Current status of the educational environment to acquire and maintain the professional skills of radiotherapy technology and medical physics specialists in Japan: a nationwide survey
Authors: Naoki Hayashi, Masahiko Okumura, Hiroshi Onishi, et.al.
Content type: Special Report
Published: 05 September 2023 Pages: 431 – 442
https://rdcu.be/dtyAZ
Creation, evolution, and future challenges of ion beam therapy from a medical physicist’s viewpoint (Part 3): Chapter 3. Clinical research, Chapter 4. Future challenges, Chapter 5. Discussion, and Conclusion
Authors: Masahiro Endo
Content type: Review Article
Published: 26 October 2023 Pages: 443 – 470
https://rdcu.be/dtyCa
Method for measuring noise-power spectrum independent of the effect of extracting the region of interest from a noise image
Authors: Akihiro Narita, Yuki Ohsugi, Masaki Ohkubo, Takahiro Fukaya, Kenichi Sakai & Yoshiyuki Noto
Content type: Research Article
Published: 29 July 2023 Pages: 471 – 477
https://rdcu.be/dtyCt
Tri- and bi-exponential diffusion analyses of the kidney: effect of respiratory-controlled acquisition on diffusion parameters
Authors: Yuki Makino, Naoki Ohno, Tosiaki Miyati, Naoki Hori, Yukihiro Matsuura, Satoshi Kobayashi & Toshifumi Gabata
Content type: Research Article
Published: 31 July 2023 Pages: 478 – 487
https://rdcu.be/dtyC1
The influence of image reconstruction methods on the diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema with convolutional neural network
Authors: Toshiki Takeshita, Atsushi Nambu, Masao Tago, Masaki Yorita, Mariko Ikezoe, Kentaro Nishizawa, Taiki Magome & Masayuki Sasaki
Content type: Research Article
Published: 15 August 2023 Pages: 488 – 496
https://rdcu.be/dtyDF
Investigation of uncertainty in internal target volume definition for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy
Authors: Daiki Nakanishi, Masataka Oita, Jun-Ichi Fukunaga, Taka-Aki Hirose, Tadamasa Yoshitake & Motoharu Sasaki
Content type: Research Article
Published: 15 September 2023 Pages: 497–505
https://rdcu.be/dtyEA
Novel method for calculating the effective dose using size-specific dose estimates conversion factors in abdomen–pelvis computed tomography
Authors: Kentaro FunashimaShigeru AbikoKazuhiro Sato
Content type: Research Article
Published: 30 August 2023 Pages: 506 – 515
https://rdcu.be/dtyEO
Discrimination of inter-crystal scattering events by signal processing for the X’tal cube PET detector
Authors: Munetaka Nitta, Fumihiko Nishikido, Naoko Inadama, Yoshiyuki Hirano & Taiga Yamaya
Content type: Research Article
Published: 02 October 2023 Pages: 516 – 531
https://rdcu.be/dtyFe
Characteristics of detection accuracy of the patient setup using InBore optical patient positioning system
Authors: Yoshifumi Oku, Masahiko Toyota, Yasumasa Saigo
Content type: Research Article
Published: 09 October 2023 Pages: 532 – 542
https://rdcu.be/dtyGn
Development and evaluation of a novel water-based pigment marker for radiation therapy skin marking
Authors: Shinichi Nakayama, Miduki Hirose, Soichiro Kaneshige, Kenji Nakamura, Yukinori Matsuo & Hajime Monzen
Content type: Research Article
Published: 15 October 2023 Pages: 543 – 551
https://rdcu.be/dtyGm
Pre-acquired CT-based attenuation correction with automated headrest removal for a brain-dedicated PET system
Authors: Yuma Iwao, Go Akamatsu, Hideaki Tashima, Miwako Takahashi & Taiga Yamaya
Content type: Research Article
Published: 11 October 2023 Pages: 552 – 559
https://rdcu.be/dtyGD
Effect of shape of automatic dose rate control and wedge compensation filter on radiation dose in an angiography system with a flat-panel detector
Authors: Kazuya Kakuta, Shumpei Nemoto & Masamitsu Ikeda
Content type: Technical Note
Published: 21 September 2023 Pages: 560 – 568
https://rdcu.be/dtyG7
Verification of optimal conditions for the scattering correction of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT on a single-photon emission tomography system with a two-detector whole-body cadmium–zinc–telluride semiconductor detector
Authors: Daisuke Izawa, Toshimune Ito, Hiroki Sanada, Takuma Oku, Ayaka Nakamoto & Hitoshi Hiraki
Content type: Technical Note
Published: 07 October 2023 Pages: 569 – 577
https://rdcu.be/dtyIU
Shifting-field-of-view technique enhancing the inflow effect for identifying tumor/vessel boundaries in MRI for radiotherapy treatment planning
Authors: Yutaka Kato, Kuniyasu Okudaira, Yumiko Noguchi, Mariko Kawamura, Shunichi Ishihara & Shinji Naganawa
Content type: Clinical Technique
Published: 06 October 2023 Pages: 578 – 583
https://rdcu.be/dtyJn
