Utilizing X-ray image technology has been a staple in today’s medicine; however, it does create a significant risk to patients and medical personnel. Standard machines that offer X-ray treatments such as CT scanners, fluoroscopes, and mammography devices produce a considerable amount of hazardous radiation and are not very effective. Usually, the X-ray machines have silicone-based ...
Utilizing X-ray image technology has been a staple in today’s medicine; however, it does create a significant risk to patients and medical personnel. Standard machines that offer X-ray treatments such as CT scanners, fluoroscopes, and mammography devices produce a considerable amount of hazardous radiation and are not very effective. Usually, the X-ray machines have silicone-based detectors ...
A linear accelerator (LINAC) is a machine most often used for delivering external radiation therapy to those dealing with cancer. The device uses a variety of methods to customize high energy x-rays to mirror an individual tumor’s shape so that radiation can be administered as accurately as possible. LINAC devices efficiently target and destroy cancer ...
On May 6th, 2020, the American College of Radiology (ARC) released new guidelines that can help radiology practices resume non-urgent treatments safely. Treatments that are considered non-urgent are mammograms, oncologic and orthopedic imaging, and image-guided biopsies. Most of these treatments do not include radiation therapy that often involves the use of Linear Accelerators and CT ...
“AI (artificial intelligence) can help treatment planners and dosimetrists by saving a lot of time doing simpler and more repetitive tasks…,” explained Steve Jiang, Ph.D., director of the medical artificial intelligence and automation lab of the Dept. of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern. For those unfamiliar with AI, we are referring to computer or ...
A significant stepping stone in radiotherapy occurred with the announcement by the therapeutic oncology company, RefleXion Medical. RefleXion Medical received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for three types of therapy; stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). The groundbreaking new technology within the X1 machine will allow ...
When choosing the medical equipment for your facility, it can be a difficult decision to find the best system that can provide treatments for patients while trying to stay inside a budget. Many radiation oncology centers struggle with the decision to purchase a new system vs. preowned refurbished medical equipment. If given a choice, a ...
More than half of cancer patients that receive a diagnosis are most likely to be treated with a form of radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is a treatment that provides a high dose of radiation using a piece of equipment such as a linear accelerator and is aimed at a given area to eliminate cancer cells. Today’s technology ...
Nuclear physicist, Kosuke Morita at Japan’s Kyushu University is on the verge of creating the next new element for the periodic table. Morita and his team have successfully synthesized a new element to the periodic table, making it number 113. There is now a total of 118 known elements, and the race for number 119 ...
For the first time in decades, the United States will have its first new particle collider. The Department of Energy announced earlier this year that the new location of this machine will be at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. The research will be done with the instrument to study the dynamic makeup of ...
