ELEKTA TO SUPPLY CHU DE POITIERS HOSPITAL CENTER IN FRANCE WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY
PRESS RELEASEStockholm, Sweden, January 21, 2008CHU (University Hospital Center) de Poitiers has selected Elekta as the main partner in an ambitious program to improve radiation therapy treatment capacity in the Poitou-Charente region. Replacing equipment from a different vendor, the hospital recently assigned Elekta to deliver three Elekta Synergy® digital linear accelerator systems for intensity modulated and image guided radiation therapy. The order is valued at close to EUR 5 M.Intensity modulated and image guided radiation therapy (IMRT & IGRT) has during the last couple of years