Volume 39, Issue 4

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December 2016

Special section on Medical Imaging and Insights into the Mechanics of Heart and Circulatory Physiology and Dysfunction (six papers)

Issue Editors:

Kelvin Wong,
Barry Doyle

30 articles in this issue

The ups and downs of low dose ionising radiobiology research
Pamela J. Sykes
Guest Editorial 22 September 2016 Pages: 807 - 811
There are too many medical physics journals!
Martin Caon
Editorial 22 September 2016 Pages: 813 - 816
Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar citation rates: a case study of medical physics and biomedical engineering: what gets cited and what doesn’t?
Jamie Trapp
Invited Commentary 30 August 2016 Pages: 817 - 823
Simulation of the modulation transfer function dependent on the partial Fourier fraction in dynamic contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaging
Yasuo Takatsu
Tsuyoshi Ueyama
Kenichirou Yamamura
Scientific Paper 26 August 2016 Pages: 825 - 831
A joint application of optimal threshold based discrete cosine transform and ASCII encoding for ECG data compression with its inherent encryption
Anukul Pandey
Butta Singh
Neetu Sood
Scientific Paper 09 September 2016 Pages: 833 - 855
Measurements of the thermal neutron flux for an accelerator-based photoneutron source
Ali Taheri
Ali Pazirandeh
Scientific Paper 29 August 2016 Pages: 857 - 862
Novel application of 3D printing in brachytherapy using MED610 3D printed insert for I-125 ROPES eye plaque
L. Sim
Scientific Paper 11 October 2016 Pages: 863 - 870
Investigation of mass attenuation coefficient of almond gum bonded Rhizophora spp. particleboard as equivalent human tissue using XRF technique in the 16.6–25.3 keV photon energy
Baker Ababneh
Abd Aziz Tajuddin
Ibrahim Lutfi Shuaib
Scientific Paper 15 September 2016 Pages: 871 - 876
Characterization of paraffin based breast tissue equivalent phantom using a CdTe detector pulse height analysis
Solen Cubukcu
Haluk Yücel
Scientific Paper 07 October 2016 Pages: 877 - 884
Results from a phantom based multi-centre paediatric computed tomography dose survey
David L. Thiele
Sarah-Ellyana Aliuddin
George P. McGill
Scientific Paper 11 October 2016 Pages: 885 - 893
A feature study of innovative high-speed lancing device and safety lancet
Ho Chang
Yao-Jen Yeh
Jenq-Huey Shyu
Scientific Paper 20 October 2016 Pages: 895 - 902
A novel algorithm for ventricular arrhythmia classification using a fuzzy logic approach
Nong Weixin
Scientific Paper 04 November 2016 Pages: 903 - 912
Investigating the use of image thresholding in brachytherapy catheter reconstruction
Diana Binny
Craig M. Lancaster
Scott B. Crowe
Scientific Paper 27 October 2016 Pages: 913 - 919
Initial experiments with gel-water: towards MRI-linac dosimetry and imaging
Sarah J. Alnaghy
Maegan Gargett
Peter Metcalfe
Scientific Paper 04 November 2016 Pages: 921 - 932
Multi-atlas and unsupervised learning approach to perirectal space segmentation in CT images
Soumya Ghose
James W. Denham
Jason A. Dowling
Scientific Paper 14 November 2016 Pages: 933 - 941
Absorbed dose determination in kilovoltage X-ray synchrotron radiation using alanine dosimeters
D. J. Butler
J. E. Lye
J. C. Crosbie
Technical Paper 01 September 2016 Pages: 943 - 950
Shielding design for a Cs-137 rod-type standard point source for well chamber constancy checks
Mahsheed Sabet
David Cryer
David Waterhouse
Technical Paper 09 September 2016 Pages: 951 - 956
An open source solution for an in-house built dynamic platform for the validation of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for VMAT and IMRT
Luis Munoz
Amy Ziebell
Madhava Bhat
Technical Paper 15 September 2016 Pages: 957 - 964
Special section: Medical imaging and insights into the mechanics of heart and circulatory physiology and dysfunction

