What is Special about Tomotherapy?
Quite simply, tomotherapy represents the future of radiation therapy. The leap in technology from regular radiation therapy is overwhelming. Hi-Art Tomotherapy shares a lot of technology with CT scanners, otherwise known as computerized tomography. The machine even looks like a CT scanner. Some of its amazing capabilities are: • Tomotherapy will do a quick CT scan before each treatment starts, to ensure the patient is aligned perfectly. • A thin beam is rotated around the body, entering from many directions, while the couch simultaneously moves into the machine. This effectively results in thousands of little beamlets of different intensities entering the body, converging on the tumors. • A very powerful multiple-processor computer calculates the treatment plans and coordinates treatment delivery. • Tomo can treat big or little tumors, single or multiple tumors, one region of the body or several regions, to the same dosage in every area or to multiple different dosages. The possibiliti
