Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology

ASTRO, AUA Issue Joint Guideline for Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have published a joint guideline on radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate...

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C.R. Bard Pays $48.2 Million to Settle Brachytherapy Seed Whistleblower Lawsuit

C.R. Bard Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $48.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges its urological division and wholly owned subsidiary, ProSeed Inc., paid doctors and hospitals kickbacks to entice them t...

GE Healthcare Introduces GEM Radiation Therapy Open Head and Neck MR Coil Suite

GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance and CE marking of its magnetic resonance (MR) solution for head and neck imaging in the presence of radiation therapy (RT) immobilization devices.

New ASTRO White Paper Recommends Best Practices for IGRT

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new white paper, “Assuring Safety and Quality in Image Guided Delivery of Radiation Therapy,” that recommends best practices to improve the safety and effectiveness of image guided r...

Common Drug Can Limit Radiation Damage to Cancer Patient’s...
Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE...
M-Files Deployed by Elekta for Cloud-Based Quality...
M-Files Inc. said Elekta is deploying M-Files in the cloud to more effectively manage quality documentation and related processes for several key...
Medicare Establishes Billing Code for InSightec's MR-...
InSightec Ltd. announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Construction Begins on the Texas Center for Proton Therapy
New hope for cancer patients is building in North Texas as construction begins on the $105 million Texas Center for Proton Therapy, the first proton therapy...
M-Files Deployed by Elekta for Cloud-Based Quality Documentation
M-Files Inc. said Elekta is deploying M-Files in the cloud to more effectively manage quality documentation and related processes
Mavric SL Offers Enhanced MRI Imaging Technology for Joint Replacements, Implanted Devices
GE Healthcare's Mavric SL is a novel magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique designed to address the growing clinical need to more...
MiE's PET Scintron Receives FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance to Medical Imaging Electronics (MiE) and Nuclear Imaging Services (NIS...
Next Generation PosiRx Pharmacy Automation Systems
The PosiRx 3000-Series is Positron Corporation's latest pharmacy automation systems. The PosiRx 3000-Series are the first systems to...
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Common Drug Can Limit Radiation Damage to Cancer Patient’s...
Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE...
ASTRO, AUA Issue Joint Guideline for Radiation Therapy...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have published a joint guideline on radiation therapy...
Canada's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Joins...
Elekta and Royal Philips Electronics announced that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) will join their growing consortium to validate the...
C.R. Bard Pays $48.2 Million to Settle Brachytherapy Seed...
C.R. Bard Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $48.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges its urological division and...

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An Emerging Trend — Patient Satisfaction
Saving lives is no longer enough. Patients need to be satisfied. You might thank the recession for...
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The New Age of Personalized Medicine
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MR “Fingerprinting” Promises Quick Screen for Disease
Only one radiological modality – mammography – is used today for screening. Yet, as America...
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Don’t Miss The Next LIVE Webinar! An Introduction To Cloud-Based Medical Image Exchange
  Seats are limited, register today Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Interested in implementing cloud-based imaging solutions? As a first step, please join DICOM Grid’s Live...
Bedside Radiography-Into the Digital Age
Chip Truwit, MD, offers an overview of Bedside Radiography from a clinical perspective. He will review current radiographic challenges and their effects on bedside imaging, highlighting how new...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...