Elekta’s Project Atlantic: A New Blue Ocean For Radiation Therapy
Executive Summary
Elekta AB is counting on rapid uptake of its new first-generation MRI-guided radiation therapy technology after its CE-marking and FDA clearance, anticipated in 2017. The so-called Project Atlantic combines high-field real-time MR imaging with state-of-the-art linear technology that, in the words of Elekta president and CEO Niklas Savander, will take the standard of care to the next level.
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