RADIATION TECHNIQUES AND MACHINES, CHANGING ERA WITH HALCYON
1. CHANGING ERA OF RADIATION TREATMENT WITH
HALCYON-E
• CHANGING ERAOFRADIATION
TREATMENT WITH
HALCYON-E
DR. REKHA ARYA - MBBS.MD
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST (CONSULTANT )
YASHODA CANCER HOSPITAL, SANJAY
NAGAR -GHZIABAD
5. CHANGING ERA OF RADIATION TREATMENT
Cobalt-60 Proton beam therapy
6. Linear accelerators, commonly known as linacs, are machines used
in various fields, including medical treatment (radiation therapy),
research, and industrial applications. Here are some examples of
linac machines:
1. Varian- TrueBeam , UNIQUE, CLINAC IX, TB STX, VITAL BEAM ,
Truebeam edge ,ethos ,halcyon
2. Elekta- Synergy ,Synergy platform ,harmony ,Hpro, unity, compact
,Elekta varsaHD
3. Siemens Oncor Impression
4.Accuray CyberKnife ,Tomotherapy
5.Toshiba Primus
6.Mitsubishi ML-10
7.Philips SL25
Many more…..
7. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COBALT 60 & LINACS
• Radioactive source
• Gamma rays
• Specific energy level
(1.17 and 1.33 MeV)
• Longer treatment times
• Shielded room
• Less maintenance
• Limited half-life,(5.26
years)
• Lower dose rate
• No Radioactive source
• Xrays
• Produce X-rays of
varying energy levels
• Shorter treatment times
• No need of too much
shield
• More maintenance
• No such half life
• High Dose Rate
8. What Is Game changer
• Its MLCS IN LINAC (linear accelerator )
9. • The Multi-Leaf Collimator is a device used in radiation therapy to
shape the radiationbeam to conform to the shape of the tumor.
• It consists of a series of movable leaves or vanes that can be
adjusted to create a custom-shaped aperture for the radiation
beam.
• This helps in deliveringa more precise dose to the tumor while
minimizingexposure to surroundinghealthy tissues.
• made up of a series of individualleaves, which are often composed
of a high-density material such as tungsten. Tungsten is commonly
used in medical radiation therapy because of its ability to effectively
block and attenuate X-rays.
10. How we do treat patient on cobalt -60
2D- PLANING
29. Features of Halcyon-E
•Installation of the machine
takes only 14 days and
sometimes even less.
•100% IGRT for precise
delivery.
•New generation dual-layer
multileaf collimator.
•Proximal bank-28pairs (56)
•Distal bank -29pairs (58)
There is (.1%)interleaf
leakagein other machines its
approx .5%
•High image quality.
• 2rpm collimeter speed
,4rpm gantry speed
30. Features of Halcyon-E
.Couch mounted camera
fast and sharp
multidimensional
visualization ~ 15 seconds.
•Human-centred design with
100 cm-wide bore.
•Dose rate – 800mu/min
•6mv single energy triple FFF
•FASTEST Treatment time
less than 90 sec.
• Improved workflow
efficiency