| | Call Details | Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2010) Wed,
Jan 27, 2010, 5:00 pm Eastern
| | About Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
(NYSE:VAR) |
| | Varian Medical Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides cancer therapy systems and X-ray products worldwide. The companys Oncology Systems segment designs, manufacturers, sells, and services hardware and software products for treating cancer. Its product line includes linear accelerators, brachytherapy afterloaders, treatment simulation, verification equipment, and accessories; as well as information management, treatment planning, and image processing software. This segment serves university research and community hospitals, private and governmental institutions, healthcare agencies, physicians offices, and cancer care clinics. Its X-ray Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells x-ray tubes for use in a range of applications, including computed tomography, scanning, radiographic or fluoroscopic imaging, mammography, special procedures, and industrial applications; and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless x-ray imaging. This segment sells these products to imaging systems original equipment manufacturers that incorporate them into their medical diagnostic, dental, veterinary, IGRT, and industrial imaging systems; and directly to end-users for replacement purposes. The company also designs, manufactures, sells, and services Linatron x-ray accelerators, imaging processing software, and image detection products for security and inspection purposes, such as cargo screening at ports and borders, and nondestructive examination in various applications. In addition, it develops products and systems for delivering proton therapy; and technologies in the areas of digital X-ray imaging technology, volumetric and functional imaging, improved X-ray sources, and technology for security and cargo screening applications. The company was formerly known as Varian Associates, Inc. and changed its name to Varian Medical Systems, Inc. in April 1999. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. |
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