Philips announced today at ASTRO the introduction of Panorama 1.0T R/T, a high field open MR simulator, and 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.
ECRI (www.ecri.org), an independent, nonprofit health services research agency, recently published an evaluation of six ...
TomoTherapy announced today that it has installed its 100th Hi-Art System in Stratton VA Medical Center, as part of ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists at a leading cancer hospital in Taiwan are utilizing Varian’s linear accelerator ...
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology announced today that the University of California-Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento ...
Initia’s RT announced today that it will introduce at the upcoming ASTRO TrackBeam, a new device that uses collimator- ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Varian Medical Systems has announced that the company's On-Board Imager (OBI) device for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are two of the most common medical ...
Healthcare employers facing aggressive organizing scored a victory last week with a federal labor ruling that blocks ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Getting patients to take their medications as directed can cut health-care costs, but improving their pill-taking habits ...
Medline Industries Inc. has joined the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) to announce increased outreach to ...
Viking Systems Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of 3-D and 2-D vision systems for use in minimally invasive ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
Onmark, a national group purchasing organization (GPO) for community-based practices, has announced the launch of Onmark ...
Clinical studies conducted in the U.S. and Belgium reveal that endoscopy procedures using sedation can be performed with ...
Calypso Medical's 4D Localization System utilizes proprietary electromagnetic technology in conjunction with implanted ...
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion provides a radiosurgical platform for refinement and expansion of procedures in the ...
Varian Medical Systems’ exhibit at the 2006 ASTRO meeting will focus on the clinical deployment of the company’s ...
The Sinmed Mastercouch consists of a base that replaces most existing treatment couches. The base is then extended with ...
Kodak will show enhancements to a dosimetry package for the 2000RT CR plus system for radiation oncology. This optional ...
TomoPortal is a Web-enabled interface that links directly with the TomoTherapy Hi·Art System to provide immediate ...