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Silicone oil may help preserve vision
Aug 27, 2010
Introducing silicone oil into the eye during brachytherapy may help preserve the vision of eye cancer patients.
Innovation: patent applications review
Aug 20, 2010
Our survey of the latest international patent applications in radiation therapy reviews filings from Varian, .decimal, Xoft, SpectraCure and more.
Split-field IMRT enhances dose homogeneity
Aug 18, 2010
The use of split-field IMRT for craniospinal irradiation leads to superior dose homogeneity and improved target volume coverage.
Monte Carlo for complex radiotherapy
Aug 17, 2010
Two new Monte Carlo sources enable high-resolution simulations of advanced beam-delivery techniques.
Opinion
A capital week for Canadian medical physicists
Jul 16, 2010
The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists held its annual scientific meeting last month in Ottawa. Malcolm McEwen of the National Research Council Canada reports on the event's highlights.
Proton therapy: scattering versus scanning
May 28, 2010
Varian's Marcel Marc and Armin Langenegger take a look at the pros and cons of scattering- and scanning-based proton therapy techniques.
Radiotherapy safety: the key role of QA
Apr 29, 2010 (1 comment)
To prevent radiation therapy errors and accidents, quality assurance programmes must be appropriately structured and independently audited, recommends MD Anderson's Geoffrey Ibbott.
WIMP 2010: a cool connection
Mar 30, 2010
Last month, around 60 physicists attended the Winter Institute of Medical Physics, to catch up on the latest developments in radiotherapy and medical imaging, and hone their snowboarding and skiing skills alongside.
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Physics in Medicine & Biology
The impact of standing wave effects on transcranial focused ultrasound disruption of the blood–brain barrier in a rat model
Aug 20, 2010
M A O'Reilly, Y Huang and K Hynynen 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 5251
RapidArc treatment verification in 3D using polymer gel dosimetry and Monte Carlo simulation
Aug 16, 2010
S Ceberg, I Gagne, H Gustafsson, J B Scherman, S S Korreman, F Kjær-Kristoffersen, M Hilts and S Å J Bäck 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 4885
Dosimetric verification and clinical evaluation of a new commercially available Monte Carlo-based dose algorithm for application in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatment planning
Aug 6, 2010
M Fragoso, N Wen, S Kumar, D Liu, S Ryu, B Movsas, A Munther and I J Chetty 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 4445
Monte Carlo dosimetry for forthcoming clinical trials in x-ray microbeam radiation therapy
Jul 26, 2010
I Martínez-Rovira, J Sempau, J M Fernández-Varea, A Bravin and Y Prezado 2010 Phys. Med. Biol. 55 4375