Philips Healthcare’s offers simulation and planning software to help advance intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT).
Known as GPS for the Body technology, the Calypso System utilizes miniature implanted Beacon transponders to provide precise, continuous, real-time information about the location of the tumor target during external beam radiation therapy. Any movement by the patient, including internal movement of the tumor, has the potential to compromise treatment accuracy.
September 29, 2009 - The campaign to pass the EARLY Act and raise awareness about breast cancer in young adult women generated momentum at a recent congressional reception on Capitol Hill.
September 29, 2009 - The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. (ProCure) announced plans to develop a proton therapy center in the Pacific Northwest.
September 29, 2009 - Worldwide sales of cancer drugs are forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 12-15 percent from 2008, reaching US$75-80 billion by 2012.
September 29, 2009 – The National Consortium of Breast Centers, Inc. (NCBC) is calling the submission of abstracts for poster presentations at the NCBC’s 20th Annual Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference to be held from March 21 – 24, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nev.
September 29, 2009 - Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a report in the September 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
September 29, 2009 - Positron Corp., a molecular imaging solutions company focused on nuclear cardiology, will attend the 14th Annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) annual conference in Minneapolis, Minn. Oct. 1-4, to showcase their newly developed cardiac optimized PET scanner, the Attrius.
September 29, 2009 - At the upcoming 81st American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention and Exhibit, Siemens Healthcare will showcase three of its health information technology solutions designed to help providers build and maintain a comprehensive Electronic Health Record: Soarian Clinicals, Soarian Enterprise Document Management and Soarian Quality Measures.
September 29, 2009 – PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities, announced that Birmingham Women's Hospital in Birmingham, UK, has become its 1200th customer site.
