Medical Design and Outsourcing

  • Home
  • Medical Device Business
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Financial
    • Regulatory
  • Applications
    • Cardiovascular
    • Devices
    • Imaging
    • Implantables
    • Medical Equipment
    • Orthopedic
    • Surgical
  • Technologies
    • Contract Manufacturing
    • Components
    • Electronics
    • Extrusions
    • Materials
    • Motion Control
    • Prototyping
    • Pumps
    • Tubing
  • Med Tech Resources
    • Subscribe to Print Magazine
    • DeviceTalks Tuesdays
    • Digital Editions
    • eBooks
    • Manufacturer Search
    • Medical Device Handbook
    • MedTech 100 Index
    • Podcasts
    • Print Subscription
    • The Big 100
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • Whitepapers
    • Video
  • 2022 Leadership in MedTech
    • 2022 Leadership Voting!
    • 2021 Winners
    • 2020 Winners
  • Women in Medtech

VR Radiotherapy Teaching at the University of Applied Sciences, Vienna

May 25, 2017 By University of Vienna

(Credit: University of Vienna)

A combination of a Virtalis ActiveWall and Virtual Environment Radiotherapy Training (VERT) software is enabling radiotherapy treatments to be taught using VR technology, completely eliminating both time pressure and danger to patients.

Already in use at teaching hospitals, the latest institution to take delivery of a VERT system is The University of Applied Sciences, Vienna.

The life-like stereoscopic VR software immerses the student into a typical treatment room at a 1:1 scale, featuring a virtual patient on a treatment table with the linear accelerator above. The student controls VERT using the same controller that is used for real linear accelerators, with the controller both able to move the both the virtual table and the linear accelerator in order to achieve the correct positioning of the patient. The radiotherapy beam is visible as a virtual light beam. CT-sectional images, organs and dose distribution in the body caused by the radiotherapy is represented graphically in 3D.

The installation is the first VERT in Austria.

“Vienna’s VERT system has the Christie Mirage WU12K-M at its heart,” says Sönke Dierking, systems team manager at Virtalis GmbH which was in charge of installation project planning. “Active shutter glasses provide optimal channel separation in the 3D visualisation and the back-projection is also critical, as it eliminates any shadowing. This VERT system is further proof, if proof were needed, that VR has truly arrived in the sphere of interactive learning.”

VERT is able to mimic patient radiation treatment from linear accelerators from Varian, Elektra and Siemens. VERT software was developed by the late Prof Roger Phillips and James Ward of the University of Hull and by Prof. Andy Beavis from Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and is now sold by Vertual Ltd.  Swiss company, Medincura in Lucerne, is the distributor of VERT systems in the region.  Medincura has integrated the VERT system into a complete training system for radiation therapy. This training system simulates the typical clinical workflow – Therapy Planning System (TPS) – Oncological Information System (OIS) – Virtual Simulation System (ProSoma) – Treatment (VERT).

David Mayerhofer is an instructor and researcher in the BSc programme for radiography at The University of Applied Sciences, Vienna which has approximately 5,400 students.  He explains, “Students don’t just learn pure theory – they also learn the practical applications of radiotherapy.  With the various simulated treatment rooms, they’re able to practice proper patient positioning.  This is extremely important, since each position change leads to a different distribution of radiation doses”.

Related Articles Read More >

Biological Toolkit of Cells Assembled Like Legos
New Technology Keeps Eye On Babies’ Movement In The Womb
Robots Won’t Replace Teachers But Can Boost Children’s Education
Artificial Placenta Created In Laboratory

DeviceTalks Weekly.

August 5, 2022
DTW Medtronic's Greg Smith lays out supply chain strategies
See More >

MDO Digital Edition

Digital Edition

Subscribe to Medical Design & Outsourcing. Bookmark, share and interact with the leading medical design engineering magazine today.

MEDTECH 100 INDEX

Medtech 100 logo
Market Summary > Current Price
The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.
DeviceTalks

DeviceTalks is a conversation among medical technology leaders. It's events, podcasts, webinars and one-on-one exchanges of ideas & insights.

DeviceTalks

New MedTech Resource

Medical Tubing

Enewsletter Subscriptions

Enewsletter Subscriptions

MassDevice

Mass Device

The Medical Device Business Journal. MassDevice is the leading medical device news business journal telling the stories of the devices that save lives.

Visit Website
MDO ad
Medical Design and Outsourcing
  • MassDevice
  • DeviceTalks
  • MedTech100 Index
  • Medical Tubing + Extrusion
  • Medical Design Sourcing
  • Drug Delivery Business News
  • Drug Discovery & Development
  • Pharmaceutical Processing World
  • R&D World
  • About Us/Contact
  • Advertise With Us
  • Subscribe to Print Magazine
  • Subscribe to E-newsletter
  • Attend our Monthly Webinars
  • Listen to our Weekly Podcasts
  • Join our DeviceTalks Tuesdays Discussion

Copyright © 2022 WTWH Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media LLC. Site Map | Privacy Policy | RSS

Search Medical Design & Outsourcing

  • Home
  • Medical Device Business
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Financial
    • Regulatory
  • Applications
    • Cardiovascular
    • Devices
    • Imaging
    • Implantables
    • Medical Equipment
    • Orthopedic
    • Surgical
  • Technologies
    • Contract Manufacturing
    • Components
    • Electronics
    • Extrusions
    • Materials
    • Motion Control
    • Prototyping
    • Pumps
    • Tubing
  • Med Tech Resources
    • Subscribe to Print Magazine
    • DeviceTalks Tuesdays
    • Digital Editions
    • eBooks
    • Manufacturer Search
    • Medical Device Handbook
    • MedTech 100 Index
    • Podcasts
    • Print Subscription
    • The Big 100
    • Webinars / Digital Events
    • Whitepapers
    • Video
  • 2022 Leadership in MedTech
    • 2022 Leadership Voting!
    • 2021 Winners
    • 2020 Winners
  • Women in Medtech