November 20, 2008 – Adult patients with low grade glioma, a type of malignant brain tumor, had a better chance for survival if they received chemotherapy in addition to their course of radiotherapy, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) presented at the Society for Neuro-Oncology 13th Annual Meeting in Lake Las Vegas, NV.
November 20, 2008 -The recently FDA-cleared Aktina pinPoint system is a frameless noninvasive localization and fixation system for cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT), as well as radiotherapy of the head and neck area that uses patented vacuum fixation technology to achieve sub-millimeter accuracy.
November 20, 2008 - PETLinQ LLC released its fully integrated RIS/Billing/Collections system for the Mac platform, enabling Mac users to have full end to end operational capability for their facilities. RISLinQ 4.0 Mac provides full end-to-end workflow capability for radiology facilities presently using the Mac OS X platform.
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November 20, 2008 - With the most recent release of data from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), researchers may have reached the moment of critical mass by confirming the effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) in the monitoring of tumor activity across a wide range of cancers.
November 20, 2008 - Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA on Oncentra RT Viewer, its latest innovation in the Oncentra family of treatment planning solutions.

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November 20, 2008 - Seno Medical Instruments has signed a licensing agreement in which its opto-acoustic technology will allow VisualSonics to offer cancer researchers a more effective way to look at the organs of small animals for better tracking of experimental cancer treatments.
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
November 20, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging and Philips FIMI plan to demonstrate at RSNA 2008 the benefits of 3D imaging at the point-of-care using FiatLux Visualize on the Philips CliniScape mobile clinical assistant (MCA).
Mindray's DC-3 color ultrasound imaging system is equipped with extensive applications in abdominal, OB/GYN, endovaginal ...
November 20, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging and Philips FIMI plan to demonstrate at RSNA 2008 the benefits of 3D imaging at the ...
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
Naviscan Inc. said the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its biopsy-guidance feature designed exclusively for use ...
November 20, 2008 - TeraRecon Inc. released new innovations in the cardiovascular and vascular clinical applications for ...
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November 19, 2008 - IntraOp Medical Corp. announced its second German order for the Mobetron, which delivers intraoperative electron-beam radiation therapy (IOERT) to cancer patients. The University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH (Marburg), located in Marburg, Germany will be the second Mobetron installation in Germany. The first is the Strahleninstitut in Cologne.
November 18, 2008 — Carestream Health Inc. and National Digital Medical Archive Inc. (NDMA) are collaborating on product integration initiatives designed to support the expansion of NDMA’s national imaging network and improve customer access to its analytics and data management services.
November 19, 2008 - Image Medical Corporation, parent of eRAD Inc. said that Robert S. Pryor has been appointed to Image Medical’s Board of Directors.
November 18, 2008 - Medicsight PLC has submitted for a 510(k) Premarket Notification to the FDA for clearance to market its ColonCAD image analysis software throughout the U.S.
November 19, 2008 - Merge Healthcare today released its MergeCOM-3 Version 3.9, which adds the latest DICOM standard supplements to its DICOM toolkit.
GE Healthcare's Innova 4100IQ is a large-format digital flat-panel X-ray system for angiographic imaging that incorporates GE’s exclusive Innova single piece, non-tiled digital detector (41cm-by-41 cm) to provide high-resolution imaging across the full range of vascular and interventional applications.
November 19, 2008 - U.S. Reps. John Dingell (D-MI), chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart Stupak (D ...
With the full integration of GE Healthcare's (GE) Innova system with Volcano's s5i IVUS system, there is no need to roll ...