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Elekta is an international medical technology group.Elekta provides advanced clinical solutions, management and information systems as well as services for improved cancer care and management of brain disorders. The company’s solutions support oncologists, radiation therapists, neurosurgeons and many other medical specialists. More than 4,500 hospitals around the world use Elekta’s systems and solutions. Clinical and information management solutions include Leksell Gamma Knife for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders, Elekta Axesse and Elekta Synergy for stereotactic and image guided radiation therapy and radiosurgery and the MOSAIQ suite of software for image-enabled EMR and efficient management of clinical and patient data.
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Just one year after it began clinical use of Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri., USA) is poised to offer the benefits of Gamma Knife surgery to several new patient groups. With Elekta’s Extend programme for Gamma Knife Perfexion, |
26 February 2010 |
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Roseville Radiation Oncology Center (ROC) at Radiological Associates of Sacramento (RAS). RAS, a large private medical group, includes diagnostics as well as therapy in its centres is treating 30-35 patients per day, mainly with prostate and breast lesions. |
23 February 2010 |
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City of Hope (Duarte, California, USA), a research and treatment centre for cancer and other diseases, is the first medical centre to implement an electronic interface that links its TomoTherapy Hi-Art treatment systems with the MOSAIQ radiation oncology information management system. |
22 February 2010 |
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Given the intricacies surrounding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Elekta expands its STRATEGIQ Services programme to help cancer care centres take advantage of the financial incentives available from the federal government. |
08 February 2010 |
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Elekta, the manufacturer of treatment solutions for cancer and brain disorders, is awarded the World Class Manufacturing award by The Manufacturer magazine. |
30 December 2009 |
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Patients with overly large benign skull base tumours, lesions too close to critical anatomy and those with multiple brain metastases are among those who will benefit first from a new 'frameless' device for use with Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion systems. |
21 December 2009 |
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ProCure Treatment Centers and INTEGRIS Health will use Elekta’s MOSAIQ Oncology Information System and XiO treatment planning solutions to manage and optimize its clinical and administrative workflows. |
17 August 2009 |
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The University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians-University (LMU) has delivered clinical treatments to cancer patients utilising Monaco, an advanced Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) planning solution from Elekta CMS Software. |
12 August 2009 |
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Elekta receives FDA 510(k) clearance for the VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy) enhancement to Monaco, treatment planning solution. |
27 July 2009 |
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Elekta and C-RAD reach an agreement where the Sentinel laser scanner system has been selected as the Elekta preferred solution for optical surface tracking. |
23 July 2009 |
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Juntendo University (Tokyo, Japan) is the third facility in Japan to begin using Elekta Synergy to treat prostate patients with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). |
17 July 2009 |
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Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) installs Elekta Neuromag, a tool that measures and records human brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology. |
15 July 2009 |
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Elekta forms an investment company, Global Medical Investments (GMI), with Swedfund International for financing and establishment of cancer care projects in developing countries. |
07 July 2009 |
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Osaka City University Hospital (Osaka, Japan) is implementing Elekta’s Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), which is an innovative cancer treatment. |
06 July 2009 |
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University of Tokyo Hospital has been treating patients for nearly one year with Elekta Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). |
29 June 2009 |
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CentraState Medical Center (Freehold, New Jersey) purchases two new Elekta radiation therapy treatment systems, both with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). |
19 June 2009 |
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The Ottawa Hospital (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is embarking on a decade-long mutual support project with Elekta that will create an advanced cancer treatment centre. |
27 May 2009 |
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ProCure Treatment Centers selects Elekta to provide workflow enhancing software and treatment planning systems for its second IBA-equipped proton therapy centre, which is under construction in suburban Chicago, USA. |
26 May 2009 |
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Elekta and Nucletron reach an agreement to market and license Elekta’s software system Mosaiq, which is an oncology information management system that features an image-enabled electronic medical record fully integrated with comprehensive administrative management functionality that provides workflow automation designed specifically for the oncology specialty. |
20 May 2009 |
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) becomes the first centre in New York state to install Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, an advanced radiosurgery device specifically designed to treat one or more lesions in the head in a single session. |
11 May 2009 |
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Imbanaco Medical Center of Cali, Colombia is now treating patients with a Leksell Gamma Knife 4 from Elekta, the first Leksell Gamma Knife in Colombia and the first new Leksell Gamma Knife in Latin America in 10 years. |
11 May 2009 |
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One of the largest non-profit group purchasing organizations (GPO) in the USA, MAGNET Cooperative, signs a sole source agreement with Elekta, enabling its members to begin purchasing Elekta's oncology delivery systems. |
24 April 2009 |
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The Mind Research Network (MRN) is installing an Elekta Neuromag, a device for non-invasive measurement of brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology. |
21 April 2009 |
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At Elekta, one of the world's leading manufacturers of oncology and neurosurgical devices and software, a financing programme put into place a few years ago is getting new attention as hospitals battered by the economy still work to improve patient care and remain competitive. |
23 March 2009 |
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Elekta is to collaborate with MedCom for the joint development of patient position verification management. |
20 March 2009 |
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The National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Taiwan has treated a patient with prostate cancer using Elekta's VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy) |
12 March 2009 |
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The Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute has purchased Monaco, the next-generation Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning system from CMS Software, part of the Elekta Group. |
05 March 2009 |
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To enhance its radiation oncology department the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, Texas, USA) has purchased Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, an advanced radiosurgery device specifically designed to treat one or more lesions in the head in a single session. |
