'''For certain kinds of cancer, the most effective therapy does not use x-rays or gamma rays but beams of ions, the electrically charged cores of atoms, including hydrogen ions (protons) and heavier ions such as carbon and neon. The world's foremost ...'

'''Ultra-short X-ray beams produced at the University of Michigan could one day serve as more sensitive medical diagnostic tools, and they could work like strobe lights to allow researchers to observe chemical reactions that happen in quadrillionths of a ...'

'''CurveBeam introduced the next level of weight-bearing computed tomography (CT) imaging, which will have the unique capability of scanning the hip and pelvis in weight bearing position, at RSNA 2019. With the HiRise, musculoskeletal radiologists and ...'

'''Varian Medical Systems will exhibit its line of PaxScan® digital image detectors and X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the MEDICA 2010 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November ...'

'''Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), the world's leading manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer with radiotherapy, will showcase the company's new TrueBeam™ system for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery at the 23rd ...'

'''In 2004 Lyncean Technologies announced the construction of the Compact Light Source (CLS), a miniature synchrotron which uses inverse Compton scattering to produce high-intensity, tunable, near-monochromatic x-ray beams. The CLS was designed to bring ...'

'''Controlling the properties of light is of great importance for many areas of physics, including imaging and nanolithography. But for short wavelengths, such as soft X-ray radiation, such control over the phase of light has remained ...'

'''Proton therapy -- which uses beams of the subatomic particles to treat cancer -- is a hot topic at this year's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting, which takes place from July 26 - 30 in Anaheim, CA. Ways to make the ...'

'''By simultaneously generating and guiding beams, the layered anode emits x rays in one direction without the need for mirrors or large-scale ...'

'''Hospitals and institutions face a significant challenge each year when it comes to the financial impact of unplanned downtime and sub-optimal performance of their diagnostic imaging systems. To meet the need for fleet-wide operation and service analytics ...'