Baptist Hospital East is the first hospital in the Greater Louisville metropolitan area to offer Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery for both intracranial and extracranial applications with integrated movement tracking technology (gating). 

Novalis is a dedicated system for non-invasive, painless stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy (SRS/SRT).  Novalis is the most sophisticated approach to SRS/SRT available today and is quickly becoming the standard of care for advanced cancer treatment with more than 60 sites worldwide.

Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery delivers a precise dose of high-energy radiation to shrink or control the growth of a tumor by killing tumor cells or interfering with their ability to grow. 

By continuously shaping the treatment beam to match the size and shape of a patient’s tumor from all angles, Novalis ensures that the tumor receives the full prescription dose of radiation while protecting healthy tissue.  This innovative technology treats brain, head & neck, spine, liver, lung and prostate lesions, as well as non-cancerous disorders such as acoustic neuromas, trigeminal neuralgia, arteriovenous malformations and certain functional disorders.

Novalis delivers improved outcomes and better quality of life with these innovative features:

• Intensity Modulated Radiosurgery (IMRS) – allows for complete control and customization of dose distribution
• Patient positioning – based on X-ray technology, millimeter accuracy is achieved with precise determination of patient position and location of the tumor
• Frameless patient positioning – automatic couch movement and continuous tracking of the patient’s position allows for correction within seconds of treatment
• Respiratory adaptive gating – detects motion in all dimensions and precisely gates the beams to enable highly accurate doses of radiation to tumors subject to movement due to respiration

The Radiation Center at Baptist Hospital East has a team of specially trained physicists, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, nurses and support staff to provide this cutting-edge technology.

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