The ViewRay System: Magnetic Resonance–Guided and Controlled Radiotherapy

• Published in: Seminars in radiation oncology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 196 - 199
• Main Authors: Mutic, Sasa, Dempsey, James F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2014
• Subjects: Equipment Design; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; Missouri; Radiation Oncology - instrumentation; Radiology; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Radiotherapy, Image-Guided - instrumentation; Missouri

A description of the first commercially available magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–guided radiation therapy (RT) system is provided. The system consists of a split 0.35-T MR scanner straddling 3 60Co heads mounted on a ring gantry, each head equipped with independent doubly focused multileaf collima...