Precision of MRgRT with Elekta Unity MR-Linac helps patients with rectal cancer avoid colostomy
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Elekta Unity
See the difference
More than confident
Certain
Elekta Unity is an MR-Linac with continuous, anatomy specific MR imaging and comprehensive motion management for precision radiation therapy.
With Unity you can see clearly, can adapt to change and be certain you are delivering the treatment you prescribed.
Every time.
The certainty of
Dose optimization
Efficiency
Success
Partnership
The certainty of
Clarity
See what you could never see before with anatomy-specific MR imaging
Uncompromised system design with 1.5T MR
Clear visualization of targets and organs at risk
New possibilities for personalized treatment with Biology-guided radiation therapy (BgRT)
See what you could never see before with anatomy-specific MR imaging
Uncompromised design
Our uncompromised approach to magnet design ensures Unity delivers real-time, diagnostic quality 1.5T MR imaging, even during gantry rotation
Pancreas T2 Nav
Abdomen 3D Vane XD
Pelvis cine
Head and Neck cine
Brain T1w
Brain T2w
Brain T2 FLAIR
Visualize the target and OARs with certainty
With the versatility of a library of optimized, anatomy specific imaging sequences, you have the right options for each patient to visualize the target and OARs clearly and with certainty
See difficult to visualize structures
Our imaging sequences, optimized for high contrast, high resolution and speed will allow you to even see difficult-to-visualize structures. See small oligomet nodes, low contrast lesions, intra-prostatic lesions, urethra, neuro-vascular bundle and seminal vesicles clearly
Biology-guided RT
And as a practical and clinical platform for Biology-guided RT, Unity can drive further personalized treatment based on the patient’s biology.
Learn moreThe certainty of
Dose
Optimization
Improve outcomes with reduced margins and safe dose escalation
Manage interfraction and intrafraction motion
Reduce margins and safely escalate dose
Fully adaptive system–adapt each and every fraction
Online adaptive with Comprehensive Motion Management
Market-leading diagnostic quality imaging with powerful algorithms and technology to quantify movement and correct for it automatically, as it happens.
- More than simply Automatic Gating for precision treatments
- Freedom to choose the right motion management strategy for every patient
- Seamlessly integrated workflow
50 Gy in 5 fractions led to excellent 1-year local control with no severe toxicity
Stereotactic ablative radiation for pancreatic cancer on a 1.5 Telsa magnetic resonance-linac system. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phro.2022.10.003
Improve local control
Elekta Unity combines accurate, diagnostic quality MRI with precise radiation delivery—a unique combination which provides superior soft tissue visualization of the relationship between the tumor and surrounding anatomy allowing you to confidently escalate daily dose.
The escalated treatment dose is focused on the tumor at every moment, leading to increased protection of healthy tissue and providing opportunities for better outcomes and fewer side effects.
Reduce toxicity
Advanced organs at-risk sparing
The Unity system’s unparalleled accuracy helps you to reduce margins without risk to healthy tissue, increasing dose effectiveness while decreasing side effects
Onboard 1.5T MRI allowed us to visualise and target a recurrent seminal vesicle lesion which would have remained occult on CT. We were confident we were treating the lesion and could do so with a reduced PTV margin.
The certainty of
Efficiency
Treat more patients with fewer fractions
Hypofractionation for shorter treatment courses
Integrates into existing clinic workflow
Remote access for efficient contouring and plan approval
Treat more patients with simplified and intuitive MRgRT stereotactic radiotherapy
- Unity opens up the possibility of shorter treatment courses through hypofractionation and fast MRgRT fraction times
- Unity is a high productivity system and can deliver SBRT treatments in 25 minutes
- For prostate cancer, for example, Unity can deliver stereotactic treatments in just 2 fractions
Using ultra-hypofractionated MR-guided radiotherapy you are able to deliver prostate treatments in just two fractions*
* 24 Gy in 2 fractions (boost to 27 Gy over tumour/prostate CTV). HERMES trial.
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Remote access
Review, adapt and approve plans from anywhere
Review, adapt and approve stereotactic MR-guided online adaptive radiation therapy plans from anywhere, with remote online access. Unity Remote provides remote access to the Unity console allowing clinicians to review and approve online adapted plans from any device, anywhere—enabling the clinician to see the online treatment planning system as though they were at the console.
The certainty of
Success
Deliver the best treatment today, and tomorrow
Comprehensive onboarding and dedicated support
Disease-site best practice protocols for success from day one
Experts by your side throughout system lifecycle
By your side for a smooth start
Elekta Unity is backed by comprehensive training and go-live support, with our experts by your side throughout the system lifecycle to optimize results today and tomorrow. With the possibility of system installation in just 10 weeks, along with comprehensive go-live support and disease-site best practice protocols, you're equipped for success from day one.
The certainty of
Partnership
Learn from every patient treated
Join peers sharing treatment data and best practices
Shape treatment standards of care to improve outcomes
Benefit from MOMENTUM, the largest registry for adaptive RT
Progress through collaboration
MR-Linac Consortium
Unity is not just a system–it gives you access to our experienced and open MR-Linac Community for peer support, making you part of the present and future of RT. Join radiation oncology peers sharing treatment data and best practices. Comprehensive training programs and peer-to-peer programs are offered to upskill your department and drive workflow efficiency. Elekta Unity is a result of expert collaborations, and its progress continues to be shaped by world-class minds and unrivalled experience.
Dr. Alison Tree speaks on the MR-Linac Consortium
Indications
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Elekta Unity Resources
Brochure
Whitepapers
Elekta Unity Comprehensive Motion Management Explained
Kevin Brown, MBE FInstP CPhys, Distinguished Scientist
Elekta Unity for Magnetic Resonance Radiation Therapy (MR/RT)
KJ Brown, PhD, Research and Innovation Elekta
J Goldwein, MD, Medical Affairs Elekta
L de Vries, Real-time Adaptive Radiotherapy ElektaElekta Unity Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Radiation Therapy
Bjorn Stemkens, PhD
Marieke van Grootel-Rensen, MSc
John Christodouleas, MD
Marijn Kruiskamp, PhD
Eveline Alberts
Kevin Brown, MBE FInstP CPhys
Latest FOCUS articles
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Webinars
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Videos
Elekta Unity overview
Elekta Unity General
CMM animation
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Elekta Unity Emerge Video
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Electron return effect and its impact on MR/RT
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Clinical importance and advantages of Elekta Unity
Clinical Experience
Elekta Unity for rectal cancer
Clinical Experience
Elekta Unity for bladder cases
Clinical Experience
Elekta Unity for head and neck cases
Clinical Experience
Tips and tricks for easy patient setup for Elekta Unity
Clinical Experience
Alison Tree, MD, PhD: Elekta Unity benefits
MR-Linac Consortium
Helena Verkooijen, MD, PhD: Elekta Unity and MOMENTUM
MR-Linac Consortium
Hypothesis testing program - Veronica DellAcqua
MR-Linac Consortium
MR-Linac Consortium Annual meeting 2023
MR-Linac Consortium
Case Studies
Single kidney patient turned down for therapy has treatment on Elekta Unity
Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar-Verona, Italy
Invasive muscle bladder adapted treatment with Elekta Unity
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London UK
The power of daily adaptation for rectal cancer
UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Enabling MR guided SBRT treatments for prostate cancer
Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar-Verona, Italy
Patient Testimonials
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