OSL News
- Feb 15, 2013
- OSL Hosts 5th Delta4 UK User Meeting in London
- At the end of January delegates from across the UK braved the cold weather to attend the 5th Delta4 User Meeting and Symposium in London. The meeting, held in collaboration with ScandiDos AB, Sweden and University College London Hospitals (UCLH), provided an in-depth overview and demonstration of the new HexaMotion 6D platform for QA of 4D RT including a clinical presentation from Stephaine Lang, Chief Medical Physicist from the University Hospital of Zurich.
- Jan 10, 2013
- OnQ rts® FDA Cleared to Market in North America
- Oncology Systems Ltd., an innovative medical technology company focused on delivering leading edge technologies into the radiotherapy workplace, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its OnQ rts® clinical imaging workflow software. When working with the demands of IG/IMRT and CT/PET/MR imaging in radiotherapy, OnQ rts addresses departmental needs by offering a multi-faceted platform that enhances patient throughput and reduces formerly manual processes to free user’s time.
- Nov 07, 2012
- OnQ rts® makes debut at 54th ASTRO 2012 held in Boston
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) was proud to launch its latest version of OnQ rts software to the North American market last week.
OnQ rts software has been designed to make life easier for busy clinical workloads where advanced imaging and radiation therapy practice is performed. - Nov 01, 2012
- OSL Renews Research and Collaboration Agreement with University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) - Radiotherapy Department
- Continued Collaboration with Leading Clinical and Research University Hospital Provides Leading-Edge Research in Clinical Radiation Oncology Workflow
- Oct 22, 2012
- More than 50% of UK radiation therapy clinics have chosen Delta4PT
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) and ScandiDos (Uppsala, Sweden) are proud to announce that more than 50% of UK radiation oncology clinics, with Mount Vernon being the latest, have chosen Delta4PT for their clinical IMRT, VMAT and TomoTherapy pre-treatment QA.
- Aug 24, 2012
- New CyberKnife CT/MRI FusionCoil Markers
- A new 5mm FusionCoil marker is available for CyberKnife users.
- Aug 07, 2012
- The Delta4 family continues to grow
- Installed across the UK and Ireland, the Delta4 has rapidly established itself as the UKs most popular dose QA system.
- Jul 16, 2012
- ImSim QA in the spotlight at AAPM
- ImSimQA, manufactured by OSL, was under the spotlight at AAPM in July. Three eminent Physicists working in North America presented on why and how ImSimQA is a valuable tool for the critical QA of advanced medical imaging practice.
- Jul 10, 2012
- OSL’s laser quest
- Oncology Systems Limited has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute CYRPA’s unique HIT laser systems throughout the UK and Ireland.
- Jul 10, 2012
- Medical world set to hold its breath
- Targeting the lungs and upper abdomen can be challenging when patient breath-holds are difficult to reliably reproduce. Medspira Breath Hold™ offers the solution.
- Jun 13, 2012
- New PIPSpro demo videos
- Standard Imaging releases a new series of PIPSpro Software demo videos.
- May 17, 2012
- CIVCO release 2012/2013 Solutions Guide
- CIVCO have released their Solutions Guide 2012/2013 for Radiation Oncology.
- May 16, 2012
- Sourcebook survey goody bag winners
- OSL Goody Bags are winging their way to five respondents to the recent OSL communications survey. The winners were chosen at random after the competition closed on 30 April 2012.
- Apr 10, 2012
- OSL signs sales agent for Pakistan
- Oncology Systems Limited has signed up PAN-GLOBE Pharmaceuticals to act as its sales agent for two of its own products, ImSimQA and OnQ rts, across Pakistan. The Karachi-based organisation has extensive experience in radiotherapy, supplying high-end solutions across the country.
- Apr 04, 2012
- TA takes OSL’s Italian job
- OSL’s ImSimQA and OnQ rts imaging and planning software packages will soon be making their way into radiotherapy departments across Italy, after the company signed a distribution deal with Tecnologie Avanzate (TA).
- Apr 02, 2012
- OSL’s ESTRO date
- Oncology Systems is looking forward to attracting potential and existing customers from across the globe to its stand at ESTRO 31 in Barcelona. The company will be showcasing its OnQ rts and ImSimQA radiotherapy products on booth 390 from 9 – 13 May 2012.
