Women may sometimes choose a mastectomy over radiation therapy because either they cannot meet the daily demands of a five to seven-week radiation treatment schedule or they fear recurrence and feel a mastectomy is a safer choice.

The art of radiation therapy is finding the balance between speed and accuracy. The challenge is to deliver the optimal amount of dose with pinpoint precision and without damaging healthy surrounding tissue. This task is further complicated, however, by fiscal pressures that force clinicians to put a premium on patient throughput, narrowing that window of accuracy.


According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as America’s leading cancer killer each year. Over 50,000 Americans will die from colon cancer this year alone. While this is a staggering statistic, it is estimated that less than half of the Americans who are recommended to be screened for colon cancer actually get tested.

Huntington Beach Diagnostic Imaging and Breast Center (HBDI) in Huntington Beach, Calif., is a state-of-the-art imaging practice located adjacent to Huntington Beach Hospital. HBDI, originally part of Huntington Beach Hospital, provided inpatient and outpatient mammography, ultrasound, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine and X-ray services.

July 22, 2009 – Before implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system, providers must first gain control of the number of records, forms and files flowing through the organization, and a recent Xerox Corp. study explained issues involved.

July 21, 2009 - Elekta and C-RAD have reached an agreement where the Sentinel laser scanner system has been selected as the Elekta preferred solution for optical surface tracking. Elekta’s customers will be offered this technology for patient positioning and intrafraction motion detection without the use of markers.

July 21, 2009 - The FCR Prima digital X-ray system from FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc. was created specifically to meet the X-ray needs of low volume private practices, and is now available.


It is a question of clinical practicality. Computed radiography (CR) has traditionally offered greater flexibility in the clinical setting and at a lower cost compared to its more cumbersome and costlier digital radiography (DR) counterpart.

A number of market forces, including the rapid development of volumetric imaging and other technological advancements, have increased the availability of three-dimensional (3D) diagnostic images.

July 21, 2009 – Total procedures performed in angio labs from 2004 to 2008 grew 20 percent, from 4 million in 2004 to 4.8 million procedures in 2008 for hospitals with 150 plus beds, resulting in an average annual growth rate of 4-5 percent, according to a recent report released by IMV.

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