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Hospital in India among first to purchase Varian’s VitalBeam

by Lauren Dubinsky, Senior Reporter | October 07, 2015
Medical Devices Rad Oncology Population Health Radiation Therapy
Varian's VitalBeam
The Chirayu Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) in India is now one of the first cancer treatment centers worldwide to purchase Varian Medical Systems' new VitalBeam platform.

To date, 10 platforms have been ordered in India, Germany and the U.S.

“This site wants to be able to get the best technology and be able to offer advanced treatments,” Surekha Karudapuram, manager of Treatment and Imaging Solutions Marketing at Varian, told HCB News. “They did have a modest budget so it was the best of both worlds, where they got the latest and greatest platform but it fit within their budget.”
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VitalBeam has many of the same advanced capabilities as Varian’s flagship platform, TrueBeam, including RapidArc, which can shape radiation dose very precisely and perform treatments in two to four minutes. However, VitalBeam cannot perform radiosurgery like TrueBeam.

VitalBeam is available with low-dose megavoltage imaging that uses the accelerator beam for image guidance and respiratory gating for motion management. It also has a streamlined treatment console with a user-friendly graphical interface and guidance system that walks the users through the most difficult treatments.

CMCH is planning on use VitalBeam to treat head and neck, brain, pancreatic, and other abdominal malignancies. “They are serving a large area so they’re excited about having this highly capable platform,” said Karudapuram.

VitalBeam received FDA approval in May. Good Samaritan Hospital in Oregon is currently the only hospital in the U.S. with an installation.

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