Radiotherapy dose calculation algorithms are essential components of modern treatment planning, ensuring that the prescribed radiation dose conforms as closely as possible to a patient’s tumour while ...

image: In an article published in PLOS ONE, Brazilian researchers describe the first retrospective dosimetric study by electron spin resonance spectroscopy using human tissue from nuclear attack ...

When radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous cells in the body, it is important to measure the dose correctly to avoid unnecessary damage to normal cells in the body. Radiation is not selective to ...

Computed tomography -- also known as computed axial tomography, a CT scan, or a CAT scan -- is a tool doctors use to diagnose many types of health problems. Special X-ray equipment creates images of ...

Working with a special line of human breast cells, researchers have shown that for low dose levels of ionizing radiation cancer risks may not be directly proportional to dose. This contradicts the ...

» What is meant by radiation “dose” of X rays? Radiation dose is a measure of how much energy is absorbed when something or someone is exposed to X-rays. This is important because it is this ...

Feb. 24, 2010, Springfield, MO - CoxHealth today announced that it has discovered that 76 patients who had received a very specific type of treatment for brain tumors and other difficult-to-treat ...

Radiation is everywhere. Some naturally occurs in gases, such as radon, released from the ground. Some comes from the sun. And some is man-made in the form of X-rays, radio waves and nuclear power.

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CANCER TREATMENT CAN BE GRUELING, AND IT CAN ALSO MAKE FOR LONG DAYS. A NEW STUDY, THOUGH, SHOWS HIGHER DOSES OF RADIATION GIVEN OVER FEWER SESSIONS WAS AS EFFECTIVE AS BEING GIVEN LOWER DOSES OVER ...