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Aktina Unveils SenoView, a Revolutionary Prone Breast System
AAPM Conference 2011 Vancouver, British Columbia Aktina Medical presented to the AAPM conference a completely unique method for performing prone breast treatments. The Aktina SenoView solves many of the current problems with standard prone breast boards. The SenoView’s patent pending technology allows for complete visibility of the breast from both [...]
South Pasadena Cancer Center Implements PinPoint SRS
South Pasadena Cancer Center, a state of the art outpatient cancer center, was among the first in the Los Angeles area to offer RapidARC treatments. The goal for their SRS/SRT program was to introduce a non-invasive technique with consideration to patient comfort without compromising accuracy. South Padadena took delivery of their [...]
Memorial Sloan Kettering Publishes PinPoint Clinical Data
Using a real-time surface mapping system, MSK compared intra-fractional movement between a set of patients using an invasive Brown-Roberts-Wells stereotactic frame, and a set of patients using Aktina’s non-invasive PinPoint system with vacuum fixation.The observed motion between the sets of patients was reported to be virtually identical: 0.3 ± 0.2mm. [...]
Aktina partners with C-RAD for US distribution of Sentinel.
C-RAD (based in Uppsala Sweden) and Aktina Medical Corporation implement a distribution agreement for the US market. The two companies immediately put into place a US strategy and product training of the Aktina sales force was carried out. Only after a few weeks a first order of a Sentinel system was [...]
Aktina releases 2nd generation PinPoint.
Aktina is proud to announce the release of a second generation PinPoint Frameless SRS system. Responding to the cooperative efforts of Memorial Sloan Kettering and other facilities, Aktina quickly implemented a new version of PinPoint that increases patient comfort, decreases setup time and eliminates collision issues for add-on microMLCs.For more [...]
Advanced ROS Implements PinPoint with Tomotherapy
AdvancedROS clinically implements the Aktina PinPoint Frameless SRS system on their Tomotherapy machine in September of 2009 and since then their patient numbers for both Cranial SRS and Head and Neck have steadily increased. James K. Gerstley, M.D. Radiation Oncologist, Co-Director“We feel more confident implementing SRS on TomoTherapy with the [...]