Bruce Curran

Nov 27, 2016

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Izabella Barreto leads new medical physics division at Emory

February 20, 2026

AAPM lauds bill that would lift pay cap for VA medical physicists

February 4, 2026

Modernizing Radiotherapy Workflows

Modernizing Radiotherapy Workflows

March 17, 2026

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

June 3, 2024

Izabella Barreto leads new medical physics division at Emory

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Barreto served on the radiology faculty at the University of Florida.

February 20, 2026

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AAPM lauds bill that would lift pay cap for VA medical physicists

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The pay cap has hindered access for veterans to essential care and worsened staffing shortages at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers.

February 4, 2026

RaySearch touts discrete proton arc therapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

RaySearch noted finalization of a research study at Trento Proton Therapy Center in Italy.

December 6, 2024

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

For this third in a series covering the rise of theranostics, AuntMinnie.com asked four doctors of theranostics to discuss the spectrum of freestanding theranostics center development.

June 3, 2024

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Researchers invent elastic x-ray shield

A group in Japan has developed and tested an elastic x-ray shield made by embedding bismite particles in porous polyurethane.

December 27, 2023

Mirion partners with RAD-AID International

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mirion has launched a partnership with RAD-AID International to supply equipment to train medical professionals on measuring radiation exposure.

November 8, 2023

How should patients manage Lu-PSMA-617 waste disposal?

A medical physicist in Iowa has crunched the numbers and determined the safest approach for prostate cancer patients receiving Lu-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) to dispose of their radioactive urine, according to a recent communication in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

July 16, 2023

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DRG marks 100th anniversary of Roentgen's death

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The German Radiological Society (DRG) noted that February 10 is the 100th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, the German physicist who discovered the x-ray.

February 9, 2023

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ASTRO: Physicists add value in patient-facing role

By Matthew Limb

Radiation therapy patients report less anxiety when a medical physicist explains technical aspects of care and how it is delivered, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio.

October 23, 2022

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AAPM celebrates 50 years of CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is celebrating 50 years of CT imaging October 1 by launching a new gallery in its AAPM Virtual Museum of Medical Physics and offering educational resources on the modality.

September 30, 2021

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Physicists want ban on radioactive alternative medicine pendants

A group of Malaysian physicists are recommending a ban on so-called "scalar energy" pendants after finding that the alternative medicine trinkets are actually embedded with radioactive isotopes, according to a study published June 1 in Plos One.

June 6, 2021

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EPA launches Women in Radiation History website

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is marking Women's History Month with the launch of a new website to celebrate the history of women in radiation sciences.

March 8, 2021

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