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.

RSS icon

Xoft nets new FDA indication for electronic brachytherapy system

Xoft has received clearance from the FDA for a skin and surface treatment applicator for use with the Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy system to deliver surface brachytherapy, including intraoperative radiation therapy.

Median unveils next-generation of LMS

Median Technologies unveiled the new release of its Lesion Management Solutions (LMS) application at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this week in Vienna, Austria.

CIVCO, Ascension to offer 3D biopsy guidance

Ascension Technology and CIVCO Medical Solutions have jointly developed a new biopsy needle localization and guidance system for minimally invasive medical procedures.

Stimulus unlikely to aid cancer patients who face bleak future

While President Barack Obama's stimulus bill earmarks $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and gives hope to future cancer funding, the Lancet Oncology published a series of reports exposing a bleaker reality for cancer services in the United States as the recession worsens.

NEJM: New approach focuses on preserving fertility of cancer patients

Oncofertility is a new approach that physicians are taking to combact the infertility effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy on cancer patients, according to an article in this week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Gore elected as RTOG principal investigators chair

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD, has been elected chair of the Full Member Principal Investigators Committee for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG).

GE, HCL Technologies partner on healthcare IT

GE Healthcare has formed a structured partnership to certify HCL Technologies on its healthcare IT offering, Centricity Enterprise, and integrate HCL into its Digital Day One effort, which helps new hospitals in emerging markets open as fully digital hospitals.

Elekta nets M.D. Anderson radiosurgery install

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston will add Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion to its radiation oncology department.

Displaying 2233 - 2240 of 2553

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
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. 

Cardiovascular Business
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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘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.