- Feb 29, 2012
- OSL launches its Radiotherapy Sourcebook 2012
- Oncology Systems Limited has launched the OSL Radiotherapy Sourcebook 2012, featuring all of the company’s latest product offerings and some very familiar solutions that continue to be popular with many of its customers.
- Feb 14, 2012
- Irish order for OSL
- St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Dublin has completely re-equipped its radiotherapy department with immobilisation solutions. The hospital, part of St Vincent's Health Care Group, has chosen to invest in patient positioning equipment from Oncology Systems Limited.
- Feb 13, 2012
- OSL continues to make its mark
- Oncology Systems Limited’s expanded patient marker product line is continuing to make its mark with NHS and private hospitals across the UK.
- Feb 10, 2012
- OSL sets sights on Spain
- Oncology Systems Limited has signed up a new distributor for the Spanish market for its ImSimQA and OnQ rts imaging and planning software products. Aplicaciones Tecnológicas, S.A, based in Madrid, is the latest distributor to come on board as OSL continues to enhance its global presence.
- Jan 16, 2012
- OSL’s ImSimQA takes off down under
- Oncology Systems Limited’s ImSimQA radiotherapy software has taken off down under with an order for two installations in Melbourne. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has purchased the ImSimQA software and all three additional ImSimQA modules, and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) will be using the ImSimQA core software.
- Jan 16, 2012
- OSL offers advanced Cortex markers
- Oncology Systems Limited has expanded the range of fiducial markers available to radiotherapy departments in the UK and Ireland after striking a distribution deal with US-based Cortex.
- Jan 16, 2012
- Medsuro to distribute OSL’s ImSimQA
- Oncology Systems Limited has signed up MedSuro Medical Equipment to distribute its ImSimQA software in the Netherlands. The organisation, based near Tilburg, was founded in 2010 and supplies equipment to the country’s radiotherapy departments.
- Jan 04, 2012
- OSL wins Cortex contract
- Oncology Systems Limited has signed a five year distribution deal with US-based fiducial marker manufacturer Cortex, the people behind the original ACCULOC markers. The contract will see OSL sell the advanced implanted marker line in the UK and Ireland. Across the same territory, OSL also sells CIVCO’s range of fiducial markers and the Gold Anchor fine needle marker from Sweden’s Naslund Medical.
- Jan 04, 2012
- OSL secures supply chain success
- Oncology Systems Limited is pleased to announce that following the NHS Supply Chain tender exercise its broad range of solutions for radiotherapy are available under the new National Framework Agreement for the Supply of Imaging, Radiotherapy and Ancillary Devices. The agreement runs from 5 December 2011 until 4 December 2013 with an option to extend for a further two years.
- Jan 04, 2012
- Oncology Systems Limited eyes Europe with own suite of RT solutions
- Oncology Systems Limited has confirmed that it will be exhibiting its own products at ESTRO 2012 in Barcelona, 9-13 May 2012. The company will showcase its new flagship automated workflow software, OnQ rts, alongside ImSimQA, virtual phantom QA software; and the world’s first relocatable complete radiotherapy suite, Pioneer and OSL Remote planning and QA services.
- Dec 21, 2011
- Article featuring Delta4 one of the most downloaded in 2011
- An article, in which delivered dose was validated using a Delta4 arc validation system, was one of the most downloaded during this year from Physics in Medicine and Biology according to Medical Physics Web newswire.
- Nov 15, 2011
- OSL secures international accolade
- Oncology Systems Limited has been honoured with an international distributor award by CIVCO in recognition of its sales performance throughout 2010/11. OSL was one of three distributors worldwide to receive the accolade based on sales turnover in relation to market size.
- Nov 01, 2011
- Two OSL marketing projects shortlisted for national awards
- Oncology Systems Limited has been shortlisted for two national marketing awards. The Association of Healthcare Communications and Marketing selected two of the company’s projects for two categories: Best Website and Best Visual Brand.
- Sep 29, 2011
- UK’s first TomoTherapy user meeting a huge success
- The first TomoTherapy UK User Group meeting took place at The Moller Centre in Cambridge. Delegates included individuals from each of the seven hospitals where TomoTherapy Hi-Art and TomoHD treatment machines are installed; Oncology Systems Limited, the UK and Ireland distributors and Accuray Incorporated, the machines’ manufacturers.
