Clinical News: Page 2352

Ziosoft inks U.K. distribution agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has signed a distribution agreement with Healthcare Software Systems.

August 6, 2009

ASTRO publishes IMRT guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) this week published the first set of comprehensive guidelines for documenting intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments in detail.

August 6, 2009

Stereotaxis posts Q2 results, taps new CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis posted record revenue for its second quarter.

August 6, 2009

Wider radiation fields don't bring bone cancer relief

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Does using a wider radiation field induce a more rapid response for cancer patients receiving palliative external-beam radiation therapy to reduce the pain of bone metastases? No, Toronto researchers discovered, after analyzing the records of more than 650 patients.

August 6, 2009

Dual-source coronary CTA has advantages over 64-slice

By Eric Barnes

Even in patients with well-controlled heart rates, dual-source coronary CT angiography (CTA) delivers significantly higher specificity and accuracy per coronary segment compared to 64-detector-row CTA, concludes a new study from Switzerland.

August 6, 2009

How I do it: CT perfusion in functional tumor imaging

By Rob Skelding

Many hospitals make the decision to acquire CT perfusion technology and software primarily for stroke diagnosis; however, the technique can also yield valuable results in functional tumor imaging. That's according to Dr. Ken Miles, who explains how to optimize CT perfusion protocols to produce accurate and consistent tumor imaging results.

August 6, 2009