September 22, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems announced a patient at Penn Medicine, with head & neck cancer, became the first person in the world to be treated on Varian's new Halcyon radiation therapy platform. Halcyon is well suited to handle the majority of cancer patients, according to the company, offering advanced treatments for prostate, breast, head & neck, and many other forms of cancer.

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. recently closed new contracts to enhance diagnostic imaging capabilities for existing customers across the United States. Three healthcare systems will implement Fujifilm’s imaging solutions including mobile digital radiography (DR) systems (FDR Go), the newest DR detector (FDR D-EVO II), DR rooms (FDR Clinica Series of Components) and Fujifilm’s newest mammography solution, the Aspire Cristalle with Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT).

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) recently announced several corporate and government experts as the keynote speakers for the 2nd SIIM Scientific Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (C-MIMI). The conference will be held Sept. 26-27 in Baltimore, Md., at the Johns Hopkins University.

September 21, 2017 — Medical Equipment Dynamics, provider of new, used and refurbished medical equipment, will now offer the complete RamSoft image management product suite. MED supplies a range of equipment at low costs to fit the specific needs of healthcare organizations, using a process associated with liquidating idle, decommissioned medical equipment. This eliminates unnecessary expenditures and provides a new revenue stream for healthcare facilities.

September 21, 2017 — Toshiba Medical will highlight its latest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, led by the Vantage Titan/Zen Edition and Vantage Galan 3T, at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Chicago.

Brainlab announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Elements Spine SRS and Elements Cranial SRS, two software applications for patient-tailored planning of radiosurgery treatments for indications of the spine and brain. With FDA clearance of these software modules, the Brainlab Elements portfolio of applications that facilitate quick planning, spare organs at risk, and create highly conformal radiation doses in the brain and spine is complete and ready for clinical use in the United States.

Accuray Inc. announced that data and first-hand experience with its advanced CyberKnife and Radixact Systems will be shared by leading radiation oncology practitioners at the 2017 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Sept. 24-27 in San Diego.

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