Innovation: patent applications review
A round-up of some recent international patent applications in radiation therapy
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A round-up of some recent international patent applications in radiation therapy
Modelling the upper chambers of patients' hearts can help guide catheter ablation used to treat atrial fibrillation
Read article: Simulations guide targeted ablation of atrial fibrillation
The Rutherford Cancer Centre Thames Valley has unveiled its proton beam therapy facility and will begin treating patients within a fortnight
Read article: Rutherford Cancer Centres launches latest UK proton therapy facility
Sewing conductive fibres made of carbon nanotubes directly into damaged cardiac tissue can restore electrical function to the heart
Read article: Carbon nanotube fibres rewire damaged hearts
Using Raman spectroscopy to identify cancerous thyroid cells could help avoid invasive procedures currently employed to diagnose thyroid cancer
Read article: Raman spectroscopy lines up for thyroid cancer diagnosis
Could irradiation at ultrahigh dose rates provide the next leap forward in cancer therapy?
Read article: FLASH radiotherapy: from preclinical promise to the first human treatment
The winners of AAPM's 2019 Young Investigator award presented their research on brachytherapy needle guidance, blood cell dose during radiotherapy and heart segmentation
Read article: Young investigators focus on brachytherapy, dose modelling and deep learning
A Si/CdTe Compton camera can image the distributions of two of the most common PET and SPECT radiopharmaceuticals at the same time
Read article: Compton camera simultaneously images PET and SPECT tracers in human body
The UK’s first convergence science centre is investigating novel cancer treatments such as tumour-liquifying microbubbles and immune cell tracking
Read article: Convergence science centre accelerates development of innovative cancer therapies
PET imaging with amino acid tracers provides a promising approach for diagnosis, treatment planning and response assessment of brain tumours
Read article: Amino acid PET tracers hold great promise for brain tumour management