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Problem with TrueBeam und TrueBeam STx, Varian medical systems

Product group Radiotherapy / Radiation protection - radiation facilites with accelerators for teletherapy
Reference 00119/12

Varian medical systems has issued a field safety notice concerning a problem with TrueBeam und TrueBeam STx. Under certain tuning conditions, the electron beam emerging from the bend magnet may have an elongated spot shape.

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