Bionix Radiation Therapy’s Prone Breast System utilizes prone positioning for breast treatment to deliver less irradiation to the lung, cardiac tissue and contralateral breast. Gravity is utilized to separate cancerous masses from surrounding lung and cardiac tissue and for greater reproducibility of the breast being treated.
Xoft Inc. recently received FDA clearance for applicators to be used with the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System for ...
August 1, 2008 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday issued a final ruling for three new ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Calypso Medical's implantable Beacon electromagnetic transponders received a new FDA indication for the use of with the Calypso System in external beam radiation therapy.
Elekta recently received FDA clearance for its Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). Reportedly empowering clinicians ...
August 1, 2008 - Healthcare professionals need an authoritative resource on the Internet designed to quickly provide ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
TQA, or Tomo Quality Assurance, is reportedly the first integrated, machine-specific quality assurance (QA) solution to be offered by a radiation therapy vendor. The TQA application streamlines the collection and simplifies the review of data used to monitor radiation therapy equipment and procedures. All TQA data can be exported for third-party validation.
BrainLAB said it received 510(k) clearance for its Monte Carlo Dose Calculation Algorithm, which is already being used ...
The Eclipse treatment planning system is a comprehensive solution designed to simplify modern radiation therapy planning for all kinds of treatment, including 3D conformal, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), RapidArc volumetric modulated arc, electron, proton and brachytherapy treatments.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Varian Medical Systems will be exhibiting its complete line of hardware, software, and applicators for HDR and LDR brachytherapy, including the VariSource iX, GammaMedplus iX and the GammaMedplus 3/24 iX HDR afterloaders, the BrachyVision treatment planning system plus the Vitesse module for using transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images as the basis for a prostate cancer treatment plan.
July 31, 2008 – Hologic Inc. disclosed its third quarter fiscal 2008 operating results, reporting it reined in revenues ...
Elekta's eXtend program is a complete system for extending the utilization of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
The Bionix Comfort Hold Thigh and Foot Positioner is the newest product in the line of patient positioning devices from ...
Varian’s Clinac and Trilogy medical linear accelerators are highly versatile radiotherapy treatment delivery machines ...
MiniCAT, a CT system developed by Xoran Technologies, captures images at a dose nearly 10 to 12 times lower than ...
Radiology Oncology Systems Inc. announces it will be distributing the LinaTech/Topslane product line of treatment ...
July 31, 2008 - According to a recent study at the Mayo Clinic, a CT scanner called MiniCAT captures images at a dose ...
MIMvista will showcase its MIMcontouring Advanced at ASTRO 2008. MIMcontouring Advanced aims to optimize RTP workflow ...
The Pelvis/Belly PLUS System from Bionix is designed to immobilize the patient while keeping patient comfort a major ...
The ARIA oncology information system, which ranked #1 in the 2008 KLAS Report on Oncology IT Vendors, is a comprehensive ...
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