French cancer centres pick C-RAD's Surface Image Guided Radiation Therapy
June 30, 2017
June 28, 2017 – C-RAD announced today an order to equip five treatment machines with the latest SIGRT solution for two cancer centers located in the Bretagne in France. The customer had already previously equipped their CT's with C-RAD's Sentinel 4DCT™ solution.
Both cancer centers belong to a privately-owned healthcare group that provides radiotherapy to their patients in the Hospital Saint-Vincent in St. Gregoire and Hospital de la Côte d'Emeraude in St. Malo.
The Catalyst HD system will be delivered with the complete software suite for DIBH (Deep Inspiration Breath Hold) and SRT (Stereotactic Radiation Therapy). The C-RAD SIGRT (Surface Image Guided Radiation Therapy) solution is packaged with modules for patient positioning, respiratory gating and motion monitoring during treatment.
C-RAD provides interfaces to seamlessly integrate its products into the workflow, for a maximum in user comfort and patient safety.
The order amounts to a total of approximately 9 mSEK and includes the delivery of the products and a service contract. It is expected to commence delivery and installation in the third quarter 2017. The project is booked as order intake in the second quarter 2017.
“I am pleased to announce the order for this important project. We are looking forward to implementing the features of Catalyst HD to their clinical workflow and to establish a close cooperation with the customer.” says Tim Thurn, CEO and President of C-RAD AB, “The order confirms the strong interest for surface tracking technology in the market. The overall development towards high precision treatments requires to account for patient motion accurately. C-RAD with its cutting-edge surface tracking systems is in a good position to serve the customer with the technology to further improve treatment quality.”