Benefits of Acuity

With an ever growing number of patients on treatment machines, the process of treatment needs to be as fast, efficient, and accurate as possible and still allow clinicians to spend time with the patient. Acuity can save time spent on the treatment machines by verifying the patient’s plan prior to treatment.

Further benefits of the Acuity system can be achieved throughout the healthcare environment:

Administrator

An efficient process prior to treatment helps improve patient care and maximize throughput on treatment machines. This translates to an enhanced reputation for the facility, and helps increase revenues, and an accelerated return on investment. In addition, Acuity enables you to:

Optimize staff and equipment resources for greater departmental efficiency
Implement a multipurpose machine that can be used for additional therapies including brachytherapy procedures
CBCT helps create additional planning resources within the oncology department
Require less space with fully integrated equipment on a small footprint

Physician

The plan verification process on Acuity enables physicians to check the treatment plan prior to commencement rather than during the first few treatment sessions, resulting in improved accuracy. Other features include:

Image quality superior to portal imaging that uses mega voltage, which makes plan checking easier prior to treatment
Real-time patient movement visualization
Cone-beam CT can be used as an additional planning resource
Images can be used for localization, planning, and 3D verification
Brachytherapy capabilities increase the clinical service options

Physicist/Dosimetrist

Plan verification on Acuity enables the physicist and dosimetrist to ensure the plan is deliverable prior to the first treatment sessions.

Since Acuity is typically part of the planning department, access may be quicker and easier than regular treatment machines.
Acuity allows you more time to perform the plan verification and use improved image quality to make key decisions.

Therapist

Acuity is easy to use and includes a large number of automated processes as standard features. This level of automation means the therapist can concentrate on explaining the process to the patient rather than operating the machine.

Acuity focuses on delivering the high-quality images that make the simulation and verification process as fast and accurate as possible.
Common hardware with the Exact® Couch and Exact IGRT Couch provides maximum accuracy between planning and treatment.
Common user interfaces with the Varian® ARIA™ Oncology Information System helps ensure staff familiarity with the Varian environment and reduces training needs.
The slimline imager helps ensure that all treatment set ups can be simulated.

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