Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 408

Elekta taps PerkinElmer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Flat-panel detector manufacturer PerkinElmer Optoelectronics has signed a multiyear $15 million agreement to provide its amorphous-silicon flat-panel digital x-ray detectors to radiation therapy firm Elekta.
October 24, 2004
MDCT offers one-stop rectal cancer staging
By Eric Barnes
There are a number of reasons why multidetector-row CT is making inroads in rectal cancer staging. Perhaps none is more compelling, though, than the ability to look for metastases and stage the cancer based on a single CT scan.
October 24, 2004
Elekta nets U.K. order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta will be supplying 10 linear accelerators, including its Synergy systems, to the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the United Kingdom.
October 21, 2004
Cardinal Health releases new dosimetry electrometer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Management Services division of Cardinal Health has introduced its Advanced Therapy Dosimeter Limited Series, a compact electrometer for measuring dose in radiation oncology.
October 21, 2004
Impac adds European clients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Impac Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has added multiple new installations of its oncology information system products throughout Europe and the U.K., the company said.
October 21, 2004
Positron adds PET order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron of Houston has installed a PET scanner at Decatur Health Imaging, a freestanding imaging center in Decatur, AL.
October 20, 2004
Real-time CT teamed with tracer tracks CED treatment
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - The latest oncologic technique for treating tumors involves convention-enhanced delivery (CED). But determining whether CED was successful requires the development of imaging tracers for real-time, in-vivo monitoring, according to a presenter Monday at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
October 19, 2004
Radiation Therapy Services completes NJ acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Treatment center operator Radiation Therapy Services of Fort Myers, FL, said that it has closed on a definitive purchase agreement for a third radiation treatment center in New Jersey.
October 18, 2004
CIVCO releases AccuCARE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Accessories provider CIVCO Medical Instruments has recently refined its AccuCARE product line for ultrasound-guided radiation seed implant procedures.
October 18, 2004
OmniCorder scores Italian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Infrared imaging technology provider OmniCorder Technologies has delivered its BioScanIR system to Italy's National Tumor Institute in Milan, according to the East Setauket, NY-based vendor.
October 14, 2004
MR more likely than mammo to expose multiple malignancies in dense breasts
By Shalmali Pal
MRI is considerably more sensitive than mammography for detecting multiple malignant foci in women with extremely dense breasts, according to a study in the American Journal of Roentgenology. However, the modality doesn’t quite hit the mark in women with fatty breasts.
October 12, 2004
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CT-guided RF lung cancer ablation successful
By Eric Barnes
Radiofrequency ablation may play an important role in treating patients with primary and secondary lung tumors, according to a new study. With the aid of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation, researchers in Italy have successfully treated primary lung cancer in 35 patients whose tumors had been deemed inoperable.
October 12, 2004
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