Medical physics highlights of the year
Portable MRI, tumour hypoxia tracking, FLASH dosimetry and more highlights from 2020
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Portable MRI, tumour hypoxia tracking, FLASH dosimetry and more highlights from 2020
Read article: Medical physics highlights of the year
Radiation therapy providers in the US need to start preparing now for the introduction of the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model (RO-APM)
Read article: Reimagining reimbursement in radiation oncology
A non-invasive intracranial pressure sensor could help clinicians assess traumatic brain injuries without traumatic monitoring tools
Read article: Optical sensor offers non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure
A debate at the ESTRO 2020 congress questioned whether there is a future for adaptive radiotherapy without an MR-linac
Read article: Is the MR-linac the future of adaptive radiotherapy?
A low-cost, portable brain MRI scanner could be mounted in an ambulance, wheeled into a patient's room or installed in small clinics across the globe
Read article: Portable brain MRI scanner increases access to neuroimaging
Feasibility study demonstrates for the first time that proton beam range can be accurately verified with online MRI in liquid phantoms
Read article: Online MR imaging verifies proton beam range
Speakers at the ESTRO 2020 congress discussed the use of nanoparticles to preferentially sensitize tumour cells to irradiation and improve radiation treatments
Read article: Nanoparticle sensitizers could enhance radiotherapy effectiveness
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America highlighted how artificial intelligence is being used to augment medical imaging
Read article: RSNA 2020: AI highlights from an all-virtual annual meeting
A research paper describing the first clinical use of an MRI-Linac for MRI-guided radiotherapy has won the 2020 PMB citations prize
Read article: First report of clinical MRI-Linac treatments wins journal citations prize
The annual meeting of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), originally due to take place in April, is now being staged as a fully digital event
Read article: ESTRO 2020 enables digital dialogue on radiation oncology