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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Clinicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center use new image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) ...

Time August 29, 2006
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Varian Medical Systems Inc. has received FDA clearance that permits the use of the company’s Trilogy linear accelerators ...

Time August 29, 2006
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NOMOS Radiation Oncology, a division of North American Scientific, has announced that it received FDA clearance to ...

Time August 28, 2006
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The Probeat Proton Beam Therapy System by Hitachi recently got the green light from the FDA. Probeat delivers a proton ...

Time August 28, 2006
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MVision megavoltage cone-beam imaging package has received FDA clearance. MVision is a unique volumetric inline target ...

Time August 28, 2006
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XKnife RT 4.0 is an update to XKnife RT 3.0, which is used by neurosurgeons, oncologists, physicists and dosimetrists ...

Time August 23, 2006
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Eclipse radiotherapy treatment planning software includes a set of treatment plan templates that can streamline the ...

Time July 24, 2006
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Elekta now offers a 6-D robotic image-guided stereotactic system optimized for treatment of the spine. The AXESSE system ...

Time July 24, 2006
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IBM is working with researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson ...

Time July 23, 2006
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TomoGateway is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection that allows direct communication from each TomoTherapy Hi-Art ...

Time July 23, 2006
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Imaging control capabilities for 3-D Conformal, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and dynamic targeting for Image ...

Time July 04, 2006
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The 4D Localization System is a target localization platform based on detection of AC electromagnetic markers, called ...

Time July 04, 2006
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Eclipse Integrated Treatment Planning supports multiple image modalities including CT, MR, PET and SPECT. Images can be ...

Time June 29, 2006
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iPlan Flow software facilitates targeted drug delivery to specific areas of the brain which, according to BrainLAB, can ...

Time June 27, 2006
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XKnife RT 4.0 is an update to XKnife RT 3.0 which is used by neurosurgeons, oncologists, physicists and dosimetrists. It ...

Time June 25, 2006
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MVision, from Siemens Medical Solutions, is a volumetric in-line target imaging solution and the natural next step in ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Eclipse radiotherapy treatment planning software speeds up the process of planning complex radiotherapy treatments. It ...

Time June 25, 2006
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iPlan Flow software enables targeted medication delivery for the treatment of brain tumors. The National Ministry for ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Elekta now offers a 6-D robotic image-guided stereotactic system optimized for treatment of the spine. The AXESSE system ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Feature | rick dana barlow

Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...

Time June 22, 2006
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