Radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis is partnering with Tustin, CA-based Toshiba America Medical Systems to provide imaging and virtual simulation technology to St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) in Boise, ID.
St. Luke's MSTI will add CMS' FocalSim CT simulation workstation and its CMS Direct Access workflow management tool to Toshiba's Aquilion LB CT scanner. The venture is the first joint installation to come from the two companies' collaboration.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 22, 2007
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