25 February 2009 |
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Two of Russia’s leading research centres, The Meshalkin Research Institute of Circulation Pathology (NRIBCP, Novosibirsk, Russia) and the Hertzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute (MORI, Moscow, Russia), have purchased Elekta’s Axesse advanced stereotactic radiotherapy systems. |
30 January 2009 |
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Cancer patients in Sweden and Estonia are receiving faster, more precise radiation therapy treatments at Uppsala University Hospital and Lund University Hospital in Sweden and Tartu University Hospital in Estonia following the investment in advanced radiotherapy systems from Elekta. |
27 January 2009 |
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Elekta has received approval from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration to sell the company’s linear accelerator Elekta Compact in China. |
13 January 2009 |
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The Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (BOCOC, Nicosia, Cyprus) has acquired two Elekta Synergy systems and an Elekta Synergy Platform for the non-invasive treatment of cancer. |
24 December 2008 |
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The Moscow Municipal University of Psychology and Education (Moscow, Russia) and the University of Trento (Trento, Italy) have ordered Elekta Neuromag, the tool for non-invasive measurement of brain activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology for studying normal brain function and brain disorders. |
22 December 2008 |
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Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway has installed a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion solution for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders. |
20 October 2008 |
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) has reinforced its ability to perform state-of-the-art stereotactic radiation medicine by adding Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Elekta Axesse to its range of treatment solutions. |
01 October 2008 |
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Elekta has donated a Leksell Stereotactic System for minimally invasive brain surgery to the International Charitable Foundation ‘Ukraine 3000’ for which Kateryna Yuschenko, wife of the president of Ukraine is the prime guardian. |
30 September 2008 |
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Odense University Hospital in Denmark is the first Scandinavian cancer centre to select Elekta VMAT (Volumetric intensity Modulated Arc Therapy) to expand the capabilities of the hospital’s radiation oncology department. |
22 September 2008 |
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Elekta has introduced a new stereotactic treatment programme, called Extend, that lets neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists apply the power and precision of Gamma Knife surgery to an even broader class of targets in the head and neck. |
19 September 2008 |
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Presbyterian Cancer Center - Dallas, a joint venture between Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and Texas Oncology, PA, has installed an Elekta Infinity system to enable the facility to begin treating patients with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). |
16 September 2008 |
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CMS, an Elekta company, has launched its new 4D treatment planning solution, Focal4D. |
16 September 2008 |
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The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO), together with international medical-technology group Elekta, has awarded the 2008 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship to Radiation Oncologist, Dr Scott Carlyle Morgan. |
10 September 2008 |
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CMS, an Elekta company, has delivered clinical treatments to three sites utilising Monaco, its next-generation Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning system. |
29 August 2008 |
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Elekta has received CE mark clearance to distribute Elekta Compact, the latest addition to its range of treatment systems, offering clinicians an easy to implement, more affordable solution for radiation therapy. |
27 August 2008 |
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Skagit Valley Hospital has purchased an Elekta Axesse system to add the latest generation of Elekta technology to its group cancer treatment systems. |
12 August 2008 |
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A patient with pancreatic cancer has become the first person in the USA to receive treatment using Elekta VMAT (Volumetric intensity Modulated Arc Therapy) at Seattle’s Swedish Cancer Institute. |
30 July 2008 |
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IMPAC Medical Systems, an Elekta Company, has introduced an update for its MOSAIQ image-enabled oncology information system that will support OBI Advanced Imaging, Varian's new OBI workstation software. |
28 July 2008 |
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Elekta’s VMAT solution has received FDA 510(k) clearances that will allow US cancer specialists to both plan and deliver radiation using a technique which has the potential to boost the practice of radiation oncology. |
16 June 2008 |
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Elekta has developed a 3-D Virtual Clinic to enable radiation therapists, administrators, patients and investors an opportunity to acquaint themselves with Elekta’s products and how they are interconnected. |
13 June 2008 |
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Elekta has been selected to supply multiple Elekta Synergy digital linear accelerator systems to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center over the next few years. |
05 June 2008 |
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Physicians at California's San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland are to begin treating patients using the new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion. |
04 June 2008 |
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Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, the clinical solution for non-invasive radiosurgical treatments of tumours, vascular malformations and other brain disorders, has been approved by the Japanese Ministry for Health, Labor and Welfare, MHLW. |
27 May 2008 |
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Elekta has been selected as the main provider of a comprehensive suite of cancer and neurosurgical treatment solutions and supporting IT systems to the new Macquarie University Private Hospital that is currently under construction. |
02 May 2008 |
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Elekta has completed the company’s first-ever New Zealand order with Auckland Radiation Oncology (ARO) selecting a new Elekta Synergy system with Mosaiq EMR and Elekta VMAT for delivery in April 2008. |
25 April 2008 |
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Elekta is to deliver Elekta Neuromag, the world-leading equipment for non-invasive registration of nerve cell activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology to the new Le Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA) facility - NeuroSpin in Saclay, France, one of the largest research sites for brain imaging in Europe. |
25 February 2008 |
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Elekta has signed a purchase agreement to acquire CMS, a worldwide leader in the development, sales and support of advanced radiation therapy planning solutions, supporting over 1,500 sites in clinical operation throughout the world, for $75million. |
18 February 2008 |
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General Hospital Vienna has successfully completed its first Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) treatment making it one of the first hospitals in the world to carry out the innovative cancer treatment option. |
14 February 2008 |
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The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, USA has ordered an Elekta Neuromag system that is designed for non-invasive measurement of brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology.
