More than half of cancer
patients that receive a diagnosis are most likely to be treated with a form of
radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is a treatment that provides a high dose of
radiation using a piece of equipment such as a linear accelerator and is aimed at
a given area to eliminate cancer cells. Today’s technology has been very
successful with these methods of cancer treatment. Still, even with precise
planning, radiotherapy has many obstacles to overcome. Simple internal
movements within the body such as breathing, bladder filling, digestion, or
tensing up can impact the tumor movement up to half an inch, which may cause
radiation to damage surrounding healthy cells and tissues. Engineers have
developed a type of magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR Linac) to combat
these movement issues with live, detailed images of the tumor with higher
accuracy. Read More on how
this equipment can be utilized for precise treatments on patients.
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