Swedish radiation therapy software firm RaySearch Laboratories and radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, have collaborated to introduce three new software modules.
The modules, available in the latest release of Varian's Eclipse treatment planning system, are designed to optimize conventional 3D conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT), radiobiological evaluation, and radiobiological optimization, according to RaySearch of Stockholm.
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