Siemens shows upgrades at ASTRO

Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group of Concord, CA, is displaying enhancements for its Beamview electronic portal imaging device for radiation therapy at this week’s American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Boston.

The new features include automatic patient identification and reference image display; automatic image display for more accurate patient positioning; the ability to e-mail images; and DICOM compatibility, the company said.

The company is also showing a model of its new Primatom system for image-guided radiation therapy, which consists of a Siemens CT scanner and a Primus linear accelerator. Other Siemens products being displayed include the company's Simtec IMRT delivery system and Mobetron mobile intraoperative radiation treatment system.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 24, 2000

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