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Instrumentation & Software
Instrumentation
The Maddock Center’s commitment to ongoing investment in new technologies
means your treatment will be delivered by the latest state-of-the-art
equipment as it becomes available. We are the only facility in
New England to offer a full spectrum of radiation therapy equipment.
Our current instrumentation includes:
Target Imaging:
- The Maddock Center has installed Siemens MVision™, a unique, fully-integrated technology that uses the existing treatment beam to provide excellent 3D target imaging, and therefore, highly precise treatment.
External Beam Treatments:
- Siemens PRIMUS™ medical linear accelerators have both photon and electron
treatment modalities. The photon energies we use are 6 MV and 10 MV while
the electrons energies available are 5, 8, 10, 12 and 15 MeV. The PRIMUS
is totally integrated with the PLATO™ treatment planning system, allowing
full 3-dimensional treatment capability in a timeframe consistent with
patient comfort. Both machines deliver IMRT treatments.
- 3D-Multi Leaf Collimator - Using the 3D-Multi Leaf Collimator
- which replaces labor and time intensive hand blocking - and
the auto-sequencing methodology of the SIMTEC™ System,
we have reduced the delivery time for a 6-field, 3-dimensional,
conformal prostate treatment from 35 minutes to 6 minutes. In
addition to increased patient comfort, we have noted an increase
in accuracy due to reduced patient movement as evidenced in
the quality assurance portal films.
Brachytherapy Treatments:
- Nucletron’s MicroSelectron Variable High Dose Rate
(HDR) Afterloading System - The Gold Standard in remote controlled
brachytherapy: over 2500 Nucletron afterloaders are in daily
use around the world. Used originally for gynecological tumors, Nucleotron
HDR systems are now applied to intraluminal, interstitial and
intraoperative procedures and outpatient treatment.
Software
The Maddock Center utilizes the latest three-dimensional and
IMRT treatment planning software available today including:
- Nucletron’s ONCENTRA Treatment Planning software - the most advanced
treatment-planning system on the market today. A suite of individual
software modules for external-beam radiotherapy, Oncentra brings
integration, connectivity and flexibility to benefit patients and doctors
with the latest advances in treatment techniques.
- Nucletron’s PLATO™ Treatment Planning System
- a comprehensive brachytherapy software treatment planning
system developed by the world leader in brachytherapy, Nucletron.
With an emphasis on speed and ease of use, the PLATO system
provides fast and accurate calculation of the target dose while
sparing normal tissue.
Examples of four different field arrangements
as
defined by the Multi Leaf Coordinator.
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