British lab taps Nucletron radiotherapy technology
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), a national measurement institute in Teddington, England, has purchased a Flexitron afterloader from Nucletron, an Elekta company.
NPL will continue to offer its brachytherapy calibration service with the new afterloader, and ensure source calibrations in radiotherapy centers remain traceable to NPL's primary standard. Veenendaal, The Netherlands-based Nucletron and NPL have collaborated since 1992.
Flexitron is designed to treat both very small and very large tumors without reconnections, in 1 mm steps, according to NPL. Determination of source positions is enhanced with Nucletron's reference source positioning system, which defines dwell positions in absolute values.
NPL will continue to offer its brachytherapy calibration service with the new afterloader, and ensure source calibrations in radiotherapy centers remain traceable to NPL's primary standard. Veenendaal, The Netherlands-based Nucletron and NPL have collaborated since 1992.
Flexitron is designed to treat both very small and very large tumors without reconnections, in 1 mm steps, according to NPL. Determination of source positions is enhanced with Nucletron's reference source positioning system, which defines dwell positions in absolute values.