University of Pennsylvania alumni Ralph J. Roberts and his son Brian L. Roberts have pledged $15 million to help create ...
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.
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The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion provides a radiosurgical platform for refinement and expansion of procedures in the ...
December 03, 2006 
Technology
Varian Medical Systems’ exhibit at the 2006 ASTRO meeting focused on the clinical deployment of the company’s technology ...
December 03, 2006 Sponsored Content
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
February 16, 2022 News
Varian Medical Systems announced at ASTRO that it has added new motion management capabilities to the Eclipse ...
November 06, 2006 News
Optio Healthcare today announced that Smith Northview Hospital, a 31-bed facility in rural Georgia, has selected Optio's ...
November 06, 2006 News
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. officially launched its recently FDA 510(k) cleared Calypso 4D Localization System at ...
November 06, 2006 Sponsored Content
Blog | Artificial Intelligence
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
June 07, 2021 News
Researchers who thought they had identified the bacterial perpetrator of the often severe disease caused by community ...
November 06, 2006 News
Philips announced today at ASTRO the introduction of Panorama 1.0T R/T, a high field open MR simulator, and Tumor ...
November 05, 2006 News
ECRI (www.ecri.org), an independent, nonprofit health services research agency, recently published an evaluation of six ...
October 31, 2006 Sponsored Content
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Videos | Information Technology
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
December 01, 2020 News
TomoTherapy announced today that it has installed its 100th Hi-Art System in Stratton VA Medical Center, as part of ...
October 30, 2006 News
Neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists at a leading cancer hospital in Taiwan are utilizing Varian’s linear accelerator ...
October 29, 2006 News
Initia’s RT announced today that it will introduce at the upcoming ASTRO TrackBeam, a new device that uses collimator- ...
October 25, 2006 Sponsored Content
Case Study | Radiation Oncology
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
April 30, 2020 News
Onmark, a national group purchasing organization (GPO) for community-based practices, has announced the launch of Onmark ...
October 22, 2006 News
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are two of the most common medical ...
October 22, 2006 News
Varian Medical Systems has announced that the company's On-Board Imager (OBI) device for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT ...
October 22, 2006 News
Medline Industries Inc. has joined the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) to announce increased outreach to ...
October 22, 2006 News
Clinical studies conducted in the U.S. and Belgium reveal that endoscopy procedures using sedation can be performed with ...
October 22, 2006 News
Healthcare employers facing aggressive organizing scored a victory last week with a federal labor ruling that blocks ...
October 22, 2006 News
Viking Systems Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of 3-D and 2-D vision systems for use in minimally invasive ...
October 22, 2006 News
Getting patients to take their medications as directed can cut health-care costs, but improving their pill-taking habits ...
October 22, 2006