Every linac vault has a base frame. How do you remove a linear accelerator base frame? A History of Base Frames In the 90’s and early 2000’s, most Varian linear accelerators installed globally included a base frame that consisted of…
Pleasant Patient Experience Over the past several years, patient experience has become an increasingly important measure of performance for clinics and hospitals. Whether a patient feels comfortable and relaxed during a visit can impact a hospital’s ranking and even its…
Varian low/single photon energy linear accelerators manufactured in the 1970’s through the early 1990’s often contain depleted uranium shielding (also referred to as counterweights). Depleted uranium is a radioactive material that must be handled appropriately during the removal and disposal…
With the announcement of a new contract for Ion Beam Applications to install proton therapy systems in Arkansas and Albuquerque, some industry insiders are revising their thoughts on this cancer treatment’s potential. Widely perceived as being on the decline, proton…
There is a buzz in the radiotherapy world about a new linear accelerator in the works from Siemens Healthineer’s Varian Division. The TrueBeam will be 12 years old next year, and a new, dual-energy model from the world’s top linac…
Durante aproximadamente la última década, EE.UU. se ha convertido en un ‘mercado de reemplazo’ para los aceleradores lineales (LINAC), lo que significa que las máquinas de radioterapia antiguas están siendo reemplazadas por máquinas nuevas en una base de 1:1. Si…
Los aceleradores lineales tienen dos componentes diferentes que permiten tomar imágenes del paciente mientras el paciente está en el acelerador: Dispositivos de imágenes MV. Estos dispositivos, también denominados EPID (Electronic Portal Imaging Devices), producen una imagen del paciente mediante el…
¿Buscas un colimador de hojas múltiples (MLC) para usar junto con un acelerador lineal (LINAC)? Esta tecnología es imprescindible para la atención oncológica actualizada. En ROS, hay una variedad de sistemas MLC disponibles para mejorar sus opciones de atención médica…
Radiation Oncology Departments that provide Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) Treatments know the advantage this therapy offers for both patients and providers. Patients can be on the road to recovery with fewer treatments, and facilities can accept a…
Radiation oncology facilities running older versions of ARIA®* and Mosaiq®* have a real challenge. If their systems crash, or if they experience a ransomware hack, bad things can happen: Varian and Elekta no longer offer older software versions, so they may…