Editorial Note 09 December 2016 Pages: 965 - 965
Age and sex-specific relationships between blood pressure variability and carotid intima-media thickness
Xiaohong Tian
Huahua Xiong
Yuan-Ting Zhang
Special Issue Article 24 July 2015 Pages: 967 - 976
Correlation between beat-to-beat blood pressure variability and arterial stiffness in healthy adults in the cold pressor test
Lin Xu
Hongqiang Lei
Wenhua Huang
Special Issue Article 09 October 2015 Pages: 977 - 985
Effective management of patients with acute ischemic stroke based on lean production on thrombolytic flow optimization
Zhuoyuan Liang
Lijie Ren
Yi Lie
Special Issue Article 19 April 2016 Pages: 987 - 996
Study on the use of quantitative ultrasound evaluation of diabetic neuropathy in the rat sciatic nerve
Yunxia Huang
Bing Hu
Jiaan Zhu
Special Issue Article 04 May 2016 Pages: 997 - 1005
Investigating the differences of body mass index and waist circumference in the follow-up assessment of patients to cardiac rehabilitation with acute coronary syndrome
Hui Zhao
Jun Ma
Jian Qiu
Special Issue Article 10 November 2016 Pages: 1007 - 1027
A low-power and miniaturized electrocardiograph data collection system with smart textile electrodes for monitoring of cardiac function
Ming Dai
Xueliang Xiao
Siping Chen
Special Issue Article 14 October 2016 Pages: 1029 - 1040
Sam Beddar and Luc Beaulieu (eds): Scintillation dosimetry
Alexandre M. C. Santos
Book Review 27 October 2016 Pages: 1041 - 1042
Winning images from the Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition

Winning Image PiMP Competition 29 November 2016 Pages: 1043 - 1043
EPSM 2016, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine

EPSM 2016 Abstracts 12 December 2016 Pages: 1045 - 1190
Acknowledgement of APESM reviewers for Volume 39

Acknowledgement 23 November 2016 Pages: 1191 - 1194
Author Index Volume 39

Author Index 22 December 2016 Pages: 1195 - 1199

Volume 39, Issue 4

The ups and downs of low dose ionising radiobiology research

There are too many medical physics journals!

Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar citation rates: a case study of medical physics and biomedical engineering: what gets cited and what doesn’t?

Simulation of the modulation transfer function dependent on the partial Fourier fraction in dynamic contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

A joint application of optimal threshold based discrete cosine transform and ASCII encoding for ECG data compression with its inherent encryption

Measurements of the thermal neutron flux for an accelerator-based photoneutron source

Novel application of 3D printing in brachytherapy using MED610 3D printed insert for I-125 ROPES eye plaque

Investigation of mass attenuation coefficient of almond gum bonded Rhizophora spp. particleboard as equivalent human tissue using XRF technique in the 16.6–25.3 keV photon energy

Characterization of paraffin based breast tissue equivalent phantom using a CdTe detector pulse height analysis

Results from a phantom based multi-centre paediatric computed tomography dose survey

A feature study of innovative high-speed lancing device and safety lancet

A novel algorithm for ventricular arrhythmia classification using a fuzzy logic approach

Investigating the use of image thresholding in brachytherapy catheter reconstruction

Initial experiments with gel-water: towards MRI-linac dosimetry and imaging

Multi-atlas and unsupervised learning approach to perirectal space segmentation in CT images

Absorbed dose determination in kilovoltage X-ray synchrotron radiation using alanine dosimeters

Shielding design for a Cs-137 rod-type standard point source for well chamber constancy checks

An open source solution for an in-house built dynamic platform for the validation of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for VMAT and IMRT

Special section: Medical imaging and insights into the mechanics of heart and circulatory physiology and dysfunction

Age and sex-specific relationships between blood pressure variability and carotid intima-media thickness

Correlation between beat-to-beat blood pressure variability and arterial stiffness in healthy adults in the cold pressor test

Effective management of patients with acute ischemic stroke based on lean production on thrombolytic flow optimization

Study on the use of quantitative ultrasound evaluation of diabetic neuropathy in the rat sciatic nerve

Investigating the differences of body mass index and waist circumference in the follow-up assessment of patients to cardiac rehabilitation with acute coronary syndrome

A low-power and miniaturized electrocardiograph data collection system with smart textile electrodes for monitoring of cardiac function

Sam Beddar and Luc Beaulieu (eds): Scintillation dosimetry

Winning images from the Photography in Medical Physics (PiMP) competition

EPSM 2016, Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine

Acknowledgement of APESM reviewers for Volume 39

Author Index Volume 39

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