Lead author Jan Lagendijk (left) and first author Bas Raaymakers from UMC Utrecht. (Courtesy: UMC Utrecht) A research paper describing the first clinical use of a 1.5 T MRI-Linac for MRI-guided ...
BOSTON — On a recent Wednesday morning at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a team of two radiation therapists, a radiation oncologist, and a physicist sat glued to a screen filled with black-and-white ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 27, 2009 -- Canadian scientists at the University of Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute are developing a new technology that integrates two existing medical devices -- medical ...
Canadian scientists are developing a new technology that integrates two existing medical devices -- medical linear accelerators, or "linacs," which produce powerful X-rays for treating cancer, and ...
Radiation therapy plan from the MRI-linac treatment planning system. (Courtesy: Pract. Radiat. Oncol. 10.1016/j.prro.2019.02.003) Researchers in the US have used MRI-guided radiation therapy (MR-IGRT) ...
The MRI-Linac combines the imaging capabilities of an MRI with the cancer-fighting powers of a linear accelerator. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor issues public apology to Kavanaugh 2 more lawmakers ...
Daily imaging used to track cancer tumor changes can allow for more rapid radiation treatment adaptation, according to a study published Sept. 30 in International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology ...
The study, led by Eric A. Mellon, M.D., Ph.D. and Kaylie Cullison, Ph.D., at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, is the first to quantify tumor changes in glioblastoma patients receiving MRI-guided ...