First Clinical Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Treatment Completed With Elekta Synergy(R) S at General Hospital Vienna

ATLANTA, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, January 31, General
Hospital Vienna successfully completed its first Volumetric Modulated Arc
Therapy (VMAT)* treatment. The hospital is one of the first in the world to
carry out this innovative cancer treatment option.

VMAT technology provides a simultaneous control of the linear
accelerator gantry position and speed, the leaves and angle of the
multileaf collimator and dose rate. This flexibility enables highly
conformal cancer treatments, as well as optimal sparing of the healthy
tissue around the target. In addition, VMAT significantly reduces patient
treatment times, leading to greater patient comfort and stillness for a
more efficient and precise treatment.
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