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The Piranha and Barracuda reportedly offer a complete range of capabilities to measure the important QA parameters on all types of X-ray systems. Both are based on solid-state technology. The Barracuda has available bias voltage for the use of ionization chambers.

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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.

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Xoft Inc. recently received FDA clearance for applicators to be used with the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System for ...

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August 1, 2008 – BSD Medical Corp. said its BSD-2000/3D/MR cancer treatment system has been adapted to treat children ...

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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.

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Elekta recently received FDA clearance for its Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). Reportedly empowering clinicians ...

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July 31, 2008 - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. today offered $4.5 billion in cash for its cancer drug partner, ImClone Systems ...

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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.

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Elekta will highlight its Infinity, a linear accelerator system that is optimized to deliver volumetric modulated arc ...

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eHealth Global Technologies now offers its eHealthConnect online request service designed to streamline the process required for institutions to retrieve outside patient medical records for referred-in patients.

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July 31, 2008 - According to a recent study at the Mayo Clinic, a CT scanner called MiniCAT captures images at a dose ...

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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.

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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.

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July 30, 2008 - The International Brain Mapping and Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society (IBMISPS) presented GE ...

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Elekta's eXtend program is a complete system for extending the utilization of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion.

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The Bionix Comfort Hold Thigh and Foot Positioner is the newest product in the line of patient positioning devices from ...

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July 31, 2008 — eHealth Global Technologies released its eHealthConnect online request service designed to streamline ...

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Varian’s Clinac and Trilogy medical linear accelerators are highly versatile radiotherapy treatment delivery machines ...

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MiniCAT, a CT system developed by Xoran Technologies, captures images at a dose nearly 10 to 12 times lower than ...

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Radiology Oncology Systems Inc. announces it will be distributing the LinaTech/Topslane product line of treatment ...

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