Varian Medical Systems has been awarded a patent for improved shielding in X-ray tubes.
24/02/2010 |
Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney has become the first hospital in Australia to be formally accredited by Varian Medical Systems as a teaching facility for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT).
28/01/2010 |
Screening and surveillance guidelines for the for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps have been released by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
08/12/2009 |
A patient attending the Delaware Valley Urology Cancer Center has experienced the difference in length of radiotherapy treatment sessions from 20min down to less than five, since the hospital acquired RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.
04/12/2009 |
Agfa Healthcare is set to expand its diagnostic imaging capabilities by acquiring a European developer and producer of contrast media, Insight Agents.
27/11/2009 |
Two female brain tumour patients are the first people in the south of England to be treated using RapidArc radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems.
20/11/2009 |
The US Preventative Services Task Force has made recommendations on the frequency of routine mammography screening for women in certain age groups and recommends against breast self-examination.
19/11/2009 |
US Researchers have reported that image-guided RapidArc radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems has clinical advantages over earlier fixed-beam approaches to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for treating cancer.
13/11/2009 |
Using a molecular imaging technique to study brain cell inflammation may help researchers understand why certain neurological disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur and provide better approaches for treatment.
12/11/2009 |
A summit is being held this month to focus on issues surrounding information technology in Australia’s healthcare system. The Technology in Healthcare Summit 2009 will be held in Melbourne, November 16-17, 2009.
10/11/2009 |
University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have developed a prostate cancer treatment device to enhance a US company’s Prostate Immobilizer Balloon System.
09/11/2009 |
High-risk melanoma patients treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes (19%) compared to those patients who don’t have radiation therapy (31%).
06/11/2009 |
Installing the Senographe Essential can increase the population of women being screened with digital mammography and potentially saves more lives.
26/10/2009 |
QUEENSLAND is poised to recruit health specialists whose jobs are threatened at the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) as a result of budget cuts by the West Australian Liberal/National Government.
13/10/2009 |
A WORLD-first technique has been developed by Australian scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI) and St. Vincent’s Hospital (SVH) which will almost double the life of donor hearts being transported for transplant surgery.
08/10/2009 |
RESEARCH and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Australia Cardiovascular Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" to their offering.
11/09/2009 |
THE RUDD Government has tabled regulations which will finalise the remaining detail of its move to put the extended Medicare Safety Net (EMSN) on a more sustainable footing.
09/09/2009 |
THE AUSTRALIAN Medical Association (AMA) has condoned a study urging technical jargon and acronyms to be banished from elective surgery patient consent forms.
07/09/2009 |
DOCTORS at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre have started treating cancers and neurological disorders with highly-accurate, non-invasive, image-guided radiosurgery using the Novalis Tx radiosurgery platform from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB.
04/09/2009 |
MARKETSANDMARKETS has published a new healthcare market research report entitled ‘Global Top Ten Medical Device Technologies Market (2009 - 2014)’.
31/08/2009 |