RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ), a company involved in software for radiation therapy, announced on Monday that Clinica El Rosario in Colombia is the first RaySearch customer in South America to go live with treatment planning system RayStation for Accuray's Radixact System.

The firm has also been awarded a contract by Clinica El Rosario for oncology information system, RayCare. The clinic operates two advanced linear accelerators, the Artiste from Siemens, which uses IMRT and IGRT, in addition to the region's first installation of the Radixact System from Accuray. Missing until now was suitably advanced software to get the best results from the hardware installed.

The installation includes clinical-class capabilities for 3D conformal planning, IMRT, physician review and contouring, multi-criteria optimisation, auto breast planning, fall-back and electron planning, and deformable registration. RayStation supports planning for Accuray's Radixact System; the treatment planning software was produced in collaboration with Accuray.