1. Editorial

   • Kunio Doi

   EditorialNotes 01 July 2009 Pages: 119 - 119

2. Evaluation of errors influencing accuracy in image-guided neurosurgery

   • Yohei Watanabe
   • Masazumi Fujii
   • Toshihiko Wakabayashi

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 120 - 125

   

3. Nationwide survey on the operational status of medical compact cyclotrons in Japan

   • Toshioh Fujibuchi
   • Ichiro Yamaguchi
   • Hiroaki Nagaoka

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 126 - 132

   

4. Bulk motion-independent analyses of water diffusion changes in the brain during the cardiac cycle

   • Tomoya Nakamura
   • Tosiaki Miyati
   • Katsuhiro Ichikawa

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 133 - 137

   

5. Investigation of scatter fractions for estimating leakage dose in medical X-ray imaging facilities

   • Kimiya Noto
   • Kichirou Koshida
   • Chikako Kawabata

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 138 - 144

   

6. A statistical clustering approach to visualizing the relationship between early and delayed images in whole-body FDG-PET

   • Keiichi Oda
   • Hinako Toyama
   • Kiichi Ishiwata

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 145 - 150

   

7. Effect of daily setup errors on individual dose distribution in conventional radiotherapy: an initial study

   • Akihiro Takemura
   • Saori Shoji
   • Masayuki Suzuki

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 151 - 158

   

8. Measurement of thermal neutron fluence distribution with use of ²³Na radioactivation around a medical compact cyclotron

   • Toshioh Fujibuchi
   • Ichiro Yamaguchi
   • Takeji Sakae

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 159 - 165

   

9. Comparison of viewing angle and observer performances in different types of liquid-crystal display monitors

   • Shiro Hatanaka
   • Junji Morishita
   • Yoshiharu Higashida

   OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 166 - 174

   

10. Application of an artificial neural network to the computer-aided differentiation of focal liver disease in MR imaging

    • Xuejun Zhang
    • Masayuki Kanematsu
    • Hiroaki Hoshi

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 175 - 182

    

11. Investigation on the optimal position for the quantification of hepatic perfusion by use of dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography in rats

    • Shohei Miyazaki
    • Atsushi Tachibana
    • Kenya Murase

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 183 - 188

    

12. Feasibility study of near-infrared fluorescence tomography using a positron emission tomograph equipped with depth-of-interaction PET detectors

    • Hideaki Tashima
    • Takashi Obi
    • Nagaaki Ohyama

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 189 - 197

    

13. An EGSnrc investigation of the air-kerma strength, dose rate constant, and radial dose function of ¹²⁵I brachytherapy sources

    • Sridhar Sahoo
    • T. Palani Selvam

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 198 - 204

    

14. Study of intra-abdominal fat distribution in sigmoid colon cancer in Japanese patients by use of MDCT data

    • Toshihiro Ogura
    • Tomohiro Tachikawa
    • Atsushi Kono

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 205 - 209

    

15. Monte Carlo simulations of electron beams collimated with a dual electron multileaf collimator: a feasibility study

    • S. O. Inyang
    • A. C. Chamberlain

    OriginalPaper 01 July 2009 Pages: 210 - 218

    

16. Acknowledgment

    Acknowledgments 01 July 2009 Pages: 219 - 219