A noncontact diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) probe has been developed using two separated optical paths for the source and detector. This unique design avoids the interference between the source and detector and allows large source-detector separations for deep tissue blood flow measurements. The noncontact probe has been calibrated against a contact probe in a tissue-like phantom soluti...

Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a liver phantom for dosimetry. To benchmark the results obtained by the developed liver phantom, another method was applied for the dosimetry of a real liver tissue using imaging. Materials and Methods: For the purpose of the study, a real liver tissue was converted into a phantom based on thegram-molecular weight of the co...

Introduction: An accurate and fast radiation dose calculation is essential for successful radiation radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to implement a new graphic processing unit (GPU) based radiation therapy treatment planning for accurate and fast dose calculation in radiotherapy centers. Materials and Methods: A program was written for parallel runnin...

PURPOSE The authors present initial progress toward a clinically compatible x-ray phase contrast CT system, using glancing-angle x-ray grating interferometry to provide high contrast soft tissue images at estimated by computer simulation dose levels comparable to conventional absorption based CT. METHODS DPC-CT scans of a joint phantom and of soft tissues were performed in order to answer sev...

objective: in this study, we aimed to validate the accuracy of computed tomography-based attenuation correction (ctac) using the bilinear scaling method.methods: the measured attenuation coefficient (μm) was compared to a theoretical attenuation coefficient (μt ) using four different ct scanners and an rmi 467 phantom. the effective energy of the ct beam x-rays was calculated, using the aluminu...

Background Reliable estimates of radiation dose to bone marrow are critical understanding the risk radiation-induced cancers. Although medical internal phantom is routinely used for estimation, not defined in phantom. Consequently, methods indirectly estimating have been implemented based on surrogate volumes or average soft tissue. Methods In this study, new structures were and evaluated Geant...

Introduction Range and diffusion of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals are important parameters for image resolution in positron emission tomography (PET). In this study, GEANT4 toolkit was applied to study positron diffusion in soft tissues with and without a magnetic field for six commonly used isotopes in PET imaging including 11C, 13N, 15O, 18F, 68Ga, and 82Rb. Materials and Methods GEA...