Sentences with phrase «linear accelerators deliver»

Patients are sedated or anesthetized for treatment, although briefly because the linear accelerator delivers the radiation dose quickly.

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Among the advances that have already been made are linear accelerators that generate higher - energy radiation beams, and more versatile patient tables that enable radiation doses to be delivered to the tumor from a variety of angles and directions.

Utilizing treatment planning software with PET / CT and MRI fusion capability, the treatment is delivered with a state - of - the - art linear accelerator equipped with on - board imaging and intensity - modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) capabilities.

In 1954, an era where only 5 % of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma survived, Drs. Henry Kaplan and Edward Ginzton invented the first medical linear accelerator in the Western Hemisphere to deliver therapeutic radiotherapy (RT) with improved accuracy and potency, leading to curative outcomes in a group of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma.

The transmission control program delivers a more linear response to accelerator input, and hence a more dynamic feeling.

This beast, pictured below, is «a compact - channel linear accelerator that fires a high - explosive round at incredible speed, delivering both kinetic and explosive force to both hard and soft targets alike.»