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.
Elekta will debut its eXtend program, a complete system for extending the utilization of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion ...
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.
AT A GLANCE Organization: Expert Radiology Management Services, LLC Specialty: Subspecialty teleradiology — neuro and ...
September 4, 2008 - Merge Healthcare launch its Managed Services initiative, the Merge Off Site Disaster Recovery, which ...
The FDA has granted clearance for GE Healthcare’s newest positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) ...
Imaging control capabilities for 3D Conformal, Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and dynamic targeting for Image ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
The challenge in radiation therapy is to deliver the optimal amount of dose with enough precision to avoid damaging ...
hilips has introduced new disposable adult ECG leadwire electrodes designed to be easy to use and to allow patient ...
Xoft Inc. recently received FDA clearance for applicators to be used with the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy System for ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
September 4, 2008 – St. Elizabeth, in Cincinnati, OH, which serves more than 300 stroke patients annually, is the first ...
Varian will show at ASTRO its Novalis Tx system, which integrates its Trilogy Tx linear accelerator and new HD120 multi ...
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.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
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.
Orfit Industries America’s Efficast thermoplastic mask, part of the Raycast High-precision Patient Immobilization ...
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.
he Powerheart AED G3 is designed with Rescue Ready technology that self-checks all main components daily. The device ...
September 3, 2008 - Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. said its Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is now available ...
With the development of 3D-CRT, IMRT, stereotactic approaches and other advanced forms of radiation therapy, imaging has become increasingly important in the field of radiation oncology.
September 4, 2008 - Minutes after the industry’s newest PACS blog, called PACS-aholic (PACS-aholic.blogspot.com), went ...
As molecular imaging transitions from undercard modality to mainstream tool in diagnostic imaging, the reality of personalized healthcare appears to be on the horizon. An increasing limelight placed on the modality has attracted both investors and new companies, leading to significant milestones in R&D and thus fulfilling the promise of “true” personalized medicine.
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