Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a peek at the history of machine learning/AI in radiation oncology, plus other highlights in 2019:
Proton Therapy
Proton therapy, or proton beam therapy, is a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer. At a high energy, the positively charged particles can destroy cancer cells.
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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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Cancer patients getting proton therapy instead of traditional photon radiation are at a significantly lower risk of experiencing side-effects from their radiation therapy, while cure rates are almost identical between the two groups. Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Mark Pankuch, Ph.D., director of physics and dosimetry at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center, about the differences between...
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ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Bill Hartsell, M.D., medical director at the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center,...
Feature | Proton Therapy | July 06, 2020 | By Minesh Mehta, M.D.
The field of proton therapy is continuing to see explosive growth. In the past decade alone, technological advances...
News | Proton Therapy | June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020 — Mevion Medical Systems and Orfit Industries announced that the Aerial Couch Top is validated for use...
News | Proton Therapy | June 16, 2020
June 17, 2020 — RaySearch Laboratories AB launched the latest release of its widely adopted treatment planning system...
Miami Cancer Institute’s Proton Therapy Center is the first in South Florida and the region’s top destination for this leading-edge treatment. Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation therapy that uses pencil beam scanning (PBS) technology.
Feature | Proton Therapy | May 27, 2020 | By Minesh Mehta, M.D.
Radiation therapy has advanced significantly in the last few decades as a result of a continued technological...
News | Proton Therapy | May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 — ResearchAndMarkets.com has released its latest report, the "Global Radiation Therapy Market with Focus...
News | Proton Therapy | April 06, 2020
April 6, 2020 — Driven by its Intelligent Cancer Care approach in developing new solutions that use advanced...
Image courtesy of Accuray
News | Proton Therapy | February 10, 2020
February 10, 2020 — Amid technological advancement, and notable research and development activities, the global ...
News | Proton Therapy | January 29, 2020
January 29, 2020 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that it has signed a contract and received a major down...
Six of the top 20 radiotherapy stories in 2019 involved proton therapy. This includes two video inetrviews shot during a site visit to the Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville, Ill.
Feature | Radiation Oncology | January 03, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
January 3, 2020 — Here is the top 20 pieces of radiation oncology content on the Imaging Technology News (ITN) website...
Sponsored Content | Videos | Proton Therapy | December 16, 2019
Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a peek at the history of machine learning/AI in...
News | Proton Therapy | November 04, 2019
November 4, 2019 – Two new studies support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with...
News | Proton Therapy | October 07, 2019
ProTom International received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Radiance 330...
News | Proton Therapy | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — Varian announced its ProBeam 360° proton therapy system is now available in a multi-room...
News | Proton Therapy | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA, held its third Victoria Consortium Meeting focusing on Flash...
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019 — Civco will display its Universal Couchtop ProForm Head & Neck Solution at the 2019 American...
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...
Catalyst PT image courtesy of C-RAD
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019 — Mevion Medical Systems and C-RAD announced the integration between the C-RAD Catalyst PT and the...
The MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center expansion is expected to be completed in 2023. Rendering courtesy of Stantec.
News | Proton Therapy | August 08, 2019
August 8, 2019 ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center unveiled plans to expand its Proton Therapy Center...
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | August 07, 2019
August 7, 2019 — Qfix and Mevion Medical Systems announced that a special version of the kVue One Proton couch top is...
News | Proton Therapy | August 06, 2019
August 6, 2019 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) recently signed a contract and received the first payment for a...
