Venkateshwar Hospital gets linear accelerator for radiation therapy
The radiation oncology department of Venkateshwar Hospital has recently acquired a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (Versa HD from Elekta) capable of […]
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The radiation oncology department of Venkateshwar Hospital has recently acquired a state-of-the-art linear accelerator (Versa HD from Elekta) capable of […]
University of Tennessee Space Institute researchers have harnessed the power of lasers to find, map and non-invasively destruct cancerous tumours. […]
Lethal nano-sized ‘torpedos,’ deftly evading the body’s defence network, will discharge anti-cancer drugs into the heart of tumours and destroy them ruthlessly.
The days when radiologists were only involved in diagnosis are long over. Modern medicine requires interventional radiologists to use their specialist knowledge of image-guidance (X-ray, CT, MR) to perform procedures which are extraordinarily precise, and thus gentle on the patient.
A new medical device that helps detect cancerous tumours on the skin even before they are visible to the naked eye has been developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Tested extensively during the TENPET project, the telecommunications and tele-consultation platform is due to start being deployed commercially from September 2006 in Europe.