As an FDA registered medical device manufacturer, Sun Nuclear provides an FDA product listing classification for all medical devices that it manufactures. Sun Nuclear is revising the product listing classification for MapCHECK 2, ArcCHECK, EPIDose, and 3DVH devices in the US, and until this classification is complete, these devices are only available to customers outside the US. An application to reclassify these devices under 21CFR892.5050 (Medical charged-particle radiation therapy system) versus the prior 21CFR892.1940 (Radiologic quality assurance instrument) is in process. We are hopeful that reclassification will be complete in July 2013. This reclassification does not affect current users of MapCHECK 2, ArcCHECK, EPIDose, and 3DVH. If you have any questions on this, please contact us.

ESTRO 2013
April 19-23, Geneva, Switzerland
Visit us at Booth #4800

Join us for the ESTRO Satellite Symposium on Sunday, April 21st. Register Today!

Sun Nuclear is excited to be announcing their newest products and latest updates at ESTRO 2013. Visit us at our ESTRO Booth #4800. Meet some of the leading clinical innovators of the Radiation Oncology industry and learn about the latest developments in QA.

3D SCANNER®
"Designed with efficiency in mind."
- Sam Hancock, Ph.D.

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Sun Nuclear has moved our corporate headquarters to a new and larger location in Melbourne, Florida. The new location nearly doubles total office and manufacturing space. The new corporate address for Sun Nuclear is listed below.

Sun Nuclear Corporation
3275 Suntree Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida 32940
U.S.A.

The addition of a Varian 21EX at our new corporate headquarters brings Sun Nuclear’s radiation bunkers to a total of three. Our two linacs and single cobalt 60 machine are used for Research and Development, Manufacturing Test, and Customer Training. Our new 21EX will be the centerpiece of a new customer training facility to open in the latter half of 2013.

Sun Nuclear’s Support Operations team offers more than technical support. With over 20 dedicated members on our Support Operations team, our primary goal is to provide fast answers to your questions, whatever the situation.

• On Site Training and Installation – hands on assistance by trained professionals.
• Web Based Training – interactive and dedicated online training to help you do more faster.
• Online Support – 24/7 access to product documentation, software,
  tutorials, and more.
• Phone Support – live support is only a phone call away.

• Enhanced QA Test Building Tools
• Web updates of Test Builder QA Tests and ATLAS Reports
• Automatic Daily QA™ 3 and PROFILER™ 2 device exchange
• Enhancements to Machine Maintenance

• SNC Dosimetry 3D SCANNER Profile Import
• Array and Dose Calibrations Saved to SRS PROFILER Hardware
• Diagonal Flatness (IC PROFILER only).
• ATLAS .xml export for SRS PROFILER, PROFILER 2 and IC PROFILER

SNC Patient™ 6.2 Available:

• Gantry angle QA using ArcCHECK device
  
• Gantry rotation QA using star shot analysis with ArcCHECK device
  
• Gantry speed QA using ArcCHECK device
  
• MLC/Collimator QA using ArcCHECK device
  
• Beam profile flatness and symmetry using ArcCHECK
• Delivery system short-term and long-term reproducibility
• Collimator rotation QA using starshot and isocentricity test with ArcCHECK and MapCHECK 2 devices
• Couch rotation QA using starshot and isocentricity test with ArcCHECK and MapCHECK 2 devices
• Merge ArcCHECK measurements to create double detector density
  
• Batch analysis for ArcCHECK measurements
  
• Improved ArcCHECK user array calibration procedure
  
• Save and load an analysis session in the Control Point Analysis module
  for ArcCHECK
  

DoseLab 6.4 Available:

• New Tolerances - design tolerance sets for different
  machines, image settings, and more
  
• 3D Winston-Lutz - automatically calculates 3D
  offsets with as few as two images
  
• FractionCHECK™ for Elekta® - only software available
  for Elekta treatment log file analysis
  
• PDF Reports -save your PDF Reports to the built-in DoseLab database
  

A full description of all changes is available on the
Sun Nuclear Support Site

New 3DVH FAQs:

New Frequently Asked Questions are now posted for 3DVH. Click here to
learn more about how 3DVH has changed patient QA for the better.

New 2012 AAPM User Meeting Talks:

New clinical talks from the 2012 Sun Nuclear AAPM User Meeting are now available.

ArcCHECK and 3DVH:
"Clinically Meaningful VMAT End-to-End Patient Specific QA",
Vladimir Feygelman, Ph.D.

