Medical Services
Radiation Treatments
Advanced Radiation Treatment
Memorial Cancer Institute is on your side with a full range of high-tech radiation therapy options.
- Brachytherapy — Internal radiation therapy, where different types of radiation delivery devices, known as particles or “seeds,” are implanted directly into affected areas
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) — Radiation treatment made more accurate by guiding external beams with sophisticated imaging equipment
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) — External-beam radiation therapy using multiple beams that vary in intensity
- RapidArc® Radiation Therapy — Highly precise and fast radiation treatment technology
- CyberKnife® Radiosurgery — Advanced technology that is noninvasive and greatly reduces the number of treatments
- Interventional Radiology — Advanced therapeutic procedures performed by radiologists that use techniques other than radiation
- Total Body Irradiation (TBI) — A type of radiation therapy using high-energy X-rays to stop cancer cells from growing
MIM Maestro Software
MIM Maestro software provides our radiation oncologists with a powerful set of tools, especially for multi imaging treatment planning. This state-of-the-art technology allows our radiation specialists to perform advanced deformable registration—the ability to virtually fuse and register a pair of images to each other—in just seconds. Such fusing of diagnostic images allows us to:
- Visualize at-risk organs
- View the extension of the tumor
- Contour critical nerves
- Pinpoint areas that will receive greater doses of radiation
- Guide targeted therapy
- Truly combine CT, MRI and PET scans
The software also has the capability of fusing together the electronic data from previous radiation treatment plans with the information from a new plan, allowing radiation oncologists to accurately view areas of the body previously treated with radiation. This reduces the risk of over-treating patients with radiation.
Your multidisciplinary treatment team will determine if radiation therapy will be part of your cancer treatment, and find the best solution to fight your cancer.
Please call Memorial Cancer Institute to schedule an appointment: 954-265-4325, or email us.
