Image-Guided Radiotherapy
Non-invasive, state-of-the-art imaged-guided radiotherapy, also known as image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) involves taking frequent images during a course of radiation therapy to improve the precision and accuracy of the radiation delivery.
In IGRT, the linear accelerators (machines that deliver radiation) are equipped with imaging technology that takes pictures (X-rays, 3-D ultrasound or CT scans) immediately before or during the radiation delivery. Specialized computer software compares these images to the images taken during the CT simulation.
Necessary adjustments can then be made to the patient's position for more precise targeting. With this level of accuracy, the radiation fields can be made even tighter around the tumor, resulting in more accurate delivery of dose to the tumor and minimal impact to adjacent normal tissue. By minimizing radiation to your body, IGRT gives you the safest, most accurate treatment available.
Image-guided radiation therapy is used for a variety of cancer treatments, but it is especially useful for patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer.
IGRT Clarity Breast & Prostate System
IGRT Clarity Breast & Prostate System is a non-invasive, state-of-the-art system that allows the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine team to precisely locate the cancer with 3-D ultrasound and CT technology; adjust radiation treatment to its precise dimensions; and treat only those targeted cancer cells, rather than healthy cells. This minimizes radiation to your body, and gives you the safest, most accurate treatment available. IGRT Clarity Breast & Prostate System is available at Lake Forest Hospital and Grayslake Outpatient Center.
Locations Performing this Treatment
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 East Huron StreetChicago, Illinois 60611place -
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
1000 N. Westmoreland RoadLake Forest, IL 60045place -
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Cancer Center
10 Health Services DriveDeKalb, IL 60115placePhone 815.756.5255 -
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Grayslake
1475 E. Belvidere RoadPavilion A, First FloorGrayslake, IL 60030placePhone 847.582.2134 -
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Delnor
304 Randall RoadGeneva, IL 60134placePhone 630.232.0610 -
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville
4405 Weaver PkwyWarrenville, IL 60555placePhone 630.352.5450 -
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Cancer Center
4305 Medical Center DriveMcHenry, IL 60050placePhone 815.344.8000 -
Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Cancer Center
1310 N. Main St.Suite 201Sandwich, IL 60548placePhone 815.786.9197 -
Northwestern Medicine Grayslake Outpatient Center
1475 E. Belvidere RoadGrayslake, IL 60030place