Elekta secures deal with Erasmus University in Rotterdam

AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Jun 2, 2014

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has placed Versa HD linear accelerators at a facility in the Netherlands.

The Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has purchased the equipment along with a software upgrade of Elekta's Mosaiq oncology information system and Monaco 5 treatment planning system.

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