“Therefore we would like to do multileaf collimator [MLC] tracking instead of gating.” Speaking at the recent ESTRO 2023 congress in Vienna, she described the new MR-linac tracking approach. The idea ...

A newly developed device that improves the application of radiation doses for cancerous tumors will give doctors more control over the treatment and lessen risk to the patient. By Charles Mandel.

Fox Chase Cancer Center is the first comprehensive cancer center in the nation to utilize the HD- 270 Multileaf Collimator (MLC) from Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. Advanced Search.

Increasing the multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf speed may help improve the quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Clinical ...

Elekta's multileaf collimator receives CE mark clearance: Crawley, England Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 17:00 Hrs [IST] Elekta, a human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical ...

Here, Stewart Goulding, managing director of high torque DC motor supplier Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) explains how multileaf collimators (MLC) deliver accuracy in radiotherapy. The X-ray was ...

A multileaf collimator (MLC) for radiosurgery from Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., contains up to 120 tungsten slats controlled by miniature motors.The slats block the path of X-rays ...

Modern linear accelerators have multileaf collimators to automatically create individualized treatment fields for conformal radiotherapy and IMRT. Another feature of modern accelerators is the in ...

Brainlab Elements take advantage of the specific properties of Elekta’s Agility™ multileaf collimator and compensate for ... which can reduce the collimator leaf down to 1 mm ...