July 25, 2016 — Varian Medical Systems announced last week that Varex Imaging Corp. will be the name for its Imaging Components business upon the completion of the planned spin-off of that business as a new, stand-alone public company via a tax-free distribution to Varian stockholders. The transaction is anticipated to be completed by the end of calendar year 2016. 

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical practice statement for the treatment of rectal cancer.

Radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of dying from radiation-related causes like cancer, according to a new study appearing online in the journal Radiology.

July 22, 2016 — Research supported by the National Institutes of Health has identified brain patterns in humans that appear to underlie “resilient coping,” the healthy emotional and behavioral responses to stress that help some people handle stressful situations better than others.

A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute report discusses the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and its implications for radiology.

July 21, 2016 — Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. announced the expansion of its Monoblock series of X-ray sources with the introduction of the XRB80HR. Spellman’s Monoblock X-Ray sources eliminate problematic external high voltage cabling by integrating the high voltage power supply, the filament power supply and the X-ray tube into a single, easy-to-package assembly.

July 21, 2016 — PTW New York announced it will display its Beamscan technology and the latest advancements in radiation dosimetry at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), July 31-Aug. 4 in Washington, D.C.

July 21, 2016 — Agfa HealthCare announced it has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 North American Product Leadership Award for Digital Radiography (DR). The research group said that Agfa's "complete portfolio of digital, fixed, mobile and retrofit DR systems, as well as impressive radiography advancements, have earned a solid reputation for service excellence and product reliability."

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