Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and proton radiotherapy vendor Still River Systems have signed an agreement to develop an interface between Varian's Aria oncology information system and Still River's Monarch250 proton beam radiotherapy system.
Still River of Littleton, MA, will provide technical assistance to Varian engineers, who will develop the interface, according to Palo Alto, CA-based Varian.
In other Varian news, the company reported that the Texas Clinic at Prestonwood became the second medical center in the U.S. to start treating patients with the company's RapidArc image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy system.
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