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Decision on Chalk River due this week
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is expected to rule this week on whether Atomic Energy of Canada can resume medical isotope production at its National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario.
July 5, 2010
IBA inks deal with Procure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a contract with Seattle Procure Management for the installation of a proton therapy system.
July 5, 2010
CO2 volumes higher than previous reports in VC
By Eric Barnes
Using more CO2 to insufflate the colon during virtual colonoscopy doesn't produce better distention, but patients with ileocecal valve incompetence -- most patients presenting for screening -- require more insufflation, say researchers from Ireland.
July 5, 2010
Study offers strategy for managing incidental findings on fMRI
By Wayne Forrest
The use of functional MRI (fMRI) as a research tool has exploded as neuroscientists employ it to plumb the depths of the human psyche, measuring how our brains respond to advertising or even whether we're telling the truth. But what happens when incidental findings pop up on fMRI brain scans of healthy research participants?
July 5, 2010
Shimadzu opens new factory in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has opened a new manufacturing facility for medical systems in Kyoto.
July 4, 2010
CMS to correct PET overpayments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 6 will begin to correct for recent reimbursement overpayments for certain PET procedures and applications.
July 4, 2010
Incident learning lowers radiation therapy errors
By Tami Freeman
In an attempt to minimize errors and improve treatment safety, a team at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center has implemented an incident learning system for managing radiotherapy errors. The group details its initial experience in an article published online in Radiotherapy and Oncology.
July 4, 2010
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Elekta nets install in Mexico
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has installed its volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) enhanced with Monaco planning software at OCA Hospital in Monterrey, Mexico.
July 1, 2010
Quantum completes Wis. installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has completed the installation of a ceiling-mounted tomography system at Luther Midelfort Northland - Mayo Health System in Barron, WI.
July 1, 2010
RFA destroys small renal masses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with pathologically proven renal cell carcinomas have a recurrence-free survival rate of 90% five years after radiofrequency ablation (RFA), according to a report published in the July 1 issue of Cancer.
July 1, 2010
Carestream to close Canadian office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health is closing its office in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
July 1, 2010
AECL plans for late July restart
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) expects medical isotope production at its National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, to begin by the end of July.
July 1, 2010
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