Monmouth Medical Center Symposium to Focus On Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in a Community Setting.Health & Medical Writers CONCORD, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--July 25, 2000 Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group today announced their participation in the first community hospital IMRT IMRT Intensity-modulated radiation therapy Radiation oncology A format for delivering high-dose RT to regions–eg, nasopharynx, that are surrounded by radiation-sensitive areas; in IMRT, a broad radiation field is divided into hundreds of small pencil beams, (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) symposium sponsored by Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J. The September 15-16 workshop will include presentations on the clinical application and treatment of prostate, head and neck, and lung cancers treated with IMRT. IMRT is an advanced cancer treatment that pinpoints complex radiation doses on tumors as it minimizes radiation damage to healthy surrounding tissues. With help from Siemens Medical Systems, more hospitals are emerging as advanced cancer centers that are able to offer this new treatment technology. Because of these latest advances and Siemens' patented radiation oncology radiation oncology n. The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers. radiation oncology solutions, even community hospitals like Monmouth Medical Center are able to offer the highest quality of cancer care. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Adam Raben M.D., chairman of the Monmouth Medical Radiation Department, "The option patients have of traveling only a short distance from home to receive radiation treatment is especially appealing, since their health care facility is right at their back door -- and patients are receiving better care than ever before possible -- regardless of location." The symposium will provide information to help other community hospitals set up an IMRT program such as at Monmouth Medical Center. Speakers will discuss the scope of establishing an IMRT site from treatment planning In radiotherapy, Treatment Planning is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, medical radiation physicists and dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer. Typically, medical imaging (i.e. , through imaging tools, the delivery process, and administrative implementation issues In the Business world, companies frequently set-up a connection between which they transfer data. When the connection is being set-up, it is referred to as implementation. When issues occur during this phase, they are known as implementation issues. . Dr. Jack Yang, chief medical physicist at Monmouth Medical said, "Though IMRT needs special support from all different levels inside the Radiation Oncology Department, we proved that this technique can be achieved in a community hospital. Although IMRT generates more QA issues for physicists, with the seamless workflow provided by the state-of-the-art treatment equipment, we can maintain superior quality in delivering the accurate dosage to our patients. The benefit of IMRT will make this treatment technique become the standard for the next few years." One advantage of the Siemens solution for IMRT is the use of the SIMTEC SIMTEC Simulation Technology (TM) Delivery System software, especially designed to deliver IMRT in an automated, verifiable manner that decreases total time to set up and deliver in patient treatments. When the Siemens linear accelerator linear accelerator: see particle accelerator. linear accelerator or linac Type of particle accelerator that imparts a series of relatively small increases in energy to subatomic particles as they pass through a sequence of is equipped with productivity tools such as the Multileaf collimator (MLC (MultiLevel Cell) A flash memory technology that stores more than one bit per cell. Traditional flash memory defines a 0 or 1 bit based on a single voltage threshold. ), Virtual Wedge, remote table movement and SIMTEC for a sequential delivery process, the need for walking into and out of the treatment room to rotate the gantry Gantry A name for the couch or table used in a CT scan. The patient lies on the gantry while it slides into the x-ray scanner portion. Mentioned in: Computed Tomography Scans , move the treatment table, or to remove or place blocks or wedges is eliminated. Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group manufactures and develops a wide range of radiation therapy products for the worldwide oncology market. The latest innovations in Siemens cancer-fighting equipment are demonstrated in the state-of-the-art showroom at their world headquarters in Concord, Calif. The website address is www.sms.siemens.com/ocsg. The company is part of Siemens Medical Engineering Group, Erlangen, Germany, one of the largest suppliers of healthcare services in the world. The Medical Engineering Group employs 19,000 worldwide and reported fiscal year-end Fiscal Year-End The completion of a one-year, or 12-month, accounting period. Notes: The reason that a company's fiscal year often differs from the calendar year and does not close on Dec 31, is due to the nature of company's needs. sales of $5 billion. In the U.S., the Oncology Care Systems Group is part of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. Iselin, N.J., which employs nearly 4,500 people in the U.S. and reported annual sales of approximately $1.8 billion. Note to Editors: SIMTEC and VIRTUAL WEDGE are Trademarks of the Oncology Care Systems Group of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. |
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