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Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "US Proton Therapy Outlook 2017." ?Physicians, in the face of an alarmingly rising incidences of cancer and limited treatment options are being forced to look for treatments beyond the conventional ones. In such a scenario, proton therapy is being projected as the Rolls Royce of radiation oncology. Unfortunately, access to proton therapy is limited for many patients due to the low number of proton therapy centers. Hence, many research institutes and hospitals are now investing in proton therapy to make it more accessible to patients.

Time March 14, 2014
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Vienna is to the European Congress of Radiology what Chicago is to RSNA. This year the ECR celebrated the 20th year the Congress has been held in the capital of Austria. As exciting and delicious as this city may be, the familiar for an American is not too far away.

Time March 14, 2014
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As Greenville’s only 24-hour Level 1 Trauma Center, Greenville Health System, based in Greenville, S.C., has recently upgraded its offering into “a highly integrated delivery system committed to transforming the delivery of health care and improving the health of its community.” A key part of that commitment is, wherever possible, to harness the power of new technologies and solutions that will help deliver on that promise. Agfa HealthCare's DX-D Retrofit’s non-invasive, connection-only solution is part of that drive; delivering time savings and a high level of image quality and speed that makes it popular with users.

Time March 13, 2014
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Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. exhibited at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 6-10 at the Austria Center, Vienna.

Time March 13, 2014
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HealthTrust selected Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Virtual Imaging Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Inc., as a partner. They will provide RadPRO Digital Mobile X-ray Systems, Radiographic Rooms, Radiographic Room Upgrades and Dynamic Digital Radiography and Fluoroscopy Systems equipped with Canon digital radiographic detectors. These will be available for the nearly 1,400 acute care facilities that are part of the HealthTrust membership.

Time March 13, 2014
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Houston Healthcare is putting patient safety first by offering low dose computed tomography (CT) exams with the industry’s best solutions and a comprehensive dose management approach from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.

Time March 12, 2014
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The Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with GE Healthcare developed an MRI that can show a detailed image following hip fracture repair. It does so without the distortion caused by metal surgical screws that are problematic in standard MRIs.

Time March 12, 2014
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Planmed, a provider of mammography and orthopedic imaging solutions, added a maxillofacial imaging option to its Planmed Verity CBCT extremity scanner. Maxillofacial imaging option MaxScan received CE marking in December 2013.

Time March 12, 2014
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Computed tomography (CT) scans routinely taken to guide the treatment of pancreatic cancer may provide an important secondary benefit. According to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the scans also reflect how well chemotherapy will penetrate the tumor, predicting the effectiveness of treatment.

Time March 12, 2014
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Toshiba’s CT Myocardial Perfusion capability. Available on Toshiba’s Aquilion One and Aquilion OneVison Edition CT systems, Myocardial Perfusion allows clinicians to visualize myocardial ischemia with CT, providing a clinical and operational solution to make work flow.

Time March 12, 2014
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The 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference (NCoBC 2014), sponsored by the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), will be held at Caesars Palace March 15-19, and will bring together medical and industry professionals to network, learn and share ideas, methodologies and treatment options that improve quality of care and outcome for patients diagnosed with breast diseases.

Time March 12, 2014
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Countries across the globe are struggling to combat issues such as escalating healthcare costs, poor or inconsistent quality of healthcare, rapid expansion in healthcare insurance and changing healthcare reform mandates. Growing consumerism, globalization, changing demographics and lifestyles, and growing incidences of diseases that are expensive to treat further exacerbate these. Resolving these issues is a daunting task faced by healthcare stakeholders, highlighting the need for proactive, collaborative and systemic models. Several initiatives and healthcare reforms have been developed in order to support the adoption and implementation of clinical decision support software (CDSS) solutions.

Time March 11, 2014
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Cianna Medical Inc. is a women’s health company. It announced low recurrence rates – even for younger women – as part of a retrospective analysis of 673 patients with invasive breast cancer treated with the Savi breast brachytherapy applicator. Savi is a strut-based device that delivers breast brachytherapy, a 5-day course of targeted radiation for early-stage breast cancer.

Time March 11, 2014
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Guerbet announced a worldwide launch of FlowSens, a contrast agent injection solution used in X-ray medical examinations. FlowSens received CE marking in the first quarter of 2014. It will initially be marketed in Europe (first in Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland), then gradually in other regions of the world.

Time March 11, 2014
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The need to assess breast density as part of routine mammography is well documented and is required by legislation in many states. Vucomp’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared M-Vu Breast Density automatically assesses breast density, providing consistent and accurate measurements calibrated to a panel of 13 expert radiologists.

Time March 10, 2014
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Time March 10, 2014
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Pink Breast Center of Paterson, N.J., is the first U.S. healthcare facility to install the Mammomat Inspiration Prime Edition, a new premium mammography system from Siemens Healthcare.

Time March 07, 2014
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Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center is announcing the installation of a linear accelerator. This technology, which exceeds any capabilities currently available in the state, will replace EIRMC's existing linear accelerator that has served over 3,000 patients since 2001.

Time March 07, 2014
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A 67-year-old male patient received his final Esteya electronic brachytherapy session to treat a squamous cell carcinoma on his right hand, Jan. 14. He was the first patient in the United States to receive Esteya treatment, which was delivered at a Los Gatos, California clinic by Rakesh Patel, M.D., medical director, The Targeted Radiation Institute. Since Patel began treatment of the patient in late December, he has added nine additional patients to the Esteya schedule.

Time March 07, 2014
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International medical imaging IT company, Sectra and IDS announced Sectra CloudFlex, a cloud-based, comprehensive suite of breast imaging tools designed for low-volume mammography sites.

Time March 07, 2014
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