Pop Warner Little Scholars is now working to educate its young athletes—including approximately 225,000 football players—about the importance of recognizing when a concussion may have occurred.

With the help of current CT technology, along with computer graphics and craniofacial reconstruction, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers were able to create detailed portraits of the mummified remains of an ancient Egyptian, according to reporting from The Baltimore Sun.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective treatment for patients with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to research presented Oct. 22 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Using high-dose, high-precision radiation therapy to treat renal cell carcinoma (RCR) is safe for patients with one kidney, according to findings presented Oct. 22 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Black men with prostate cancer may have “comparatively higher” cure rates than white men when treated with radiation therapy, according to study results presented Oct. 22 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

SHINE Medical Technologies, a Monona, Wisconsin-based medical isotope manufacturer, is now closer to producing molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) after receiving a new custom-designed production accelerator.

Among women receiving radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer, receiving larger individual doses was not associated with a significant increase in long-term side effects, according to a 10-year study presented Oct. 21 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

TUSTIN, Calif.—At this year’s American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, October 21-24, 2018 (Booth #3737), Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. will showcase its recently FDA-cleared Aquilion PrecisionTM, the world’s first Ultra-High Resolution CT system. The system can resolve anatomy as small as 150 microns and is designed to provide more than twice the CT resolution as standard systems. Containing an all-new detector as well as tube, gantry and reconstruction technologies, the system may make it possible to help expand visualization of disease thanks to new features that offer improved image detail.