Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 113

Varian secures Japanese clearance for Halcyon
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems has received clearance from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to market its Halcyon cancer treatment system in Japan.
November 15, 2017
Elekta points to new MR/RT research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Elekta said the first study evaluating its MR-guided radiation therapy (MR/RT) technology in human subjects showed the system was feasible and offered clinical utility.
November 14, 2017
ViewRay's net loss narrows in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided radiation therapy developer ViewRay's net loss narrowed in its third quarter, continuing its streak from its second quarter.
November 12, 2017
Rad Technology signs deal for Healing Portals artwork
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Modular radiotherapy building provider Rad Technology Medical Systems has installed its Healing Portals artwork at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center in Ann Arbor.
November 7, 2017
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ASTRO chair set to testify on Medicare payment reform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Chair Dr. Brian Kavanagh will discuss Medicare payment reform on November 8 before the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on health.
November 6, 2017
Machine learning forecasts survival in glioma patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 29 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSM12-02 | Room S404CDMachine learning using MRI radiomic features may be able to predict the survival of patients with gliomas, according to this study from a research group in Taiwan.
November 5, 2017
AI may enhance MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 29 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSM12-01 | Room S404CDArtificial intelligence (AI) can provide automatic contouring of tumors and organs to support daily MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy, researchers will report in this Wednesday session.
November 5, 2017
CAD software tracks changes in brain metastases
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, November 29 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | RC505-09 | Room E451BComputer-aided detection (CAD) software can be used to detect and quantify changes in brain metastases on MRI, according to researchers from Philadelphia.
November 5, 2017
CAD enables lower radiation dose in CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
Tuesday, November 28 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSG13-06 | Room S404ABIn this talk, researchers will describe how computer-aided detection (CAD) can lead to marked reductions in radiation dose on low-dose CT lung cancer screening scans, even when image slice thickness is altered.
November 5, 2017
Algorithm detects, segments lung nodules on CT
By Erik L. Ridley
Tuesday, November 28 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSG13-02 | Room S404ABIn this scientific session, a team from imaging software developer Arterys will present its deep learning-based approach to detecting and segmenting lung nodules on CT scans.
November 5, 2017
AI exploits tumor imaging features to predict survival
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 27 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSC04-09 | Room E353AArtificial intelligence (AI) can make use of tumor heterogeneity features on MRI to accurately predict the survival of metastatic colon cancer patients, according to a study by Harvard researchers.
November 5, 2017
Deep learning helps find lung nodules on chest x-ray
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, November 27 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSC03-04 | Room S504CDA U.K. team has found that deep learning-powered computer-aided detection software could potentially act as a second reader for chest radiographs.
November 5, 2017
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