Planning for and Purchasing a Linear Accelerator
A lot of different aspects go into the purchasing procedure of equipment used throughout medical facilities, health clinics, and hospitals. Unlike other business, hospitals are not only looking for equipment that is affordable, they are searching for equipment that provides clients with effective treatment, precise results, and quality care. In order to do so, the… Read more
Predictive Maintenance: A Strong Strategy for The Longevity of LINAC Systems
If you are responsible for the operation of the linear accelerator equipment at your facility than you already know that to keep the machine running as accurately as possible it has to be maintained properly. Whether you are talking about some scheduled outage so that you can run all the necessary tests, do diagnostic and… Read more
Preventative LINAC Maintenance: Unscheduled Repairs Impact Treatment
Radiotherapy engineers conduct preventative maintenance and repairs on equipment used for radiotherapy. Predictive and preventative maintenance of the complex equipment which includes linear accelerators, teletherapy systems, radiotherapy simulators, digital x-ray systems, among many more. Quality management within a radiation therapy clinic involves maintaining, servicing and supporting linear accelerators. When a linear accelerator breaks down, the… Read more
Linear Accelerators Deliver Accuracy in Patient Care
A linear accelerator is one of the best tools to use for eradicating tumors in a cancer patient. In the past, one of the problems with cancer treatment was that healthy normal cells were killed too. But with a LINAC, linear accelerator, this machine delivers elevated electrons or energy x-rays that conform to the tumor’s… Read more
What You Should Know When Repairing LINAC Systems
A linear accelerator service engineer is responsible for the repair, testing, and calibration of imaging and clinical equipment, devices, instruments, and systems. In addition to the inspection and installation of LINAC systems, it is an accelerator service engineer’s role to repair defective medical equipment and provide scheduled maintenance of specialized equipment in accordance with departmental and manufacturer protocols… Read more
Important Facts You Should Know When Repairing LINAC Systems
LINAC (Linear Accelerator) systems are very complex machines which are built by joining several small different parts together. Although the system is very sensitive, it is a very powerful machine and it is useful in the health industry. LINAC systems also for a major part of medical research and they are central in fighting cancer… Read more
Maintaining Radiation Oncology Equipment
Biomedical equipment technicians have the arduous job of repairing medical equipment used in hospitals and various health practitioner’s office. These machines are quite complex and carry out work that the normal human being can’t such as processing x-rays into visible images or magnifying test samples thousands of times, therefore any glitch, malfunction, or downtime is… Read more