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In brief: research round-up

Recent developments in deep brain stimulation, terahertz imaging, nanomedicine and more.

Attacking tumours with tiny discs

Researchers trigger the death of cancer cells with magnetic vortices.

HIFU tackles head-and-neck disease

Theraclion is developing a high-intensity focused ultrasound system tailored to treat parathyroid disease.

Localized smoothing improves PET quality

An anatomically adaptive approach to smoothing of PET data can result in higher lesion-to-background contrast.

Innovation: patent applications review

Our survey of the latest international patent applications in radiation therapy reviews filings from Navotek Medical, Elekta, IBA, Cornell University and more.

CAD takes on coronary stenosis detection

A new CAD application is showing great promise as a companion to coronary CT angiography.

Drug delivery role for radiotherapy markers

Using implanted fiducials to deliver radiosensitizing drugs could increase radiotherapy efficacy without subjecting patients to additional invasive procedures.

The healing powers of plasmas

Low-temperature plasmas can be used to sterilize hands and wounds.

QA check for radiotracer generator

Cerenkov radiation imaging can test the performance of microfluidic chips used to synthesise radiotracers.

Elastography minimizes benign biopsies

The use of elastography alongside routine breast ultrasound can safely decrease the number of biopsied benign lesions.