical development.
Cellular imaging draws disciplines together
Jun 10, 2008
The traditionally diverse disciplines of biology and physics are finding common ground in the effort to image cellular functions.
Particle therapy: protons and beyond
May 14, 2008
Most particle-therapy treatments are performed using proton beams; but could carbon ions ever become a practical alternative?
Optical imaging comes to the fore
Apr 17, 2008
Optics-based techniques such as fluorescence and Raman imaging are poised to play a bigger role in cancer diagnostics.
Setting the standards for IMRT
Mar 20, 2008 (1 comment)
Wide variations in dose prescription and delivery between institutions highlight the pressing need for universal IMRT planning and reporting guidelines.
Technology assessment: why magical thinking won't do
Feb 25, 2008
Newer isn't always better, which is why a rigorous examination of emerging clinical technologies is in everyone's interest.