Elekta Selected to Deliver Four Advanced Radiation Therapy Systems to Ireland.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Elekta (STO:EKTA), a world leader in advanced radiation therapy, comprehensive cancer management and non-invasive treatment of brain disorders, today announced the award of business from St Luke's Hospital St Luke's Hospital may be a reference to one of many hospitals. In the Philippines
IGRT is rapidly gaining clinical acceptance all over the world and Elekta Synergy is now established as the reference system for this more precise and accurate method for radiating cancer tumors. To be installed during 2007, the new Elekta Synergy systems at St Luke's Hospital will allow clinicians to visualize the target, as well as surrounding anatomy and organs, at the time of treatment as a three dimensional volume, without adversely reducing patient throughput. The result is unmatched clinical confidence in radiation therapy, enabling more aggressive treatment of tumors while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. St Luke's hospital is the premier academic radiation oncology radiation oncology n. The branch of radiology that deals with the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancers. radiation oncology hospital in Ireland with the largest radiation therapy department in the country. For fifty years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time hospital has played a central role in the development and delivery of cancer services to patients throughout Ireland. In the past seven years, it has been transformed into a modern technologically advanced center of excellence in oncology care, research, education and prevention. Services are now provided to over 5,000 patients and 80,000 attendances annually. Elekta and St Luke's St Luke's is an area in the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, close to the borders with the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London, near the Barbican and Shoreditch. The closest tube station is Old Street. look forward to developing in partnership, new and innovative treatments which will directly benefit patient care. "Elekta was chosen as they provided a comprehensive package which met our needs and allowed St Luke's to move forward by introducing Image Guided Radiation Therapy to Ireland. Our decision was to a large extent based on the fact that 3D X-ray Volume Imaging on Elekta Synergy is now very well established and has been proven clinically at a great number of radiation therapy centers throughout the world", says Lorcan Birthistle, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of St Luke's Hospital. "At St Luke's Hospital we are all looking forward to the new systems being installed, systems that will come as a great benefit to our patients", he concludes. "Elekta Synergy is an integrated system rather than a accessory and the only system which has been designed for IGRT from the ground up. Customers receive all fully functional low dose imaging modalities with integrated workflow enhancing software tools and protocols, available from day one. Just like their colleagues in other parts of the world, clinicians on Ireland have been impressed by the new options offered by Elekta Synergy and the interest for this unique technology is very strong", comments Patrick Greally, Elekta's Business Unit Manager for Ireland. "Government sponsored investment programs for improved radiation therapy capacity is ongoing in several European countries. The Department of Health and Children and the Health Service Executive in Ireland has initiated a major investment program to increase the capacity and quality of radiation therapy in the country with this initial procurement leading the way, and it is with pride Elekta will be a partner in this process, for the benefit of cancer patients throughout Ireland", says Olof Sanden, Vice President and Elekta's Regional Manager for Europe.About Elekta Elekta is an international medical-technology Group, providing meaningful clinical solutions, comprehensive information systems and services for improved cancer care and management of brain disorders. All of Elekta's solutions employ non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques and are therefore clinically effective, gentle on the patient and cost-effective. Clinical solutions include among others Leksell Gamma Knife Gamma Knife A trademark for a radiologic nonsurgical device used in stereotactic radiosurgery. Gamma knife A surgical tool that focuses beams of radiation at the head, which converge in the brain to form a lesion. [R] for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders and Elekta Synergy[R] for image guided radiation therapy (IGRT). Following the acquisition of IMPAC IMPAC International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card IMPAC Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum IMPAC Information for Management, Planning, Analysis, and Coordination (National Institutes of Health) Medical Systems Inc. in April 2005, the Elekta Group is the world's largest supplier of oncology software. Elekta's systems and solutions are used at over 4,000 hospitals around the world to treat cancer and manage clinical operations as well as to diagnose and treat brain disorders, including tumors, vascular malformations and functional disorders. With approx. 2,000 employees, Elekta's corporate headquarter head·quar·ter v. head·quar·tered, head·quar·ter·ing, head·quar·ters Usage Problem v.tr. To provide with headquarters: is located in Stockholm, Sweden and the company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. under the ticker EKTAb. For more information about Elekta, please visit www.elekta.com. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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