by
Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | October 10, 2022
From the October 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
In February 2021, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Proton Center in Thailand began treating patients on a ProBeam system. Additionally, the University College Hospital in central London officially launched a center in March that will treat patients using the ProBeam system.
RADIATION THERAPY
Accuray
Accuray recently added new features within the Accuray Precision/iDMS Treatment Planning System for the CyberKnife radiosurgery platform, including workflow enhancements to group multiple brain metastases, an anterior commissure/posterior commissure coordinate system and upgrades of the gradient and conformality indexes.
The company also introduced its new Accuray Connect feature, which facilitates the direct import of external images, including CT and MR images, RT structure sets and spatial registrations, from Brainlab Elements into the Accuray Precision/iDMS System without user interaction.
Accuray is continuing to enhance its Radixact radiation therapy system with new functionality supporting adaptive therapy. This includes ClearRT helical fan-beam kVCT imaging, now commercially available worldwide, which provides diagnostic-like quality CT images in a more affordable way.
“High-quality imaging has previously been cost prohibitive and complex,” said Corey Lawson, vice president of product strategy at Accuray. “The introduction of ClearRT for the Radixact System addresses this unmet medical need. The technology delivers enhanced imaging capabilities compared to conventional linear accelerators that rely on CBCT imaging and offers an alternative to MR-based radiotherapy systems that are contraindicated for some patients, such as those with metal implants, and cost prohibitive to use.”
The company also released VOLO Ultra for its TomoTherapy platform, including the next-generation Radixact System, which uses automated tools to help speed up treatment plans and allow clinicians to treat more patients.
Additionally, Accuray recently announced the development of an integrated and automated solution for Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) using Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) with hardware provided by C-RAD Catalyst+ HD for the Radixact System. With this addition, the Radixact System will be able to be used to treat the full range of breast cancer cases while minimizing the radiation dose to the heart and lungs.
Brainlab
In January 2022, Brainlab released a new version of ExacTrac Dynamic. The release includes a dedicated Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) workflow for breast cancer treatment.
