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Denmark's Odense University Hospital delivers stereotactic radiation
| . DOTmed::Language=HASH(0x5569f784a2f8)->translator()->translate(text=>'An Interview with') .qq| Loren Bonner of DOTmed.com, Inc. | July 24, 2013
DOTmed: Tell us about this purchase. Thanks to Odense University Hospital's (OUH) new Versa HD™ system from Elekta, the delivery of the third and final stereotactic radiation treatment for a 69-year-old male lung cancer patient was almost three times quicker than his first two sessions delivered on OUH's existing radiation therapy system. The third "fraction" took 2.5 minutes to deliver the treatment versus seven minutes required on the existing linear accelerator.
By eliminating the middle cone beam CT scan and delivering the beams faster, OUH physicians can now reduce the stereotactic slot from three 10-minute slots to two 10-minute slots.
DOTmed: Any final thoughts? On June 3 – the date of the 69-year-old patient's third treatment – physicians harnessed the system's Agility™ 160-leaf multi-leaf collimator and High Dose Rate mode. Combining High Dose Rate mode with Agility™ meant the patient received his stereotactic treatment in a much shorter time.
DOTmed: Why was the winner vendor chosen? Versa HD is a sophisticated radiation treatment system designed to enhance the management of cancer care and treat a broad spectrum of tumors throughout the body. The market's most advanced linear accelerator, Versa HD is a single system capable of delivering conventional therapies for indications commonly seen in the clinic, while also permitting treatment of complex cancers that require exceptional targeting accuracy.
