Patient positionning robotic arm exacure

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Since more than a decade BEC cooperates closely with leading treatment centers and research institutes in radiotherapy. Based on this massive experience and knowledge we designed a system that complies with or even exceeds the requirements for future patient positioning. With exacure we offer a cutting-edge system that flexibly combines robotic patient positioning with additional modules for high-end radiotherapy. A game changer for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in recent years was the development of compact accelerator-based neutron sources (CANS) that are now being placed in hospitals, an environment much more suited to clinical applications than a research reactor, which is where patients previously had to undergo BNCT treatment. Most research reactors are not well equipped to handle patients, and there were only a few reactors where patients could undergo BNCT. (https://www.iaea.org) The challenging requirements for CANS that are used for BNCT treatment differ substantially from the requirements for systems used in conventional radiotherapy, as material properties are degraded by the neutron irradiation. Depending on the spectrum of the neutrons the exposure limits the lifetime of components or makes them even unsuitable for BNCT treatment. The patented exacure system from BEC is a certified medical device that meets those challenging requirements and ensures patient safety during BNCT treatment with the full range of functions, including patient positioning and imaging.