Call for Papers: Special Issue on ''Medical Applications of X-Ray Imaging Techniques: Advances and Innovations'' (PDF)
(submission deadline: Oct 30, 2023)
Aims & Scope
The Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology is an international journal designed for the diverse community (biomedical, industrial and academic) of users and developers of novel x-ray imaging techniques. The purpose of the journal is to provide clear and full coverage of new developments and applications in the field. Areas such as x-ray microlithography, x-ray astronomy and medical x-ray imaging as well as new technologies arising from fields traditionally considered unrelated to x rays (semiconductor processing, accelerator technology, ionizing and non-ionizing medical diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, etc.) present opportunities for research that can meet new challenges as they arise. Research areas within the scope of the journal include:
- Interaction of x-rays with matter: x-ray phenomena, biological effects of radiation, radiation safety and optical constants
- X-ray sources: x-rays from synchrotrons, x-ray lasers, plasmas, and other sources, conventional or unconventional
- Optical elements: grazing incidence optics, multilayer mirrors, zone plates, gratings, other diffraction optics
- Optical instruments: interferometers, spectrometers, microscopes, telescopes, microprobes
- Detectors: CCD arrays, position-sensitive detectors, flat panel detectors and display devices, scintillators
- Medical Imaging Modalities: Analog and digital radiography, X-ray computed tomography, radionuclide imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, optical and other medical imaging modalities
- X-ray imaging techniques and signal processing: coded imaging, tomography, holography, medical image processing and computer aided diagnosis (CAD)
- Applications: analytical, nondestructive testing, microelectronics, biological/medical diagnosis and treatment, x-ray astronomy, materials and surface science
- Related topics and future trends
Editorial Board
Advisory Editor-in-Chief
Hong Liu
Bioengineering
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
USA
Editor-in-Chief
Bin Zheng
University of Oklahoma, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Norman, OK
USA
Email: bin.zheng-1@ou.edu
Associate Editors
David D. Allred
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
Provo, UT, USA
Changqing Li
Department of Bioengineering, University of California
Merced, CA, USA
Founding Editor
Larry V. Knight
USA
Editorial Board
Nat M. Ceglio
Ultratech Stepper
San Jose, CA, USA
Wei R. Chen
Department of Engineering and Physics, University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK, USA
Junichi Chikawa
Hyogo Science & Technology
Himeji, Japan
James C. Elliott
Queen Mary, University of London
London, UK
Hong Gao
Chinese Journal of Radiology
China
Jesús González-Hernández
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav)
Saltillo, Mexico
Jian-Xin Guo
The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an, China
Richard B. Hoover
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Huntsville, AL, USA
Gennady N. Kulipanov
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Lihong Li
City University of New York
Staten Island, NY, USA
Qing Lu
Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China
Anatoly N. Mezhevich
Bourevestnik
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Xiaochuan Pan
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Z.U. Rek
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA
Paul D. Rockett
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, USA
Eberhard A. Spiller
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA, USA
Yingxian Sun
First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
Shenyang, China
Jie Tian
Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
Valery V. Tuchin
Department of Physics, Saratov State University
Saratov, Russian Federation
T. Tuomi
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
James H. Underwood
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California
Berkeley, CA, USA
Ge Wang
Biomedical Imaging Cluster, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, USA
Kai Yang
Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Yuanyuan Zhang
School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Shihua Zhao
Department of Radiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijing, China
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[2] D.F. Pilkey, Happy conservation laws, in: Neural Stresses, J. Frost, ed., Controlled Press, Georgia, 1995, pp. 332-391.
[3] E. Wilson, Active vibration analysis of thin-walled beams, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Virginia, 1991.
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Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed journal. Articles submitted to the journal undergo a single-blind peer review process. This means that the identity of the authors is known to the reviewers, but the identity of the reviewers is not communicated to the authors. Please visit our reviewer guidelines for further information about how to conduct a review.
All submitted manuscripts are subjected to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Reasons to reject a paper in the pre-screening process could for example be because the work does not fall within the aims and scope, the writing is of poor quality, the instructions to authors were not followed or the presented work is not novel.
Papers deemed suitable to the journal will be forwarded to two reviewers. Reviewers are asked to excuse themselves from reviewing a submission if a conflict makes them unable to make an impartial scientific judgment or evaluation. Conflicts of interest include but are not limited to: collaboration with the authors in the past three years; any professional or financial affiliations that may be perceived as a conflict of interest; a history of personal differences with the author(s). The Editor-in-Chief strives to ensure a typical turnaround time of 3 months.
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- Significance to field
- Relevance to journal
- Methodology
- Data analysis
- Literature review
- Writing style/clarity
Based on the received reviews the Editor-in-Chief will write a decision letter:
- Accept
- Minor revisions required
- Major revisions required
- Revise and resubmit
- Reject
They mean the following:
- The manuscript is suitable for publication and only requires minor polishing; thus, no further reviews are requested.
- The authors are required to make moderate changes to their manuscript. The manuscript becomes acceptable for publication if the changes proposed by the reviewers and editors are successfully addressed. The revised manuscript will be examined by the Editor-in-Chief and possibly sent back to all (or a selection of) reviewers for a second round of reviews. Authors are requested to provide a letter to the reviewers detailing the improvements made for the resubmission.
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- In its current form, the manuscript is not suitable for publication. A resubmission would require substantial revisions and is only encouraged in special cases. The resubmitted manuscript will be considered as a new submission.
- The manuscript is rejected as it is deemed to be out of scope, not relevant, or not meeting the journal’s quality standards in terms of significance, novelty, and/or presentation.
Authors are notified by the Editor-in-Chief, whose decision is final.
In-house submissions are subjected to the peer review process described above. Co-authors who are also members of the Editorial Board are not involved in any way with the peer review process of articles of their (co-)authorship.
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