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Elekta Emphasizes Advantages of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Over Competing Systems at 2011 AANS Meeting
Date:4/8/2011

ns that improve the management of neurological and neurosurgical cases, including:

  • Elekta Neuromag® TRIUX, the latest generation magnetoencephalography (MEG) system

  • Elekta Axesse™, an advanced, versatile stereotactic treatment system, designed to facilitate highly targeted stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and radiosurgery (SBRS) anywhere in the body

  • SonoWand Invite™, an intra-operative imaging system with high quality 3D ultrasound and navigation for brain surgery

  • Leksell Stereotactic System® for functional neurosurgery. Exceptional imaging, high platform rigidity and ease of use ensure that critical accuracy requirements are met for this surgical discipline

  • Leksell SurgiPlan®, Elekta's advanced image-based neurosurgical planning software specifically designed for Leksell Stereotactic System®

Leksell Radiosurgery Award winner to be announced

On April 11, the AANS will present the 2011 Leksell Radiosurgery Award to Dr. Robert Starke from the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. As part of the program, Dr. Starke will give a talk, titled "Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of Meningiomas Located in the Posterior Fossa: Factors Predictive of Outcome and Recurrence."

(1.) Ma L, Petti P, Wang B, et al. Apparatus dependence of normal brain tissue dose in stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple metastases. Published online March 4, 2011; DOI: 10.3171/2011.1.JNS101056.

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