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Apr 4, 2012
A simple formalism can calculate the lower limit on the timing resolution of scintillation detectors for applications such as time-of-flight PET.
A new take on tumour ablation
Mar 27, 2012
Prepare for a shock: there's a new kid on the block in tumour ablation.
In brief: research round-up
Mar 23, 2012
Recent developments in photoacoustic imaging, nanomedicine, radiotherapy and more.
Minibeam therapy spares healthy tissue
Mar 22, 2012
Irradiation with submillimetre wide X-ray beams doubled survival time in rats with glioma while sparing healthy brain tissue.
Grid therapy: the IMPT approach
Mar 21, 2012
Spatially fractionated proton beams could deliver high tumour dose with minimal skin damage.
Detector advances stimulate PET progress
Mar 19, 2012
Applying solid-state detector technology to nuclear medicine has spurred the introduction of advanced scanning systems.
Can LET painting overcome hypoxia?
Mar 15, 2012
LET-optimized treatment planning could provide a method for overcoming hypoxia-induced radioresistance.
How does LED impact lung radiotherapy?
Mar 13, 2012
Modern radiotherapy techniques that employ small radiation fields have a greater risk of inducing lateral electron disequilibrium.
Precision therapy calls for superior imaging
Mar 12, 2012
With target volume definition cited as the weakest link in the radiotherapy chain; how can this step be improved?
RBE variations impact proton range
Mar 9, 2012
The varying biological effectiveness of protons passing through tissues with different radiosensitivities can affect the proton range.
Mini PET probe explores cancer biomarkers
Mar 8, 2012
The Endo-TOFPET-US project is developing a miniature PET/ultrasound probe to study pancreatic and prostate cancer biomarkers.
Brain PET enhances radiotherapy planning
Mar 7, 2012
A brain PET scanner based on semiconductor detectors can provide more accurate tumour delineation than conventional whole-body PET.
Blood monitoring predicts therapy efficacy
Mar 1, 2012
Optical monitoring of tumour blood flow and oxygenation during radiotherapy could aid the early prediction of treatment efficacy.
Data set eases proton beam commissioning
Feb 28, 2012
A universal set of "Golden beam" data can simplify the commissioning of pencil-beam scanning proton therapy systems.
Innovation: patent applications review
Feb 23, 2012
Our survey of the latest international patent applications in medical imaging reviews filings from Accuray, InfiMed, Philips and more.
Does LNT model overestimate cancer risk?
Feb 21, 2012
In vitro observations potentially contradict the linear-no-threshold model, with implications for estimating radiation-induced cancer risk.
PET/CT delineates tumours in motion
Feb 17, 2012
A single PET/CT scan could replace 4D-CT scanning for determining the target volume of tumours affected by respiratory motion.
MCO speeds VMAT planning
Feb 14, 2012
Multicriteria optimization reduces VMAT planning time and allows compromise between planning objectives and delivery efficiency.
In brief: research round-up
Feb 9, 2012
Recent developments in diagnostics, radiotherapy, biosensing and more.
What is cardiac radiation's link to cancer?
Feb 8, 2012
Questions remain about the link between ionizing radiation in cardiac imaging and the development of cancer.