Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

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Rhino receives skin cancer brachytherapy

A 40-year old Indian rhinoceros at the Los Angeles Zoo received a brachytherapy treatment for skin cancer this week.

IsoRay shows Q1 slump

Medical isotope developer IsoRay showed a downturn in sales and profit for the Richland, Wash.-based firm's fiscal 2010 first quarter, which ended Sept. 30.

Survey: Providers look to health IT to mitigate reimbursement cuts

A recent poll of healthcare providers by consulting firm IVANS indicated that they plan to make better use of health IT in an effort to curtail potential cutbacks from Medicare funding.

Thomson Reuters' 2009 Top 100 CV hospitals winners improve care, cut costs

Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the 100 U.S. hospitals that set the nation's benchmarks for inpatient cardiovascular care, examining the performance of 971 hospitals by analyzing outcomes for patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart attacks.

Florida cancer center plans treatment using Philips SmartArc

A patient treated at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. has received the first-ever radiation treatment planned with Philips' Pinnacle3 SmartArc technology.

UCI study compares image-guided radiotherapy technologies

A study by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center suggests that image-guided RapidArc radiotherapy has clinical advantages over fixed-beam approaches to stereotactic radiosurgery or stereotactic radiotherapy for treating cancer.

Study: Lumpectomy cavity volume decreases during whole-breast irradiation

Patients who undergo lumpectomy will likely have their lumpectomy cavity decrease in volume during whole-breast irradiation, according to a study in this month's International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

Demographics, health risks drive geographic healthcare spending variance

As U.S. healthcare costs inflate, factors such as insurance status, demographics and increased patient health risk must be investigated when defining ways to realign healthcare spending, according to a report released by the American Hospital Association this week.

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Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.