Staff doses in Interventional Radiology: Benchmarking and Optimization
Do you know what is your dose while working in interventional radiology theaters? The first step of optimization is measuring your personal radiation dose!
Low Dose Computed Tomography Optimization
Low-Dose CT Protocol Optimization Plan Low-Dose CT Protocol Optimization Plan Achieving Ultra-Low-Dose (DLP < 160 mGy*cm) in Hybrid & Standalone CT Overview Dose Reduction Techniques Reconstruction Technologies Specialized Protocols Vendor…
Primary Standards for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy: from lab to hospital
IntroductionWe need accurate data to see what targeted radionuclide treatments work and when.The first step in ensuring the validity of clinical data, is accurately measuring the administered dose. That measurement must…
The path forward for modern MRI QA: the time is now
Current status of MRI QANowadays modern Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners have a plethora of programs, pulses sequences, transmitting / receiving coils, and are utilised extensively on symptomatic pregnant women,…
Temporal Resolution in Fluoroscopy Testing: Luxury or Need?
1. What is the main advantage of Fluoroscopy?Currently, the most reliable and widely used imaging modalities that can provide real-time changes in vasculature with up to 30 frames per second…
New SPECT technologies are needed for dosimetry
New SPECT Imaging Technologies for Alpha-Emitting Radiopharmaceutical Therapy1. IntroductionThe Anger Camera, developed by Hal Anger in 1957, revolutionized nuclear medicine by enabling the visualization of gamma-emitting radiotracers in the human…
Scintillation crystals: expensive gadgets or useful survival tools?
new consumer grade devices equipped with scintillation crystals are creating a lot of buzz but can they replace professional equipment at a fraction of the cost?
Sieving through snake oil to implement less is more medicine.
Less is more as a philosophy of minimalism started a long time ago in ancient Sparta (Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν) but it has found many modern day applications from architecture…
How to advance theranostics with radiobiology
Ahead of the world theranostics day on March 31, I'm posting some ideas on how to advance theranostics with radiobiology. We heard a lot of high profile acquisitions lately, such…
Virtual in silico trials: the good, the bad and the ugly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2cbh2R9iU0The goodIt all started in Israel in 1975 when Dr Levitt and Dr Warshel published their seminal paper "Computer simulations of protein folding". Back then:computers were slow,Intel had released their…
Welcome to Good Radiation
Good radiation, as easy as αβγ, is a website that will cover all matters at the intersection of science and medicine to improve our understanding, communication, and application of medical…