For years, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has assisted doctors in contouring radiation beams around ...
Radiation Therapy
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.
February 19, 2007 – A study conducted in December 2006, by Kodak’s health group Zoomerang, found 49.6 percent of women ...
February 19, 2007 – Misys Healthcare Systems recently announced the appointment of Roger L. Davenport to the position of ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
February 16, 2007 – Rush University Medical Center recently announced their use of the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System that ...
February 16, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems Inc. recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...
January 29, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed the $30 million ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
For the first time, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has included hyperthermia therapy and radiation as ...
GE Healthcare today released the results of Omega Management Group’s 3rd quarter survey of GE customers - a survey ...
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today released the fourth annual "Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts attribute the sudden decline to the ...
Doctors have long encouraged older men with early-stage, low-risk prostate cancer to skip treatment until tests showed ...
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion provides a radiosurgical platform for refinement and expansion of procedures in the ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
ECRI (www.ecri.org), an independent, nonprofit health services research agency, recently published an evaluation of six ...
TomoTherapy announced today that it has installed its 100th Hi-Art System in Stratton VA Medical Center, as part of ...
Initia’s RT announced today that it will introduce at the upcoming ASTRO TrackBeam, a new device that uses collimator- ...
Kodak will show enhancements to a dosimetry package for the 2000RT CR plus system for radiation oncology. This optional ...
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion provides a radiosurgical platform for refinement and expansion of procedures in the ...
The Sinmed Mastercouch consists of a base that replaces most existing treatment couches. The base is then extended with ...
Stanford Hospital and Clinics announced yesterday that it put in an order for a portable, self-shielding electron-beam ...
Clinicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center use new image-guided radiosurgery (IGRS) ...
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