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Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
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Varian Medical Systems, Inc., headquartered globally in 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 ...
One of two failsafe safety relays in the Clinac that instantly removes high voltage from the modulator and/or the gun driver if an EMERGENCY OFF button is pressed or the protective screens surrounding the high voltage circuit are removed.
Industry:Medical devices
Specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing.
Industry:Medical devices
EMI
Electromagnetic interference; (C-Series software) elektromagnetische Beeinflussung.
Industry:Medical devices
Exact couch top element (Ximatron only)
Industry:Medical devices
GTV
Gross Tumor Volume = palpable or visual tumor tissue.
Industry:Medical devices
An accessory that is fabricated to shape a patient’s electron beam treatment field. It installs into the electron applicator during patient setup.
Industry:Medical devices
An image detection unit (MV imager) mounted on the MV detector arm. See MV imager.
Industry:Medical devices
See boost coils.
Industry:Medical devices
Expected beam-on time calculated by the system. For planned treatments, the system sets the backup timer to the lesser of the calculated beam time and the beam time from the plan. The treatment terminates with a fault when the backup time is exceeded.
Industry:Medical devices
Analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of signals represented by a sequence of numbers or symbols.
Industry:Medical devices