July 27, 2012 — Virginia Hospital Center is among the few hospitals along the east coast to offer the new Calypso System ...
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.
July 27, 2012 — To support research exploring childhood cancers, Elekta has given a €32,000 ($40,000) grant to Madrid ...
July 27, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare (booth 707) will be at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association of ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
July 27, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced the extension of its Emerald Service Program for the TomoTherapy system, which ...
Soft tissue imaging in radiation therapy planning and delivery is relatively new and has been spawned by the development ...
The medical advanced visualization software market was recently examined in a report created by KLAS Research, based on ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Each year, community cancer centers treat about 85 percent of cancer patients in the United States.1 Agnesian HealthCare ...
July 24, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems announced today that it has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron for ...
July 23, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Morphormics Inc., a privately ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
July 20, 2012 — On July 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would revise ...
July 20, 2012 — The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, seeking to broaden its array of radiation ...
July 13, 2012 — Elekta swept the top three rankings in the KLAS research firm's recently released 2012 Best in KLAS ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
July 13, 2012 — The long-term results of RTOG 9402, a randomized phase III trial evaluating the overall survival of ...
July 6, 2012 — Accelerated whole breast irradiation after lumpectomy is an effective treatment for ductal carcinoma in ...
July 3, 2012 — A 51-year-old male became the first person to benefit from a radiation therapy technique that provides ...
June 28, 2012 — When a newly diagnosed cancer patient is considering treatment options, proton therapy might not be the ...
June 28, 2012 — The following is being released today by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center:New research ...
June 25, 2012 — KLAS released the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment and Infrastructure report, which details ...
June 22, 2012 — MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando announced it has installed the first Accuray TomoHD system in Florida ...
Frank Miller, M.D., medical director of magnetic resonance (MR) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Outpatient Imaging ...