Carri Glide-Hurst, Ph.D., and Benjamin Movsas, M.D., discuss Henry Ford Hospital's involvement in a national clinical ...
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.
Research advancements related to usage of radiation oncology in breast cancer and emphasis on quality care along with ...
Eric Morris, a Ph.D. candidate at Henry Ford Hospital and Wayne State University, explains his project to automate ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of high doses of radiotherapy and hormonal therapy provides the best ...
According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society (ACS), almost 165,000 new cases of prostate cancer ...
A discussion with Kevin Moore, Ph.D., DABR, deputy director of medical physics and associate professor, University of ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the innovative new technologies on the expo floor at the 2018 American ...
A discussion with Martin Vallieres, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He spoke on this ...
Ehsan Samei, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, director of the Duke University Clinical Imaging Physics Group and head of the ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
A discussion with Steve Jiang, Ph.D., director of the medical artificial intelligence and automation lab and vice-chair ...
This is an example of how Cherenkov radiation glow can be collected with image intensifier cameras during radiotherapy ...
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Bruce Thomadsen, M.D., professor of medical physics at ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional and ...
Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) systems and the key to improved patient outcomes ...
For smokers and former smokers, the threat of lung cancer always lurks in the shadows. To flush it out of the darkness ...
Computed tomography (CT) has long been the standard of care for imaging to plan radiation therapy (RT) treatments. CT ...
Proton therapy has experienced major growth in the last decade, but that growth seems to have slowed slightly in recent ...
World Cancer Day takes place annually on Feb. 4 to raise awareness and education in the media, governments and people ...
Technological and scientific advances in radiation oncology are allowing practitioners to put patients first in profound ...
Chris Toth, president, global commercial and field operations for Varian, takes a tour of Varian’s new product ...
October 04, 2018 