Radiography

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• Multileaf Collimator Upgrade Helps in More Efficient Radiotherapy

• CR System Designed for Smaller Environments

• Imaging Tool Developed to Help Guide Pancreatic Cyst Treatment

• Combined Mammography and Breast MRI Useful for Some Women at High-Risk for Cancer

• Tumor-Tracking Technology Reduces Side Effects from Radiation for Prostate Cancer

• New Cardiac CT Technology Significantly Reduces Patient Radiation Exposure

• Split-Course Palliative Radiotherapy Effective for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

• Blocking Development of New Blood Vessels Augments Radiotherapy for Brain Tumors

• Genetic Link Found Between Mammographic Density and Breast Cancer

• New Tool to Determine CT Scan Need in Children with Minor Head Injury

• Three-Pronged Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging

• Perfusion Imaging May Be Better Sign of Blood Vessel Narrowing and Early Coronary Artery Disease

• First Image-Guided Radiotherapy School in Australia to Teach Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

• Expanded Uses for Navigation System for Ultrasound and 3D Fluoroscopic X-ray

• Project Initiated to Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

• Steps Taken to Assess Any Possible Risk with Low-Dose Radiation Exposure

• CT Scans See Increased Use in "Severe” H1N1 Cases

• Direct Digital DR System Uses Direct Capture Technology

• Innovative Software Creates 3D Views of Cardiac Arteries

• Younger Women with Suspected Appendicitis Benefit from Preoperative CT Imaging

• Diagnostic Multimodality Breast Imaging Workstation Software Improves Radiologist Productivity

• Slovenia Hospital to Utilize Multimodality Radiotherapy/Radiosurgery Technology

• Digital Mammography Delivers Considerably Less Radiation than Standard Mammography