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Varian details collaboration rationale
May 22, 2012
Varian Medical Systems explains the motivation underlying its recent tie-up with Siemens Healthcare.
Particle therapy: ion beam options
May 18, 2012
Could beams of ion species other than protons and carbon ions prove valuable for particle therapy?
Surface imaging enhances patient alignment
May 17, 2012
Three-dimensional surface imaging proves valuable for reducing errors in daily alignment of radiotherapy patients.
Dielectric data for pregnancy-related tissues
May 2, 2012
Measuring the dielectric properties of rat foetuses helps model the biological effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Opinion
Calculation uncertainties undermine dose verification
May 8, 2012
Large uncertainties in calculating the production rate of positron emitters in proton beams undermine PET-based particle therapy verification, explains Frank Verhaegen.
EIT: where is it now and what lies ahead?
Apr 25, 2012
A new review paper examines the current status of electrical impedance tomography, how the technique should be progressed and how best to achieve these developments.
CERN: catalysing collaboration for medical advances
Mar 26, 2012
The ICTR-PHE conference in Geneva saw clinicians and physicists come together to help transfer the benefits of basic scientific research to medicine.
Turkey bolsters isotope supplies
Feb 9, 2012
A new facility is about to open outside Ankara that is designed to end Turkey's dependence on importing expensive isotopes for medical use. Michael Banks takes an exclusive tour of the project.
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Physics in Medicine & Biology
Prompt gamma imaging with a slit camera for real-time range control in proton therapy
May 14, 2012
J Smeets, F Roellinghoff, D Prieels, F Stichelbaut, A Benilov, P Busca, C Fiorini, R Peloso, M Basilavecchia, T Frizzi, J C Dehaes and A Dubus 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 3371
Beam range estimation by measuring bremsstrahlung
Apr 23, 2012
Mitsutaka Yamaguchi, Kota Torikai, Naoki Kawachi, Hirofumi Shimada, Takahiro Satoh, Yuto Nagao, Shu Fujimaki, Motohide Kokubun, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuo Arakawa, Tomihiro Kamiya and Takashi Nakano 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 2843
Time-resolved cardiac interventional cone-beam CT reconstruction from fully truncated projections using the prior image constrained compressed sensing (PICCS) algorithm
Apr 5, 2012
Pascal Thériault Lauzier, Jie Tang and Guang-Hong Chen 2012 Phys. Med. Biol. 57 2461
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