University Clinic Heidelberg Introduces New TomoTherapy® TomoHD™ Radiation Therapy System

February 10, 2011 – TomoTherapy Incorporated (NASDAQ: TOMO), maker of advanced radiation therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer and other diseases, today announced that University Clinic Heidelberg, one of the top radiation oncology institutes in the world, is expanding its cancer treatment capabilities with the introduction of the TomoHD™ radiation therapy system. This is the first TomoHD system to be installed in Germany. Patient treatments commenced on February 3, 2011.

In March 2006, University Clinic Heidelberg became the first facility in Germany to offer helical image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) using TomoTherapy’s Hi·Art® treatment system. The addition of the TomoHD radiation therapy system almost five years later will provide clinicians more flexibility to treat a broader patient population.

By combining TomoHelical™ and TomoDirect™ delivery modes, the TomoHD treatment system is a multi-purpose treatment system designed to efficiently target a broad range of cases requiring radiation therapy. The system’s TomoHelical technique allows for continuous 360-degree delivery of radiation for complex treatment volumes, while the TomoDirect modality enables clinicians to choose multiple discrete angles for highly efficient treatment of more common targets.

source: TomoTherapy