The introduction of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in the early 1990s created the possibility of generating dramatically improved dose distributions that could be tailored to fit a ...

You can have IMRT on a standard radiotherapy machine, called a linear accelerator (LINAC). The LINAC has a device called a multileaf collimator. The multileaf collimator is made up of thin leaves of ...

The proposed ring-based compensator enables IMRT without multileaf collimators. The gantry rotates and delivers each beam successively. (Courtesy: Med. Phys. 10.1002 ...

Provided to more than a quarter of cancer patients, today’s targeted radiotherapy has come a long way from its experimental, and Nobel Prize winning, origins. When administering the treatment, shaping ...

Over the last four decades, radiotherapy has seen a technological revolution – evolving from broad, relatively simple deliveries to highly targeted, patient-specific treatment. Few individuals have ...

IMRT allows doctors to deliver precise radiation doses to tumours while protecting nearby organs and healthy tissue. (Image: Pexels) Radiation therapy has been a backbone of cancer treatment for ...

We congratulate St. Luke’s Hospital for expanding the availability of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the Lehigh Valley (The Morning Call, Sept. 28). However, this exciting technology ...