by Team NovaGray | Mar 24, 2022 | Innovations
SHORT VERSION A blood sample-based test that assesses the rate of lymphocyte (white blood cell) death after irradiation is currently available in clinical routine. This test assesses the probability of developing late complications after breast or prostate...
by Team NovaGray | Mar 24, 2022 | Innovations
SHORT VERSION The simulation CT scan is performed before radiotherapy initiation. This scan is done in the radiotherapy department and allows to: Identify the area to be treated and the position in which the patient must be placed at each session (tattoo marks on the...
by Team NovaGray | Mar 23, 2022 | Innovations
SHORT VERSION A linear particle accelerator is a radiation therapy machine that creates a radiation beam specifically directed to the tumor to kill cancer cells. This machine is composed of different parts: an electron gun that produces the electron beam an...
by Team NovaGray | Jan 10, 2022 | Innovations
EN BREF Adaptive radiotherapy is a radiotherapy modality in which the treatment plan is adapted in real time, at each session, in function of the changes in position, shape, or volume of the tumor and organs at risk. Adaptive radiotherapy offers the possibility to...
by Team NovaGray | Jan 10, 2022 | Innovations
SHORT VERSION The MRI-guided linear accelerator is a radiation therapy device in which images are acquired by an embedded MRI, not a CT, scanner. Compared with CT, MRI provides higher definition images, particularly of soft tissue tumors, and allows the exact tumor...
