Physics in Medicine & Biology latest papers http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155 Physics in Medicine & Biology publishes original and review articles covering the applications of theoretical and practical physics to medicine, physiology and biology. The journal enters its 50th year of publication in 2005 and enjoys a strong reputation among researchers and clinicians in 70 countries. Topics covered by the journal include radiotherapy physics, radiation dosimetry and metrology, the use of physical agents, such as ionising and non-ionising radiation, electromagnetic fields and ultrasound in diagnosis, imaging, biomedical optics, radiobiology and nuclear medicine. The journal is published on behalf of The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine by IOP Publishing. en-gb Copyright © IOP Publishing 2009 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 IOP Publishing Devoted to the application of theoretical and practical physics to medicine, physiology and biology. It covers all areas of radiotherapy physics, imaging, biomedical optics, radiobiology and nuclear medicine. Published on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) Physics in Medicine and Biology 0031-9155 Physics in Medicine and Biology http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ An examination of automatic exposure control regimes for two digital radiography systems http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/MFzdugUA178/a=002 N W Marshall 2009-07-09T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/002 Radiation Safety Section, Clinical Physics CAU, Dominion House, 60, Barts Close, St Bartholomew's Hospital, EC1A 7BE, London, UK 7 August 2009 15 54 Phys. Med. 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N347 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/bFAqHJAPkzY" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=15/a=N02?rss=1.0 Accurate helical cone-beam CT reconstruction with redundant data http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/VbVfWd5xtqg/a=001 Harald Schondube Karl Stierstorfer Frederic Noo 2009-07-09T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/001 UCAIR, Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Siemens Healthcare, Siemensstr. 1, 91301 Forchheim, Germany 7 August 2009 15 54 Phys. Med. Biol. 4625 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/VbVfWd5xtqg" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=15/a=001?rss=1.0 Cone beam computerized tomography: the effect of calibration of the Hounsfield unit number to electron density on dose calculation accuracy for adaptive radiation therapy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/Rq76-PcohHI/a=N01 Joan Hatton Boyd McCurdy Peter B Greer 2009-07-09T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/15/N01 Radiation Oncology Department, Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW, Australia; School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Departments of Physics & Astronomy, and Radiology, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada 7 August 2009 15 54 Phys. Med. Biol. N329 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/Rq76-PcohHI" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=15/a=N01?rss=1.0 Ultrasound contrast microbubbles in imaging and therapy: physical principles and engineering http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/ByzskY0_gfg/a=C01 Shengping Qin Charles F Caskey Katherine W Ferrara 2009-07-05T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/C01 21 July 2009 14 54 Phys. Med. Biol. 4621 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/ByzskY0_gfg" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=14/a=C01?rss=1.0 Simple analytical expressions for the dose of point photon sources in homogeneous media http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/m3I8ZnIG17w/a=C02 M P Sabariego I Porras A M Lallena 2009-07-05T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/C02 21 July 2009 14 54 Phys. Med. 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N319 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/w8AGA_gLlYs" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=14/a=N04?rss=1.0 The photo-electric current in laser-Doppler flowmetry by Monte Carlo simulations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/zD0szj5RZu0/a=N03 Tiziano Binzoni Terence S Leung Dimitri Van De Ville 2009-06-29T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/N03 Departement des Neurosciences Fondamentales, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Departement de l'Imagerie et des Sciences de l'Information Medicale, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, UK; Biomedical Imaging Group, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 21 July 2009 14 54 Phys. Med. Biol. N303 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/zD0szj5RZu0" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=14/a=N03?rss=1.0 Experimental characterization and system simulations of depth of interaction PET detectors using 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm LSO arrays http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/qAaBWNIq9Wk/a=015 Sara St James Yongfeng Yang Yibao Wu Richard Farrell Purushottam Dokhale Kanai S Shah Simon R Cherry 2009-06-29T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/015 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Radiation Monitoring Devices Inc., Watertown, MA 02172, USA 21 July 2009 14 54 Phys. Med. Biol. 4605 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/qAaBWNIq9Wk" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=14/a=015?rss=1.0 Forward projection of variable angle imaging geometry to reduce reconstruction uncertainty and simplify seed matching in a backprojection algorithm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~3/UBRUzUfpoqc/a=014 T Meyer I Kay 2009-06-29T23:00:00+00:00 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/014 Department of Medical Physics, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 21 July 2009 14 54 Phys. Med. Biol. 4595 <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PhysMedBiol/~4/UBRUzUfpoqc" height="1" width="1"/>http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/54/i=14/a=014?rss=1.0