Field Safety Notice concerning Digital Linear Accelerators ONCOR and ARTISTE, Siemens Healthcare
2013.11.04
Product group Radiotherapy / Radiation protection - radiation facilites with accelerators for teletherapy
Reference 06455/13
Siemens Healthcare has issued a Field Safety Notice concerning the Digital Linear Accelerators ONCOR and ARTISTE. In combination with IMRT or mARC treatment techniques at very high dose rates a potentially existing dark current phenomenon can cause an overdose.