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MRI reveals long-term effects of space travel on the brain

MRI, PET strengthen iron, tau link to Alzheimer’s

MRI and PET data reveal a significant relationship between excessive iron accumulation and tau protein deposits in brain regions linked to Alzheimer's disease

Deep learning improves cardiac images from SPECT-only scanners

A deep learning-based model estimates attenuation maps directly from emission data, enhancing myocardial perfusion imaging on SPECT-only scanners

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Image quality analysis for MR in radiotherapy using the MagphanRT system

Clinical experience on an automated QA platform in a busy multicentre department

Breeding butterflies with stunning structural colour, how COVID-19 is affecting the provision of radiation therapy

Akesis Galaxy® Rotating Gamma SRS: A Technical Review

How has COVID-19 impacted the provision of radiation therapy?

In a webinar hosted by the Radiosurgery Society, an expert panel examined how radiotherapy delivery has adapted to the challenges of the current pandemic

Alanine dosimeters line up for MRI-guided radiotherapy

A solid-state alanine detector can be used in strong magnetic fields, making it a suitable reference detector for MRI-guided radiotherapy

AI can enhance MRI-guided radiation therapy plans

Artificial intelligence algorithms can rapidly predict 3D dose distributions for online adaptive MRI-guided radiotherapy plans

COVID-19 symptoms detected from a safe distance using infrared light and microwaves

Remote access checker is being tested in a German hospital

Stereotactic ablative radiation to metastases slows prostate cancer progression

Patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer treated with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy had longer progression-free survival than observation-only controls

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Intelligent 4D CT reduces image artefacts

An intelligent breathing signal-guided 4D CT concept could improve radiotherapy planning for moving tumours

Peeking inside our brains: can MRI quantify axonal features?

A novel diffusion MRI-based method paves the way towards non-invasive measurements of axonal sizes

AI checks CT scans for COVID-19

Deep learning could analyse radiological features to diagnose COVID-19 faster than current blood tests

Marie Curie film struggles to portray the miracle of discovery, revealing the answers to our physics trivia quiz

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Thin-film perovskite detectors could enable extremely low-dose medical imaging

X-ray detectors made from perovskite thin films are 100 times more sensitive than conventional silicon-based devices

Spreading tattoo ink reveals radiation-induced necrosis

Imaging the spread of phosphorescent tattoo ink injected into a tumour can reveal subtle changes in response to radiotherapy

How does respiratory motion impact pencil-beam scanning proton therapy?

Dose deterioration due to the interplay effect decreases as the number of treatment fractions increases, but not in cases with small tumour targets and relatively large motion

Europe seeks to harness power of AI in COVID-19 crisis

A multicentre European project is developing a deep learning-based model to enhance CT diagnosis of COVID-19

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Phase-contrast imaging could improve breast cancer diagnosis

Propagation-based phase-contrast CT generates higher quality diagnostic breast images than absorption-based CT, at a comparable dose to conventional mammography

Physics in the pandemic: �?During challenges, what you focus on matters a lot’

Suman Shrestha, a PhD student at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, admires the centre’s response to the pandemic

Ask me anything: Giulia Thompson

The head of system physics within global linac engineering at Elekta gives her advice to physics graduates

How do fiducial markers affect particle therapy dose distributions?

A measurement system based on pixel sensors assesses dose perturbations from fiducial markers in carbon ion therapy

Physics in the pandemic: �?Routines are important’

PhD student Laura Patricia Kaplan shares her thoughts on working from home

Physics in the pandemic: �?Work will always be there’

Catherine Steffel contemplates PhD studies in a time of university shutdowns

Radiomics-based MR image analysis can predict brain tumour prognosis

Computational analysis of MRI scans from glioblastoma patients may help predict survival and response to treatments

Ultrasound assessment of tumour oxygenation could guide cancer therapy

Ultrasound localization microscopy has potential to be a significant imaging modality for diagnosis and therapy monitoring of solid tumours

AI can enhance accuracy of CT scans in emphysema

An artificial intelligence algorithm can provide fully automated quantification of emphysema

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