Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said it has installed its Varian RPM respiratory gating system at the Klinikum Cancer Center in Dortmund, Germany.
The RPM system works by placing a marker box on the patient's torso and monitoring respiration using cameras positioned in the treatment room. Respiratory gating is enabled by proprietary design features on the Palo Alto, CA-based firm's Clinac linear accelerator, along with a high-speed digital control system that can provide beam-on times of less than 100 millisecond bursts, the company said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
February 21, 2006
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