VMAT Radiation therapy - INTRODUCTION

VMAT is a new Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatment technique that combines the fully digital linear accelerator, 3D volumetric imaging, and advanced treatment planning expertise. This powerful trio delivers focussed radiation in shortest time with minimum dose to the targeted organ, sparing the surrounding critical organs and normal healthy tissues, ensuring safety of patients and the treating team.

Elekta Synergy Linear Accelerator With VMAT Technology - Delhi′s first state-of-the-art Elekta Synergy Linear Accelerator with triple photon and seven electrons energies.

PRINCIPLE -This new technology delivers targeted radiation, with the help of highly sophisticated software, like missile from a computerized satellite. It delivers IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SRT, and SBRT with Arc Therapy. It delivers personalized, safe, efficient and high quality radiation with enhanced dose conformance as per the tumour size, shape and pathology.

• With this new technology, total integral radiation dose has been reduced to one tenth and treatment time to only 2 - 3 minutes as against 30 minutes with older technology. This leads to higher tumour control probability, reduced probability of secondary tumours and minimal side effects.

• It is the next generation arc therapy technique that has established new standards for Radiation Therapy by reducing the treatment delivery time to a few minutes. This reduces the potential for patient motion and enables better patient comfort and tolerance.

1. Personalized, safe, efficient and high quality Radiation Therapy.

2. Enhanced dose conformance as per tumour size, shape and Pathology

3. Reduced (1/10th) total radiation dose to prevent occurence of second primary tumours.

4. Reduced treatment time (1/6th) to prevent inconvenience.

5. Minimal side effects /complications.

6. Higher tumour control probability.