July 22, 2014 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes broke ground on a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Beloit, Wis. When completed in late 2014, the facility will house the company’s headquarters and activities related to the production of the medical radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).

July 22, 2014 — Simbionix USA announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with Pie Medical Imaging BV. The collaboration will enable the exporting of the 3mensio Vascular model into the Simbionix simulation environment to form a comprehensive planning solution that combines 3DR, data analysis and simulation on the same platform.

July 22, 2014 — Three teams of medical physicists are slated to make presentations about knowledge-based treatment planning software at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Austin, Texas. These presenters were involved as consultants or evaluators during the development of RapidPlan treatment planning software, introduced by Varian Medical Systems last September to enhance quality, consistency and efficiency in radiotherapy treatment planning.