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The seamless integration of IQM into the Elekta ecosystem promises significant clinical advantages for Radiation Therapy Clinics all over the world. Quality Assurance becomes an integral and fully automated part of the clinical treatment planning and delivery process. Automated online data acquisition at every control point and real-time treatment verification of every beam segment provide […]

  The first fully automated verification system available in radiation therapy The innovative IQM detector technology in combination with its high precision calculation algorithm automatically verifies the accuracy of the radiation delivery during the patient treatment. Using IQM provides significant advantages for every modern Radiation Therapy clinic: Improved accuracy By automatically checking and verifying various

Medical Physicists at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) compared the sensitivity of the IQM System to beam energy changes against 4 other conventional methods, The team measured baseline data for a 6MV beam on an Elekta Versa HD with the five following methods: Beamscan 3D scanner with PTW Semiflex 3D ionization chamber (PTW) Daily QA3 (Sun

Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is one of the leading hospitals in the US. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles After detailed investigation of an early IQM system by John DeMarco, PhD, Elizabeth McKenzie, PhD,  and Benedick Fraass, PhD, the center is implementing use of a new IQM system on their Elekta Versa

MedEuropa currently operates radiation therapy centers in 4 Romanian cities (visit www.medeuropa.ro for more information). The MedEuropa cancer center in the capital, Bucharest, is equipped with 3 state-of-the-art Elekta linear accelerators. These linear accelerators deliver every modern treatment technique to over 180 cancer patients each day, from Stereotactic treatment techniques applying 6FFF and 10FFF energies,

The Department of Oncology and Radiation Therapy at the University Hospital in Pilsen is one of the largest cancer clinics in the Czech Republic with an ever-increasing number of patients. Their newly installed state-of-the-art Elekta Infinity Linear Accelerator will be independently monitored with the Integral Quality Monitor (IQM) System. IQM attached to the Elekta Infinity

The AZ (Algemeen Ziekenhuis) Turnhout is the first hospital in Belgium to provide a new level of patient safety for its cancer patients by investing in the IQM System. The two state-of-the-art Elekta Versa HD linear accelerators installed at the Radiotherapy Department at AZ Turnhout allow the clinical staff to treat complex tumors with submillimeter

The recently released IQM software version 1.8 offers a variety of unique clinical features. For example, the IQM Monitor Application offers increased flexibility, with expanded Watch and Action Level options like asymmetric threshold definition for upper- and lower-level deviations and many more. The new IQM Reports document every step of the treatment delivery process with

The National Institute of Neoplastic Diseases in Surquillo (Lima), Peru, better known as INEN, is the first Radiation Therapy Center in South America to use the unique clinical advantages of the IQM System. Click here for more information about INEN. The Radiation Therapy Center at INEN operates 2 state-of-the-art Elekta Infinity and 2 Elekta Synergy

The Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden uses real-time monitoring during radiotherapy delivery. The Integral Quality Monitor (IQM) System from iRT Systems GmbH in Koblenz, Germany, allows for real-time monitoring of treatment accuracy as well as for efficient quality assurance. “With this system, additional time-consuming measurements