April 26, 2012 — GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance and CE marking of its magnetic resonance (MR) solution for ...
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.
Treatment of early stage breast cancer continues to evolve as researchers investigate more novel and efficient methods ...
April 25, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new white paper, “Assuring Safety and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
April 24, 2013 — A prostate cancer patient has become the first person in the world to be treated using the latest ...
April 24, 2013 — Varian Medical Systems and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) announced a collaboration to further advance ...
April 23, 2013 — Nucletron, an Elekta company, has introduced its redesigned Flexitron remote afterloading platform ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
April 19, 2013 — Sen. Stan Bingham and Sen. Wesley Meredith have introduced a bill in the North Carolina legislature ...
April 18, 2013 — iCAD Inc. has entered into strategic distribution agreements for its Xoft Axxent Electronic ...
April 17, 2013 — M-Files Inc. said Elekta is deploying M-Files in the cloud to more effectively manage quality ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
April 16, 2013 — RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ.) has entered into a license agreement with GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...
April 15, 2013 — Civco Medical Solutionswill showcase trUpoint Arch, a new stereotactic radiosurgery solution, Protura ...
April 15, 2013 — Elekta recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), allowing ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
April 11, 2013 — An estimated 5,000 nuclear medicine and molecular imaging professionals are expected to gather in June ...
April 10, 2013 — Cancer survivors who had chest radiation are nearly twice as likely to die in the years after having ...
April 8, 2013 — TeamBest companies are planning for a major expansion by diversifying its area of expertise and product ...
April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...
April 2, 2013 — With RayStation 3.5, RaySearch releases tools for treatment planning of radiation therapy with electrons ...
April 1, 2013 — For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to ...
March 22, 2013 — A new report that breast cancer patients treated with low doses of radiation therapy have a heightened ...
As a result of routine mammography screening, approximately 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed annually to ...