Getting to Know the Vital Beam Radiotherapy Machine
The Vital Beam radiotherapy machine is an innovation in radiotherapy that uses electricity to produce high-energy X-rays to specifically target cancer cells and destroy the tumor, while minimizing the impact on surrounding tissues. This offers a high-quality treatment for patients.
How Vital Beam Works
The operation of the Vital Beam radiotherapy machine includes:
- Using the Guide Workflow system with a Control Console, Hand Pendant, and bed control system, along with setting up modern and advanced values. There are signals to indicate the steps in the workflow, making it convenient for patients.
- Outstanding in imaging, it can verify the correct position for treatment, ensuring accuracy and efficiency. With various pre-treatment imaging systems like kV, MV, Fluoroscopy, CBCT, it supports automatic operation modes. It can take images while the patient is undergoing treatment to ensure the correct position is being targeted, improving the efficacy of patient care. It supports advanced radiation techniques like IMRT, VMAT, or RapidArc.
- Supports treatment along with the Respiratory Gating system, which uses radiation while monitoring the disease’s position via respiratory signals. This ensures treatment on areas within organs that constantly move.
Highlights of Vital Beam
Doctors and caregivers can verify the treatment position and do Online Image Approval at the Treatment Console, confirming the correct treatment position before starting radiation.
- The Vital Beam radiotherapy machine supports multiple energy levels, thus it can select the energy suitable for the medical needs and each patient’s treatment plan.
- The Vital Beam can be utilized for complex treatment techniques due to its modern, versatile, and adjustable functions, allowing for the selection of functions as per the requirements and appropriateness of treatment effectively.
- Organs close to the tumor and surrounding organs receive lesser radiation impact. The possibility of complications is low.
- Treatment time is reduced to just 3 – 5 minutes, making it convenient, quick, and reducing discomfort from lying down for an extended period.
The goal of radiation therapy is to heal cancer patients or to support patients to have a better quality of life. Hence, in addition to the patient’s physical and mental readiness, the nature and severity of the cancer, the expertise of the medical team, and the tools and technology used are important as they help increase the success rate of the treatment and minimize possible side effects for the patient.
Information : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Lertsanguansinchai, Director of Cancer Patient Care, Bangkok Hospital Cancer Wattanosoth
For more information
Radiation Therapy Center, Bangkok Hospital Cancer Wattanosoth
Tel. 02 310 3000 or call 1719
