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Headgear: Is radiosurgery the right treatment for trigeminal neuralgia?
By Sydney Schuster
The nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is not that common, but with the median age of 67 at diagnosis it has the potential to be a widespread health issue among aging baby boomers. Radiosurgery has gained popularity as a way to manage TN, but will it become the gold standard treatment? Neurosurgeons who work with radiosurgery praise it as being faster, safer, and just as effective as traditional management methods.
December 30, 2007
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Neoprobe nets financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe of Dublin, OH, has signed a finance agreement, the company reported.
December 26, 2007
Varian buys Chinese distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has acquired Pan-Pacific Enterprises, an independent distributor of medical x-ray tubes in China, for approximately $2 million in cash.
December 25, 2007
Hitachi nets FDA OK for ProBeat feature
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America of Twinsburg, OH, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for spot scanning irradiation technology on its ProBeat proton beam therapy system.
December 25, 2007
AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider
By Shalmali Pal
December 25, 2007
CTA of the pancreas reduces failed resections
By Eric Barnes
Used as a preoperative planning tool, multidetector-row CT angiography reduces the number of aborted pancreatic resections, according to new research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The retrospective study found that the addition of contrast significantly improved the detection of vascular invasion that prevented curative resection.
December 24, 2007
Kyron inks deal with Varian
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brain imaging software developer Kyron Clinical Imaging has signed a deal to integrate its products with radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA.
December 23, 2007
ASRT: First-year enrollments flat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A survey from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) shows that entering-class enrollments in radiography, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine programs in 2007 remained steady.
December 20, 2007
IBA finalizes proton therapy deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ion Beam Applications of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium has finalized a deal to deliver a large proton therapy system to a hospital in Virginia.
December 20, 2007
Nucletron appoints new executives
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron of Veenendaal, Netherlands, newly separated from former parent Delft Instruments, has made two new executive appointments, the company reported.
December 19, 2007
TomoTherapy completes deal in Germany
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has completed installation of its radiation therapy platform at a German hospital group, the company reported.
December 19, 2007
FDA OKs Compass dosimetry device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) clearance to Stockholm-based RaySearch Laboratories and Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, for their jointly developed Compass dosimetry device.
December 17, 2007
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