When the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, around 80,000 people were instantly vaporized, crushed, and incinerated by the initial blast. The lingering effects of radiation ...

Reston, VA--Researchers have developed a simplified process that could enhance personalization of cancer therapy based on a single nuclear medicine scan. The novel method uses a follow-up single ...

Radiation Research Supplement, Vol. 8, Heavy Charged Particles in Research and Medicine. Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, ...

Patients with cancer that has spread to the bone are sometimes treated with alpha particle radiation therapy that is delivered into or very close to the tumor. However, it is unknown whether the ...

» Does the kV value that I select for fluoroscopy have an effect on the absorbed dose to tissues in the patient? » Does using the automatic brightness control (ABC) ensure that I am delivering the ...

Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute announced today it is entering a new, $9 million phase of a multi-million, multi-institutional development project to produce a diagnostic test to ...

A March 18 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) features an image of a woman along with text that makes a claim about mammogram screenings. “If a woman follows the 10-year protocol of getting a ...

» What advantages are there to using remote afterloading devices, compared with manual brachytherapy procedures? Foremost, staff will be less exposed to radiation. When circumstances allow remote ...

Engineers from Washington University in Saint Louis are developing a novel imaging technique for evaluating the use of alpha-particle emitting radiopharmaceutical therapy in tumors and other radiation ...