April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...
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 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 ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
As a result of routine mammography screening, approximately 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed annually to ...
February 8, 2013 — EDAP TMS SA announced the submission of its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food ...
An innovative modification of a treatment chair used with cancer patients allows those who have problems lying down ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
January 2, 2013 — In May 2009 RaySearch Laboratories AB entered into a long-term development and licensing agreement ...
January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...
Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
At ASTRO 2012, Ray Search Americas demonstrated the latest features for its radiation therapy treatment planning system.
The eTRAX electromagnetic needle tip tracking system is now available in 18 gauge, offering improved image-guided ...
November 8, 2012 — At the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society for Radiology Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston, Siemens ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
Oct. 29, 2012 - At the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO, Boston, Mass.), Elekta ...
November 2, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems has launched a portfolio of oncology-specific information technology (IT) ...
October 31, 2012 — Sildenafil citrate (SC), a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, administered before, during and after ...
October 30, 2012 — MIM Software Inc. announced the availability of MIM 5.6 at the American Society for Radiation ...
The ability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create exquisite images of the body’s soft tissues – and the tumors ...
October 24, 2012 — Clinicians at the Harley Street Clinic in London are using the Calypso GPS for the Body system from ...
October 18, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced the resignation of Euan S. Thomson as president and CEO, and director of the ...
LXcan is designed to be the ideal solution for QA of image display devices. It features distance and contact measurement ...
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