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Biomedical optics

Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies

Research & Innovation News

Innovation: patent applications review

Our survey of the latest international patent applications in radiation therapy reviews filings from Varian, .decimal, Xoft, SpectraCure and more.

Nano update: detect, image, treat

The latest nanotechnology advances: from arterial plaque ablation to ultrasensitive imaging, wound dressings to tumour therapy.

Optical ECT: the complete correction

A complete attenuation-correction algorithm for optical-emission CT can reconstruct quantitatively accurate emission images.

In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in radiotherapy planning, photodynamic therapy, CT and more.

Opinion

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.

IMRT: next move, biological optimization?

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

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.

Physics in Medicine & Biology

A parallel adaptive finite element simplified spherical harmonics approximation solver for frequency domain fluorescence molecular imaging

Y Lu, B Zhu, H Shen, J C Rasmussen, G Wang and E M Sevick-Muraca 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 4625

A comprehensive method for optical-emission computed tomography

A Thomas, J Bowsher, J Roper, T Oliver, M Dewhirst and M Oldham 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 3947

Topical review: RBE of low energy electrons and photons

Hooshang Nikjoo and Lennart Lindborg 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 R65

The integration of quantitative multi-modality imaging data into mathematical models of tumors

N C Atuegwu, J C Gore and T E Yankeelov 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 2429