''Groundbreaking work by scientists from Switzerland, Finland and Germany has lead to a new world record in X-ray microscopy. For the first time ever, features below 10 nanometres (nm) in width were resolved. Key to this new world record was doubling ...'

''Portable X-ray equipment travels anywhere and everywhere in and outside of hospitals, clinics, veterinary offices, coroner and dental offices, nursing homes and even on battlefields. The units range from handheld to slightly larger, yet still easy to ...'

''Proton therapy -- which uses beams of the subatomic particles to treat cancer -- is a hot topic at this year's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting, which takes place from July 26 - 30 in Anaheim, CA. Ways to make the ...'

''A study based on computer modeling of radiation risk suggests that widespread screening for the buildup of calcium in the arteries using computed tomography scans would lead to an estimated 42 additional radiation-induced cancer cases per 100,000 men ...'

''The new StarBurst® XLi-Enhanced Semi-Flex probe from AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO) is the first radiofrequency ablation (RFA) device specifically designed to deliver a 7cm ablation of a tumor in a single placement during Computed Tomography-aided ...'

''DOTmed is reporting from the 56th Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting, the world's largest conference dedicated to molecular imaging and nuclear medicine. DOTmed was on scene Sunday as the Canadian Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq, held a ...'

''An intervention that includes techniques to reduce the amount of radiation from cardiac computed tomography angiography (scanning used to diagnose coronary artery disease) was associated with decreasing patient exposure to radiation without ...'

''During May and June 2009, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at Boulder will use high-tech scanners ? analogous to those used in medical ...'

''Breast cancer patients, individuals at risk for osteoporosis and those undergoing certain types of bone cancer therapies often take drugs containing bisphosphonates. These drugs have been found to place people at risk for developing osteonecrosis of the ...'

''This current paper (1) is part of the research aimied at developing more individualized and targeted prostate cancer radiotherapy. Recent improvement in radiation treatment outcome of prostate cancer mainly comes from radiation dose escalation ...'