Just like the Intel chips that power PCs (and now finally Apple Macintoshes, too!), treatment planning software represents the engine that drives accuracy and effective functionality in radiation oncology equipment used to fight cancer. Consequently, it’s nearly impossible to dismiss the software’s importance and impact on cancer treatment delivery.
One of the key trends we noticed at RSNA 2005 was the increased emphasis on connectivity between imaging and information ...
Acclaimed stage and screen actor Avery Brooks playfully demanded to know “where are the flying cars” in that insurance ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Although healthcare budgets are tight, needs are expanding. Clinical facilities are continuously looking for ways to ...
Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) are capable of finally realizing the full potential of digital ...
With all new technologies come new challenges. As imaging has evolved within the pathology domain from analog to digital, causing radiology and pathology imaging to crossover, the devices that generate the digital images pose several challenges.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
It’s like a never-ending battle — that’s how Lena Napolitano, M.D., describes the recent and sharp rise in nosocomial ...
The Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center (KCBC) in Knoxville, TN, was founded in 1983 for the sole purpose of improving ...
Well before flat-panel televisions became all the rage in the consumer market, healthcare facilities began singing the ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Information technology (IT) solutions are playing perhaps the most vital role in fulfilling the goals of the 100,000 ...
Radiology is currently experiencing a very volatile state, as advancements in device technology are creating a new ...
Breast biopsy rates grew quite dramatically during the latter part of the 20th century, and radiologists performed the ...
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Things are looking up at Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center, Riverside, CA’s only remaining nonprofit hospital ...
An invaluable tool for radiology, cardiology and various other departments throughout the enterprise, PACS is now in hot ...
OAK BROOK, IL – Systems engineers from 64 leading healthcare technology vendors, including GE Healthcare, Siemens, IBM ...
Many process improvements have recently been developed and implemented at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ...
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Canada’s preeminent radiation therapy treatment facility, annually treats more than 10 ...
Editor’s Note: Exploring IGRT is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT ...
We live and work in a fast-paced world struggling in overdrive to stay organized as we accumulate more intelligence and ...
What’s your perspective on the current reimbursement conundrum in which physicians find themselves? I think the ...
May 22, 2006 