Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Siemens Releases New MRI and PET/CT Scanner for Radiation Therapy Planning
At the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting, Siemens Healthineers has unveiled its RT Pro edition for Biograph Vision PET/CT scanner and MAGNETOM Sola 1.5 Tesla MRI machine to help with radiation therapy planning. Both...
Radiation Oncology
Elekta Unity, a Revolutionary Combo of MRI and Linear Accelerator, Cleared in Europe
Elekta won European CE Mark approval for its Unity system that combines magnetic resonance imaging with a linear accelerator for highly targeted, real-time radiotherapy. The technology was originally the brainchild of physicists at UMC Utrecht...
Radiation Oncology
Calypso Anchored Beacon Transponder for Lung Radiotherapy FDA Cleared
Varian won FDA clearance for its Calypso Anchored Beacon transponder for lung stereotactic body radiotherapy procedures. The device is positioned within a narrow airway close to or even on the tumor to be targeted. During radiotherapy...
Radiation Oncology
IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence System for Cancer Care: Interview with Elekta's Andrew Wilson
Elekta, the big name in radiotherapy, radiosurgery, and oncology informatics that's based in Sweden, recently partnered with IBM to offer the Watson for Oncology artificial intelligence (AI) platform along with its MOSAIQ Oncology Information...
Radiation Oncology
U.S. to Get Its Own Supply of Radioisotopes Thanks to Approval of RadioGenix System
A good deal of advanced medical imaging to spot cancer tumors, and help to diagnose coronary artery disease and other conditions, relies on injecting radioisotopes into the body whose location can be tracked. The most common is technetium-99m...
Radiation Oncology
Delta4 Discover Measures Radiation from Accelerators, Rolling Out in U.S.
ScandiDos, a firm out of Uppsala, Sweden, has begun installing its Delta4 Discover transmission detector in the U.S. with the first site at the The University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. The devices measures the amount of radiation...
Radiation Oncology
FDA Clears MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System with Pencil Beam Technology
Mevion Medical Systems, a company specializing in accelerating protons to very high energies, has now received FDA clearance for its new MEVION S250i system for intensity modulated proton therapy. The product features the company's HYPERSCAN...
Radiation Oncology
Nanoparticle-Based Imaging of Metastasis Throughout Body
Common radiological tumor detection technique these days is done using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which can only detect tumors of a certain size or larger. This is a major limitation, as it leaves patients with smaller...
Radiation Oncology
Targeted Radiotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy Kills 100% of Colorectal Cancer
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and from MIT are reporting the development of a new combination therapy that completely eliminates colon cancer, at least in laboratory mice. The technique is a type of radioimmunotherapy,...
Radiation Oncology
