PHILADELPHIA /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Varian Medical Systems' new TrueBeam™ system for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery will be publicly exhibited for the first time next week at the 2010 meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) here. During the meeting running from July 18-22, Varian (NYSE: VAR) will also exhibit its next generation Gated RapidArc® radiotherapy technology together with other products for planning and delivering treatments. Varian's cancer treatment technologies are central to presentations and posters slated for presentation at the scientific meeting.
The Varian Exhibit
Varian's TrueBeam is a fully-integrated system designed from the ground up to treat moving tumors with unprecedented speed and accuracy. It incorporates numerous technical innovations that dynamically synchronize imaging, patient positioning, motion management, and treatment delivery during radiotherapy or radiosurgery. The system delivers dose more than twice as fast as any other linear accelerator and streamlines workflow to significantly reduce the number of steps needed to complete a treatment. "This system opens the door to major advances in cancer treatment," said Karla Donohoe, senior marketing director for Varian's Oncology Systems business.
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"With Gated RapidArc we have now made it possible to compensate for breathing-related tumor motion during RapidArc treatments, giving clinicians new options for treating their lung cancer patients," Donohoe said. Gated RapidArc will be demonstrated together with tools that simplify and increase the efficiency of the RapidArc planning process. The new Arc Geometry Tool within the Eclipse™ treatment planning system offers clinicians many more tumor targeting options by calculating plans that use sophisticated combinations of partial arcs, multiple arcs and changes in the position of the patient couch.
The Varian exhibit will also include treatment planning capabilities for brachytherapy and proton therapy as well as software for image management and review.
Scientific Presentations and Posters
"We are deeply gratified to see the broad spectrum of scientific and clinical research presentations this year that are based on work carried out using Varian technology," said Donohoe. "This is work with the potential to generate new life-saving approaches to treating cancer."
This year's scientific program includes presentations on the following topics:
