Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...
The inexpensive setup could help save countless lives during radiation emergencies In A Nutshell Researchers tested a cheap ...
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 ...
Cases exceeding the 90th percentile for dose, though infrequent, resulted in greater cumulative exposures for all cath lab staff.
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 ...
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 ...
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» 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 ...