With the sheer volume of patient information growing by the minute in the healthcare industry, it is important for ...
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.
June 28, 2013 — Kettering Medical Center in Ohio recently began installing Versa HD, an advanced linear accelerator ...
June 24, 2013 — A new first for Georgia was celebrated Thursday, May 2, as Emory Healthcare and the Winship Cancer ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
June 17, 2013 — Accurate estimation of radiation absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy (RIT) based on state-of-the-art 3-D ...
When prostate cancer makes a comeback, it becomes increasingly important to have exceptional imaging available to find ...
June 13, 2013 — Use of the newer intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer ...
We are witnessing a new era in proton therapy research, with an unprecedented number of clinical studies under way. For ...
June 7, 2013 — Accuray Incorporated announced the first patient has been treated with its new TomoHDA System at Centre ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 5, 2013 — Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) currently has openings in eight clinical trials for patients ...
June 3, 2013 — ArborMetrix Inc., a provider of real-time healthcare analytics, announced that the Michigan Breast ...
June 3, 2013 — Mevion Medical Systems has delivered the superconducting synchrocyclotron accelerator for its Mevion S250 ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
May 31, 2013 — Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has become the most commonly used type of radiation in ...
May 28, 2013 — Sensus Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat ...
May 21, 2013 — Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region ...
May 17, 2013 — New hope for cancer patients is building in North Texas as construction begins on the $105 million Texas ...
May 16, 2013— The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) have ...
May 16, 2013 — Elekta and Royal Philips Electronics announced that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) ...
C.R. Bard Inc. has agreed to pay the federal government $48.2 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges its ...
McKesson Specialty Health announced today the launch of iKnowMed Generation 2, a powerful web-based electronic health ...
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