ST.
LOUIS, Mo., May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Radialogica LLC and Scientific RT GmbH
announced a pre-clinical version of SciMoCa™ for the Elekta
Unity MR-Linac has been successfully validated at IRCCS Sacro
Cuore-Don Calabria Cancer Care Center in regard to accuracy and
integration within the demanding real-time adaptive workflow.
Naturally, Monte Carlo dose
computation is essential for irradiation in a magnetic field but
there are challenges in achieving calculation times that fit within
the time constraints of online treatment adaptation workflow.
"The results of SciMoCa have been very impressive from the
start, both in terms of accuracy and performance," said
Dr. Ruggero Ruggieri, MSc, Head of Medical Physics department
at IRCCS Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Cancer Care Center. "We are
expecting that the clinical version will be a huge advance in our
quality assurance of treatment adaptation."
"The implementation of Unity support in our Monte Carlo-based secondary dose calculation
has been an exciting project that built on our collective
experience of 25 years of Monte
Carlo development. I think the final result is a significant
step forward not only for patient care but also in terms of its
scientific novelty. The collaboration with Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria
was a tremendous help for us, for which we are hugely grateful,"
said Dr. Markus Alber, Chief Executive Officer of Scientific
RT.
By adding support for the Unity MR-Linac SciMoCa strengthens its
already broad support for Elekta treatment machines ranging from
legacy devices to the most modern Linacs, from full-size MLCs to
stereotactic collimators, and offering both state-of-the-art custom
beam models as well as generic beam models compatible with Elekta's
Accelerated-Go-Live offering. With Unity support SciMoCa
demonstrates its real-time capability for Monte Carlo-based dose calculations including
logfile-based computations.
Radialogica, a privately held company based in St. Louis, is a healthcare analytics company
focused on radiation oncology for cancer patients. They provide
software tools and analytics services to providers, payers and
clinical trials sponsors with the goal of enhancing quality of
care, improving patient outcomes, and reducing the physical and
financial burden of cancer survivorship.
Scientific RT, a privately held company based in Munich, is a scientific consulting and
software development company specialized in medical physics. It has
worked with the majority of global players in radiotherapy to
provide tailored leading-edge software solutions and consulting for
dose computation and dose optimization and maintains strong
international links to academia.
CONTACT:
Andrew Cowen
andy@radialogica.com
800-515-9132 ext. 101
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