3D SCANNER:
"A Novel 3D Water Scanner - Accuracy of AutoSetup and Measurement",
Jonathan Li, Ph.D.

PROFILER 2, PC Electrometer, 1D SCANNER:
"Annual Linac QA Toolset and Techniques",
Christina Medina, M.S.

SNC Dosimetry™ 1.6 Available:

• CyberKnife Analysis Protocol
  
• PDD Table Creation
  
• iPlan Scan Group Creation
  
• Convert Ray Trace to PDD
  
• High Current Mode Updates
• Plus many additional new features and enhancements

3DVH™ 2.2 Available:

• Integrated 4D Workspace as a Tab in the Main Window
  
• Exporting Dose Planes
  
• Added a Shift Calculation Tool
  
• Added Scaling of Measured Doses to Account for Daily Output Fluctuations
  
• Added a Tool to Find a Dose Scale Factor
• Plus many additional new features and enhancements

ATLAS™ 1.3.2 Available:

• Audit Log
  
• Attachment Center
  
• Ad-Hoc Test Execution
  
• ATLAS Reports Application
  
• ATLAS Database Utility
• Plus many additional new features and enhancements

For these releases, a full description of all changes is available on the
Sun Nuclear Support Site

New 3D SCANNER FAQs:

New Frequently Asked Questions are now posted for the 3D SCANNER. Click here to
learn more about how the 3D SCANNER has changed 3D water tank dosimetry for the
better.

New Product Publications:

New peer reviewed clinical publications are now available for the ArcCHECK with 3DVH,
and EPIDose.

• ArcCHECK and 3DVH^®
  "VMAT QA - Measurement-guided 4D dose reconstruction
  on a patient"
  


• EPIDose™
  "EPID dosimetry for pretreatment quality assurance with two commercial systems"

• Clears the Linac couch ring for stability
• Supports all 3D SCANNER and Auto Setup™ functionality
• Quick and easy breakdown for transportation
• Easily stored, requires less space

• PMMA material has an equivalent density to the ArcCHECK
• Enables target volume QA dosimetry

Product Upgrades:

DICOM Listener 1.1 Now Released:

Sun Nuclear has released DICOM Listener version 1.1. DICOM Listener provides MapCHECK, ArcCHECK, and 3DVH users with significant time-savings and workflow efficiencies automatically locating new DICOM files and saving them in a user-specified target directory. DICOM Listener interfaces with SNC Patient and 3DVH software, where the 'Patient Plan' can be selected to quickly access all applicable files without having to search through directories.

New Features and Benefits:

• DICOM Listener is now operable with SNC Patient and 3DVH without separate licensing.
• DICOM Listener CPU use requirements have been refined to efficiently run in parallel with other software applications on any computer that meets minimum requirements.

Product Upgrades:

ATLAS™ QA 1.3 Available:

New Features and Benefits:

• ATLAS users can now upload documents with the new Attachment Center
• The Audit Log allows a user to search which tests are overdue or failed
• Selected tests for particular machines can be cloned to a new machine
• New dose calibration procedure allows devices to easily be exchanged
  between Linacs
• ATLAS Report Utility enables users to execute reports independently of the ATLAS application
• With appropriate user privileges, tests can now be run on a non-scheduled date as well as in any order the user chooses

Events:

QA & Dosimetry Symposium:

Over 170 radiation oncology professionals attended the 5th Annual QA & Dosimetry Symposium in Orlando, Florida on March 2-3. Click here to learn more about this event.

Sun Nuclear Corporation now offers EasyCube, a universal phantom for dose measurement and verification.

Applications:

• Dose measurements
• Simulation of heterogeneities
• CT scanner
• Stereotactic QA

3D MiniLift™:

Sun Nuclear Corporation is pleased to introduce the 3D MiniLift, part of a convenient and portable 3D SCANNER system.

Key Features and Benefits:

• Clears the Linac couch ring for stability
• Supports all 3D SCANNER and AutoSetup™ functionality
• Quick and easy breakdown for transportation
• Easily stored, requires less space

Product Upgrades:

SNC Dosimetry™ 1.4 Available:

New Features and Benefits:

• Ray tracing
• Profile averaging
• CMS™ serial transfer to TPS

The SRS Film QA module within the SNC Patient software is available to all SRS sites seeking an advanced yet practical patient specific QA solution. Click here for more information and to download a comprehensive datasheet.