A linear accelerator is a large machine that sends radiation to a patient’s tumor, killing cancer cells with the goal of weakening and, hopefully, eventually destroying the tumor. This is called ...

One downside of the linear accelerator (linac) is that the length of the drift tubes has to be increased as the velocity increases making the machine rather large and difficult to construct for ...

New radiotherapy machines at Colchester Hospital have already helped half appointment times for cancer patients. The Varian Halcyon linear accelerator machine at Colchester Hospital is part of a ...

Enabling works have begun this week on an expanded radiology unit at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital which will double CT scanning capacity in Hawke’s Bay to ensure more locals can ...

They are used widely in the automotive and aerospace industries, for machine construction, and by medical product manufacturers. Linear accelerators (linacs) may vary in length, from a couple of ...

The machines can capture 4D imaging and monitor respiratory motion. The Australian government has invested $3.8m (A$6m) to install two new linear accelerators at Gosford Hospital’s Central Coast ...

Central University Hospital announced on the 10th that it has introduced a state-of-the-art linear accelerator that can ...

Willis Knighton Cancer Center celebrate groundbreaking research on radiation therapy. According to Willis Knighton, physicist ...