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I-Beam is a self-contained mobile patient positioning system that uses ultrasound to confirm the location of target organs or tumors. This localization is accomplished with an advanced target imaging tool called CPS Technology. An ultrasound probe is moved over the target area and a 3-D image of the tumor and surrounding tissue is produced using a unique coordinate positioning system.
Some organs, such as the prostate, move within the patient from day to day and even within a given day. As a result, a previously developed treatment plan may no longer be effective. Treatments that require daily localization of this kind include those for cancers of the prostate, female pelvis, pancreas, breast and liver.
The conventional approach to this problem is to include in the treatment plan a margin of error, which leads to exposing healthy tissue to radiation. I-Beam™ enables this margin of error to be reduced significantly. I-Beam™ can be used in conjunction with IMRT as well as conventional radiation treatment.
