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Liner Accelerator Imaging Device

By HospiMedica staff writers
Posted on 13 Sep 2005
A new linear accelerator with an on-board imaging device has given people in New Zealand access to cutting-edge image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) that optimizes accuracy and enables clinicians to potentially improve patient outcomes.

All patients treated with the 2100IX medical linear accelerator, developed by Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA, USA), are now imaged with the On-Board Imager device to check and adjust positioning before treatment. More...
The imager enables clinicians to see and target tumors more accurately during treatment sessions.

"The images give us the confidence to increase doses, particularly for our prostate cancer patients, which has been shown through clinical trials to be beneficial for the patient,” remarked Viv All, radiation therapy clinical manager, Christchurch Hospital, South Island, New Zealand. "We don't get many opportunities to replace equipment and we decided we wanted something that would make us stand out and was in the forefront of modern radiotherapy technology. We felt that image-guided radiation therapy [IGRT] and respiratory gating were that we wanted to offer our patients.”

ChristChurch Hospital uses Varian's RPM respiratory gating system in conjunction with a GE Healthcare's (Waukesha, WI, USA) computed tomography (CT) scanner to monitor and adjust for tumor motion caused by breathing.




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