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Varian Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite
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medical systems Varian Acuity™ BrachyTherapy Suite™ One Room Integrated Image-Guided Brachytherapy

The Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite Integrating Imaging, Planning, and Treatment in a Single Room Each component draws on the power and precision TM of the leading-edge Acuity imaging system from Varian Medical Systems. Acuity incorporates flat panel digital imaging, cone-beam CT, and a range of other breakthrough technologies. Many of these first developed or validated by Varian, the industry’s widely acknowledged pioneer, in order to provide the highest resolution image-guided brachytherapy (IGBT).

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True Image Guidance Taking Brachytherapy to the Next Level You want the best possible outcomes for your brachytherapy patients. That means employing the most advanced techniques and technologies available, as well as ensuring your patients’ comfort and convenience under stressful circumstances. Varian’s Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite provides the solution. With the Acuity Brachytherapy Suite, you can image, plan, and perform an entire patient procedure all in the same room at your clinic. As a result, the benefits are already reshaping brachytherapy. You no longer need to worry about...

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MammoSite breast treatment CBCT can be considered for many brachytherapy LDR and HDR applications Including breast, prostate and gynecological sites. CBCT is the ideal way to produce treatment planning information - with the CT data produced in the treatment location there is no worry about applicator displacement, and no need to transport the patient. Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) The ideal tool for brachy planning and treatment Varian developed cone-beam imaging for radiation therapy simulation and verification. Now the Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite integrates this powerful technology...

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Prostate implant This capability is particularly useful in the case of seed implantation. Here CBCT can be used to generate a post-implant plan before the patient even leaves the procedure room. Using imaged-guided brachytherapy gives real time dosimetry. Lung treatment Digital distortion free images provide significant control in the placement and verification of catheters and seeds. With these high resolution images, a patient’s treatment is planned and delivered in the same room avoiding moving the patient and eliminating the risk of applicator movement. Fluoroscopy and Digital...

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Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite Applications The versatility your clinic requires A complete Acuity Brachytherapy Suite with HDR in the procedure room eliminates the need for patient movement, resulting in improved accuracy, increased patient throughput, convenience, and privacy. Prostate Applications Breast Applications The Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite lets you schedule and perform prostate implants in your own brachytherapy suite, avoiding operating room constraints and costs. Following implant, you can acquire cone-beam CT images for use in 3D treatment planning (HDR), or use the images as the...

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With the kind of integration afforded by the Acuity BrachyTherapy Suite, a complete brachytherapy session can take as little as 30 minutes, including catheter placement, image acquisition for treatment planning, and treatment delivery. This speed and efficiency lets patients quickly resume living their normal lives. For oncologists, it means being able to treat more patients, quickly and precisely, thereby encouraging better outcomes.

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