December 20, 2007 - Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new set of modeling tools that ...
Radiation Therapy
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.
Linear accelerators typically last about seven years and can cost more than $2 million, but return many times more in ...
Delivering a concentrated dose of radiation to a specific anatomical target that typically moves tends to be a hit-and ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
The New York Times sports an age-old and notable credo with “all the news that’s fit to print.” If there’s an unofficial ...
Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a “smart” radiotherapy treatment planning tool that will ...
The SenoRx Contura is a multilumen radiation balloon applicator for accelerated partial breast irradiation. The ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
IntraOp Medical Corp. a supplier of technology solutions for the treatment and eradication of cancer, recently ...
December 13, 2007 - TomoTherapy Inc. announced that the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) has begun treating ...
December 12, 2007 - Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), the first hospital-based proton treatment center in ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
December 11, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced that two new private cancer centers in Switzerland have been ...
December 10, 2007 – TomoTherapy announced that it has signed contracts with distributors in Israel, Greece, Poland ...
December 10, 2007 - Stony Brook University Medical Center is now using the ExacTrac X-ray 6D System, a new radiotherapy ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
December 3, 2007 - Treating throat cancer with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can improve the health ...
November 29, 2007 – Vapotherm will introduce its new Precision Flow respiratory care device at the AARC annual ...
November 21, 2007 – Elekta announced that is has received an order to supply its Elekta Synergy S advanced radiation ...
November 20, 2007 – Medical device maker Maquet said this week it will exhibit new SERVO-i product options and its ...
November 15, 2007 - TomoTherapy Inc. announced that Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England has begun treating ...
With the availability of multiple approaches to Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) technology and growing clinical ...
November 12, 2007 - Clinicians at BC Cancer Agency have treated a 72-year-old prostate cancer patient in less than two ...
November 9, 2007 - Clinicians at BC Cancer Agency have treated a prostate cancer patient with a technique, called ...