Physics in Medicine and Biology latest papers http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155 Physics in Medicine and Biology publishes original and review articles covering the applications of theoretical and practical physics to medicine, physiology and biology. The journal enters its 50th year of publication in 2005 and enjoys a strong reputation among researchers and clinicians in 70 countries. Topics covered by the journal include radiotherapy physics, radiation dosimetry and metrology, the use of physical agents, such as ionising and non-ionising radiation, electromagnetic fields and ultrasound in diagnosis, imaging, biomedical optics, radiobiology and nuclear medicine. The journal is published on behalf of The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine by IOP Publishing. en-gb Copyright © Institute of Physics Publishing 2008 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT http://syndication.iop.org/about/ custserv@iop.org (Customer Services) Physics in Medicine and Biology http://images.iop.org/website-logos/ejs_logo.png http://stacks.iop.org/ Density heterogeneities and the influence of multiple Coulomb and nuclear scatterings on the Bragg peak distal edge of proton therapy beams http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=010?rss=2.0 Author(s): Gabriel O Sawakuchi, Uwe Titt, Dragan Mirkovic and Radhe Mohan<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Radiation Physics, Unit 94, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT Accuracy of quantitative reconstructions in SPECT/CT imaging http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=009?rss=2.0 Author(s): S Shcherbinin, A Celler, T Belhocine, R Vanderwerf and A Driedger<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, 366-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5Z 1L8, Canada; Department of Nuclear Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, 375 South Street, PO Box 5375, London ON, N6A 4G5, Canada Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT PENLINAC: extending the capabilities of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE for the simulation of therapeutic beams http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=008?rss=2.0 Author(s): M L Rodríguez<br>Affiliation(s): Centro Médico Paitilla. 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Panamá, Republic of Panama Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT Auto-propagation of contours for adaptive prostate radiation therapy http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=005?rss=2.0 Author(s): Ming Chao, Yaoqin Xie and Lei Xing<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5847, USA Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT An imaging-based tumour growth and treatment response model: investigating the effect of tumour oxygenation on radiation therapy response http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=001?rss=2.0 Author(s): Benjamin Titz and Robert Jeraj<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Sensitivity of different dose scoring methods on organ-specific neutron dose calculations in proton therapy http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=004?rss=2.0 Author(s): Christina Zacharatou Jarlskog and Harald Paganetti<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Analysis of effects of posture on organ doses by internal photon emitters using voxel phantoms http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=007?rss=2.0 Author(s): Kaoru Sato and Akira Endo<br>Affiliation(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Fractional-order viscoelasticity applied to describe uniaxial stress relaxation of human arteries http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=006?rss=2.0 Author(s): Damian Craiem, Francisco J Rojo, José Miguel Atienza, Ricardo L Armentano and Gustavo V Guinea<br>Affiliation(s): Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Efficient Monte Carlo modelling of individual tumour cell propagation for hypoxic head and neck cancer http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=002?rss=2.0 Author(s): W Tuckwell, E Bezak, E Yeoh and L Marcu<br>Affiliation(s): School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre, South Australia, Australia; Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre, South Australia, Australia Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT Quantitative analysis of water proton spectral lineshape: a novel source of contrast in MRI http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/i=17/a=003?rss=2.0 Author(s): S Foxley, X Fan, D Mustafi, C Yang, M A Zamora, M Medved and G S Karczmar<br>Affiliation(s): Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT