| | | | | determine how to deliver the prescribed dose and |
| Linear Accelerator | | | | calculate the amount of time it will take the |
| A linear accelerator (LINAC) is the device most | | | | accelerator to deliver that dose. Radiation therapists |
| commonly used for external beam radiation | | | | operate the linear accelerator and give patients their |
| treatments for patients with cancer. The linear | | | | daily radiation treatments... |
| accelerator can also be used in stereotactic | | | | |
| radiosurgery similar to that achieved using the gamma | | | | How is safety ensured ? |
| knife on targets within the brain. The linear | | | | Patient safety is very important. During treatment |
| accelerator can also be used to treat areas outside | | | | the radiation therapist continuously watches the |
| of the brain. It delivers a uniform dose of high-energy | | | | patient through a closed-circuit television monitor. |
| x-ray to the region of the patient's tumor. These | | | | There is also a microphone in the treatment room so |
| x-rays can destroy the cancer cells while sparing the | | | | that the patient can speak to the therapist if needed. |
| surrounding normal tissue. A linear accelerator is also | | | | Port films (x-rays taken with the treatment beam) |
| used for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy | | | | are checked regularly to make sure that the beam |
| (IMRT)... | | | | position doesn't vary from the original plan. |
| | | | | The linear accelerator sits in a room with lead and |
| How does the equipment work ? | | | | concrete walls so that the high-energy x-rays do not |
| The linear accelerator uses microwave technology | | | | escape. The radiation therapist must turn on the |
| (similar to that used for radar) to accelerate electrons | | | | accelerator from outside the treatment room. |
| in a part of the accelerator called the "wave guide", | | | | Because the accelerator only gives off radiation when |
| then allows these electrons to collide with a heavy | | | | it is actually turned on, the risk of accidental |
| metal target. As a result of the collisions, high-energy | | | | exposure is extremely low. Indeed, pregnant women |
| x-rays are scattered from the target. A portion of | | | | are allowed to operate linear accelerators... |
| these x-rays is collected and then shaped to form a | | | | |
| beam that matches the patient's tumor. | | | | Please log on to : |
| The beam comes out of a part of the accelerator | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| called a gantry, which rotates around the patient. The | | | | |
| patient lies on a moveable treatment couch and | | | | We Care Core Values |
| lasers are used to make sure the patient is in the | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| proper position. Radiation can be delivered to the | | | | you as the centre. |
| tumor from any angle by rotating the gantry and | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| moving the treatment couch... | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| Who operates this equipment ? | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| The patient's radiation oncologist prescribes the | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| appropriate treatment volume and dosage. The | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| medical radiation physicist and the dosimetrist | | | | across the sub continent. |