July 29, 2009 - A computer program designed by a University of Chicago team uses artificial intelligence to analyze the features of ultrasound images in order to help doctors predict earlier whether a woman's cancer has metastasized.

July 29, 2009 – The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and a coalition of eight other organizations have issued a white paper urging Congress to take steps to maintain adequate supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), a radioactive substance that is the basis for a common medical isotope used in more than 80 percent of all nuclear medicine procedures.

July 29, 2009 - The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision, according to a team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina.

July 29, 2009 – At the AAPM 51st Annual Meeting, Calypso Medical Technologies touted its strategic development agreement with Varian Medical Systems to jointly develop products integrating its Calypso System with Varian’s radiotherapy treatment technologies.

July 29, 2009 - At the 2009 AAPM 51st Annual Meeting, July 26-30, in Anaheim, Calif., Elekta is demonstrating at booth 423 VMAT solutions, including treatment planning software and oncology-specific EMR.

July 29, 2009 - Accuray is inviting attendees to booth 375 at the AAPM 51st Annual Meeting to discover the latest in radiosurgery planning and delivery capabilities using the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

July 29, 2009 - A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has designed nanoparticles that can carry cancer-treating radioisotopes through the body and deliver them selectively to tumors. Today in Anaheim, CA, they will report the latest results of their research, including studies in animal models, at the 51st meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

July 29, 2009 – Nucletron focused on its Model-Based Segmentation (MBS) module and its VMAT treatment planning solution at the AAPM 51st Annual Meeting taking place from July 26-30 in Anaheim, Calif.

Nucletron is featuring software modules for Model-Based Segmentation (MBS) and treatment planning of Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy (IMAT).

July 29, 2009 - At this year's AAPM annual meeting, Philips Healthcare is focusing on the integrated SmartArc module, available with Pinnacle³ Version 9, designed to provide the tools to create rotational intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans using a conventional linear accelerator and a conventional multileaf collimator (MLC).

July 29, 2009 - Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a "molecular imaging" technique for detecting cancer in dense breast tissue using radioactive tracers.

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