Medical Physics Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Medical Physics, including details on medicine, radiotherapy, biomechanics, medical imaging.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 8 (August)

1. Three-dimensional prostate position estimation with a single x-ray imager utilizing the spatial probability density.
   Phys Med Biol, 53(16): 4331-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Spectral features of laser-accelerated protons for radiotherapy applications.
   Phys Med Biol, 53(16): 4383-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. 2D/3D registration of endoscopic ultrasound to CT volume data.
   Phys Med Biol, 53(16): 4303-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Colorectal tumor cells treated with 5-FU, oxaliplatin, irinotecan, and cetuximab exhibit changes in 18F-FDG incorporation corresponding to hexokinase activity and glucose transport.
   J Nucl Med, 49(8): 1386-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Comment on "Magnetic resonance spectroscopy identifies neural progenitor cells in the live human brain".
   Science, 321(5889): 640;author reply 640. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Monte Carlo study on a flattening filter-free 18-MV photon beam of a medical linear accelerator.
   Radiat Med, 26(6): 331-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Laparoscopic renal cooling device.
   Med Biol Eng Comput. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Constant volume of the human lens and decrease in surface area of the capsular bag during accommodation: an MRI and Scheimpflug study.
   Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Accuracy assessment of global and local atrophy measurement techniques with realistic simulated longitudinal Alzheimer's disease images.
   Neuroimage, 42(2): 696-709. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Optimization of stereotactic radiotherapy treatment delivery technique for base-of-skull meningiomas.
    Med Dosim, 33(3): 239-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A DSP based multi-frequency 3D electrical impedance tomography system.
    Ann Biomed Eng, 36(9): 1594-603. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Analysis of stem cell lipids by offline HPTLC-MALDI-TOF MS.
    Anal Bioanal Chem. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy: an overview for radiologists.
    Korean J Radiol, 9(4): 291-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Quantitative time- and frequency-domain analysis of the two-pulse COSY revamped by asymmetric Z-gradient echo detection NMR experiment: Theoretical and experimental aspects, time-zero data truncation artifacts, and radiation damping.
    J Chem Phys, 129(4): 044505. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Aggregation behavior and chromonic liquid crystal phase of a dye derived from naphthalenecarboxylic acid.
    J Phys Chem B, 112(32): 9883-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Physics aspects of prostate tomotherapy: Planning optimization and image-guidance issues.
    Acta Oncol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Depletion of 14-3-3 zeta elicits endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell death, and increases vulnerability to kainate-induced injury in mouse hippocampal cultures.
    J Neurochem, 106(2): 978-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Neuroradiologic Applications with Routine C-arm Flat Panel Detector CT: Evaluation of Patient Dose Measurements.
    AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Windkesselness of coronary arteries hampers assessment of human coronary wave speed by single-point technique.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 295(2): H482-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The application of multiscale modelling to the process of development and prevention of stenosis in a stented coronary artery.
    Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci, 366(1879): 3343-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. A treatment planning study comparing volumetric arc modulation with RapidArc and fixed field IMRT for cervix uteri radiotherapy.
    Radiother Oncol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Time-resolved magnetic resonance angiography and flow-sensitive 4-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla for blood flow and wall shear stress analysis.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 136(2): 400-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Effective dose and image quality evaluations of an automatic CT tube current modulation system with an anthropomorphic phantom.
    Eur J Radiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Biophysical Analysis of Progressive C-Terminal Truncations of Human Apolipoprotein E4: Insights into Secondary Structure and Unfolding Properties.
    Biochemistry. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Exploring the feasibility of simultaneous electroencephalography/functional magnetic resonance imaging at 7 T.
    Magn Reson Imaging, 26(7): 968-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Monte Carlo estimation of radiation doses in red bone marrow and breast in common pediatric x-ray examinations.
    Health Phys, 95(3): 331-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Location of a Reflection Site Is Elusive. Consequences for the Calculation of Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity.
    Hypertension. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Use of anisotropic modelling in electrical impedance tomography; Description of method and preliminary assessment of utility in imaging brain function in the adult human head.
    Neuroimage. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The comparison of doses measured by radiochromic films and semiconductor detector in a 175MeV proton beam.
    Phys Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Size- and Shape-Dependent Polarizabilities of Sandwich and Rice-Ball ConBzm Clusters from Density Functional Theory.
    J Phys Chem A. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Acceptance test of a commercially available software for automatic image registration of computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 99mTc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) brain images.
    J Digit Imaging, 21(3): 329-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. A phantom study of dose compensation behind hip prosthesis using portal dosimetry and dynamic MLC.
    Radiother Oncol, 88(2): 277-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Changes in tumor hypoxia induced by mild temperature hyperthermia as assessed by dual-tracer immunohistochemistry.
    Radiother Oncol, 88(2): 269-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Contractile forces in tumor cell migration.
