Radiologic Technologist: Page 55

ASRT releases radiation therapy workplace survey results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Results of a recent survey by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) reveal that nearly 70% of respondents believe that the number of radiation therapists at their facility is appropriate for the number of linear accelerators being used and the number of patients being treated.
November 27, 2010
Elekta selects QlikTech software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology firm Elekta has chosen QlikView from QlikTech of Radnor, PA, for its global enterprise business intelligence software.
November 22, 2010
PET procedures grew in 2009 despite drop in scanner sales
By Wayne Forrest
Despite a 21% decline in U.S. sales of PET scanners in 2009, PET procedure volume grew 9% to approximately 2 million studies last year, with procedure growth expected to maintain that level of expansion in 2010, according to the latest report from market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.
November 22, 2010
Positive results reported with stereotactic RT for prostate cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
The verdict won't be in for years. But early outcomes were encouraging for prostate cancer patients treated with stereotactic radiation therapy (RT), according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting held earlier this month in San Diego.
November 22, 2010
Ga. RT enters not guilty plea
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A radiologic technologist (RT) in Georgia accused of submitting false mammogram results entered a plea of not guilty in a hearing on November 17.
November 18, 2010
Studies find mixed results for RT and breast implants
By Cynthia E. Keen
SAN DIEGO - Breast cancer patients who need radiation therapy (RT) following a mastectomy can have reconstructive surgery immediately without concern that their breast implants will compromise the radiation they receive, according to a presentation at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology conference.
November 2, 2010
Philips, ISRRT target dose reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare and the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) are launching a radiation dose exposure awareness initiative.
November 1, 2010
New RT technologies impressive, but require honest assessment
By Cynthia E. Keen
SAN DIEGO - Innovations in radiation therapy (RT) are coming at such a fast pace that some state-of-the-art treatments as of a few years ago have already become obsolete. Nowhere is the rapid pace of change more evident than at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting.
October 31, 2010
Spectral Molecular names chief technologist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer Spectral Molecular Imaging has named Robert Chave to the position of chief technologist.
October 25, 2010
Vision RT signs on Varian
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiation therapy software developer Vision RT has inked a distribution agreement with radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.
October 24, 2010
Spatial ability may aid sonographer education
By Erik L. Ridley
Why do some sonography students learn to scan much faster than others? It may be due to their high level of spatial ability (i.e., their ability to visualize and mentally manipulate 3D objects), according to researchers from the University of Missouri - Columbia.
October 18, 2010
Measuring efficiency improves technologists' productivity
By Kate Madden Yee
Measuring efficiency in the radiology department improves productivity, according to a new study published in the October issue of Journal of the American College of Radiology.
October 4, 2010
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