Members of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists can now access the new ASRT Communities, an updated online social network that allows radiologic technologists to exchange ideas, share documents and participate in practice-related discussions.

Designed specifically for ASRT’s 153,000 members, the mobile-friendly social platform features a wide variety of networking and educational functions including a searchable ASRT member directory, collaborative discussion forums and a library of practice-related documents and shared files.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently published a statement on its website confirming that log file measurement based QA satisfies radiation oncology practice accreditation requirements for pre-treatment dose delivery verification. The ACR states that the log file method meets the requirements of the Practice Parameters for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) “since a physical measurement of the delivery is performed and, through three-dimensional analysis, the entire delivered distribution is compared to the planned one.”

RedRick Technologies, a provider of ergonomic radiology furniture, monitor mounting solutions and reading room design guidance, has released a new educational infographic that highlights the significant risks to radiologist health and diagnostic accuracy from repetitive stress injuries (RSI). This is part of their ongoing effort to educate radiology and healthcare design leaders about the benefits of applying ergonomic principles to all aspects of reading room design and development.

On April 30, 2015, a major milestone was reached at Ackerman Cancer Center in Jacksonville, Fla., when the first patient was treated with the Mevion S250 and the RayStation treatment planning system. Ackerman Cancer Center is the first private, physician-owned practice to implement proton therapy.

Medical equipment manufacturer Quantum Medical Imaging has completed installation of a Quantum Q-Rad-Digital Radiographic System at Colorado Springs Orthopaedic Group in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The sale and installation was facilitated by Medical Imaging Technologies, a certified Quantum/Carestream dealer.

By early childhood, the sight regions of a blind person’s brain respond to sound, especially spoken language, a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist has found. The results, published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that a young, developing brain has a striking capacity for functional adaptation.

CompView Medical announced the release of the NuCART, a turn-key, all-in-one mobile boom system with integrated visualization.

August 21, 2015 — Loyola University Medical Center is the first and only hospital in Illinois to offer a new, noninvasive technology to test for coronary artery disease.

The technology employs noninvasive CT scans to calculate how much blood is flowing through diseased coronary arteries that have narrowed due to a buildup of plaque. The patient does not need to undergo an invasive angiogram that involves threading a catheter to the heart.

August 21, 2015 — A molecular imaging biomarker is able to detect fast-growing primary prostate cancer and distinguish it from benign prostate lesions, addressing an unmet clinical need. The new research, published in the July 2015 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, is significant for patients with suspected prostate cancer that has not been confirmed by standard biopsy.

Non-invasive stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is effective and well-tolerated by patients with inoperable early-stage or node-negative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors larger than 5 cm, according to a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.

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