TomoTherapy

Dayton Physicians L.L.C. now offers patients a revolutionary new cancer treatment, the TomoTherapy® Hi-Art® treatment system. TomoTherapy is an effective treatment for head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, brain cancer and others. Its advanced system:

• Acquires 3D images of tumors before every treatment.
• Delivers precise treatments in rotating beams of radiation that constantly modulate to the exact size and shape of the tumor.
• Targets large, small and multiple lesions.
• Minimizes radiation to healthy tissue.
• Provides the most advanced and integrated cancer treatment system available today.

The TomoTherapy system is housed within the Radiation Oncology Department at the Miami Valley Hospital. Before a patient receives TomoTherapy, a detailed three-dimensional image is taken of the area being treated. The physician then uses special software to “paint” on the image, identifying specific regions to receive radiation, and those areas to remain untouched.

Conventional radiation therapy machines deliver a wide beam or radiation from only a few angles. The Hi-Art treatment system uses its unique CT scanner design to deliver radiation continuously from all angles around the patient. And, it features patented beam-modulating technology that divides a single beam into many smaller, narrow “beamlets.” More angles and more precise modulation result in dose distributions that conform to tumors like never before. This, in turn, minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

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