The Unique Demands of Managing Linear Accelerators
Inside the skills, training, and service strategies evolving to meet the growing demands of one of the hospital’s most complex technologies.
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GE HealthCare Showcases Theranostics Portfolio and Imaging Advances at SNMMI 2025
New technologies include automated tumor burden software, compact cyclotron, and AI-powered SPECT/CT and PET/CT systems.
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Researchers Develop Tiny Robot to Detect and Treat Lung Cancer
Researchers developed a tiny robot which can travel deep into the lungs to detect and treat the first signs of cancer.
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The Unique Demands of Managing Linear Accelerators
Inside the skills, training, and service strategies evolving to meet the growing demands of one of the hospital’s most complex technologies.
Penn Medicine Treats World’s First Patient on Varian IMRT System
Varian Medical Systems recently announced that Penn Medicine has treated a patient with head and neck cancer— the first person in the world to be treated on Varian’s new Halcyon system.
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MRI-guided Radiation Brings Greater Precision to Cancer Therapies
ViewRay announced that its MRIdian system has been used successfully for 2 years to treat patients with MRI-guided radiation therapy at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. The MRIdian system provides continuous soft-tissue imaging during treatment, using MRI-guided radiation therapy.
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MRIdian Installation Launches Asia’s First MRI-guided Radiation Therapy Center
ViewRay announced the first international installation of its MRIdian System, an MRI-guided radiation therapy system that images and treats cancer patients simultaneously, at Seoul National University Hospital in Korea. The system allows clinicians to see a tumor and surrounding soft tissues both before and during treatment, enabling adaptations to changes in the patient’s anatomy.
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Non-Invasive Radiosurgery Suite Targets Cancer Tumors
The Edge Radiosurgery Suite from Varian Medical Systems is designed to ablate tumors or other abnormalities with high doses of radiation while minimizing exposure of surrounding healthy tissue.
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Elekta Unveils Plans for MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy System
Elekta has announced its plans for Atlantic, the company’s first-generation, high field MRI-guided radiation therapy system, which will be introduced in 2017, with anticipated deliveries of the first systems in 2018.
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