January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...
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.
December 28, 2012 — Elekta announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
December 28, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced clinical findings using noninvasive CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
For men undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer, fewer treatments with higher doses appear to be well tolerated ...
December 21, 2012 — Vacancy rates for radiation therapists declined in 2012, according to the American Society of ...
December 14, 2012 — KLAS has released the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services report ranking the best ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
The top step I took to the 2012 RSNA exhibit halls at the McCormick Center in Chicago bore the RSNA theme “Patients ...
Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...
December 4, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced at RSNA 2012 receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
At ASTRO 2012, IBA featured a scale model install of its Proteus One compact proton system combined with the Philips ...
At ASTRO 2012, Ray Search Americas demonstrated the latest features for its radiation therapy treatment planning system.
At ASTRO 2012, Mevion featured its compact Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System, which has a footprint comparable to ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) will be at RSNA ’12 to show off the country’s hottest ...
In a skeptical world, old maxims fall hard. Photojournalists can attest to that. Seeing today is anything but believing ...
In a comparison of patients with Stage-1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the period 1999-2008, those in the ...
Imagine being told that complete removal of your left eye was required to stop your spreading cancer. Kathy Kelly of New ...
The eTRAX electromagnetic needle tip tracking system is now available in 18 gauge, offering improved image-guided ...
November 9, 2012 — The team of dosimetrists and physicists at D3 Oncology Solutions (D3), an affiliate of UPMC and UPMC ...
November 8, 2012 — At the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Radiology Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston, Siemens ...
November 6, 2012 – GE Healthcare showcased a number of new advanced imaging technologies and software capabilities at ...