Applied Physics

Scientific Critique of High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy quality assurance: a practical guide.

Wilkinson, DA (2006). High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy quality assurance: a practical guide. Biomedical Imaging and Interventional Journal, pages 1-7. ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 20 2009 - 3:01am

Proton Therapy: One of the most popular modes of cancer treatment nowadays

Proton Therapy (PT) is a high-quality radiation therapy and initially used to treat human patients in Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. For about 50 years of its use in treating cancer, it has been reported to have an excellent clinical result especially ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 17 2009 - 4:54am

Viability Of Quantum Computers As Unpredictable As Quantum Mechanics

Prospects for building a practical quantum computer are as unpredictable as quantum mechanics itself. However, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 5:57pm

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy in Prostate Cancer

One of the emerging techniques in prostate cancer imaging is magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), which provides bio-chemical information from body tissue in a safe and noninvasive method. In the presence of an applied external magnetic field, the atomic ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 19 2009 - 6:52am

PMC-BioPhysics: A New Open Access Journal

“I am very pleased to be working with PhysMath Central as I believe open access is the future for publication of all bio-related research. I am also excited at the prospect that online publishing brings the ability to post video and raw data as supplement ...

Blog Post - Nicholas Horton - Aug 19 2009 - 6:44pm

Check Source Program

CHECK SOURCE OPERATING PROCEDURE Prior to performing a radiation survey using the survey meter, the RHSO must first ensure that the instrument is functioning properly. The RHSO must perform an operational check using the check source (Strontium-90) that i ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 19 2009 - 9:32pm

Lesson from the past: Radiation Therapy Overexposure

Glasgow ra d iotherapy accid ent, 2006 Treatment Date: January 5-31, 2006 Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Type of ev ent: Radiation Therapy Overexposure Description: ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Aug 20 2009 - 4:36am

Prostate Cancer Imaging and Radiation Treatment Modalities

The first reported used of x-ray therapy to treat prostate cancer, which claimed to have an excellent result is done by Imbert and Imbert in 1904. The investigation of x-ray radiation for patient therapy continued until it is adapted into clinical routine ...

Blog Post - Dayan Loria - Sep 22 2009 - 7:08pm

Want To Make Your Own Black Hole? This May Be How

Would you like to make your own black hole before the LHC supposedly dooms us all (though it has to stop breaking first before it can unleash physics-induced Eschaton)? Dartmouth researchers say they may be able to do it. Writing in Physical Review Lett ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2009 - 1:28pm

LDR Brachytherapy Verification Spreadsheet