After conversion of a standard clinical linac, it can deliver a FLASH beam with a dose rate 3000 times higher than used for conventional radiation treatment. (Courtesy: Mahbubur Rahman) Researchers ...

Mercy Health – Lorain continues to grow its radiation oncology services, with the addition of a new, upgraded linear accelerator, also known as a LINAC. Lake Shore Electric is featured program at ...

BOSTON — On a recent Wednesday morning at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a team of two radiation therapists, a radiation oncologist, and a physicist sat glued to a screen filled with black-and-white ...

After an almost two-year shutdown for repairs and upgrades, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is beginning to fire back up for its next phase of probing the mysteries of physics. Its newest particle ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The medical linear accelerator, commonly known as LINAC ...

Elekta EKTAY recently announced that its Elekta Evo CT-Linac has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA, making the system available to radiation oncology professionals across the United States. Evo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Object 1978.1073.01.1 is the first ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Linear accelerator (LINAC), which was approved in 2003 for cancer treatment, has not been installed ...

This webinar will share the results of end-to-end dose measurements for spine stereotactic radiosurgery quality assurance test in both MR-Linac and a conventional linac. Treatment plans were generated ...

This Collection showcases original research on linear accelerator (LINAC) technologies, covering topics from the design and optimisation of LINAC components and beam diagnostics, to emerging ...

The inner ring is the MRI bore which performs the imaging of the patient. The outer ring is the gantry on which the linear accelerator (linac) that produces the radiation for treatment is mounted. The ...

The MR Linac machine combines two technologies – an MRI scanner and a linear accelerator – to precisely locate tumours, tailor the shape of X-ray beams in real time, and accurately deliver doses of ...