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Prowess to Appear on the Alexander Haig's Health Journal Television TV Series - August 21, 2005 on CNBC (as Paid Programming).


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 (as Paid Programming) (sted Prowess to Appear on the Alexander Haig's Health Journal Television TV Series - August 21, 2005 on Bravo! (as Paid Programming)).

The corrected release reads:

PROWESS TO APPEAR ON THE ALEXANDER HAIG'S HEALTH JOURNAL TELEVISION TV SERIES - AUGUST 21, 2005 ON CNBC (AS PAID PROGRAMMING)

Multi-Media Productions (USA), Inc. announces the appearance of Prowess, Inc. on Health Journal Television, hosted by General Alexander Haig.

While the ultimate cure for cancer continues, great strides have indeed been made in diagnosis and treatment, especially in the area of Radiation Oncology radiation oncology
n.
The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers.


radiation oncology 
. On this segment of Health Journal Television, we'll learn what Prowess is doing to help meet the challenges of better treatment options.

Dr. Cedric Yu from the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
  • University of Maryland, College Park, a research-extensive and flagship university; when the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to this school
 noted, "By licensing a new invention from the University of Maryland, Prowess Inc. provides a unique new inverse planning technique for 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,  called Direct Aperture Optimization, or DAO dao
 or tao

In Chinese philosophy, a fundamental concept signifying the correct or divine way. In Confucianism, dao signifies a morally correct path of behaviour.
. It directly optimizes delivery parameters in one step. As the result, the number of segments per beam needed to meet the user's requirements is 50% to 65% less than other inverse planning systems on the market.

At the same time, John Nguyen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Prowess added, "Another innovation unique to Prowess, is called Jaws-Only IMRT. It uses only the jaws of the collimator collimator (kol´imātur),
n a diaphragm or system of diaphragms made of an absorbent material and designed to define the dimensions and direction of a beam of radiation.
 to shape the beam, effectively eliminating the need for any other beam-shaping device, including an 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.  or blocks. This feature allows hospitals to offer IMRT replacing or upgrade their equipment."

About Prowess, Inc.

With over 750 installed sites worldwide, Prowess is an international provider of medical software products and services for the radiation therapy community. Prowess pioneered PC based treatment planning systems almost 20 years ago. The company still embraces its Medical Physics base and this is reflected in products that are clinically reliable, fast and easy to use.

Prowess' mission is to improve patient care by creating network based radiation therapy treatment planning systems with affordability, superb value and highly advanced technological features. Users can significantly expand their capabilities through low-cost additional licenses and workstations.

For more information, visit http://www.prowess.com

About Health Journal Television

HJTV airs on CNBC (as paid programming) and the Bravo! Network (as paid programming), and may also be viewed on United Airlines' in-flight TV and through video on demand via wbrtv.com. The HJTV Series is also available at more than 90 college universities.

For a market-by-market airing schedule, please visit http://www.healthjournaltv.com/broadcast/1624cnbc.html or email Moniqueh@mmpusa.com.

For more information, visit http://www.healthjournaltv.com
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