November 20, 2008 – Adult patients with low grade glioma, a type of malignant brain tumor, had a better chance for survival if they received chemotherapy in addition to their course of radiotherapy, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) presented at the Society for Neuro-Oncology 13th Annual Meeting in Lake Las Vegas, NV.

November 20, 2008 -The recently FDA-cleared Aktina pinPoint system is a frameless noninvasive localization and fixation system for cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT), as well as radiotherapy of the head and neck area that uses patented vacuum fixation technology to achieve sub-millimeter accuracy.

November 20, 2008 - PETLinQ LLC released its fully integrated RIS/Billing/Collections system for the Mac platform, enabling Mac users to have full end to end operational capability for their facilities.

RISLinQ 4.0 Mac provides full end-to-end workflow capability for radiology facilities presently using the Mac OS X platform.

November 20, 2008 - With the most recent release of data from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), researchers may have reached the moment of critical mass by confirming the effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) in the monitoring of tumor activity across a wide range of cancers.

November 20, 2008 - Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA on Oncentra RT Viewer, its latest innovation in the Oncentra family of treatment planning solutions.

November 20, 2008 - Seno Medical Instruments has signed a licensing agreement in which its opto-acoustic technology will allow VisualSonics to offer cancer researchers a more effective way to look at the organs of small animals for better tracking of experimental cancer treatments.

November 20, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging and Philips FIMI plan to demonstrate at RSNA 2008 the benefits of 3D imaging at the point-of-care using FiatLux Visualize on the Philips CliniScape mobile clinical assistant (MCA).

November 20, 2008 - TeraRecon Inc. released new innovations in the cardiovascular and vascular clinical applications for its Aquarius iNtuition advanced visualization solution at the VEITH symposium Nov. 19-23, in New York City.

November 20, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging and Philips FIMI plan to demonstrate at RSNA 2008 the benefits of 3D imaging at the point-of-care using FiatLux Visualize on the Philips CliniScape mobile clinical assistant (MCA).

Developed by Philips in cooperation with the Intel Digital Health Group, the MCA meets the growing demand for clinical data access at the patient bedside and throughout the hospital.

November 20, 2008 - Patient Pamela Louderback was experiencing dizzy spells for months and arrived at St. Elizabeth Medical Center’s emergency room (ER) after blacking out one morning at work, and unbeknownst to her and her doctors, she was on the verge of suffering a stroke.

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