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September 5, 2008 - On the heels of the recent press release from the Mayo Clinic regarding molecular breast imaging ...

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S&S Technology will showcase the MSV00 DVS DI, a solution to comparing digital images to previous analog mammography images. Mammography films are placed on the horizontal motorized viewer directly above the monitors. The motorized film belt accommodates either (400) 24 x 30 cm or (600) 18 x 24 cm films.

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September 5, 2008 - GE Healthcare today said it launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ultrasound images with images from other imaging modalities like CT and MR.

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September 2, 2008 - GE Healthcare launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications that fuses ...

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September 5, 2008 – Varian Medical Systems launched a new “Dear Cancer” letter writing campaign designed to inspire ...

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September 5, 2008 - Digirad Corp. today announced the initial clinical trial of its new SPECT imaging system ...

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Faxitron X-Ray’s enhanced version of ImageAssist as part of the latest v. 1.5 SR software for DX-50, MX-20 and LX-60 ...

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September 5, 2008 - Boston’s Brigham & Women’s (B&W) Hospital, a 777-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School ...

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TQA, or Tomo Quality Assurance, from TomoTherapy Inc. is reportedly the first integrated, machine-specific quality assurance (QA) solution to be offered by a radiation therapy vendor. The TQA application streamlines the collection — and simplifies the review — of data used to monitor radiation therapy equipment and procedures. All TQA data can be exported for third-party validation.

Time September 03, 2008
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Orfit Industries America’s Efficast thermoplastic mask, part of the Raycast High-precision Patient Immobilization ...

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September 4, 2008 – In the largest-ever study to compare molecular breast imaging (MBI) to mammography, researchers have ...

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Feature | Amy Lillard

Contouring dose with pinpoint, multidimensional accuracy, targeting a tumor without damaging surrounding tissue and destroying a tumor in one radiation session is still a lofty goal in radiation therapy, and rarely attainable. For years, radiation oncologists and physicists have longed for technology to match their need for imaging and radiation delivery methods that hit all of these objectives.

Time September 03, 2008
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The CyberKnife System aims to deliver high-dose, hypofractionated radiosurgery treatments. Using robotic technologies and continual image guidance, the CyberKnife System aims to deliver targeting accuracy with the ability to automatically correct for intra-fraction target motion without interrupting treatment or having to reposition the patient.

Time September 03, 2008
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he Powerheart AED G3 is designed with Rescue Ready technology that self-checks all main components daily. The device ...

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Philips Healthcare has developed a hand-held ultrasound with reportedly advanced imaging quality. The CX50 CompactXtreme ...

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CIVCO Medical Solutions is introducing the new CIVCO SBRT Body-Lok. The modular CIVCO Body-Lok system functions as a ...

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The recently FDA-cleared ARTISTE linear accelerator from Siemens Medical has recently gone clinical in three prominent cancer centers around the world, according to Siemens. Dozens of patients have been treated to date at MAASTRO Clinic in the Netherlands, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center in Louisiana.

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Elekta will debut its eXtend program, a complete system for extending the utilization of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion ...

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September 4, 2008 - Merge Healthcare launch its Managed Services initiative, the Merge Off Site Disaster Recovery, which ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan and Rick Dana Barlow

The challenge in radiation therapy is to deliver the optimal amount of dose with enough precision to avoid damaging ...

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