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2005-10-19 News Headlines Medical
Device
Philips Medical Systems
Advances in
Radiation Oncology Healthcare Technology
Medical technology of leading oncology healthcare solutions for advances
in Image Guided Radiation Therapy to help physicians.
Philips Medical Systems, a division of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:
PHG, AEX: PHI) unveiled advances in its portfolio of leading oncology
solutions that advance Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and help
physicians more accurately target tumors, improve cancer therapy planning
and delivery, thereby decreasing potential side effects.
Philips is introducing the AcQSim3, now the only commercial full CT Simulation
system on the market with absolute marking. Other highlights on display
include a new version of Pinnacle3, the industry leading oncology platform
with integrated simulation, image fusion, 3D planning and Intensity Modulated
Radiation Therapy (IMRT) software modules. These technologies are on display
at the 47th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology
and Oncology (ASTRO), Colorado Convention Center, in Denver.
Philips
Medical Systems
At ASTRO, Philips is focusing on advances to help improve cancer treatment
planning and delivery accuracy in IGRT. Image guidance helps clinicians
to manage their patients throughout the treatment process by providing
patient-specific data upon which to base therapy decisions. Armed with
these tools, clinicians are able to more accurately deliver therapy and
avoid harming healthy surrounding tissue. The inclusion of multi-modality
anatomic, temporal and functional image data (CT, MR, PET and/or SPECT)
into the therapy process provides the clinician with the most comprehensive
information needed to define the target, optimize the treatment process
and deliver the most benefit to the patient.
The integration of Philips imaging and treatment planning technologies
helps hospitals, centers and clinics to cost-effectively implement IGRT
using products already on the market. Solutions from Philips CT, MR, Ultrasound,
Cardiovascular, PET/CT and Nuclear Medicine business lines combine to
provide various forms of image guidance that help users more accurately
define and monitor their targets (i.e., a tumor). Philips IGRT technologies
improve workflow, and ultimately, help the clinic improve patient outcomes.
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"Philips is committed to providing customers with leading-edge oncology
solutions, including IGRT," said Keith Tipton, general manager, oncology
systems for Philips Medical Systems. "To us, IGRT is not just about images
taken in the treatment room, but more importantly it means increased tumor
definition and accuracy in simulation and planning on the front end of
the process, and therapy monitoring throughout the course of care."
Philips AcQSim3 CT simulation software includes Syntegra image fusion,
absolute marking, and incorporates the latest advances in oncology imaging
(CT, MR, PET and SPECT) to help provide a more accurate definition of
a patient's tumor. Absolute marking allows clinicians to more precisely
mark the exact coordinates of a tumor, which increases workflow and saves
time.
New Products on display at ASTRO
Philips is also introducing the Pinnacle3 Workstation Version 8.0, which
now includes the first toolset for Model Based Segmentation* (MBS) software.
Philips MBS is designed to provide clinicians with anatomical templates
that can be dragged and dropped onto the patient's image data, and then
automatically adapt their shapes to fit the patient's organs. This helps
reduce the time spent by oncologists and dosimetrists manually drawing
contours around organs and other anatomical structures, delivering more
accurate data representations. Syntegra automated image registration has
also been embedded directly into the Pinnacle3 and AcQSim3 software applications
with the release of software version 8.0.
"Using Pinnacle3 with AcQSim3 is giving our productivity a boost," said
Kathy Mah, senior planning physicist, Department of Medical Physics, Sunnybrook
& Women's, Toronto. "Now, with one consolidated system for all our simulation,
planning and IMRT needs, our efficiency planning has improved. With the
enhanced functionality and accuracy we are experiencing with Pinnacle3
and AcQSim3, our patients are, in turn, receiving an even more advanced
level of care."
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands activities include healthcare,
lifestyle and technology with 159,700 employees in more than 60 countries,
it has market leadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patient
monitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting and silicon
system solutions.
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