Biomedical optics
Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of optical technologies
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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.
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.
'Multidisciplinarians' set the agenda in biophotonics
May 2, 2008
Photonic technologies are undergoing a second renaissance, argues Tom Baer of the Stanford Photonics Research Center in California. So what does that mean for biomedical applications?
Molecular imaging: potentials and pitfalls
Mar 31, 2008
Molecular imaging provides a powerful tool for disease characterization and treatment assessment. But in many cases, it's still very much a work in progress, explains Chaitanya Divgi.
Radiobiology: the appliance of science
Nov 7, 2007 (2 comments)
Radiobiology must play a pivotal role in the treatment planning of conformal radiotherapy, says Alan Nahum of the UK's Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology.
A virtual opportunity for interventional radiology
May 23, 2007
Interventional radiologists can gets to grips with complex surgical procedures using sophisticated physics-based simulators. Nigel John and Derek Gould make the case for computer-based training.
PDT dosimetry: a problem waiting to be solved
Feb 9, 2007
Could photodynamic therapy be failing to reach its true potential owing to the lack of a standard dose measurement? Mike Patterson discusses PDT dosimetry.
Cold plasma therapy: all sorts of possibilities
Jan 26, 2007
Gas plasmas will one day be used for non-contact, painless, therapeutic functions such as disinfection and non-inflammatory tissue removal, claims Eva Stoffels-Adamowicz.
Tissue engineering: a call for standardization
Jan 5, 2007
The growth of cultured tissue is a promising, yet commercially immature, technology. Paul Tomlins examines the pressing need for standards for tissue scaffolds and tissue engineering.
Physics meets biology: a convergence of interest
Aug 7, 2006
Advances in biophotonics and supercomputing signal a bright future for biophysics research, write Jason Crain and Will Hossack.