ScImage Inc. recently announced West Virginia University Health System has partnered with ScImage to utilize ScImage’s PICOM365 Enterprise PACS (picture archiving and communication system) throughout the eight WVU Medicine hospitals. The high-security, cloud-based PICOM365 will deliver cardiovascular image management, viewing and reporting capabilities for seamless workflow throughout the health system.

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers launched a first-of-its-kind study comparing the long-term benefits of radiation therapy in women with breast cancer either before surgery (neoadjuvant) or after surgery (adjuvant). Their study, published in the June 30 issue of Breast Cancer Research, found that patients who have neoadjuvant radiation therapy have a significantly lower risk of developing a second primary tumor at any site.

July 24, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has ...

RaySearch Laboratories reported that eight additional proton therapy centers worldwide have recently chosen RayStation as their treatment planning system.

July 20, 2017 — Rates of recurrence in early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) patients were virtually identical if ...

Kubtec announced the launch a new website focused on the applications of digital X-ray imaging and irradiation for research, industrial testing and forensic applications.

Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga., recently installed three new Aplio 500 Platinum CV ultrasound systems from Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company, in its cardiology department. To support ultrasound capabilities in the intensive care unit (ICU), Floyd Medical also installed the Xario 200 Platinum Series ultrasound system. Floyd Medical is leveraging the systems for strain imaging, pediatric and fetal echocardiography and stress echocardiography.

July 19, 2017 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have elected three new officers to ...