The new Elekta Synergy systems will provide expanded capacity for advanced image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), which Mary Bird Perkins (MBP) began providing to patients four years ago.
The new systems will provide for MBP’s current locations as well as the organization’s long-term regional growth into new markets. MBP has locations in Baton Rouge, Hammond and Covington and is building a fourth location in Gonzales, Louisiana.
Each of the estimated nine new treatment systems will include 3D X-ray volume imaging and some will include ElektaVMAT volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy, enhancing MBP’s intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and IGRT arsenal.
Joseph Jachinowski, president and CEO of Elekta North America, said: We are extremely pleased to be able to supply our treatment delivery devices to Mary Bird Perkins. They have been a long time user of our electronic medical record (EMR) system and the combination of adding Elekta Synergy treatment systems with the EMR will further enhance the integration of the delivery of cancer care benefiting patients across Mary Bird Perkins’s network of facilities.