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11 February 2008 |
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The world’s first image guided intensity modulated arc therapy patient treatments using commercially released product solutions have been completed by the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton UK and Allgemeines KrankenHaus / Medical University of Vienna in Austria. |
07 February 2008 |
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ProCure Treatment Centers has selected IMPAC Medical Systems (IMPAC), an Elekta company, as a preferred provider of oncology information systems (OIS) for ProCure'a IBA-equipped proton beam therapy centres. |
24 January 2008 |
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Two European sites are utilising Elekta technology to implement clinical treatments with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) following the recent CE designation of VMAT in Europe, the way has been cleared for The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, UK and General Hospital Vienna in Austria to treat cancer using Elekta’s VMAT solution. |
21 January 2008 |
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Elekta has been selected as a main partner by CHU (University Hospital Center) de Poitiers in a programme to improve radiation therapy treatment capacity in the Poitou-Charente region of France. |
21 January 2008 |
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Treatments have commenced on the new Elekta Synergy S at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). |
11 January 2008 |
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Elekta is negotiating to acquire CMS, a worldwide leader in the development, sales and support of advanced radiation therapy planning solutions, supporting over 1,500 sites in clinical operation throughout the world. |
08 January 2008 |
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The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences and IMPAC Medical Systems, an Elekta company, has announced a new strategic alliance that will introduce an integrated state-of- the-art e-Health record system into the classrooms and labs of Canada's leading educator of healthcare technologists and therapists. |
28 November 2007 |
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Elekta has received an order to supply advanced radiation therapy technology and information management software to the University of Liege Hospital (CHU Liege). |
13 November 2007 |
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Beaumont Hospital of Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, has performed its the first treatment using the new Elekta Axesse whole-body cancer treatment system. |
30 October 2007 |
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Elekta has unveiled Elekta Infinity a new digital linear accelerator optimised for delivering Volumetric Intensity Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) at the 49th Annual Meeting of The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO). |
29 October 2007 |
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Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and Elekta have entered into a global particle therapy collaboration programme. |
29 October 2007 |
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UPMC Presbyterian's Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery has begun patient treatments with a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system from Elekta. |
24 October 2007 |
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The Oxford Neurodevelopmental Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Centre has been opened at the University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, in Oxford, United Kingdom by HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal. |
12 October 2007 |
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The Niguarda Hospital of Milan, Italy has placed an order for Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, the advanced stereotactic radiosurgery system. |
10 October 2007 |
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The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens, Hygeia, has selected Elekta to supply and install three linear accelerator systems, including one Elekta Axesse stereotactic image guided treatment system, a comprehensive network and information management system and a long-term service contract. |
26 September 2007 |
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Two Italian hospitals opening up new radiation therapy clinics have selected Elekta to supply advanced and clinically proven cancer treatment systems for intensity modulated and image guided radiation therapy (IMRT and IGRT). |
25 September 2007 |
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A new study by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement has revealed that Americans have experienced a six fold increase in radiation since 1980 from medical devices and the results are giving new impetus to reducing peripheral doses. |
26 June 2007 |
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A year after the first Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion treatment was performed in Marseille, France, the system has gone on to treat more than 300 patients. |
18 June 2007 |
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Elekta is to supply Centro Gamma Knife Radiocirurgia of Portugal a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system for non-invasive radiosurgery of brain disorders. |
10 May 2007 |
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Elekta Neuromag and Innokas Medical have signed an agreement that outsources production of the Elekta Neuromag magnetoencephalography (MEG) system. |
08 May 2007 |
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Vejle hospital has ordered two Elekta Synergy intensity modulated and image guided radiation therapy systems that will be installed during 2007 and 2008. |
07 May 2007 |
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Elekta has acquired 3D Line Medical Systems which sees Elekta add a highly qualified R & D group specialised in stereotactic radiosurgery and dynamic IMRT treatments. |
03 May 2007 |
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A new order from India has been received by Elekta for the company's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, a non-invasive radiosurgery system for treating brain disorders. |
02 May 2007 |
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