The most difficult challenge in external beam radiation therapy is the ability of doctors to accurately deliver high doses of radiation to a moving tumor without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue.

July 8, 2010 – Newly published guidelines should help cardiologists better evaluate the right heart, the American Society of Echocardiography announced this week. The new guidelines, published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE), seek to establish a more uniform method of evaluating the size and function of the right ventricle.


The explosion in diagnostic imaging studies in emergency departments (EDs) has led to the need for radiologists to interpret examinations 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

July 8, 2010 – The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced this week it has authorized the reactivation of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, Canada. It is estimated that NRU will resume medical isotope production by the end of July, after being shut down in 2009 for several repairs.

July 7, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Medrad Inc. clearance to market the Medrad Intego positron emission tomography (PET) infusion system for sodium fluoride (F18-NaF) administration in PET imaging. F18-NaF PET is most frequently used in oncology to find and assess bone metastases.

July 7, 2010 – Diagnostic and medical imaging supplier Hologic Inc. announced yesterday that it has agreed to acquire Sentinelle Medical Inc., a provider of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) breast coils, tables and visualization software.

July 7, 2010 – The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released an updated version of its Appropriateness Criteria, which includes more than 30 updated criteria, five additional topics and revised relative radiation level categories for diagnostic imaging exams.

July 7, 2010 – Medical imaging company NovaRad recently expanded its distributor network by adding NXC Imaging to serve facilities in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota and parts of Illinois, Montana and Michigan.

NXC Imaging will represent NovaRad’s products including:

July 7, 2010 — A large multi-physician clinic in Tulsa, Okla., recently purchased a new picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and digital radiography system as part of its transition from film to digital.

July 6, 2010 – Varian Medical Systems and Brainlab recently announced the expansion of their partnership to incorporate Novalis technology and other Novalis Radiosurgery Program elements with the recently launched TrueBeam STx system.

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