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 therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

Technology

Integra Radionics Promotes Radiosurgery Software Integra Radionics launched its latest radiosurgical treatment planning ...

Time April 09, 2007
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April 10, 2007 - Tepha Inc. announced that the FDA has cleared its TephaFLEX Absorbable Suture product for marketing in ...

Time April 09, 2007
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April 10, 2007 - DocuSys Inc., a provider of Anesthesia Information Systems (AIS) and Digital Drug Management Systems ...

Time April 09, 2007
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April 6, 2007 - Hospira Inc. introduced a new wireless platform for its medication infusion devices that incorporates ...

Time April 05, 2007
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April 6, 2007 - Kodak's Health Group recently signed contracts for its Kodak DIRECTVIEW digital radiography (DR) and its ...

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April 6, 2007 - According to a recent study published by IMV Medical Information Division, patients have made an ...

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March 6, 2007 - Research recently presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's thirty-second Annual Scientific ...

Time March 05, 2007
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March 6, 2007 - Research recently presented at the thirty-second annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of ...

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When you picked up your copy of the February/March 2007 edition of Outpatient Care Technology you may have noticed ...

Time March 01, 2007
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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

For years, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has assisted doctors in contouring radiation beams around ...

Time March 01, 2007
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Technology

IntraOp Medical Corp. highlights its Mobetron intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy (IOERT) technology ...

Time February 28, 2007
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February 16, 2007 – Rush University Medical Center recently announced their use of the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System that ...

Time February 18, 2007
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February 19, 2007 – Misys Healthcare Systems recently announced the appointment of Roger L. Davenport to the position of ...

Time February 18, 2007
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February 19, 2007 – A study conducted in December 2006, by Kodak’s health group Zoomerang, found 49.6 percent of women ...

Time February 18, 2007
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February 16, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems Inc. recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...

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January 30, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for patient position ...

Time January 29, 2007
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January 29, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed the $30 million ...

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January 22, 2007 - Washington Hospital will be among the first facilities in the world to offer the Leksell Gamma Knife ...

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Breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts attribute the sudden decline to the ...

Time December 13, 2006
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GE Healthcare today released the results of Omega Management Group’s 3rd quarter survey of GE customers - a survey ...

Time December 13, 2006
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