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 therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

News | Prostate Cancer

September 19, 2018 — Exact Imaging, makers of the ExactVu micro-ultrasound platform, has partnered with U.K.-based ...

Time September 19, 2018
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News | Prostate Cancer

UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of high doses of radiotherapy and hormonal therapy provides the best ...

Time September 11, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

A discussion with Ehsan Samei, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, director of the Duke University Clinical Imaging Physics Group ...

Time September 07, 2018
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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

September 7, 2018 — Boston Scientific has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Augmenix Inc., a privately-held ...

Time September 07, 2018
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Jeff Zagoudis

According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society (ACS), almost 165,000 new cases of prostate cancer ...

Time September 07, 2018
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Blog | Treatment Planning

In July, the ITN team attended the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2018 meeting. And once again ...

Time September 06, 2018
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 29, 2018 — Although the success or failure of radiation therapy for cancer has long been associated with the ...

Time August 29, 2018
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Videos | Treatment Planning

A discussion with Kevin Moore, Ph.D., DABR, deputy director of medical physics and associate professor, University of ...

Time August 28, 2018
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News | Treatment Planning

August 27, 2018 — Tsuyama Chuo Hospital in Okayama Prefecture, southwest Japan, has commenced clinical use of RayStation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

August 24, 2018 — Children with certain types of brain tumors who undergo radiation therapy are less likely to recall ...

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News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

August 21, 2018 — In the first such clinical trial in the United States, physician-scientists with the University of ...

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Videos | Radiation Therapy

ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the innovative new technologies on the expo floor at the 2018 American ...

Time August 13, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

A discussion with Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D., FAAPM, FACR, FACMP, FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology and chief ...

Time August 13, 2018
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Videos | Proton Therapy

A discussion with Matthew Freeman, Ph.D., scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. He spoke about his ...

Time August 10, 2018
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News | Ultrasound Imaging

August 10, 2018 — Exact Imaging announced that it has become a UroGPO Imaging Partner, joining the North American ...

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Videos | Radiomics

A discussion with Martin Vallieres, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He spoke on this ...

Time August 09, 2018
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Videos | AAPM

Ehsan Samei, Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, director of the Duke University Clinical Imaging Physics Group and head of the ...

Time August 03, 2018
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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

A discussion with Steve Jiang, Ph.D., director of the medical artificial intelligence and automation lab and vice-chair ...

Time August 01, 2018
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

This is an example of how Cherenkov radiation glow can be collected with image intensifier cameras during radiotherapy ...

Time August 01, 2018
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Videos | AAPM

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Bruce Thomadsen, M.D., professor of medical physics at ...

Time August 01, 2018
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