For the Memphis, TN-based Baptist Centers for Cancer Care’s Radiation Oncology Center (BCCC ROC), providing high-quality cancer treatment and customer service translates to not only leading the local and regional pack clinically, competitively and technologically but also consistently.
Orfit Industries America’s Efficast thermoplastic mask, part of the Raycast High-precision Patient Immobilization ...
TQA, or Tomo Quality Assurance, from TomoTherapy Inc. 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.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
he Powerheart AED G3 is designed with Rescue Ready technology that self-checks all main components daily. The device ...
The CyberKnife System aims to deliver high-dose, hypofractionated radiosurgery treatments. Using robotic technologies and continual image guidance, the CyberKnife System aims to deliver targeting accuracy with the ability to automatically correct for intra-fraction target motion without interrupting treatment or having to reposition the patient.
September 4, 2008 – In the largest-ever study to compare molecular breast imaging (MBI) to mammography, researchers have ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
CIVCO Medical Solutions is introducing the new CIVCO SBRT Body-Lok. The modular CIVCO Body-Lok system functions as a ...
Contouring dose with pinpoint, multidimensional accuracy, targeting a tumor without damaging surrounding tissue and destroying a tumor in one radiation session is still a lofty goal in radiation therapy, and rarely attainable. For years, radiation oncologists and physicists have longed for technology to match their need for imaging and radiation delivery methods that hit all of these objectives.
Philips Healthcare has developed a hand-held ultrasound with reportedly advanced imaging quality. The CX50 CompactXtreme ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Elekta will debut its eXtend program, a complete system for extending the utilization of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion ...
The recently FDA-cleared ARTISTE linear accelerator from Siemens Medical has recently gone clinical in three prominent cancer centers around the world, according to Siemens. Dozens of patients have been treated to date at MAASTRO Clinic in the Netherlands, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Baton Rouge General’s Pennington Cancer Center in Louisiana.
The ProVision Workstation is designed to streamline radiology workflow through its one-click access of the Cerner Multimedia Foundation, a single repository for all types of images across multiple care venues. The system is part of Cerner’s suite of radiology solutions including Integrated Digital Dictation and ProVision Web for integration with the electronic medical record.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
September 4, 2008 - Merge Healthcare launch its Managed Services initiative, the Merge Off Site Disaster Recovery, which ...
Imaging control capabilities for 3D Conformal, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and dynamic targeting for Image ...
The challenge in radiation therapy is to deliver the optimal amount of dose with enough precision to avoid damaging ...
The FDA has granted clearance for GE Healthcare’s newest positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) ...
Xoft Inc. recently received FDA clearance for applicators to be used with the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System for ...
hilips has introduced new disposable adult ECG leadwire electrodes designed to be easy to use and to allow patient ...
September 3, 2008 - US Oncology Inc. launched Innovent Oncology, a service division that offers a first-time opportunity ...
While the DRA has cut short the burgeoning growth of imaging services, particularly those offered by outpatient centers, it also presents other players in the imaging value chain with new opportunities.
September 03, 2008 