- Sep 09, 2011
- UK’s first two TomoHDs installed
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has taken delivery of the UK’s first two TomoTherapy TomoHDs. The first installation took place in August in a renovated bunker previously considered too small for modern day treatment machines. The smooth installation ensured the second machine was in situ as planned, just three weekends later.
- Sep 05, 2011
- OSL products in the spotlight
- Two products distributed by Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) were in the spotlight at EMPEC (European Medical Physics and Engineering Conference) 2011 in Dublin. Incorporating EFOMP’s 5th European Conference on Medical Physics, IAPM’s Annual Scientific Meeting and IPEM’s annual Medical Physics and Engineering Conference, the three day event was attended by nearly 600 delegates from across the globe.
- Aug 31, 2011
- OSL wins £500,000 Scottish order
- Oncology Systems Limited has been awarded a £500,000 contract to supply radiotherapy equipment to hospitals across Scotland as part of a major national procurement program. OSL is the leading independent supplier to hospitals in the UK and Ireland. The company’s breadth of high quality dosimetry/QA, patient positioning and immobilisation and imaging and planning products was considered to meet the wide ranging needs of the five centres involved.
- Aug 30, 2011
- OSL awards first International Scholarship
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) has created an international scholarship and awarded it to Japhet Karani Mbaya, a radiographer at Cancer Care Kenya (CCK), based at the M.P. Shah Hospital, Nairobi. The centre is the first in East and Central Africa offering linear accelerator based radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer. The scholarship will allow Japhet to visit some of the UK’s leading radiotherapy departments and gain expertise to take back to Nairobi.
- Aug 29, 2011
- OSL secures top order with JCUH
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) has supplied James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough with a significant order for five CIVCO Universal Couchtops. The new state of the art products will be used in the hospital’s purpose built £38 million cancer facility that ensures local patients have access to the latest cancer therapies, including Tomotherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) and stereotactic radiotherapy.
- Jul 26, 2011
- Accuray hosts symposium on quality assurance in radiation oncology at joint AAPM/COMP meeting
- Accuray Incorporated, the premier radiation oncology company, will host a symposium examining best practices for quality assurance in radiation oncology at the 2011 Joint American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)/Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) meeting.
- Jul 21, 2011
- CIVCO to showcase RFSuite RFID tracking and verification system at AAPM 2011
- CIVCO Medical Solutions is showcasing its RFSuite RFID tracking and verification system at the joint meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) booth #817. CIVCO is also hosting an RFSuite Symposium Monday, August 1st, from 12:30 – 2 p.m., in the Mackenzie Ballroom at the Fairmont Waterfront, Vancouver. The event will include lunch, pre-registration is required, and spots are still available.
- Jul 06, 2011
- OSL installs first ProSoma in Africa
- Oncology Systems Limited has completed the first installation of ProSoma virtual simulation software installation in Africa at Cancer Care Kenya, based at the M.P. Shah Hospital, Nairobi. The installation coincided with the first anniversary of the centre.
- Jul 01, 2011
- OSL distributes Dosimetry Check
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) has signed a direct agreement with US company, Math Resolutions, to distribute its Dosimetry Check Software throughout the UK and Ireland.
- Jun 23, 2011
- UK’s first two TomoTherapy® TomoHD™ for Birmingham
- Cancer patients across the West Midlands and Wales will soon have access to two of the world’s most advanced radiotherapy treatment machines. The state of the art TomoTherapy® TomoHD™ treatment systems, to be installed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, will be the first in the UK and Europe’s first dual installation of TomoHDs. The machines are being provided by Shropshire-based Oncology Systems Limited (OSL), after money was raised in an on-going capital appeal by the hospital’s official charity and funds provided by the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
- Jun 14, 2011
- Accuray successfully completes acquisition of TomoTherapy
- Transaction combines best-in-class technologies and industry-leading talent to create the premier radiation oncology company.
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of TomoTherapy Incorporated (Nasdaq: TOMO). The combination creates the premier radiation oncology company, offering best-in-class technologies to fight cancer. The combined company is focused on developing, manufacturing and selling personalized, leading-edge treatment solutions that revolve around the patient. - May 18, 2011
- Cancer patients across the South East benefit from TomoTherapy
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has installed the first TomoTherapy machine in a London NHS hospital, delivering targeted radiotherapy to hundreds of cancer patients. The new TomoTherapy unit compliments the existing radiotherapy treatment units, enabling the Trust to increase treatment capacity.
