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Press Releases
Acceletronics,
Inc. announces the installation of 15 TheraView LX® Technology
Electronic Portal Imaging Systems for IGRT treatment verification
EXTON PA- July
19th, 2007 – Acceletronics, Inc., A U.S. provider of Oncology equipment
service and distributor of new and pre-owned radiotherapy equipment, announced
that it has recently completed the installation of 15 TheraView
Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPID) over the past 6 months
to 11 cancer treatment centers in Florida, Texas, California, Illinois,
Pennsylvania and Colorado. The TheraView EPID is an image
guided radiotherapy (IGRT) cancer treatment verification system,
designed by Dutch manufacturer Cablon Medical BV. The TheraView®
system, designed for the precise needs of radiation therapy, delivers
Clinicians an extensive scope of mega-voltage portal imaging and
quality assurance features for daily IGRT verification. TheraView
Target Check® with automated treatment beam shape verification and
patient position verification software gives the precision and control
Clinicians need for both conventional, image guided (IGRT) and intensity
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
“We are very
pleased with the level of acceptance and excitement for the TheraView
EPID from the Radiotherapy community”, said James Young, Jr., Acceletronics’
Vice-President of sales and marketing, “the TheraView EPID makes
it possible for cancer treatment centers with any manufacturer
of linear accelerator, to upgrade to this new technology. Plus,
it not only replaces time consuming port films but also give the
clinicians the tools they need, such as the sophisticated TargetCheck®
software, to perform advanced IGRT.
About Acceletronics, Inc.
Acceletronics
specializes in the repair, refurbishing, remarketing and installation
of medical linear accelerators, CT simulators, MRI scanners and
other oncology and medical imaging equipment. Acceletronics
is a distributor and service provider of high quality, high technology
after-market products used to improve quality of patient care and
is the exclusive North American distributor of the TheraView portal
imaging system. Founded in 1981, Acceletronics, Inc. is one
of the world’s largest and leading independent radiotherapy equipment
service, distribution and refurbished equipment organizations. Acceletronics
is registered to ISO 9001:2008 quality system standards. For
more information, visit http://www.acceletronics.com
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