Radiation Oncology/Therapy: Page 21

High-field versus low-field MRI: Is it time for a rethink?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The long-running debate over field-strength in MRI has divided scientists for decades and caused immeasurable damage, but there now appears to be a growing consensus that multiple different techniques can flourish and complement each other.

March 18, 2021

AI reduces FDG dose on PET imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

A European team of researchers has found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can process F-18 FDG PET exams acquired at two-thirds of the standard radiopharmaceutical dose and produce diagnostically effective images, according to a study published on 9 March in EJNMMI Physics.

March 11, 2021

Brainlab acquires reporting software firm Mint Medical

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has purchased radiology software developer Mint Medical in a deal aimed at broadening its oncology offerings and making radiology reports more automated and data-driven.

March 10, 2021

Elekta claims win in legal dispute with Livian

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta said the London Court of International Arbitration has ruled in its favor in a legal dispute with German firm Livian, formerly humediQ.

March 8, 2021

Kuhl provides master class on breast MRI at ECR 2021

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Not everything that glitters is gold, and not everything that enhances in breast MRI is due to breast cancer. That was one of the core messages of Prof. Dr. Christiane Kuhl, PhD, chair of radiology at Aachen University Hospital in Germany, in her ECR talk on how to identify malignant lesions on MRI.

March 8, 2021

NorthStar, IBA expand Tc-99m collaboration

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and proton therapy developer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) are expanding their collaboration in an effort to increase the supply of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) around the world.

March 7, 2021

Whole-body MRI helps cancer patients where FDG-PET fails

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET/CT is the modality of choice for staging and assessing cancer patients, but whole-body MRI can make a valuable contribution to detection and diagnoses where the hybrid modality underperforms, ECR 2021 registrants learned at a special session on Sunday evening.

March 7, 2021

U.K.'s NICE recommends Sirtex's microsphere for liver cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave radiation oncology firm Sirtex Medical positive guidance on the use of its selection internal radiation therapy with SIR-Spheres yttrium-90 microspheres for the treatment of adults with unresectable advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

February 25, 2021

ICR calls for votes in best imaging competition

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London is calling for public votes in its annual Science and Medical Imaging competition.

February 22, 2021

C-RAD deploys radiation oncology system in Mass.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy developer C-RAD has announced an installation at Alliance Radiation Oncology of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

February 21, 2021

Elekta sets up radiation oncology shop in Egypt

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Elekta is establishing a base in Egypt through the acquisition of its Cairo-based distributor Horizon for Medical Appliances.

February 21, 2021

European Commission gives OK to big Siemens/Varian deal

By Brian Casey

The European Commission (EC) has given its blessing to the bid by Siemens Healthineers to acquire radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems. The EC approved the deal after Siemens gave assurances that it would keep its systems open to third parties.

February 18, 2021

Previous Page

Page 21 of 129

Next Page