Nucletron Announces Oncentra(R) Brachy* Treatment Planning Solution for Multimodality Environment
28/04/2008 09:02
PR Newswire
VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --
- New Anatomy-Based Solution for HDR/PDR Brachytherapy Represents
the Next Generation in DICOM-Compatible, Integrated Cancer Treatment Planning
Nucletron, a knowledge-based
leader in radiation oncology, today announced the introduction of Oncentra(R)
Brachy*, a comprehensive volume-based treatment planning system to optimize
cancer treatment planning with brachytherapy. Oncentra Brachy, the world's
first fully DICOM-compatible treatment planning system, features
state-of-the-art optimization algorithms to ensure efficient treatment. The
new solution provides excellent 3D contouring and margining tools to identify
Regions of Interests (ROIs) on CT or in a multimodality imaging environments
using image registration for CT, MR and PET data.
Oncentra Brachy provides many benefits to clinicians allowing for faster
and easier creation of treatment plans, ranging from simple to complex, in
user-defined workspaces that allow for adaptation to specific clinical
workflows. Real-time information-sharing provides immediate access for the
entire medical team and facilitates the exchange of treatment plans over vast
distances with decentralized planning capabilities. Physicians are able to
evaluate and authorize treatment plans remotely.
"The release of Oncentra Brachy marks the first of some new and exciting
treatment planning innovations forthcoming from Nucletron," said Jeroen
Cammeraat, chief operating officer of Nucletron. "We have set a new benchmark
in technological achievement with Oncentra Brachy that represents the future
of brachytherapy treatment planning. We have worked with our clinical
partners to develop a state-of-the art solution that includes many
sophisticated and powerful new tools to improve patient care."
"Oncentra Brachy opens new possibilities to explore new treatment
techniques for brachytherapy planning that could not be considered before,"
according to the radiation oncology department of the Academic Medical Center
(AMC) in Amsterdam. "As reconstruction and planning on MR data becomes
reality, the user-friendliness of the system provides clinicians and
physicists all the flexibility they need. We are able to create optimal and
accurate plans to yield better treatment for our patients."
Oncentra Brachy is a part of fully integrated solution for brachytherapy
treatment of a wide variety of cancers, giving medical professionals the most
advanced systems to optimally treat patients using brachytherapy.
"As one of the original gamma testing sites for Oncentra Brachy, I am
very pleased with the efficient and flexible tools of this new treatment
planning system from Nucletron," said I-Chow Hsu, M.D., University of
California San Francisco. "After testing the system thoroughly, we are
planning to use Oncentra Brachy exclusively in our center."
Nucletron will have Oncentra Brachy on display at the 2008 World Congress
of Brachytherapy in Boston, MA , May 4-6 , Booth # 120.
* Regulatory clearance in North America is pending.
About Nucletron
Nucletron is a knowledge-based leader in Radiation Oncology, working with
clinical teams to realize innovative solutions that improve patient care.
Nucletron strives to offer the best possible choice of radiation modalities
through integrated products, software and services. Critical to the Nucletron
philosophy is the establishment of close working relationships with
individual clinical teams - reconfiguring traditional boundaries between
customer and solution provider. Many Nucletron employees have clinical
experience delivering oncology care, providing an in-depth understanding of
the complex needs of clinicians. For more information, visit
http://www.nucletron.com.
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