Three-dimensional treatment-planning firm Computerized Medical Systems of St. Louis has changed its name to CMS, a move designed to simplify the name as part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its corporate identity. In addition to the name change, the firm has both upgraded and expanded its current product line.
CMS reported that its Focal line of software for CT simulation and network planning has been expanded to work with other vendors’ products. In addition to working with its XiO treatment-planning system, Focal is now tested and approved to work with Philips Medical Systems’ Pinnacle and Varian Medical Systems’ Eclipse planning systems. CMS is also at work to validate Focal with other systems, such as those from Nomos, BrainLab, and MDS Nordion.
The Focal product line is a CT simulation software package that includes fusion capability for automatic registration of CT, PET, MRI, and other images without manual manipulation.
The vendor also unveiled the latest iteration of its XiO 3-D and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) radiation treatment-planning systems at the annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in San Diego earlier this month. XiO’s latest 4.1 release includes new features such as the ability to plan multiple patients or sessions, enhanced support for Varian accelerators, and the capability to add blocks to multileaf collimator (MLC) fields.
The firm said it would also be releasing into the U.S. market its Dynamic Conformal Arc MLC Support, pending Food and Drug Administration 510(k) approval. In addition, CMS plans on introducing enhancements to XiO’s IMRT program in 2004, such as dose-volume histogram (DVH) constraints, pencil-beam optimization, and intensity-map review.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 19, 2003
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