Biomedical optics
Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies
Research & Innovation News
Photoacoustic images reveal prostate cancer
May 16, 2013
Multispectral photoacoustic imaging can differentiate between normal and malignant prostate tissue.
In brief: research round-up
May 13, 2013
Recent developments in treatment monitoring, cryoablation, ultrasound therapy and more.
Optoacoustics assesses tissue viability
May 9, 2013
Researchers use optoacoustic imaging to evaluate tissue viability in vivo and in real time.
A new take on blood pressure monitoring
May 8, 2013 (1 comment)
Non-invasive monitoring device estimates central blood pressure accurately and reliably.
Opinion
Imaging advances therapy assessment
Aug 9, 2012
AAPM symposium focuses on the development and verification of imaging techniques for therapy assessment.
The low-down on molecular imaging
Dec 1, 2011
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?
Jan 5, 2011 (1 comment)
How can developments in high-performance computing help medical physics? PlanetHPC wants to hear your views.
In vivo dosimetry: implementation issues
Oct 28, 2009
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.
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Physics in Medicine & Biology
Optical properties of biological tissues: a review
May 13, 2013
Steven L Jacques 2013 Phys. Med. Biol. 58 R37
On a dark-field signal generated by micrometer-sized calcifications in phase-contrast mammography
Apr 8, 2013
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
Jul 16, 2012
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
Mar 29, 2012
A Peyman and C Gabriel 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 2103