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 therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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August 6, 2013 — MIM Software Inc. announced newest application yet for Reg Refine in radiation oncology: dose ...

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August 6, 2013 — Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

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August 6, 2013 — CIRS will introduce the Stereotactic End-to-End Verification Phantom (STEEV) at the 55th Annual AAPM ...

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August 2, 2013 — A “test run” of radiation therapy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma can show how much radiation is ...

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July 31, 2013 — The Proton Therapy Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center is helping lessen the fears associated ...

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July 22, 2013 — Elekta has received CE marking for its Clarity 4-D monitoring system, permitting European clinics to ...

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July 22, 2013 — Vizzia Technologies announced that its clinical workflow optimization solution was recently installed at ...

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July 17, 2013 — Elekta and Royal Philips announced that the Froedtert and The Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical ...

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July 16, 2013 — The U.S. radiation therapy market appears to be rebounding after a major decline in 2009, with radiation ...

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Feature | Raissa Rocha

Editor’s note: Imaging Technology News (ITN) sought reader nominations for the top cancer centers to watch in 2013 ...

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Case Study | RaySearch Laboratories

Located throughout New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, Health Quest has developed partnerships with four different radiation ...

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Feature | Treatment Planning | Dave Fornell

This is a brief overview of the newest software systems available on the treatment planning systems market. Treatment ...

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Feature | Raissa Rocha

With the sheer volume of patient information growing by the minute in the healthcare industry, it is important for ...

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June 28, 2013 — Kettering Medical Center in Ohio recently began installing Versa HD, an advanced linear accelerator ...

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June 24, 2013 — A new first for Georgia was celebrated Thursday, May 2, as Emory Healthcare and the Winship Cancer ...

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June 17, 2013 — Accurate estimation of radiation absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy (RIT) based on state-of-the-art 3-D ...

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When prostate cancer makes a comeback, it becomes increasingly important to have exceptional imaging available to find ...

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June 13, 2013 — Use of the newer intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy ...

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Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer ...

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Feature | Eugen Hug, M.D.

We are witnessing a new era in proton therapy research, with an unprecedented number of clinical studies under way. For ...

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