March 25, 2010 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has elected the officials to serve on ASTRO's Corporate Advisory Council. The goal of the council is to focus on issues of mutual concern to all corporate members and to increase awareness of radiation therapy and advance the science and practice of radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer.
March 25, 2010 - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), a leader in the Southeast’s medical education, research and patient care, is bringing new medical image exchange technology to its hospital.
March 25, 2010 - Elastography is a newly developed dynamic technique that uses ultrasound (US) to provide an estimation of tissue stiffness by measuring the degree of distortion under the application of an external force. US elastography has been applied to differentiate malignant from benign lesions.1
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
March 24, 2010 - Among the top oncology information management software companies reviewed in a recent Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards report, Varian Medical System's ARIA Oncology Information Management Software ranked No. 1.
March 24, 2010 - Technologists and radiologists provided input during hundreds of screening sites to develop a totally new mammography platform designed to optimize image quality, patient comfort and enable faster imaging.
March 24, 2010 - “The NCBC stands as a testament to collaboration, cooperation and camaraderie,” said NCBC President Don Dizon, M.D., FACP, at the 20th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Conference, hosted by National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) on March 20 - 24, 2010 in Las Vegas.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
March 24, 2010 - As part of the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and with funding funding provided by the U.S. Government, a team of technicians from the United States installed seven portable X-ray/digital computed radiography (CR) systems and equipment throughout Nigeria, Africa.
March 24, 2010 - A moderately aggressive hypofractionation schedule can be used along with chemotherapy, with low side effects, according to the first published results from a study on the concurrent use of hypofractionated TomoTherapy radiation treatments and chemotherapy for unresectable locally-advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
March 23, 2010 – Frost and Sullivan gave a 2010 North American New Product Innovation Award to Positron Corp. for its pioneering cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, the Attrius.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
March 24, 2010 - The FDA 510(k) has issued marketing clearance for a PACS (picture archive and communication system), which has added viewing capabilities for digital mammography studies for diagnostic interpretation using FDA approved monitors.
March 23, 2010 - When imaging the brain, time is critical as vascular abnormalities can have a profound effect on patients’ lives if not diagnosed quickly. A new tool aims to help healthcare facilities diagnose disease with greater accuracy and speed when doing an magnetic resonance angiography study (MRA) on the brain.
March 23, 2010 - Orthopedic practices making the transition to digital radiography (DR) may find support in a new DR system that does not require modifications to an existing radiographic room.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
March 22, 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced today it strongly opposes the current medical imaging cuts contained in The Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), which would immediately raise the imaging equipment utilization rate assumption from a 50 to a 75 percent rate.
March 22, 2010 - In an effort to continually provide customizable, reliable and cost-effective RIS, PACS and teleradiology solutions, RamSoft, has partnered with ERadiology, a Tennessee-based technology company, to offer a hosting solution that leverages digital imaging technology while reducing capital costs for equipment purchase, and maintenance.
March 19, 2010 - To alleviate the effects of the global molybdenum shortage, a national network of 47 radiopharmacies will receive 18F Sodium Fluoride (NaF) free of charge from between March 22 and April 9, 2010. Participants in this trial program will receive 18F NaF, provided by PETNET Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, for only a nominal delivery fee.
Ground zero in the battle against breast cancer flared up when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued revised guidelines on breast screening.
Radiation oncology is an important area of concentration for Imaging Technology News (ITN), as we provide coverage of radiation therapy technology, treatment planning solutions and data management systems specifically for radiation oncology.
March 18, 2010 - To aid in diagnosis and meet the imaging needs and budgets of clinics and physicians’ offices a new CR/mini-PACS solution delivers image review capabilities including magnification, annotations, measurements, layout and other tools.
March 18, 2010 - A new women's health imaging picture archive and communication system (PACS) integrated with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is designed to support imaging and non-image information across multiple modalities.
March 17, 2010 - New data from an NIH-sponsored, multi-site study showed the positron emission mammography (PEM) had 31 fewer unnecessary biopsies and 26 percent higher positive predictive value (PPV) than breast MR. Researchers said this may reduce unnecessary breast biopsies.
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