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As part of the Administration’s ongoing efforts to strengthen cybersecurity in health care, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a memorandum of agreement to implement a new framework for greater coordination and cooperation between the two agencies for addressing cybersecurity in medical devices.

ExacTrac Dynamic is the next generation of ExacTrac X-Ray, a clinically proven positioning and monitoring solution for radiotherapy treatments. Since its release in 1999, ExacTrac systems have been used in more than one million treatments worldwide.

Optimized for oncology and radiology applications, the FCT Embrace, combined with other market-leading oncology solutions, offers enhanced and efficient CT Simulation with radiotherapy treatment planning capabilities.

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute has entered into a research agreement with Elekta, under which AHN will utilize Elekta’s magnetic resonance radiation therapy system (MR/RT), Elekta Unity, to investigate new treatment standards, imaging protocols and treatment planning methodologies for a variety of cancers.