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Reflexion - BgRT
Started by Gfunk6
poor Elekta. No one gives a ####
I would switch tomorrow if I could keep Aria and not switch to mosaiq
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Why? Just price?
Vital beam is basically a stripped down true beam with no upgradeable potential. When we looked, a stripped down true beam was selling for only 200k more, so vital beam did not seem to make sense. At least have potential to have 6 degree couch, hyperarc etc in the future.
I would buy the basic entry-level Truebeam over a VitalBeam with any addons. Over a multi year life cycle, it's chump change in terms of cost savings as RickyScott mentioned.
Talk to your admin about how "stuck" the machine is in terms of upgradeability going forward
The irony of this is the supposed reason they went with it was because it was "modular" and could be upgraded. According to the description online "The Varian VitalBeam® system lets you access performance and value with a high-quality system built to grow with your clinic."
I guess if you mean by modular you mean bringing in a forklift to replace it....
Thanks for the help!!! I would have definitely gone with a base TrueBeam. This is what happens when a Med Onc goes shopping for linacs. Some Varian rep surely got a bonus for this one.
Any comments about this from the Varian site:
It "claims" to be capable of respiratory gating and 120 HD MLCs.
False advertising?
It "claims" to be capable of respiratory gating and 120 HD MLCs.
False advertising?
Not necessarily, but no 6DOF couch, optical tracking?Any comments about this from the Varian site:
It "claims" to be capable of respiratory gating and 120 HD MLCs.
False advertising?
