Luc Beaulieu, PhD

Molecular Imaging
Brachytherapy dose calculation just got better
Everyone agrees that patients undergoing radiotherapy usually do not resemble uniform water spheres with a 30-cm diameter. Nevertheless, this is the common assumption of radiation dose calculations used for brachytherapy.
January 14, 2013
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Australia shows the way on DBT radiation dose levels
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Researchers from Australia have developed the country's first set of local diagnostic reference levels for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).
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Ultrasound is an effective modality for detecting radiolucent foreign bodies, but it's being underused compared with x-ray, U.K. musculoskeletal researchers have found.
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Clinicians, vendors, and regulators must collaborate to prevent hydrophilic polymer embolization, an underdiagnosed complication of endovascular interventions, European interventional radiology (IR) experts have asserted.
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Tributes are being paid to Prof. Barry Kelly, an important figure in Irish radiology who played a central role in designing and implementing the ESR’s audit scheme and the European Diploma of Radiology.
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Further evidence of Ukraine’s ongoing commitment to medical education was provided by the two-day conference “Modern Cardiovascular Interventions: Lviv Forum.” It attracted around 360 onsite attendees and 870 virtual delegates.
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Attendees from across Ukraine were onsite for the congress. All photos courtesy of Heart Center Lviv and Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
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Dr. Prateek Joshi, the radiologist who died in the Air India plane crash that killed at least 279 people, was cherished by everyone and has left a profound void, his hospital colleagues say.
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During his four years working in the U.K., Dr. Prateek Joshi developed a love of walking in the Peak District in central England and eating fish and chips. Photo courtesy of UHDB.
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