Varian partners with Icon Group to advance patient-centric solutions

Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, has announced a fiveyear research and professional services agreement with Australia-based Icon Group. Through this agreement, Icon will participate in clinical and technical research programmes, product evaluation projects, and clinical consultations with Varian to offer Icon’s clinical expertise and industry perspectives throughout product development. Building on the agreement between the two companies in April 2021 to install Varian linear accelerators across Australia and Asia, Varian and Icon will conduct clinical and technical research evaluating the hardware and software systems involved in diagnostics, treatment planning, and radiation therapy for cancer patients. The companies’ research will also be published and used to advance broader industry-wide education efforts, including training programmes to support healthcare providers using radiation therapy. The first project between the two organisations will focus on the use of Artificial Intelligence in contouring to reduce the time it takes to plan radiation therapy treatment.