Radiotherapy

IMRT treatment plans available using third-party equipment

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 22nd, 2004

Varian Medical Systems (VAR) introduced several new capabilities within its Eclipse 3D radiotherapy treatment planning software, including automatic compensation for variations in tissue thickness and the ability to combine multiple targets within a single plan.

Eclipse also now supports inverse planning of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatments with linear accelerators from other suppliers. "Eclipse plans have long been seamlessly integrated for delivering both "step and shoot" and dynamic "sliding window" treatments using Varian's Clinac accelerators," said Jeff Amacker, business manager for treatment planning products in Varian's Oncology Systems...

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