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Find out about the main components of the Varian RapidArc radiation therapy technology <span class='homelinks'>OBI</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>The OBI (On-Board Imager) takes images to help with precise positioning and tumor response. The arm on the left is the x-ray tube, the one on the right is the imaging panel.</span> <span class='homelinks'>OBI</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>The OBI (On-Board Imager) takes images to help with precise positioning and tumor response. The arm on the left is the x-ray tube, the one on the right is the imaging panel.</span> <span class='homelinks'>Patient Support Assembly</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>A couch the patient lies on during set up and treatment. It is able to be moved automatically to position the patient precisely.</span> <span class='homelinks'>Gantry</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>The gantry is where the cancer-treating x-rays come out of the machine (linear accelerator). During a RapidArc treatment the machine will rotate around you.</span> <span class='homelinks'>MLC</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>The MLC (multileaf collimator) shapes the x-rays for personal cancer treatments.</span> <span class='homelinks'>Portal Imager</span><br/><span style='font-size:12px'>This takes images of the actual treatment area.</span>

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