Physics in medicine and biology
Jul 16, 2025
Safe deployment of auto-contouring models requires the inclusion of automated quality assurance (QA). One such approach is to use two independent auto-contouring models and compare them geometrically for acceptability. This is not effective because g...
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Jul 15, 2025
The global generation of construction, demolition, and renovation (CDR) waste has surged, increasing the demand for efficient recycling solutions. Emerging technologies can automate the sorting of CDR waste, which is crucial for specialised categorie...
Analytical chemistry
Jul 1, 2025
Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) is rapidly increasing, providing quick, user-friendly, and portable diagnostic tools. Lateral flow assays (LFAs) have been central to POCT, administering fast and cost-effective diagnosis. However, traditional LFAs are li...
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
Jul 1, 2025
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop a novel deep learning model, U-Attention-Net (UA-Net), for precise segmentation of parotid glands on radiotherapy localization CT images.
Biophysical journal
Jun 17, 2025
Atomic force microscope (AFM) indentation allows high-resolution spatial characterization of biomechanical properties of cells and tissues. Rapid, reproducible, and quantitative analysis of AFM force curves has been challenging due to several technic...
Sociology of health & illness
Jun 1, 2025
Automation and AI-driven decision support systems are increasingly reshaping healthcare, particularly in diagnostic and clinical management contexts. Although their potential to enhance access, efficiency and personalisation is widely recognised, the...
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
Jun 1, 2025
PURPOSE: Automated Whole-Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) has been widely used as an important tool in breast cancer diagnosis due to the ability of this technique to provide complete three-dimensional (3D) images of breasts. To eliminate the risk of misdiag...
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
Jun 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: The tangential field-in-field (FIF) technique is a widely used method in breast radiation therapy, known for its efficiency and the reduced number of fields required in treatment planning. However, it is labor-intensive, requiring manual ...
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
Jun 1, 2025
PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate the performance of fully automated model based on deep learning and multiple logistics regression algorithm for image quality assessment (IQA) of carotid computed tomography angiography (CTA) images.
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
Jun 1, 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The image quality of single-energy CT (SECT) limited the accuracy of automatic segmentation. Dual-energy CT (DECT) may potentially improve automatic segmentation yet the performance and strategy have not been investigated thor...