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Super-thin probe finds fluorescing plaques

Mar 2, 2010

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

In brief: research round-up

Feb 3, 2010

Recent developments in image guidance, PET, RF ablation, nanomedicine and more.

Imaging uncovers neurological disorders

Jan 26, 2010

Medical imaging modalities could prove valuable for the early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease.

High-resolution OCT explores the gut

Jan 25, 2010

OCT inside the gastrointestinal tract could one day replace invasive biopsies.

Opinion

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.

Optical modelling points the way to PDT progress

May 14, 2009

Off-the-shelf commercial software is helping scientists to enhance the clinical efficacy of photodynamic therapy for targeted tumour destruction, reports Joe McEntee.

IMRT: next move, biological optimization?

Dec 11, 2008

The unique beam-delivery conditions of IMRT offer an opportunity to optimize the biological response of tumour cells to therapeutic irradiation, explains Natalka Suchowerska of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia.

Blue-sky thinking converges on imaging, biology

Nov 6, 2008

Imaging and tumour biology proved to be two of the headline themes at a workshop on the future of physics in radiation oncology. Joe McEntee reports from the keynote session.