April 21, 2010 - A new platform for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and radiosurgery designed to treat a moving tumor ...
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.
April 21, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) is presently asking radiologists, radiation oncologists and all ...
Cancer doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or where a person resides. But in many cases, the quality of care a patient ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
April 14, 2010 - A diagnostic imaging center expands its services to offer image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and ...
April 14, 2010 - One of the biggest challenges in radiation therapy is delivering the dose without damaging surrounding ...
April 9, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will no longer allow a third party review process on new ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
April 8, 2010 - Lung tumors have been among the most challenging radiation therapy targets because the patient's ...
April 7, 2010 - The lack of radiation therapy treatment African-American women receive is not responsible for the poorer ...
April 7, 2010 - According to statistics from the American Cancer Society, an estimated 48,000 people in New Jersey and ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
April 6, 2010 - The three-year survival rate for patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) was 55.8 ...
April 6, 2010 - Helical TomoTherapy delivers continuous arc-based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that ...
April 5, 2010 - The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) will participate in a medical device security ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
March 31, 2010 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), an association representing the manufacturers ...
March 30, 2010 - Among a group of patients who should received radiation therapy according to medical guidelines, 95 ...
March 29, 2010 - Researchers found in patients with early breast cancer, delivering radiation therapy to the lymph nodes ...
March 25, 2010 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has elected the officials to serve on ASTRO's ...
March 24, 2010 - Among the top oncology information management software companies reviewed in a recent Top 20 Best in ...
March 24, 2010 - A moderately aggressive hypofractionation schedule can be used along with chemotherapy, with low side ...
March 22, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced today it strongly opposes the current medical imaging ...
March 19, 2010 - To alleviate the effects of the global molybdenum shortage, a national network of 47 radiopharmacies ...