    Eur J Cell Biol, 87(8): 669-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Stochastic versus deterministic kernel-based superposition approaches for dose calculation of intensity-modulated arcs.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4733-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Recent developments in PET detector technology.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): R287-317. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Lithium formate EPR dosimetry for verifications of planned dose distributions prior to intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4667-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Measurement of dose reductions for superficial x-rays backscattered from bone interfaces.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): N329-N336. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Performance evaluation of a CyberKnife(R) G4 image-guided robotic stereotactic radiosurgery system.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4697-718. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Combination of intensity-based image registration with 3D simulation in radiation therapy.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4621-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. An imaging-based tumour growth and treatment response model: investigating the effect of tumour oxygenation on radiation therapy response.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4471-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Efficient Monte Carlo modelling of individual tumour cell propagation for hypoxic head and neck cancer.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(17): 4489-507. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. NFAT regulates induction of COX-2 and apoptosis of keratinocytes in response to ultraviolet radiation exposure.
    FASEB J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Modulation transfer function-based assessment of temporal resolution: validation for single- and dual-source CT.
    Radiology, 248(3): 1013-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. New technologies for human cancer imaging.
    J Clin Oncol, 26(24): 4012-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Accuracy of Prediction Equations for Determining One Repetition Maximum Bench Press in Women Before and After Resistance Training.
    J Strength Cond Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Entrance skin dose measured with MOSFETs in children undergoing interventional radiology procedures.
    Pediatr Radiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Speckle noise reduction of medical ultrasound images in complex wavelet domain using mixture priors.
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 55(9): 2152-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Investigation of breast dose in five screening mammography centres in Greece.
    J Radiol Prot, 28(3): 337-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Tract shape modelling provides evidence of topological change in corpus callosum genu during normal ageing.
    Neuroimage. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Hemispheric asymmetry of speed-dependent intercerebellar connectivity.
    Neurosci Lett. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Elucidating the protein cold-adaptation: Investigation of the parameters enhancing protein psychrophilicity.
    J Theor Biol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Location of PRODAN in lipid layer of HDL particle: a Raman study.
    Eur Biophys J, 37(7): 1105-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Investigation of the influence of carbon dioxide concentrations on cerebral physiology by susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (SWI).
    Neuroimage. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Tumor-associated CD75s- and iso-CD75s-gangliosides are potential targets for adjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer.
    Mol Cancer Ther, 7(8): 2464-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Positioning accuracy in stereotactic radiotherapy using a mask system with added vacuum mouth piece and stereoscopic X-ray positioning.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 72(1): 261-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Development of A Thermal Test Object For The Measurement Of Ultrasound Intracavity Transducer Self-Heating.
    Ultrasound Med Biol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. The p53-mediated cytotoxicity of photodynamic therapy of cancer: Recent advances.
    Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Japanese structure survey of radiation oncology in 2005 based on institutional stratification of patterns of care study.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 72(1): 144-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Nonspherical oscillations of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 34(9): 1465-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Noninvasive measurement of local thermal diffusivity using backscattered ultrasound and focused ultrasound heating.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 34(9): 1449-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Rationale, conduct, and outcome using hypofractionated radiotherapy in prostate cancer.
    Semin Radiat Oncol, 18(4): 249-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. NEOadjuvant therapy monitoring with PET and CT in Esophageal Cancer (NEOPEC-trial).
    BMC Med Phys, 8: 3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Multislice CT angiography in the follow-up of fenestrated endovascular grafts: effect of slice thickness on 2D and 3D visualization of the fenestration stents.
    J Endovasc Ther, 15(4): 417-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Clinical ultraviolet dosimetry with a CCD monochromator array spectroradiometer.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(18): 5239-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Effect of transverse magnetic fields on dose distribution and RBE of photon beams: comparing PENELOPE and EGS4 Monte Carlo codes.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(18): 5123-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. A mathematical approach for evaluating the influence of dose heterogeneity on TCP for prostate cancer brachytherapy treatment.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(18): 5045-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. On the impact of longitudinal breathing motion randomness for tomotherapy delivery.
    Phys Med Biol, 53(18): 4855-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Science at the interstices: an evolution in the academy.
    Acad Med, 83(9): 827-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Molecular dynamics of a kappaB DNA element: base flipping via cross-strand intercalative stacking in a microsecond-scale simulation.
    Nucleic Acids Res, 36(15): 4941-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Heart failure diagnostics based on ventilation/perfusion single photon emission computed tomography pattern and quantitative perfusion gradients.
    Nucl Med Commun, 29(8): 666-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Reliability and reproducibility of N-[11C]methyl-choline and L-(S-methyl-[11C])methionine solid-phase synthesis: a useful and suitable method in clinical practice.
    Nucl Med Commun, 29(8): 736-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. New insights on growth mechanisms of protein clusters at surfaces: an AFM and simulation study.
    Langmuir, 24(17): 9648-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. A structural mechanism for MscS gating in lipid bilayers.
    Science, 321(5893): 1210-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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