Medical imaging is a multidisciplinary science encompassing a wide range of powerful techniques with applications in both patient care and fundamental biological studies. In this latest Physics World focus issue, we examine how imaging technologies such as X-ray computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging and other nuclear, ultrasound and optical imaging techniques have evolved in recent years. We also take a look at what improvements can be expected in the future.

Created in collaboration with our sister website medicalphysicsweb, the new focus issue on medical imaging can be accessed free of charge in digital-magazine format.

Here’s a quick guide to what you can find in this latest focus issue on medical imaging.

• Current and future imaging trends – Future developments in biomedical imaging will likely focus on understanding how to use images to their full capacity.

 New ways to make medical isotopes – Novel production techniques help address supply issues of the medical isotope technetium-99m.
• Making the invisible visible – A look at how X-ray phase-contrast imaging could transform X-ray imaging in hospitals.
• A clinical take on molecular imaging – Transitioning molecular imaging from a preclinical technique to a standard clinical tool.
• TRAP focuses deep into tissue – A novel light-focusing technique could enable a range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
• There’s also a selection of research and industry news, including reports on creating a low-cost X-ray CT scanner and how positron-emission-tomography scans can be used to identify potential new tuberculosis drugs.

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