Danish Center Exploring Full Potential of Elekta's Clarity Soft Tissue Imaging to Guide Radiotherapy for Cancer Patients

Danish Center Exploring Full Potential of Elekta's Clarity Soft Tissue Imaging to Guide Radiotherapy for Cancer Patients PR Newswire COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 12, 2012 - Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev investigator to start research projects on role of patient-friendly 3D ultrasound in image guided radiation therapy COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – A pioneer in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) in Denmark, Copenhagen University Hospital (CUH, Herlev) was the first in the country to incorporate MRI in radiotherapy imaging simulation to guide radiotherapy of lung cancer patients. Continuing its tradition of IGRT firsts, CUH is the first hospital in Scandinavia to acquire Elekta's Clarity® soft tissue visualization system with Autoscan. CUH medical physicist Mariwan Baker, M.Sc., will use Clarity to further quantify the value of non-invasive, non-ionizing 3D ultrasound in increasing radiation therapy precision. "3D ultrasound is non-invasive and cost effective, and provides soft tissue information that is complementary to CT images," Baker observes. "Unlike CT, however, Clarity will enable daily imaging prior to treatment, which will help our oncologists account for interfraction variations in the target position and more precisely target the tumor by the prescribed planned dose." The first projects will involve Clarity studies of gynecological and prostate targets. Baker's research, the subject of his Ph.D.