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THE PEACOCK
RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM
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The Peacock Radiosurgery System is the latest in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). IMRT is an approach to confromal radiation therapy that conforms a high dose to the target (tumor) volume while restricting dose to the sorrounding sensitive structures.
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In IMRT, the beam intensity is varied across the treatment field. Rather than being treated with a single, large, uniform beam, the patient is treated instead with many very small beams: each can have a different intensity. By cross firing the tumor with these beams, the physician delivers a relatively uniform radiation dose to the tumor, but protects sensitive, sorrounding tissue from high-dose radiation. |
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450 Clarkson Ave / Brooklyn, NY 11203
Tel: 718 270 1593
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DEPT. OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY
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