Diagnostic imaging Research update Low-dose chest CT doesn’t appear to damage DNA A study of low-dose chest CT scans eases concerns over radiation-induced cancer risks related to lung cancer screening Read article: Low-dose chest CT doesn’t appear to damage DNA
Diagnostic imaging Research update Abbreviated breast MRI proves value for invasive cancer Breast MRI with an abbreviated scanning protocol finds more invasive cancers in women with dense tissue than digital breast tomosynthesis Read article: Abbreviated breast MRI proves value for invasive cancer
Condensed matter Podcasts Coronavirus hits the conference calendar, physicists excel in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge, remembering Freeman Dyson In this podcast episode we ask if online virtual meetings are the future for physics conferences Read article: Coronavirus hits the conference calendar, physicists excel in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge, remembering Freeman Dyson
Diagnostic imaging Research update Crowdsourced AI challenge aims to improve mammography accuracy Combining artificial intelligence algorithms with radiologist assessment can improve the accuracy of detecting cancer in screening mammograms Read article: Crowdsourced AI challenge aims to improve mammography accuracy
Biophysics Blog Birds learn from watching TV, eye-catching science images and levitating blood Excerpts from the Red Folder Read article: Birds learn from watching TV, eye-catching science images and levitating blood
Diagnostic imaging Research update Smartphone camera enables hyperspectral imaging for skin analysis The built-in RGB cameras in a smartphone can be used to create a hyperspectral imaging system for analysis and monitoring of skin features Read article: Smartphone camera enables hyperspectral imaging for skin analysis
Diagnostic imaging Research update CT traces disease progression in novel coronavirus Ongoing investigation characterizes the most common CT findings associated with 2019-nCoV and identifies possible markers of disease progression Read article: CT traces disease progression in novel coronavirus
Diagnostic imaging Research update Magnetized molecules monitor breast cancers A new hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRI technique could identify the optimal treatment for individual breast cancer patients Read article: Magnetized molecules monitor breast cancers
Diagnostic imaging Research update Smartphone apps fall short on skin cancer diagnosis A systematic review of studies assessing skin cancer diagnosis apps reveals that the studies are of poor quality and the apps are unreliable Read article: Smartphone apps fall short on skin cancer diagnosis
Diagnostic imaging Blog Machine learning for tomographic imaging New book provides the first comprehensive overview of neural networks and tomographic reconstruction methods Read article: Machine learning for tomographic imaging
Physics World podcast Explore our two regular podcast series, Physics World Weekly and Physics World Stories