Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 212

RCTI receives RCT1938 patents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical company Radiation Control Technologies (RCTI) has been granted an exclusive license to two patents from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

July 29, 2012

Brainlab debuts updated ExacTrac system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has unveiled its new ExacTrac 6.0 patient positioning system for both frameless radiosurgery and radiotherapy treatments.

July 29, 2012

Report: CMS cuts threaten brachytherapy growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A proposal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to impose a 19% reimbursement cut for radiation oncology in its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2013 could negatively affect growth in the radiation therapy market by 6% in 2012 and 10% in 2013, according to a new report by market research group GlobalData.

July 29, 2012

Elekta, Brainlab collaboration bears fruit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta said it has integrated Brainlab's ExacTrac patient positioning system with its radiation therapy machines.

July 29, 2012

MIM debuts radiation reporting tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer MIM Software has released ART Assist, an automated processing and reporting tool for radiation therapy.

July 29, 2012

Moments in Radiology History: Part 7 -- Early x-ray treatments

By Otha Linton

Today, diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology are distinctly separate disciplines -- but things weren't always that way. In fact, the early pioneers of radiology began experimenting with the new rays for therapeutic purposes almost as soon as they were discovered.

July 29, 2012