Rayence Inc. announced that they have partnered with Instacover for insurance coverage for their flat panel detectors.
The MRIdian system from ViewRay is now being used to treat patients at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison, Wis., the second clinical group in the world to treat patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiation therapy.
September 11, 2014 — iCAD Inc. will debut the company's latest technological advances and present updates on clinical data and patient outcomes using the Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy (eBx) system in the treatment of cancer during the upcoming American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting, Sept. 14-17.
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September 11, 2014 — Radiation therapy with concurrent paclitaxel chemotherapy following surgery is an effective treatment for patients with high-risk endometrial cancer, according to a study published in the Sept. 1, 2014 edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology ? Biology ? Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
September 11, 2014 — Elekta is showcasing its Elekta Knowledge Management software, a cloud-based software platform for healthcare providers to gain actionable insight from data, at the 56th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Sept. 14-17.
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Growing awareness of the harmful effects of radiation exposure is driving the uptake of ultrasound systems, which are radiation free, less expensive, and more versatile than bigger modalities such as magnetic resonance (MR).
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Varian Medical Systems will showcase technologies developed to support knowledge sharing among oncology professionals at the meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
Hologic Inc. announced that its 3-D mammography system (Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3-D Breast Tomosynthesis) was named "Best in KLAS" in the digital mammography category based on the results of an annual independent survey of healthcare executives and clinicians by KLAS Research.
U.S.-based Medtronic said it would purchase Ireland-based Covidien for $42.9 billion, combining two of the world's biggest medical device makers and helping Medtronic savings with a headquarters change.
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Vision RT announced that it will use its exhibit at this year’s American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in San Francisco to highlight its cutting-edge optical guidance technology.
Only 25 percent of interviewed ambulatory providers report that meaningful use is having a positive impact on patient care.
Some say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when that picture is used to study a brain, its worth is immeasurable.
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September 10, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports it has revoked the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) certificate for Advanced Diagnostic Inc., a facility at 2300 W. Peterson Ave. in Chicago. The facility has ceased performing mammography.
September 10, 2014 — Varian Medical Systems will introduce InSightive Analytics, a new interactive dashboard and data visualization tool for oncology professionals, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Sept. 14-17 in San Francisco.
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September 10, 2014 — According to new research performed at the Mayo Clinic, iodine-based contrast material injected intravenously to enhance computed tomography (CT) images can be safely used in most patients. The study appears online in the journal Radiology.
September 9, 2014 — Two new studies published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) indicate computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening may benefit more people than previously thought and that the test can be made more effective by using the ACR Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) to classify patient exams.
September 9, 2014 — An experimental regimen of once-weekly breast irradiation following lumpectomy provides more convenience to patients at a lower cost, results in better completion rates of prescribed radiation treatment, and produces cosmetic outcomes comparable to the current standard of daily radiation. These interim results of the five-year Phase II clinical trial using the experimental regimen were presented at the Breast Cancer Symposium 2014 in San Francisco by Anthony E. Dragun, M.D., vice chair and associate professor of radiation oncology at the University of Louisville.
September 9, 2014 — Accuray Inc. announced it has been awarded a new exclusive three-year group purchasing agreement with Premier Inc., covering the CyberKnife M6 and TomoTherapy HDA product portfolios.
Cloud provider SurDoc launched its SurLink Custom Medical File Exchange Plugin, a free plugin that allows healthcare providers to offer fast, easy, secure file exchange to patients directly from their own website. SurLink is one of the few HIPAA-compliant file exchange services available.
To further the potential of Big Data to predict and prevent illness, Toshiba Group has established the Toshiba Center for Big Data in Healthcare at the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.