Clinical News: Page 2323

Varian wins Florida radiosurgery contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform at a Florida hospital.
September 17, 2009
ARRT requires degree to sit for exam
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has approved a proposal to set the associate degree as the minimum educational requirement for its certification exams in radiography, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy systems.
September 17, 2009
Patient age, clinical indication need to be considered in breast MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists interpreting breast MRI studies should consider patient age and clinical indication when reading the scans, due to higher rates of malignancy associated with these factors, according to a study published in the October issue of Academic Radiology.
September 17, 2009
Can VMAT top IMRT for glioma treatment?
By Paula Gould
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) makes it easier to target brain tumors while reducing dose to critical structures nearby. But can volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) do even better? A retrospective planning study from Canada has revealed the pros and cons of making the switch.
September 17, 2009
2009 01 15 16 03 49 510 Med Phys Web Logo 100
Siemens donates DR in children's benefit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has donated a digital radiography (DR) system to a New York hospital to benefit the Children's Health Fund.
September 16, 2009
Lantheus begins testing new PET agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging has launched a phase I clinical study to assess the safety, dosimetry, and tolerability of LMI1195, a fluorine-18 small-molecule tracer for imaging cardiac neuronal function in patients undergoing PET imaging.
September 16, 2009
Senate bill sets utilization rate at 65%; robosurgical MRI; CAD for breast MRI
By Brian Casey
September 16, 2009
Canadian team develops MRI-based robotic neurosurgery device
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at the University of Calgary in Alberta have developed a computerized surgical system called neuroArm that combines MRI and robotics to perform neurosurgery. The system has the potential for expanded microsurgery applications in the future.
September 16, 2009
2009 09 16 14 48 10 787 Sutherland Thumb
Varian reports Australian milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that the first radiotherapy treatments using its RapidArc technology have been performed in Australia.
September 16, 2009
Pancreatic MDCT characterizes IPMNs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New research from Shanghai combines MDCT with CT angiography and multiplanar volume or curved reformations to characterize intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) with high sensitivity. The study, published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, addresses MDCT's role in predicting malignancy of IPMNs preoperatively.
September 16, 2009
Medtronic settles patent dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has settled a patent dispute with medical device manufacturer W.L. Gore and Assoc. of Newark, DE.
September 16, 2009
Cardiac CT matches SPECT for perfusion analysis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers in Boston say that CT angiography can perform myocardial perfusion studies as accurately as SPECT, adding further evidence that cardiac CT could be used as a tool for single-study comprehensive heart exams.
September 16, 2009
Previous Page
Page 2323 of 3658
Next Page