“AlignRT has certainly helped reduce the pitch and roll in our pelvis patients as well as reducing the number of CBCT’s required per patient. This means a reduction of dose and time in the room for the patient.”
Precise, accurate, non-invasive and comfortable for patients
Radiation therapy for prostate cancer demands extreme precision to accurately target the prostate while minimizing radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissues like the bladder and rectum. Any inaccuracy in positioning or movement during treatment can increase the risk of side effects and negatively impact patient outcomes and quality of life.
AlignRT offers real-time and non-invasive monitoring to help ensure accurate positioning and alignment throughout therapy, minimizing the risk of damaging healthy tissue and improving patient outcomes.
Further streamlining the process, Vision RT’s Postural Video module provides real-time positional guidance, accelerating setup and corrections. Paired with its “send to couch” functionality, our solution ensures faster, more efficient patient setup.
With AlignRT, the risk of side effects and treatment time can be reduced 1. For prostate patients, this could mean spending less time on the radiation treatment couch with a full bladder, alleviating one of the most uncomfortable aspects of treatment.
Research on Prostate Treatments with SGRT:
For prostate treatments, AlignRT offers unparalleled precision and patient-centric care.
| Set-up for prostate radiation therapy can be challenging and time-consuming. Prostate patients are treated with a full bladder, so speed (without sacrificing accuracy) is a critical factor. Customer data shows a 53% reduction in treatment times.¹ |  |
Combining the use of AlignRT with daily gold standard IGRT gives better imaging results from the first time, supporting a potential reduction in concomitant dose. The advanced set-up with AlignRT has eliminated repeat imaging in 66% of prostate cases.²
A study found that using SGRT led to faster positioning times for 53% of all studied patients and faster matching times for 87.5%. Repositioning and consequent reimaging decreased from approximately 7% to 2%. The study concluded, “The quality of patient positioning before ion-beam treatments has been optimized by using SGRT without additional imaging dose. SGRT clearly reduced inefficiencies in the patient positioning workflow.”³
Prostate workflow with SGRT:
Plan
MapRT provides the freedom to explore a greater variety of non-coplanar beams, optimizing target conformality and reducing the dose to organs at risk (OAR). It eliminates the need for complicated re-plans and QA checks, streamlining the treatment process. Additionally, by removing the need for dry runs, MapRT reduces the number of patient visits.
Treat
AlignRT optimizes prostate radiation therapy by ensuring a fast workflow without sacrificing accuracy. User data demonstrates a 53% reduction in treatment times1, whilst eliminating repeat imaging in 66% of cases2.
Dose
DoseRT enhances precision by verifying that the patient remains in the correct position throughout the treatment session. Capturing real-time imaging of dose delivery, allows clinicians to detect and correct any unintended shifts, ensuring the prescribed dose is accurately delivered to the target while minimizing exposure to surrounding organs.
Hear from users on their clinical experiences:
Catherine Russell Assistant RT Manager Alfred Health Radiation Oncology Melbourne, Australia
“We were thrilled to find that incorporating SGRT into the prostate patient setup process reduced reimaging rates and therefore reduced the amount of time our patients had to maintain a full bladder.”
Stephanie Parker, MS, FAAPM Medical Physicist
“With the introduction of the postural module, we have now started to use AlignRT to set up our pelvis patients. It has been a tremendous help in reducing the pitch and rotations prior to imaging. We are seeing an improvement in our CBCT data as a result.”
Suzanne Coupland Advanced Imaging Lead Radiographer Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Another benefit of using AlignRT for prostate treatments is the reimbursement options, which can help clinics ease the financial burden for patients & healthcare providers. AlignRT allows you to capture an additional code for everyday treatments, including charging for SGRT with IMRT, IGRT, 3D-CRT, and SRT, in many cases.
Vision RT partners with ReveLution, a revenue cycle company, to provide you with 1:1 consults and audits to help you maximize your SGRT reimbursement opportunity. To request a Proforma AlignRT SGRT Analysis Summary email us at usmarketing@visionrt.com.
AlignRT also allows clinics to differentiate themselves from competitors by highlighting their offer of the option for tattoo and mark-free treatments. The website SaferRadiationTherapy.com connects providers with patients.
1. Ashley Towers, RT(T), Radiation Oncology Supervisor, Wake Forest Baptist Health, High Point NC: “Effectiveness of SGRT to Reduce the Rate of Repeat CBCTs for Prostate Patients”, SGRT USA 2022.
2. Amy Shaw, Technical Lead Radiographer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust: “Measuring and Improving Radiotherapy Delivery Efficiency with SGRT Implementation”, SGRT Europe 2022.
3. Qubala et al., (2023). Optimizing the Patient Positioning Workflow of Patients with Pelvis, Limb, and Chest/Spine Tumors at an Ion-Beam Gantry based on Optical Surface Guidance. Advances in Radiation Oncology, [online] 8(2), p.101105. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.101105.
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