Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 103

Mindshare brings AI-powered CADx software to Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Mindshare Medical has received Health Canada clearance for the use of its RevealAI-Lung computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) software in lung cancer screening.

August 1, 2018

AI speeds up radiation therapy planning

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

With a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, planning for radiation therapy procedures could be completed in hours instead of days, according to researchers from the University of Toronto.

August 1, 2018

Global lung cancer death rates for women to increase

By Kate Madden Yee

Global lung cancer mortality rates for women will increase by 43% from 2015 to 2030, at which point more women are projected to die from lung disease than breast cancer, according to a study published online August 1 in Cancer Research.

July 31, 2018

MRI finds key indicators of rectal cancer prognosis

By Wayne Forrest

Two key characteristics on MRI scans of rectal cancer patients can help predict long-term survival and local recurrence of the disease, according to a study by researchers from China and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 30, 2018

Elekta acquires software firm Acumyn

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta has acquired Acumyn, a spin-off software company from the University Hospital Network in Toronto.

July 26, 2018

U.K. research could lead to flexible x-ray detectors

By Brian Casey

What if x-ray detectors were flexible enough to conform to patient anatomy? Would they produce better image quality or enable more accurate monitoring of radiation dose? It may not be a pipe dream. Researchers from the University of Surrey in the U.K. are working on a digital x-ray detector material that could be fabricated into flexible x-ray detectors.

July 26, 2018