MPP's biennial review of the treatments and techniques on the cutting edge of medical imaging and treatment, Advances in Medical Physics is designed to help medical physicists and technically inclined physicians stay current in medical radiation science and technology - especially in subfields of medical physics other than their own. Volume 6 is full of exciting new advances. There are fifteen chapters by the world's leading authorities as selected by editors you know and trust. Topics include: photoacoustic imaging, high-intensity focused ultrasound, radiation exposure on a trip to Mars, and recent advances in brachytherapy.

This is the fourth in our biennial series aimed at helping practicing medical physicists, technically-inclined physicians, and other interested professionals stay current in medical radiation science and technology. This volume covers 20 new and important topics in diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Recent developments in fluoroscopic imaging systems for interventional procedures are described by Barry Belanger, while Beth Schueler and Kenneth Fetterly update us on the latest in fluoroscopy acceptance testing and quality control. CT is also front and center in this volume as Thomas Flohr and Bernhard Schmidt describe the latest advances in CT; James Kofler describes the trade-offs among speed, resolution, and dose from various CT scan acquisition settings; and Robert Dixon and others cover new dosimetric concepts and measurement methods in CT.