- May 08, 2011
- OSL showcases new imaging and analysis software
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) will be showcasing its new software, OnQ rts at booth 55 at ESTRO 2011.
- May 04, 2011
- OSL showcases three innovations at ESTRO 2011
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) will be showcasing three innovations at ESTRO (8 – 12 May 2011). Pioneer, Europe’s only relocatable radiotherapy treatment suite, which was launched in April, is already creating interest among visitors, with many reserving time to speak to OSL at booth 55 at Excel, London.
- May 04, 2011
- TomoHD™ radiation therapy system selected by UCSF Medical Center
- Premier hospital to become first using TomoTherapy® technology in San Francisco
- Apr 11, 2011
- Launch of relocatable radiotherapy for the UK and rest of europe
- Radiotherapy treatment in the UK and Europe is being transformed with the launch of the world’s first modular, relocatable, stand-alone radiotherapy treatment suite, Pioneer ™. Housing one of the most advanced radiotherapy treatment machines available in the world, patients even in remote locations, could soon find themselves accessing the best treatment much closer to their homes.
- Mar 09, 2011
- CIVCO Release New Products
- Civco, an established world leader in high-tech medical accessories for image-guided procedures, has released a selection of new products that are now available in the UK. Zentec Thermoplastic for use with the Uni-frame System, T-shaped Vac-Lok Cushions, and Prodigy Fixation Side Pieces.
- Mar 04, 2011
- Rapid radiotherapy running at Guy's & St Thomas'
- The first NHS TomoTherapy treatment machine in London is up and running less than two months after being installed, treating over 30 people a day at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The machine is installed in a pre-existing 4MV Cobalt treatment room, the smallest room yet in the UK to house the state of the art IG-IMRT technology.
- Mar 04, 2011
- OSL Supplies Record Order to the Christie
- Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) has recently supplied an additional 15 CIVCO C-Qual Breastboards to the Christie NHS Foundation Trust (The Christie). OSL provided all the CIVCO patient positioning accessories for the first Christie radiotherapy satellite at Oldham, and the total number of C-Qual's in use at the Trust will soon reach 22, with the opening of the second satellite in Salford in 2011.
- Mar 03, 2011
- Delta4 User Meeting Moves Advanced Dosimetry Solution into Next Phase
- The Uk's fourth Delta4 User Meeting was organised by Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) in collaboration with St James's University Hospital, Leeds last month.
- Mar 03, 2011
- TomoTherapy recognised with national award
- Tomotherapy Inc. has been awarded the Corporate Distinguished Visionary Award by the American Cancer Society, for its efforts in the fight against cancer and its support for a national fundraising campaign.
- Mar 01, 2011
- UK's Sixth TomoTherapy Installation Unveiled by Cancer Tsar
- The government's cancer tsar, Professor Mike Richards, has today officially unveiled the UK's sixth TomoTherapy installation at the Nottingham Radiotherapy Centre at Nottingham City Hospital. Supplied by Shrewsbury's Oncology Systems Limited (OSL), the TomoTherapy machine offers the most advanced radiotherapy cancer treatment for people across the East Midland.
- Feb 28, 2011
- Year of Radiotherapy - Radiotherapy Could Save Thousands of Lives
- 2011 is the Year of Radiotherapy, an initiative to raise awareness of radiotherapy as a cost effective, cutting edge treatment that can help cure cancer. According to figures published by Cancer Research UK, only 1 in 10 people know that radiotherapy helps cure 40 per cent of cancer patients. A report from the national charity estimates that only 38 per cent of cancer patients in England are getting radiotherapy, although research shows that up to 50 per cent might benefit.
- Jan 01, 2011
- OSL Welcomes Drive to Improve Cancer Survival Rates
- Shrewsbury-based Oncology Systems Limited (OSL) which develops innovative technology in the field of radiation therapy, has welcomed the drive to increase access to radiotherapy services in order to make England's cancer survival rate among the best in Europe. The initiative to ensure all patients are able to get this critical treatment was announced today, by Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley.