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Biomedical optics

Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies

Research & Innovation News

Photoacoustic device sees early metastases

A photoacoustic device can detect individual melanoma cells circulating in the blood stream.

Classifying motion guides adaptive therapy

A scheme that classifies sources of lung tumour geometric variability could help guide adaptive radiotherapy.

Nanoparticles deliver two therapies in one

Dual-function nanoparticles show promise for photodynamic and photothermal therapy.

In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in radiotherapy, tumour modelling, nanomedicine and more.

Opinion

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.

Optical modelling points the way to PDT progress

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

Physics in Medicine & Biology

FTC: Electromechanical wave imaging for arrhythmias

Jean Provost, Vu Thanh-Hieu Nguyen, DiƩgo Legrand, Stan Okrasinski, Alexandre Costet, Alok Gambhir, Hasan Garan and Elisa E Konofagou 2011 Phys. Med. Biol. 56 L1

Predictive models for pressure-driven fluid infusions into brain parenchyma

Raghu Raghavan and Martin Brady 2011 Phys. Med. Biol. 56 6179