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Acuity Technical Maintenance
Prerequisites: Attendance in an Acuity Support course. Knowledge of safety practices relative to high voltage x-ray systems and basic understanding of microprocessors. Enrollment in certain courses is limited to full-time employees of Varian Medical Systems? (?Varian?s?) customers due to the confidential and proprietary nature of the information provided as part of the course curriculum. Customers may not register part-time employees, contractors or other third parties to attend these courses, even if the individuals seeking registration perform services for the customers. I understand that I am registering for an educational course offered by Varian that is limited to full-time employees of Varian?s customers due to the confidential and proprietary nature of the information provided as part of the course curriculum. By submitting my registration through this automated process, I hereby certify that: 1) I am a full-time employee of the Varian customer listed in my registration materials; 2) I will not use any information or materials I obtain through my attendance at the course to perform services for any facility other than the Varian customer listed in my registration materials (unless I first obtained written permission from Varian to do so); 3) I will ensure that all materials provided to me by Varian as part of the educational course are stored at my employer?s facility and that no copies of them will be made for any purpose.
Course Scope: This course expands upon the information learned in the Acuity Support class. Topics include, but are not limited to, basic Acuity calibration, including field light, ODI and position readouts; Acuity schematics; system fault diagnosis and repair; Integrated CPI generator fault diagnosis and repair; Paxscan amorphous silicon panel setup and configuration, calibration and verification. Cone-beam CT system overview; calibration and verification.
For a course schedule outlining the subjects covered, please click here.Course Dates
Training in Las Vegas, Nevada
| Course Dates | Description |
|---|---|
| October 23, 2008 - October 31, 2008 | Acuity TM |
| March 26, 2009 - April 3, 2009 | Acuity TM |
| March 25, 2010 - April 1, 2010 | Acuity TM |
| August 19, 2010 - August 27, 2010 | Acuity TM |
US/Canada/South America Customers Register on-line for courses.
Europe/Middle East/Africa/Australia/Asia Customers Register on-line for courses.
Contact Varian Oncology
Varian Oncology Headquarters
Tel: 1.650.424.5700
Fax: 1.650.493-5637
E-Mail: oncology@varian.com
