Technical information for patients and the public on surgical procedures and therapeutic equipment.
When an electric field is applied to living cells, their membrane suffers electrical stretch forces. Depending on the electric field amplitude and duration, the cell shape is deformed and free ions can be transported across the membrane. There are also additional osmotic forces and water leakage through the pore(s) formed. Read more…
With a desire to provide new treatment options for ventricular tachycardia patients with high-risk features, recent early data has suggested that a cardiology and radiotherapy collaboration may provide a viable option. Initial experiences with cardiac SABR have shown promising results and the collection of further data will help drive the Read more…
Having spent over 50 years of work providing healthcare for cancer patients, I suddenly found myself on the receiving end. Unexpected cancer had thrust me into emergency surgery. It required some immediate skilled surgical and nurse expertise to treat and take me back on the road to recovery. Read more……. 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…
As individuals age, their arteries become stenosed (narrowed). The coronary arteries supplying blood from the aorta to the heart tissues, can become stenosed. …..Read More….
Medical ultrasound falls into two distinct categories: diagnostic and therapeutic. This issue explains how the ultrasound technique works as a non-invasive medical imaging or treatment tool for a wide range of clinical and surgical applications…………..Read more…
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare quotes the chances of all Australians being diagnosed with any form of cancer during a lifetime is approximately 1 in 4 . The estimated lifetime chance of Australian men diagnosed with prostate cancer, is 1 in 7 and the 2018 expected NEW prostate Read more…
2.1 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. It is the most common malignancy amongst women worldwide. One in eight Australian women are annually diagnosed with breast cancer. That is approximately 18,087 Australian women and 148 men diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018……………Read More
Members will be interested in a recent London University website article (September, 2018). To read, go to:: In Conversation with Prof Terry Peters Professor Peters from Robarts Research Institute, Ontario, Canada, is on sabbatical leave at Kings College London University where he recorded this interview. He mentions pursuing work on Read more…
Physics principles and Engineering technology is applied in all forms of clinical and surgical Medicine. Whether it be cardiology, neurology, pulmonary physiology, rehabilitation medicine or the surgical departments of orthopaedics, urology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology or the like – there will have been a significant past contributions of physics and engineering Read more…
