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Physics in Medicine and Biology

Physics in Medicine & Biology is the international journal of biomedical physics and engineering, published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM).

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Subject Engineering, Biomedical, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Impact Factor 3.4
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0031-9155
eISSN 1361-6560
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Authors at some institutions can publish open access at no cost through transformative or institutional agreements.

Submission Instructions

Physics in Medicine and Biology accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Papers

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract should not normally exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Manuscript should usually follow the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion system. Keywords relevant to the work must be supplied at submission, and conflict of interest and funding information must be included in an acknowledgements section before the references.
References References must use the Harvard alphabetical style. References must fully acknowledge relevant work, provide enough information to locate each source, and use one referencing system consistently throughout the article.
Figures & Tables Figures and tables must be included within the text. Tables must not use colour and both figures and tables must be numbered in the order cited, with self-contained captions included in the text.
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Topical Review

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract should not normally exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Manuscript should usually follow the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion system. Keywords relevant to the work must be supplied at submission, and conflict of interest and funding information must be included in an acknowledgements section before the references.
References References must use the Harvard alphabetical style. A single referencing system must be used consistently throughout the article and references must provide enough information for readers to locate the cited work.
Figures & Tables Figures and tables must be included within the text. Tables must not use colour and must be numbered serially with explanatory captions, and figures must be numbered sequentially with captions included in the text.
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Letters

Cover Letter A written justification to the Editor must accompany the Letter. The accompanying cover letter must provide a written justification to the Editor.
Abstract An abstract is required for Letters. Abstract should not normally exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Letters must not exceed 3000 words excluding the abstract, figure captions and references. Letters must report new and timely developments in medical physics. Keywords relevant to the work must be supplied at submission.
References References must use the Harvard alphabetical style. A single referencing system must be used consistently throughout the article.
Figures & Tables Letters must not comprise more than 4 figures. Figures and tables must be included within the text.
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Notes

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract should not normally exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Manuscript should usually follow the Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion system. Keywords relevant to the work must be supplied at submission, and conflict of interest and funding information must be included in an acknowledgements section before the references.
References References must use the Harvard alphabetical style. A single referencing system must be used consistently throughout the article, and references must provide enough information to locate the cited work.
Figures & Tables Figures and tables must be included within the text. Tables must not use colour and both figures and tables must be numbered sequentially and referred to in the text by number.
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Recent Publications

Estimation of LET distributions of α -particles from measured scintillator-based trajectory images

Seiichi Yamamoto, Kohei Nakanishi, Katsunori Yogo, Masao Yoshino, Kazuaki Tsukada, Hidetoshi Kikunaga, Takuya Yokokita, Kenji Shirasaki, Kei Kamada, Akira Yoshikawa, Jun Kataoka

10.1088/1361-6560/ae99a7
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Analysis of computational methods used to optimize transmission x-ray targets for 100- to 500-kV x-ray tubes

Benjamin Abraham Insley, Mohammad R Salehpour, Dirk Alan Bartkoski

10.1088/1361-6560/aea469
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Structure-guided prior-driven implicit neural representations for time-of-flight PET image reconstruction

Yulin Zhang, Yuxuan Long, Hong Wang, Fan Rao, Hailiang Huang, Yefeng Zheng, Huafeng Liu, Wentao Zhu

10.1088/1361-6560/aea398
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Narrowband isotropic magnetic particle imaging with FFL-parallel excitation

Zhongwei Bian, Ziwei Chen, Jie He, Hui Hui, Guang Jia, Yu An, Jie Tian

10.1088/1361-6560/aea399
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PKiNN: a PET kinetics-informed neural network for dynamic PET kinetic modeling

Chunmeng Tang, Koen Van Laere, Michel Koole

10.1088/1361-6560/aea39a
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision before peer review: 2 days; submission to first decision after peer review: 47 days; submission to first decision overall: 6 days; submission to final acceptance after peer review and author revisions: 125 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter may be provided to share information that could affect handling of the manuscript, including notable aspects of the research or details about previous submissions.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access publishing may be available at no cost through transformative or institutional agreements.

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Research Topics

Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation Dose and Imaging Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Nuclear Physics and Applications Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques Radiation Effects and Dosimetry Medical Image Segmentation Techniques Radiation Shielding Materials Analysis Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications AI in cancer detection Effects of Radiation Exposure

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