BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS

Vol. 4, No.1
A half -yearly publication of Bangladesh Medical Physics Association (BMPA) (An affiliate of International Organisation of Medical Physics - IOMP)

2011

Published by the Chief Editor on behalf of the Editorial Board of the Journal. Office Address: Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Email: editor.bjmp@bmpaweb.org. Tel: +880-2-9661900 Ext 7011

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Physics

ISSN-1727-6179
Subscription: Tk.300 (US$15.00 for other countries) per issue Notes for Authors Bangladesh Journal of Medical Physics considers research papers, scientific notes, conference papers and tutorial papers in the applications of physics, technology and engineering in medicine, written in English. Materials must be original, unpublished work and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The Editorial Board is responsible for the final acceptance of any paper and reviewed article. Boards decision is final in case of any controversy. Preparation of manuscripts: Manuscripts should be typed in Times New Roman font., single-spaced, for printing on A4 size paper with a margin of 1.1 inch (2.80cm) at the top and 1 inch (2.54cm) on all other sides in MS Word format. The top of the first page should have the full title (all capitals, bold, size 14), name(s) of authors (bold, size 12), affiliation with full address for correspondence (normal, size 11), followed by at least one email (normal, size 10). This should be followed by an abstract of not more than 250 words (normal, size 10), followed by a set of Keywords, and a short title with not more than 40 characters including spaces. The text should continue on the same page and arranged in the following sequence 1. INTRODUCTION, 2.MATERIALS AND METHODS, 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION, 4. CONCLUSION (if necessary), ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (if necessary) and REFERENCES. The manuscript of a full paper should be limited within 12 typewritten pages including tables, figures, graphs, references, etc while that of scientific notes should not exceed four pages. Review article on particular, on fairly wide topics of current interest, either invited or agreed with the Editor, should have an abstract and should not exceed 20 pages of type-scripts. Graphs and figures: Preferably these should be embedded within the body of the manuscript and should be of reproducible quality. The size of the figure should not be made larger than required to convey the information. Texts within the figures should be of a size that can be read with ease. The figure captions should be put in a text box, placed below the respective figure, and grouped together with it. The caption should be preceded with a figure number written as Fig.1:, etc. The grouped figure and caption should be embedded within the text at suitable locations with text wrapped around it (text wrapping style: square), if the width is half the width of the page or smaller. If the width is larger, text should be wrapped above and below the figure (text wrapping style: top and bottom). However, if the authors do not have adequate expertise, they can submit the figures separately. Tables: These should be embedded within the manuscript at suitable positions. To place the caption at the top of the table, insert a row, merge all the cells in the row, and write the caption inside this. Remove the borders of this caption-row on the top and the two sides. The caption should be preceded by the table no. as Table 1: etc. References: Vancouver style of referencing is to be followed, please see published articles in this issue Units and symbols: Metric and internationally accepted physical measurement units should be used. Submission: Should be made electronically in MSWORD (.doc or .docx format). If coloured figures are available, the authors are encouraged to send two versions of the manuscript, one with colour for online presentation, and the other in black and white for the hardcopy version. Submission address: Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Email: editor.bjmp@bmpaweb.org. Tel: +880-2-9661900 Ext 7011

BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS Vol. 4, No.1 Chief Editor

Professor Gias Uddin Ahmed Vice Chancellor, Primeasia University, Dhaka

2011

Executive Editor
Professor K. Siddique-e Rabbani Chairperson, Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology, University of Dhaka

Members of Editorial Board

(arranged alphabetically)

Professor Salahuddin Ahmad Director of Medical Physics and Dosimetry Department of Radiation Oncology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA Professor Mir Md Akramuzzaman Department of Physics Jahangirnagar University, Savar Professor M A Hai Head, Cancer Centre, Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College & Hospital, Sirajganj Professor Syed Akram Hossain Consultant, Labaid Hospital, Dhaka Dr. Syed Reza Husain Chief Physicist, Delta Medical Centre Ltd., Oncology Unit, Dhaka Professor M. Saiful Huq Professor & Director of Medical Physics University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPMC Cancer Centres University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Professor M Aminul Islam Department of Physics Rajshahi University, Rajshahi Professor M Adnan Kiber Department of Applied Physics, Electronics & Communication Engg. Dhaka University, Dhaka Professor Sadiq Malik Medical Physicist, Delta Medical Centre Ltd., Oncology Unit, Dhaka Dr. Abdus Sattar Mollah Chief Scientific Officer & Director, International Affairs Division Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Dhaka Professor Golam Abu Zakaria Chairman and Professor Department of Medical Radiation Physics Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Cologne, Gummersbach, Germany & Visiting Professor Dept. of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Gono Bishwabidyalay Bangladesh

BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS Vol. 4, No.1

CONTENTS ORIGINAL PAPERS 1. 2. 3. Computer-aided diagnosis of solid breast lesions using an ultrasonic multifeature analysis procedure An image smearing technique to improve Pigeon Hole Imaging (PHI)
Kamila Afroj and K Siddique-e Rabbani

2011

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S. K. Alam , E. J. Feleppa, Mark Rondeau, A. Kalisz, and B. S. Garra

Bio-distribution and dosimetry of a renal agent in normal Bangladeshi subjects

M. N. Islam, F. Alam, , M. F. Kabir, A. S. Mollahand M. A. Zaman

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Hypotheses to explain the occurrence of multiple peaks of DFL in nerve conduction measurement Use of Distribution of F-Latency (DFL) in the detection of cervical spondylotic neuropathy

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K Siddique-e Rabbani

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Md. Iftekhar Hossain, Ehsan Alam Chowdhury, A.A Mamun, A Salam Tanvir Noor Baig and K Siddique-e Rabbani

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Quality assurance of dose distribution of photon beam planning by Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm (AAA)
M Jahangir Alam, Syed Md Akram Hussain, Kamila Afroj and Shyam Kishore Shrivastava

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Improvisation of an optical pressure sensor based dynamic foot pressure measurement system
K Siddique-e Rabbani, SM Zahid Ishraque, M Shahedul Islam and Rhaad Muasir Rabbani

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Quality Control Tests in Some Diagnostic X-Ray Units in Bangladesh

M. Begum, A. S. Mollah, M. A. Zaman and A. K. M. M. Rahman

Possible applications of Focused Impedance Method (FIM) in biomedical and other areas of study

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K Siddique-e Rabbani and M Abdul Kadir

10. Design of a Microcontroller Based System to implement 4-Electrode Focused Impedance Method (FIM) 11. Evaluation of Scatter Fraction (SF) of a 16-Ring Positron Emission Tomography (PET) System

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Aktharuzzaman, Tanvir N Baig and K Siddique-e Rabbani

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M Monjur Ahasan

12. A novel mobility aid for the blind through ultrasound pulsed echo modulated nerve stimulation
M Shamiul Fahad, M Muwyid Uzzaman Khan and K Siddique-e-Rabbani

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13. An innovative low cost bone densitometer based on conventional X-Ray facility
Jubaid Abdul Qayyum, Md. Masum Howlader, Md. Tamzeed-Al-Alam, Md. Saiful Islam, Tahmid Latif and K Siddique-e Rabbani

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14. Recombination parameters of some fabricated ionization chambers

Afia Begum and Nobuhisa Takata

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15. Design and development of an EMG driven microcontroller based prosthetic le g 16. Design and development of a low cost personal computer based ECG monitor

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Md. Rokibul Islam, A. N. M. Mushfiqul Haque, S. N. Amin, K. S. Rabbani

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K Siddique-e Rabbani, A Raihan Abir, A K M Bodiuzzaman

17. Design and development of a microcontroller based portable ECG monitor

Nahian Rahman, A K M Bodiuzzaman, A Raihan Abir, K Siddique-e Rabbani

18. Internal radiation dose assessment using IRDA software for Bangladeshi subjects due to acute ingestion of Co-60
A.H.M. R. Quddus, M. Moksed Al , M. M. A. Zaman and A.S. Mollah
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SHORT NOTES

19. Effective dose to children during cardiac catheterization

Aleya Begum, R.K. Khan, Kamrul Alam, A. Hoque and Amena Begum

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20. Development and application of an innovative electrical gastrometer

Siddartha Sankar Biswas