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Physics in Medicine
journal homepage: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-in-medicine

Physics in Medicine e Open access journal

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and launch the journal as an OA publication e an option of publishing
medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce which answers to the needs of researchers in the field.”
the launch of open access journal: Physics in Medicine. The journal Herewith we present first accepted articles for the journal.
brings adding value to Elsevier's expanding Physics portfolio of
journals. Physics in Medicine will publish manuscripts focusing on
the application of theoretical and practical physics to medicine,
Topics covered are:
physiology and biology.
“The scope of this journal is well suited to provide a platform for  Physics of Imaging, Ultrasonic  Physics of Instrumentation,
the vast community of physicists whose research may not be imaging, Optical imaging, X-ray Engineering of instruments,
immediately applicable to clinics or hospitals. I believe that Medi- imaging, Fluorescence Physical effects of the application of
 Physics of Therapy, Ultrasonic instruments, Measurement Science
cine in Physics will play a special role in the physics community
therapy, Vibrational medicine, Laser and Technology, Physics of micro
dedicated to fundamental physics applied to medicine,” said Nico Physics labs and bioanalytical devices,
Declercq, Associate Professor at The George W. Woodruff School  Physics of Materials and Mechanics, bioanalytical sensors and
of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech Lorraine-France, Physics of impact and injuries, bioanalytical sensor devices. Optical
Physics of proteins, Metamaterials, instrumentation and Ultrasound
appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of Physics in Medicine.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, instruments
“I am happy to be an editor of this new journal. Today, physicists Biomedical Materials, Physics of  Physics of Electromagnetics, Neural
in various fields have expanded their domains of research into the vascular and cerebrovascular Engineering, Signal analysis in
complex biological system. I want to help those physicists remain diseases, Micromechanics and Micro Medicine, Electromagnetics and the
up-to-date with developments in these sub-fields. The results of engineering, Microfluidics in nerve system, Quantum Electronics
medicine, Mechanics of the human  Physics of Hearing and Seeing,
their research do form pillars of medical advances in disease diag-
body, Rotary molecular motors, Acoustics and hearing, Physics of
nosis and treatment afterall,” added Patrick Hermann Wagner, Pro- Biological physics, Physics of bio hearing aids, Optics and vision,
fessor at KU Leuven- Belgium, appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of fabrication and regenerative Physics of vision aids
Physics in Medicine. medicine  Physics of Space Medicine, Space
physiology, Space medicine related
Antje Schuetz, Publisher, Physics in Medicine at Elsevier added,
Physics
“The application of theoretical and practical physics to medicine,
physiology and biology forms a new interdisciplinary community
in science. Physics in Medicine responds to the publication needs
of this community and provides a novel platform for physics Available online 26 April 2016
research that is related to medicine. We are especially pleased to

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