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Biomedical optics

Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies

Research & Innovation News

Photoacoustic images reveal prostate cancer

Multispectral photoacoustic imaging can differentiate between normal and malignant prostate tissue.

In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in treatment monitoring, cryoablation, ultrasound therapy and more.

Optoacoustics assesses tissue viability

Researchers use optoacoustic imaging to evaluate tissue viability in vivo and in real time.

A new take on blood pressure monitoring

Non-invasive monitoring device estimates central blood pressure accurately and reliably.

Opinion

Imaging advances therapy assessment

AAPM symposium focuses on the development and verification of imaging techniques for therapy assessment.

The low-down on molecular imaging

Video report: Simon Cherry discusses recent progress in molecular imaging and examines how these techniques are increasingly being translated to the clinic.

PlanetHPC: what's next for high-performance computing?

How can developments in high-performance computing help medical physics? PlanetHPC wants to hear your views.

In vivo dosimetry: implementation issues

In vivo radiotherapy dosimetry has a great deal to offer, so why is it not more widely deployed? Writing in the British Journal of Radiology, Craig Edwards takes a closer look.

Physics in Medicine & Biology

Optical properties of biological tissues: a review

Steven L Jacques 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 R37

On a dark-field signal generated by micrometer-sized calcifications in phase-contrast mammography

Thilo Michel, Jens Rieger, Gisela Anton, Florian Bayer, Matthias W Beckmann, Jürgen Durst, Peter A Fasching, Wilhelm Haas, Arndt Hartmann, Georg Pelzer, Marcus Radicke, Claudia Rauh, André Ritter, Peter Sievers, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Michael Uder, David L Wachter, Thomas Weber, Evelyn Wenkel and Andrea Zang 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 2713

Real-time tumor motion estimation using respiratory surrogate via memory-based learning

Ruijiang Li, John H Lewis, Ross I Berbeco and Lei Xing 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 4771

Dielectric properties of rat embryo and foetus as a function of gestation

A Peyman and C Gabriel 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 2103