We use cookies to understand how you use our site and to improve your experience. This includes personalizing content and advertising. To learn more, click here. By continuing to use our site, you accept our use of cookies. Cookie Policy.

Features Partner Sites Information LinkXpress hp
Sign In
Advertise with Us
GLOBETECH PUBLISHING LLC

Download Mobile App




Multileaf Collimator Upgrade Helps in More Efficient Radiotherapy

By MedImaging International staff writers
Posted on 26 Mar 2010
New multileaf collimator technology combines a fast leaf movement of up to 4 cm per second with the highest possible resolution and the lowest leakage and penumbra. These features make it possible to treat patients with high precision radiotherapy, sparing the surrounding healthy tissue regardless of the tumor shape, and can provide a more efficient therapy session by shortening the time of fractions due to fast leaf movements.

Siemens Healthcare (Erlangen, Germany) reported that Christiana Care Health Systems Helen F. Graham Cancer Center (Wilmington, DE, USA), has become the first facility in the United States to upgrade their Oncor linear accelerator with the new 160 MLC multileaf collimator. Charleston Radiation Therapy in West Virginia and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa has also recently completed the upgrade.

The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a leader in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology, and hearing aids.

Related Links:

Siemens Healthcare


Ultrasound Table
Women’s Ultrasound EA Table
Pocket Fetal Doppler
CONTEC10C/CL
Digital Radiographic System
OMNERA 300M
New
High-Precision QA Tool
DEXA Phantom

Channels

Ultrasound

view channel
Image: The new implantable device for chronic pain management is small and flexible (Photo courtesy of The Zhou Lab at USC)

Wireless Chronic Pain Management Device to Reduce Need for Painkillers and Surgery

Chronic pain affects millions of people globally, often leading to long-term disability and dependence on opioid medications, which carry significant risks of side effects and addiction.... Read more

Nuclear Medicine

view channel
Image: The diagnostic tool could improve diagnosis and treatment decisions for patients with chronic lung infections (Photo courtesy of SNMMI)

Novel Bacteria-Specific PET Imaging Approach Detects Hard-To-Diagnose Lung Infections

Mycobacteroides abscessus is a rapidly growing mycobacteria that primarily affects immunocompromised patients and those with underlying lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary... Read more

Imaging IT

view channel
Image: The new Medical Imaging Suite makes healthcare imaging data more accessible, interoperable and useful (Photo courtesy of Google Cloud)

New Google Cloud Medical Imaging Suite Makes Imaging Healthcare Data More Accessible

Medical imaging is a critical tool used to diagnose patients, and there are billions of medical images scanned globally each year. Imaging data accounts for about 90% of all healthcare data1 and, until... Read more
Copyright © 2000-2025 Globetech Media. All rights reserved.