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WVU wins NIH grant for PEM/PET system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a four-year, $2 million grant to researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown for a hybrid positron emission mammography (PEM)/PET system.
August 27, 2009
AECL: Chalk River will be back online
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) this week confirmed that its nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, can be repaired and will eventually come back online.
August 27, 2009
TomoTherapy wins Kansas contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has won a contract with a Kansas cancer center.
August 27, 2009
Ontario agrees to fund PET scans starting in October
By Wayne Forrest
After seven years of research and lobbying, the Ontario government has agreed to public funding for PET imaging beginning in October, joining six other Canadian provinces that already have PET programs.
August 27, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Radiation Oncology Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
August 26, 2009
Digisonics wins 2 OB contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won two new OB contracts.
August 26, 2009
NJ rep turns up the heat in VA brachy probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. congressman is asking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a status update regarding the agency's investigation of treatment errors in its brachytherapy program for prostate cancer patients.
August 26, 2009
Philips launches OB ultrasound reporting package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has introduced new obstetrics reporting and image management software.
August 26, 2009
Positron inks distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac molecular imaging company Positron has signed a distribution agreement with Technology Imaging Services.
August 26, 2009
U.K. to test hyperbaric oxygen with rad therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
British researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in London are conducting a large phase III clinical trial to determine if hyperbaric oxygen therapy can reduce the side effects experienced by some patients receiving radiation therapy.
August 26, 2009
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 26, 2009
Radiation oncology stages last-ditch rally against Medicare cuts
By Cynthia E. Keen
With an August 31 deadline for comments looming, advocates for radiation oncology in the U.S. are mounting a last-ditch effort to lobby against what they say could be devastating Medicare reimbursement cuts for radiation therapy procedures.
August 26, 2009
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