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Varian Medical Systems, Inc., headquartered globally in Palo Alto, California, is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics ...
Image formed by the action of x-rays on radiofluorescent material. The type of image produced by the Ximatron.
Industry:Medical devices
A television monitor which displays the fluoro image used with the Ximatron simulator.
Industry:Medical devices
A device that is placed in the path of the X-ray beam to attenuate and flatten it. Filters are placed either in the carousel, which rotates them into position, or on the kVS collimator, on individually motorized filter decks. Beam-hardening filters are metal; beam-shaping filters may be metal or other material.
Industry:Medical devices
Instructions including escape routes for fire or other emergency situations.
Industry:Medical devices
Capability of systems or equipment to be tested in an intended environment at designed levels of efficiency without degradation caused by electromagnetic interactions.
Industry:Medical devices
Electromagnetic radiation that can degrade the performance of a radiotherapy accelerator or other nearby electronic equipment.
Industry:Medical devices
Radiation treatment with electrons. Usually selected for tumors close to the skin.
Industry:Medical devices
A treatment during which the collimator or gantry moves while the beam is on and both the dose rate and the speed of the axis are continually adjusted by the control system. Dynamic wedge and arc treatments are dynamic treatments.
Industry:Medical devices
