June 2, 2014 — CivaTech Oncology’s flagship product, the CivaString source, has been listed on the Joint American ...
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.
May 30, 2014 — Varian Medical Systems announced it has signed an agreement with YongLin Healthcare Foundation by which ...
May 30, 2014 — The American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Education Center courses have been qualified to meet the ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
May 29, 2014 — Accuray Inc. announced the installation of its 500th TomoTherapy system at the grand opening of Palo ...
May 27, 2014 — RaySearch announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the ...
May 27, 2014 — ECRI Institute released a Health Technology Forecast regarding the use of integrated magnetic resonance ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
May 27, 2014 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the release of Compass 3.1 with the new Compass QuickCheck ...
May 22, 2014 — At the 2014 SRS/SBRT Scientific Meeting in Minneapolis, Mirada Medical presented information on how its ...
May 19, 2014 — A Japanese multi-institutional study1 of 1,194 patients, has found that individuals with five to 10 ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
May 16, 2014 — Proton therapy is in the proverbial chicken or the egg scenario. Companies are pulling back on ...
May 16, 2014 — An old idea of re-treating lung tumors with radiation is new again, especially with the technological ...
May 14, 2014 – In May 2011, the U.S. company Prowess filed a lawsuit against Swedish-based RaySearch at a court in ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
To help battle cancerous tumors, the Discovery CT590 RT offers precise imaging for accurate treatment planning in ...
May 8, 2014 — Elekta has established a Center of Excellence program that seeks the collaboration of its clinical ...
April 6, 2014 — iCAD, a provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapy, reported it has ...
May 5, 2014 — The first clinical mARC treatment, planned with RaySearch’s treatment planning system RayStation, has been ...
May 2, 2014 — Analogic Corp. has entered into a distribution agreement with D&K Technologies, developer of the BioJet ...
May 2, 2014 — The University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht and Quirem Medical, both in the Netherlands, announced they ...
Proton therapy is becoming more prevalent in cancer treatment as it is the most advanced form of radiation available ...
April 23, 2014 — Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have successfully used focused ultrasound for the first time to ...