August 21, 2007 — FDA clearance of Roche Diagnostics' 9-minute Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) test during parathyroid surgery ...
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.
August 20, 2007 - Operating under the same tracking principles as a global positioning system, the Calypso 4D ...
August 20, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a "smart" radiotherapy treatment planning ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
August 20, 2007 — The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine is adding an Elekta Synergy S ...
August 17, 2007 - The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in MD, has placed an order to ...
Calypso Medical Technologies Inc. announced that its FDA-cleared Calypso 4D Localization System and Beacon ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
CIVCO Medical Solutions’ new carbon fiducial markers reportedly optimize imaging characteristics for emerging IGRT ...
The SIR-Sphere by Sirtex is a radioactive polymer sphere that emits beta radiation and is the only FDA-approved ...
August 9, 2007 - Urologists and radiation oncologists expect the use of Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) to become ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
August 8, 2007 - Masimo Corp. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,916,626 shares of common stock ...
August 8, 2007 – Accuray Inc. announced that use of its CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System to noninvasively treat ...
August 3, 2007 - OncoLogics Inc., a comprehensive radiosurgical and radiation therapy clinic in southwest Louisiana ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
August 3, 2007 - HP recently signed on to supply technology to MD Anderson, one of the nation’s leading cancer research ...
August 1, 2007 - The results of a pilot study on a new optical technology, coupled with routine endoscopy, presented in ...
August 1, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems is one of seven vendors selected to participate in the American Society of ...
August 1, 2007 – BrainLAB previewed new products at the recent American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) ...
July 30, 2007 — The FDA's Nanotechnology Task Force released a report that recommends the agency consider developing ...
July 30, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems' advanced treatment planning and information management software was selected as ...
July 30, 2007 - Users of Integra Radionics’ XKnife noninvasive radiosurgery presented their latest advances in the ...
A new type of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging system could enable surgeons and interventional radiologists ...