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RapidArc® Radiotherapy Technology - Times have changed.

RapidArc™ Radiotherapy Technology – one revolution is all it takes

The innovative RapidArc radiotherapy technology on a UNIQUE™ system represents the latest evolution of cancer treatment technology, setting new benchmarks for speed, precision and patient comfort.

RapidArc uses a unique algorithm that provides unprecedented treatment delivery control. As a result, treatment plans that excel in covering target goals while sparing critical structures can be developed and performed faster than ever before.

RapidArc is efficient. Its single gantry rotation speeds treatment delivery so clinicians can develop treatments that take one-half to one-eighth the time of conventional IMRT treatments—just two minutes in many cases. A RapidArc treatment may also result in less radiation leakage and scatter, so peripheral tissues receive a lower overall dose.

RapidArc is Standard on UNIQUE Performance Edition

SmartBeam™ IMRT - Better technology at every step.

SmartBeam™ IMRT - Better technology at every step.

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is rapidly becoming the standard of care. Not all tumors are alike. SmartBeam™ IMRT optimizes all forms of IMRT delivery, from low resolution to high resolution. Varian SmartBeam IMRT enables clinicians to choose the resolution required for each clinical situation.

SmartBeam IMRT "paints" a dose to the tumor with pinpoint precision, while sparing healthy normal tissue. Its performance has been so impressive that clinicians around the world are using it in treatment for nearly every type of solid tumor. An increasing number of clinics have begun treating patients with SmartBeam IMRT and nearly every new linear accelerator ordered from Varian is equipped to deliver IMRT.

In short, IMRT has proven to be a remarkable effective way to treat cancer and improve patients’ lives during treatment and beyond. Clinical benefits of high-resolution IMRT:

  • Minimizes hot spots
  • Improves target inhomogeneity
  • Provides detailed dose painting to the target
  • Sculpts dose around critical structures more effectively
  • Allows treatments to occur in conventional 10 - 15 minute time slots
  • Dose resolution, with up to 500 segments per field
  • Spatial resolution of 2.5 - 5mm

SmartBeam IMRT is standard on UNIQUE Performance Edition, optional on the UNIQUE Power Edition

 

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