 I am Dr. Vathiraj, HOD and consultant radiation oncologist, Manipal Hospital's old depot route Bangalore. Department of Radiation Oncology was started in the year 1992. Since then we have upgraded our technology constantly and currently we have Electra Infinity Linear Accelerator which is capable of 3D conformal radiation, IMRT, V-MAT, stereotactic radiotherapy, stereotactic radio surgery and ABC Respiratory Treatments. And we also have a 4D big board CT simulator, Varian Gamma Met Brachytherapy System, Varian Eclipse Treatment Contouring Workstations and ADAC Pinnacle Treatment Planning Workstation. And we are a part of this multi-speciality hospital where we have ancillary supportive department and our department is closely associated with the radiology department where we use PET CT scan, MRI and other imaging modalities for treatment planning. Hi, I am Dr. Zahid, consultant radiation oncology, Manipal Hospital's Bangalore. Our department is equipped with Electra Infinity Linear which is among the latest machines in the department. And we can do 3D CRTs, IMRTs, V-MAT, IGRTs and stereotactic radiation. We are also equipped with total body irradiation capacity and our machine has onboard cone beam CT for the image guidance checking mechanisms. I am Dr. Zahid Kaurthalapur. I am a consultant radiation oncologist in Manipal Hospital Bangalore. Our department has updated its radiation technology over time to time and are currently offering a wide range of radiation therapy facilities. First is 3D CRT or 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy. 3D CRT uses 3-dimensional imaging modalities with highly sophisticated computer software to generate 3-dimensional representation of the tumor and the surrounding normal critical structures. This enables the radiation oncologist to tailor the size and shape of the radiation beam precisely to the target thereby reducing the radiation dose to surrounding critical normal structures. This technique is mainly used for the treatment of cancer of uterine cervix, cancer of uterus, cancer of motion passage or cancer of breakdown and breast cancer. I am Marti, intensity modulated radiation therapy. This is one of the advanced form of 3D CRT. In I am Marti, each radiation beam is divided into multiple small beams or beamlets. The strength or intensity of each of these beamlets can be modified by using some sort of beam modification devices which is attached to the radiation machine. This technique is mainly useful if you have to treat with a very high dose to the tumor as in prostate cancer and when the target is very close to radio-sensitive critical structures like head and neck cancer where spinal cord is coming into the world. IGF is a technique which is usually coupled with high MRPs and various other ability treatments like SBRPs and SRS. Image guidance IGF makes use of imaging technology while doing the radiation delivery to improve the accuracy and precision of radiation treatment. So usually the radiation machine or linear accelerator will be equipped with imaging modalities from specific imaging techniques like convient CTs or X-rays. So just before the treatment or during the delivery we will acquire an image. This image is compared with the reference image, reference CT-simulative image. Then necessary corrections are applied to the patient position. Volumetric modulated arc therapy or rematch. This is a routine thing which we use in our department for treating many of the cancers. This is actually the technique is intensity modulation only but the help of linear accelerator we are able to do arc treatment. So this is mainly used for the treatment of various head and neck cancers prostate cancer, lung cancer, pancreas cancer, like so. Hi, I am Dr. Melvin. I am a physician called just at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore. So what you see now is a 4D CT simulator machine which is dedicated to our department from Philips. And it's a big board CT as you can see, meant for immobilization devices which is used for treatment planning process. And the advantage of big board CT is that the immobilization devices can easily go in without any problems. And also we use the CT for a 4D CT which is meant for tumors that move with respiration like kashnama lungs and tumors of the liver. I am Dr. Sanjeev Sharma. I am a senior consultant at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore. I have nearly 30 years of experience. I have been associated with this hospital for close to 28 years. I have a long experience in all the modern techniques of radiation. So I have a large experience on doing radiotherapy and all kinds of modern, confirmable forms of radiation like IMRT, IGRT, you know, radiosurgery and image-gathered radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiotherapy. Department of Radiation Oncology is a part of Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Centre and we discuss our cases, all the difficult cases in multi-disciplinary tumor pool for the best treatment for a patient.