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news.RaySearch Laboratories and Philips Medical Systems have signed an extension of their existing intensity modulated radiation therapy agreement covering a new treatment planning product for VMAT treatments.
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Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a new advanced form of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) where the treatment machine rotates around the patient while the treatment beam is turned on.
The product will be integrated in Philps’s Pinnacle3 treatment planning system and will be marketed under the brand name SmartArc. A prototype has already been integrated in Pinnacle3 and will be demonstrated at the major trade shows during 2008. The final product is expected to be available for clinicians during the first half of 2009.
Johan Lof, president of RaySearch, said: “The results I have seen so far from the current prototype are very promising both in terms of treatment quality and delivery time as well as optimization speed. Therefore I am convinced that SmartArc will be highly appreciated by the Pinnacle3 users.”