Caption: Thomas "Rock" Mackie stands with gantries for medical radiation therapy equipment being assembled at TomoTherapy's manufacturing facility in Madison, Wis., on Feb. 21, 2011. Founded in 1997, TomoTherapy now has 350 employees in Madison. In March 2011, Accuray, a California-maker of radiation surgery equipment, purchased TomoTherapy with plans to maintain at least the manufacturing process in Madison. Mackie is co-founder and chair of TomoTherapy; professor of medical physics at the School of Medicine and Public Health, and professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also serves as lead investigator for medical devices at the Morgridge Institute for Research.
Photo: Jeff Miller
Date: 2011
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Caption: Assembly technician Ken Harlson installs electrical components on a medical radiation therapy unit being assembled at TomoTherapy's manufacturing facility in Madison, Wis., on Feb. 21, 2011. Founded in 1997, TomoTherapy now has 350 employees in Madison. In March 2011, Accuray, a California-maker of radiation surgery equipment, purchased TomoTherapy with plans to maintain at least the manufacturing process in Madison. TomoTherapy was co-founded and is chaired by Thomas "Rock" Mackie, a professor of medical physics at the School of Medicine and Public Health, and a professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also serves as lead investigator for medical devices at the Morgridge Institute for Research.
Photo: Jeff Miller
Date: 2011
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Caption: Thomas "Rock" Mackie stands with gantries for medical radiation therapy equipment being assembled at TomoTherapy's manufacturing facility in Madison, Wis., on Feb. 21, 2011. Founded in 1997, TomoTherapy now has 350 employees in Madison. In March 2011, Accuray, a California-maker of radiation surgery equipment, purchased TomoTherapy with plans to maintain at least the manufacturing process in Madison. Mackie is co-founder and chair of TomoTherapy; professor of medical physics at the School of Medicine and Public Health, and professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also serves as lead investigator for medical devices at the Morgridge Institute for Research.
Photo: Jeff Miller
Date: 2011
High-resolution JPEG