Medical physics and biotechnology: highlights of 2023
A selection of healthcare innovations that caught our eye this year
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A selection of healthcare innovations that caught our eye this year
The Acoustics 2023 Sydney conference saw researchers present novel medical applications of acoustics in healthcare
Read article: Ultrasound innovations enable pain-free vaccination, monitor muscle dynamics in real time
This year’s winners bring hope to people with spinal-cord injuries
Read article: Brain–computer interface that allowed a paralysed man to walk is the Physics World 2023 Breakthrough of the Year
A portable Raman spectroscopy system can measure changes in brain neurochemistry via the eye
Read article: Handheld device uses eye-safe retinal spectroscopy to diagnose brain injury
A novel titanium alloy could create load-bearing implants with inherent antibacterial response
Read article: Bacteria-resistant alloy improves infection control in implant surgeries
This year’s RSNA annual meeting highlighted the latest advances in the use of artificial intelligence within radiology
Read article: RSNA 2023 showcases AI in radiology
Organic semiconductors modified with high-Z heteroatoms could create optimal X-ray detectors for medical imaging, radiotherapy and dosimetry
Read article: Flexible X-ray detectors line up for medical imaging and radiotherapy
Proton therapy using shoot-through FLASH beams reduces LET in critical organs and is robust against density variations
Read article: Shoot-through proton FLASH: a robust approach to brain tumour treatment
The 2024 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics has been awarded to four scientists for inventing adaptive optics technologies for imaging the human retina
Read article: Adaptive optics pioneers win Rank Prize for retinal imaging breakthroughs
First-in-human immunoPET imaging examines the biodistribution of T cells in COVID-19 convalescent patients and healthy controls
Read article: Total-body PET imaging reveals immune response in COVID-19 patients