Accuray is a radiation therapy company that develops, manufactures, and sells radiation therapy systems to deliver treatments including stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and

stereotactic body radiation therapy Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT), also called stereotactic external-beam radiation therapy and stereotaxic radiation therapy, is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position the patient and precisely deliver rad ...

(SBRT). It is the developer of innovative technologies, the CyberKnife and

TomoTherapy Tomotherapy is a radiation therapy modality, in which the patient is scanned across a modulated strip-beam, so that only one “slice” (Greek prefix “tomo-”) of the target is exposed at any one time by the linear accelerator (linac) beam. ...

platforms, including the Radixact System, the latest generation TomoTherapy platform. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA,

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. The platforms are installed in leading healthcare centres in approximately 50 countries globally.

History

Accuray was founded in 1990 by

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, a Stanford neurosurgeon, and commenced commercial operations in 1992. In February 2007, Accuray was registered under the ticker NASDAQ:ARAY. In 2011, Accuray completed its $277 million acquisition of TomoTherapy Inc., creator of advanced radiation therapy solutions for cancer care. In 2012, the company acquired Morphormics for a total $5.7 million. Morphormics was founded by

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faculty and specialized in developing imaging software. In 2015, Accuray signed an agreement with RaySearch Laboratories AB to integrate treatment planning support for TomoTherapy, Radixact and CyberKnife. In July 2019, Accuray joint venture with CNNC Accuray in

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received the license for operating in China.

References

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