Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center latest to join growing global customer base for X-Rad 225Cx
NORTH BRANFORD, Conn., June 18, 2012 – Precision X-Ray Inc. (PXi), the leader in biological specimen cabinet irradiators and radiation research systems, has a growing international customer base for one of its newest models, the X-RAD 225Cx. The X-RAD 225Cx combines high-accuracy cone beam CT imaging and high-dose orthovoltage radiation treatment in a single, fully-shielded platform. This promotes more accurate treatment planning and improved tumor targeting.
Many of the leading research facilities across the globe including the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI-AVL) in the Netherlands, Princess Margret Hospital in Ontario, the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Maryland and Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina have purchased the X-Rad 225Cx. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the latest research facility to purchase the small animal image-guided radiotherapy system (IGRT). This marks the second installation in New York, following New York University.
“The X-RAD 225Cx allows for complex 3D image guided treatments to be quickly completed with accuracies not previously possible,” said Peter A. Rowland, vice president, Research and Development, Precision X-Ray, Inc. “Our customers have seen the value of this powerful small animal cabinet irradiator and are incredibly pleased with the results. We live up to a strict global standard, which is demonstrated through our customer base, and are helping research to understand, control and ultimately treat cancer in the clinic.”
Over the last four years a team of scientists at the Princess Margaret Hospital has developed, in partnership with Precision X-Ray Inc. (PXI), the first commercially produced small animal Image Guided X-Ray Irradiation System, the X-RAD 225Cx.
“This work came about from University Health Network’s (UHN) own need of having pre-clinical cancer research tools which mirror IGRT treatments done in the clinic,” said Dr. David Jaffray, co-inventor and Head of the Radiation Physics Department at the Princess Margaret Hospital. Richard Hill, co-inventor and senior scientist at UHN’s Ontario Cancer Institute added it takes a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and physicists working together to create an innovation such as this. “We are fortunate to have this critical mass here at UHN,” he said.
Precision X-Ray offers a full line of X-ray irradiation systems as well as options for applications including scientific, pharmaceutical and preclinical research. They are known for the reliability of their systems and their commitment to customer service and satisfaction. Precision X-Ray offers field and in-house service, free lifetime telephone support and preventative maintenance contracts to ensure that their customers’ machines are operating at peak performance. For more information, please call 203.484.2011 or visit us at www.pxinc.com.
About Precision X-Ray
North Branford, CT-based Precision X-Ray (PXi) is the leader in small-animal cabinet irradiators and radiotherapy research systems worldwide. PXi provides easy-to-operate, reliable, safe and cost-effective X-ray imaging and X-ray irradiation systems for applications in translational, industrial, and pharmaceutical research. The company actively develops new applications in these markets and designs new equipment to meet customer applications needs.
Customers of Precision X-Ray include prestigious hospitals, medical schools, universities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, government and major independent research facilities around the globe. For more information, please visit www.pxinc.com or call 203.484.2011.