ELEKTA synergy systems will enable three university hospitals to begin shortened radiation treatments on patients.
Hospitals in Uppsala, Sweden, and Tartu, Estonia, will be equipped with Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) allowing hospital personnel to visualise the tumour at the time of treatment.
The hospital in Lund, Sweden, will extend its capacity for this type of targeted treatment.
All three hospitals will begin treating patients with Elekta Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT).
The therapy is unique in allowing the clinician to optimise all parameters of treatment delivery in order to maximise dose to the tumour. The threatment also minimises unwanted radiation to healthy tissue.
Uppsala University Hospital will begin treating patients with Elekta VMAT during autumn 2009. Lund University Hospital is planning to install the system in 2010.
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