Todd Wareing, Transpire's chief technology officer, adds, "The release of BrachyVision Acuros marks the culmination of decades of research, first at Los Alamos National Laboratory and then at Transpire, in the development of rapid and accurate alternatives to traditional Monte Carlo based methods."
Brachytherapy is a very well established form of radiotherapy which is used routinely to treat a wide range of cancers, including gynaecological, prostate, head & neck, skin and lung. It is often delivered in combination with external beam radiotherapy.
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* Compared to standard techniques using the American Association of Physicists in Medicine TG43 formulism.
NOTE: The BrachyVision™ Acuros™ brachytherapy planning system is not available for sale in the U.S. at this time.
About Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of 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 software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,100 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America and Europe and in its 79 sales and support offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com/
About Transpire, Inc.
Transpire, Inc., headquartered in Gig Harbor, WA, specializes in the development and application of software for accurately predicting the macroscopic behaviour of radiation. Transpire's Attila® software is being used worldwide by engineers and scientists for a diverse range of applications including homeland security, fusion research, radiological safety, shielding design, medical physics, and reactor analysis. Transpire is a spin-off from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and in 2008 the Company's co-founders were recipients of the prestigious Federal Laboratory Consortium award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. Transpire has an ISO-9001:2000 certified quality management system. http://www.transpireinc.com.
SOURCE: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
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