4 MV Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for Radiotherapy with Indigenous Treatment Couch

In radiation therapy for cancer management (a) I. Indigenous technology for the state-of-art machine; II. Cost effective and better treatment machine for radiotherapy in the country; III. Specifications are comparable with the commercially available machine around the world (b) Radio therapy is given by Cobalt-60 or LINAC machines. WHO has specified LINAC as a preferential treatment modality as compared to Cobalt therapy due to: - better depth does and skin sparing characteristics; - precise field definition; - actual dosimetry.