In the past 20 years there have been considerable improvements in the treatment of prostate cancer. As it is across all ...
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.
AAPM President John Hazle, Ph.D., discusses trends in medical physics and major initiatives that the association is ...
July 22, 2013 — Vizzia Technologies announced that its clinical workflow optimization solution was recently installed at ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Editor’s note: Imaging Technology News (ITN) sought reader nominations for the top cancer centers to watch in 2013 ...
Located throughout New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley, Health Quest has developed partnerships with four different radiation ...
With the sheer volume of patient information growing by the minute in the healthcare industry, it is important for ...
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 ...
In March, RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that version 3.5 of RaySearch's RayStation treatment planning system had ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, Royal Philips Electronics and InSightec Ltd today announced that they are ...
Treatment of early stage breast cancer continues to evolve as researchers investigate more novel and efficient methods ...
April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
April 1, 2013 — For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to ...
March 22, 2013 — A new report that breast cancer patients treated with low doses of radiation therapy have a heightened ...
As a result of routine mammography screening, approximately 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed annually to ...
February 8, 2013 — EDAP TMS SA announced the submission of its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food ...
An innovative modification of a treatment chair used with cancer patients allows those who have problems lying down ...
January 2, 2013 — In May 2009 RaySearch Laboratories AB entered into a long-term development and licensing agreement ...
January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...
Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...
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