July 30, 2009 - Patients and leading patient advocates from across the country, in partnership with the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA, a division of NEMA), gathered yesterday at the U.S.

July 29, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc’s Aquilion ONE was named a Gold winner in the Medical Design Excellence Awards, an award organized by Canon Communications and sponsored by the company’s Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry magazine. The world’s first dynamic volume CT system received a Gold award in the Radiological and Electromechanical Devices category.

July 29, 2009 - The latest post-9/11 standards for tracking radioactive materials, the long-term trends in radiation exposure to physicians and the public, and some of the latest ideas for minimizing medical radiation dosage to children, adults and health professionals are focal points at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 51st Annual Meeting, taking place from July 26 - 30,

July 29, 2009 - A patient's anatomy changes shape between treatments fractions. Doctors and physicists strive to find a solution that enables them to efficiently and precisely alter the treatment plan accordingly. The IM-RealART Solution allows for real time plan re-calculation taking into account the actual tumor shapes by creating new MLC apertures adapted to modified contours.

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.

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