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Siloton secures £8.4m to speed development of portable retinal imaging system
Handheld optical coherence tomography device will make diagnosis and monitoring of eye diseases more affordable and accessible
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Radiotherapy trials shape future treatments of brain metastases
Studies presented at the ASTRO 2026 meeting provide new evidence that could help inform radiation treatments of patients with brain metastases
Read article: Radiotherapy trials shape future treatments of brain metastases
Siemens Healthineers unveils ultrafast Accela radiotherapy system
Launched at ASTRO 2026, the high-speed Accela platform can deliver stereotactic treatments in a single breath-hold
Read article: Siemens Healthineers unveils ultrafast Accela radiotherapy system
Breaking in: how ultrasound smuggles drugs past the blood–brain barrier
A creative spin on MRI technology measures the amount of drug delivered to a brain tumour
Read article: Breaking in: how ultrasound smuggles drugs past the blood–brain barrier
Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy
A Monte Carlo-based 4D dose calculation framework assesses the uncertainties for realistic clinical treatments
Read article: Dose calculations reveal how patient motion impacts proton minibeam therapy
Encapsulated islet transplants restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice
A thin coating that hides transplanted donor cells from the body’s immune system could enable a novel therapy for type 1 diabetes
Read article: Encapsulated islet transplants restore blood sugar control in diabetic mice
Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions
This podcast features Katharine Hunt of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Read article: Gamma Knife radiosurgery brings precision treatment to benign brain conditions
Radiation shielding vest could reduce cancer risk for astronauts on deep space missions
A new personal radiation shielding vest tested during the Artemis I flight could significantly reduce the radiation dose that future astronauts might receive
Read article: Radiation shielding vest could reduce cancer risk for astronauts on deep space missions
Artificial blood vessels grow with the help of mechanical forces
New technique could allow for the scalable production of vascular tissue networks for regenerative medicine
Read article: Artificial blood vessels grow with the help of mechanical forces
Portable breast ultrasound enables imaging between cancer screening exams
An easy-to-use portable 3D ultrasound system enables nurses, physicians or even patients themselves to perform frequent breast imaging exams
Read article: Portable breast ultrasound enables imaging between cancer screening exams
AI sniffs out tuberculosis in breath’s chemical signature
Machine learning decodes the complex chemical signatures in human breath to deliver rapid, non-invasive tuberculosis diagnoses
Read article: AI sniffs out tuberculosis in breath’s chemical signature
Privacy risks from medical AI are greater than previously thought
Study reveals how sensitive health information about individual patients could be extracted from diagnostic medical AI models
Read article: Privacy risks from medical AI are greater than previously thought
Redefining radiotherapy QA: meeting the needs of modern treatment workflows
Radiotherapy QA must adapt to a new era of adaptive treatments, AI and automation
Read article: Redefining radiotherapy QA: meeting the needs of modern treatment workflows
First medical X-ray images taken in space achieve diagnostic quality
Diagnostic X-ray images recorded during an orbital spaceflight exhibited similar contrast and spatial resolution to those taken preflight on Earth
Read article: First medical X-ray images taken in space achieve diagnostic quality
Measuring the invisible: how internal dosimetry shapes radiation protection
Assessing the impact of radiation exposure is crucial for protecting the health of workers, but expert judgement is needed to interpret the results
Read article: Measuring the invisible: how internal dosimetry shapes radiation protection
Mouldable glass screen could make mammograms clearer and much more comfortable
New device produces higher-resolution X-ray images using a much lower dose of radiation
Read article: Mouldable glass screen could make mammograms clearer and much more comfortable
Affordable AI-powered endomicroscope lines up for early cancer detection
Handheld imaging device combines advanced optics with deep learning to enable early detection of epithelial cancers
Read article: Affordable AI-powered endomicroscope lines up for early cancer detection
Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy
Our podcast guest is James Giltz of One Physics
Read article: Independent linac commissioning matters for radiotherapy
Easy-to-use calculation tool estimates out-of-field neutron dose during proton therapy
Python-based tool calculates the neutron dose anywhere in a proton therapy treatment room using information from the treatment plan
Read article: Easy-to-use calculation tool estimates out-of-field neutron dose during proton therapy
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