Better Healthcare Technology Foundation – Medical physics, biomedical engineering and associated sciences.
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An electronic portal imaging device (EPID) is routinely fitted as a radiotherapy linear accelerator accessory. The EPID can be used to verify the multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaf positions and other quality assurance (QA) type tasks. EPID-based MLC has been extensively studied for position error detection of large fields and using Read more…
Researchers working in the Florey Node of the National Imaging Facility (NIF), are participating in the Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP). AEP aims to change the lives of people living with epilepsy by: reducing uncertainty surrounding diagnosis; and fast-tracking the path to optimal treatment. AEP organisers intend to do this by using a combination Read more…
The success of Stereotactic Radiation Surgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy (SABR) techniques depends critically on having an adequate collection and algorithmic handling of the image data describing the patient body and organ motion. …Read more…….
Breathing causes organs to move How do you treat a moving target with an X-ray beam? Especially when it is a lung tumour moving while the patient breathes? Often the treatment targets are small and the planned dose distributions have steep gradients with potentially very high doses delivered in a small Read more…
Cancer Council Australia lists lung cancer as one of the five most commonly diagnosed cancers. It has the poorest 5-year survival cure rate in the group, of 17%. Whether it be by chemotherapy, surgery, or radiotherapy, there are medical and technical difficulties in treating lung cancer patients……. Read More
By 12th June 2020, COVID-19 had infected over 7.6M individuals and resulted in more than 420,000 deaths. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lung is the front-line tool for monitoring COVID-19 appearances. …….Read more……..
Breaking News When prostate cancer spreads throughout the body, and particularly to the bones, it is far more difficult to treat. Australian clinicians and researchers, with the assistance and fundraising efforts of ANZUP, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and Movember, are at the forefront of using a precision pharmaceutical Read more…
Cancer treatment typically involves systemic therapy such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy or immunotherapy, in combination with a local therapy. Local therapy such as surgery, radiation therapy or other energy ablation treatment options are used. For small tumours, stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) is an emerging standard of care. SABR is a non-invasive Read more…
Through the auspices of the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), representatives from various UK radiological professional bodies convened to consider the evidence-base for patient contact shielding. They have since produced a document containing their “consensus of opinion as to what constitutes best and agreed practice.” The aim is to improve Read more…
