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TURNING RESEARCH INTO REALITYINNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPSResearch. Collaboration. Funding.Varian’s commitment to innovation is demonstrated in the millionsof dollars we spend each year to support research collaborationsand business partnerships with leading universities, medical centers,hospitals and community cancer centers. Our goal has always been toestablish or advance intellectual property for cancer therapy, diagnosisand imaging. Three key innovations sparked by our collaborations:AMORPHOUS SILICON IMAGING (aSi) PANEL TECHNOLOGY.These MV and kV panels, developed in conjunction with a leading USuniversity, produce a very high-resolution image of both soft tissuesand bony anatomy, allowing clinicians to guide treatment as precisely aspossible. And because Varian manufactures its own aSi panels, we arecontinuously improving our products to meet the specific needs of theoncology community.Megavoltage imager is moved into place toperform IMRT plan verification.The diverse talent pool of Varian’s worldwideengineering team, researchers at GinztonTechnology Center (GTC), and a vast networkof clinical partners are transforming promisingresearch into significant advances in radiationoncology. Visionaries, every one, they are inconstant search of breakout opportunities—emerging biotechnologies, for example—thatmay provide the foundation for the next leapforward in radiation care.HIGH-RESOLUTION SMARTBEAM IMRT.This beam-shaping technology permits ultra-specific shaping and targetingof tumors and is the result of a partnership with one of the world’spreeminent cancer research centers.RPM RESPIRATORY GATING SYSTEM.This system, which allows clinicians to more accurately monitor andcompensate for tumor motion during a single treatment, came out of aresearch collaboration with universities in both the United States and Japan.Ongoing work with our research partners throughout the world is alsofacilitating new breakthroughs in areas such as biosynergy, fluorobasedgating, IMRT, inter- and intra-fraction motion management.Millennium MLC technologyenables both sliding window andstep-and-shoot treatment duringIMRT delivery.“Practical execution of innovative solutions hasalways been, and will always be, Varian’s mainmission.”Richard Levy, PhD, Chairman of the BoardVarian Medical SystemsGating technology with audio and videocoaching can effectively freeze tumormotion during beam-on.