Hitachi Probeat proton beam therapy system online at M. D. Anderson

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Jul 3, 2006

Hitachi Medical Systems America of Twinsburg, OH, has completed installation of its Probeat proton beam therapy system at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Probeat is designed to produce and deliver a proton beam for the treatment of patients with localized tumors and other conditions susceptible to treatment by radiation.

M. D. Anderson and Hitachi broke ground on the $125 million radiation oncology complex in June 2003.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
July 4, 2006

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Hitachi gets FDA proton beam device approval, June 21, 2006

CAD Sciences, Hitachi partner on MR protocol, December 1, 2005

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Road to RSNA, Hitachi Medical Systems America, November 9, 2005

Road to RSNA, Hitachi Medical Systems America, November 4, 2005

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