The traditional treatment planning process takes days to create an optimized radiation therapy delivery plan, but new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are helping speed this process. In some cases autonomous AI-generated plans can be generated in a couple minutes.
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This page includes news coverage of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting and related medical physics content. The AAPM is a scientific and professional organization, founded in 1958, with more than 8,000 scientists whose clinical practice is dedicated to ensuring accuracy, safety and quality in the use of radiation in medical procedures, including medical imaging and radiation therapy.
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Experts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, from many of the world’s leading radiology, medical physics and imaging informatics groups, recently published an aspirational statement to guide the development of AI in radiology. The multi-society statement focuses on three...
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There were several trends and new technologies in radiation oncology discussed at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting in July.
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A new area for proton therapy in treatment of eye cancer, because of the ability to control the tissue penetration and eliminate full beam lines through a multitude of critical structures in the head.
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This is an example of the Mirada DLCExpert deep learning software that automatically identifies organs, segments and auto-contours them as the first step in creating radiation oncology treatment plans. This...
News | Quality Assurance (QA) | September 02, 2021
September 2, 2021 — At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive...
News | Radiation Dose Management | August 17, 2021
August 17, 2021 — Expert medical organizations caution that evidence-based ordering of medically necessary imaging...
Ramon Alfredo Siochi, director of medical physics at West Virginia University. Image courtesy of WVU Photo/Aira Burkhart
News | Radiation Oncology | July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021 — Just as helicopter traffic reporters use their "bird's eye view" to route drivers around roadblocks...
An example of a COVID-19 pneumonia of a chest CT scan. The COVID appears as white ground glass opacities (GGOs) in the lungs. Normal lungs on CT should appear black.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | June 23, 2021
June 23, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is inviting proposals from researchers for funding...
CT imaging radiation dose tracking software from Imalogix displayed at RSNA 2019. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | March 04, 2021 | By Dave Fornell
More than a decade ago, there was an alarming, rapid rise in ionizing radiation exposure in the U.S. population that...
News | Contrast Media | August 14, 2020
August 14, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of the Gadavist (gadobutrol) ...
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News | Radiation Therapy | August 06, 2020
August 6, 2020 — Global radiotherapy market revenue is set to expand from $7,222.4 million in 2019 to $17,194.4 million...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | August 05, 2020
August 5, 2020 — The nation’s largest medical imaging associations are working together to develop the new Medical...
Feature | Treatment Planning | July 08, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
At the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2019 meeting, new artificial intelligence (AI) software to...
News | AAPM | May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020 — Due to ongoing health concerns related to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as global...
Varian received FDA clearance for its Ethos therapy in February 2020, shown here displayed for the first time at ASTRO 2019. It is an adaptive intelligence solution that uses onboard AI in the treatment system to take the cone beam CT imaging on the system, compare it to the treatment plan and deliver an entire adaptive treatment plan in a typical 15-minute treatment time slot, from patient setup through treatment delivery.
Feature | Treatment Planning | April 03, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The traditional treatment planning process takes days to create an optimized radiation therapy delivery plan, but new...
Rising concerns over radiation overexposure teamed with a growing focus on improving the quality of patient care are two key drivers of today’s radiation dose management market.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | April 02, 2020 | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Rising concerns over radiation overexposure teamed with a growing focus on improving the quality of patient care are...
News | Artificial Intelligence | October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019 – Experts in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, from many of the world’s leading...
Gallery | AAPM | August 22, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
This is a photo essay of the new radiation oncology and medical physics technologies on the expo floor and discussed...
The Zap-X stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) brain radiotherapy system is completely self-shielded, eliminating the need for a concrete vault. The goal of the system is to expand SRS brain therapy by making it easier to access and less expensive by eliminating the large expense of custom-built vaults to house the system.
Feature | AAPM | August 21, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
There were several trends and new technologies in radiation oncology discussed at the American Association of...
Videos | Proton Therapy | August 21, 2019
A new area for proton therapy in treatment of eye cancer, because of the ability to control the tissue penetration and...
Videos | Treatment Planning | August 21, 2019
This is an example of the Mirada DLCExpert deep learning software that automatically identifies organs, segments and...
Videos | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 21, 2019
This is a quick demonstration of the Varian Identify image-guided patient positioning system at the American...
Videos | Treatment Planning | August 21, 2019
This is a lung cancer tumor radiotherapy treatment plan for the Accuray CyberKnife system demonstrated at the American...
Videos | Computed Tomography (CT) | August 21, 2019
This is a quick walk around of a mobile 32-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner used for surgery, brachytherapy and...
