Getting It Right the First Time: How Elevated Skin Markers Are Changing CT Simulation
Accuracy and efficiency go hand in hand in radiation therapy. Radiation therapists, dosimetrists, and medical physicists know that the foundation of every successful treatment plan starts with one...
Transforming Patient Care: The Future of Treatment Set-Up Marks in Radiation Therapy
In the past, the focus on accuracy and effectiveness often overshadowed the patient experience in medical device manufacturing. However, with the increasing influence of consumerism in healthcare,...
Is it Time to Say Goodbye to Permanent Tattoos in Radiation Therapy?
In radiation therapy, precision is everything. For decades, permanent tattoos have been a standard practice to ensure accuracy during treatment. These small, often inconspicuous dots allow for...
Elevating Accuracy in CT Treatment Planning
Inaccuracies during the planning process can lead to dose inaccuracies during treatment. Despite technological advancements over the years, the increasing complexity of these technologies and the...
Obtaining Accurate Body Contour of Obese Patients in Treatment Planning
Obesity in the United States is a common, serious, and costly disease. More than 40% of US adults and 19% of US children ages 2 -17 have obesity and those numbers continue to rise year after year....
Overcoming Dose Perturbation from Skin Markers in 3D Treatment Planning
In the early days of radiation therapy, two-dimensional X-ray images and manual mathematic calculations were utilized to create treatment plans. In the 1970’s, the advent of computerized systems...
Medical Dosimetrists,The Heart of Cancer Treatment Planning
On the surface, the role of the medical dosimetrist sounds a little intimidating, a Spock-like personality focused purely on numbers and science. After all - these are the people whose calculations...
How Activity Trackers Could Become an Essential Tool in Cancer Treatment Planning
It's fairly common knowledge that being active is good for helping you stay healthy, but now cancer researchers are finding that your activity level during treatment can actually help improve your...
Defining Treatment Fields in Breast Conservation Therapy
There have been numerous clinical trials demonstrating that breast conservation therapy, where lumpectomy is combined with radiation therapy, will significantly decrease the rate of breast cancer...
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