Elekta receives Australian orders for Synergy image-guided radiation therapy
28 April 2006
Stockholm, Sweden. Elekta has announced two new orders for its image
guided radiation therapy treatment product, Elekta Synergy, from North Coast
Area Health Service in New South Wales, Australia. These orders together
with recent orders from Austin Health Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria and
Townsville Hospital, Queensland, represent a total order value in excess of
A$10 million.
Elekta is a major supplier of products for advanced radiation therapy,
comprehensive cancer management and non-invasive treatment of brain
disorders. The company says that concept of image guided radiation therapy
(IGRT) and its 3D X-ray volume imaging is rapidly gaining clinical
acceptance worldwide.
The most recent Australian orders for Elekta's pioneering IGRT technology
come from clinics located in Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie in New South
Wales, both part of the North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS). These new
customers also invested in oncology information management systems from its
subsidiary, IMPAC Medical Systems, including MOSAIQ, an electronic medical
record (EMR) system for oncology clinics.
In March, the company also received orders for advanced digital linear
accelerators from Austin Health Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria, also
equipped with IGRT technology and the MOSAIQ EMR system, and from Townsville
Hospital in Queensland. These systems are already delivered.
"We chose Elekta since 3D X-ray Volume Imaging on Elekta Synergy is now
very well established and has been proven clinically at so many sites
throughout the world", says Mr. Dominic Au-Yeung, Manager of Radiation
Oncology at Austin Health Hospital, and continues; "at Austin, we are
looking forward to the new systems being installed in June this year".
Elekta have recently also installed IMPAC's electronic medical record
system at Radiation Oncology Victoria (ROV) in Melbourne, which is now
successfully up and running in all four of their current centres and
installed at the soon to be opened fifth centre, all integrating the
operations and treatment process on linear accelerators from different
suppliers.
"We are very pleased with the recent development in Australia where
Elekta now holds a strong position. We can offer a comprehensive solution in
the fight against cancer from the most innovative digital linear accelerator
on the market to the best software solution for oncology information
management, a combination very well adapted to today's customer demand",
summarizes Brendan J. Vahey, Managing Director and head of Elekta's Business
Unit Australia.
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