Press release 2009-05-20
Strong C-RAD presence at Nordic radiotherapy meetings C-RAD AB with its three fully owned subsidiaries is all active in the field of radiation therapy. The company attended and exhibited at the annual physicist meeting DSMF in Odense, Denmark, May 15-16 and the annual Finnish Radiation Therapy Meeting held in Helsinki, May 14-15. The Sentinel laser scanner system was exhibited and important meetings were held with the major customers is respective country. The first two Sentinel laser scanners have also recently been installed at the Docrates clinic in Helsinki Finland. The Nordic radiotherapy market is important for C-RAD and in accordance with the strategy to have a strong presence in the region the company attended and exhibited at both events. Finland and Denmark is highly interesting with clinics performing a high degree of advanced radiation procedures. The events in Finland and Denmark are the most important national meetings for respective country and representatives from most clinics attended. The Sentinel concept received great interest from the visitors and important customer contacts were established. The first Sentinel installation has been done in Finland. The private radiotherapy clinic Docrates in Helsinki has installed two Sentinel laser scanners for increased patient positioning accuracy and improved efficiency in combination with the unique motion detection functionality of the Sentinel concept. Erik Hedlund, CEO, C-RAD AB: "We are pleased to have been selected to equip the Docrates Clinic in Helsinki, Finland, with our state-of-the-art laser scanning system for accurate and efficient patient positioning and movement detection functionality. We recognized a high level of interest from the customers in Finland and Denmark during these important national meetings. The radiotherapy clinics in the region are performing advanced radiation therapy procedures and the unique features of the Sentinel concept was well recognized by the customers." For further information: Erik Hedlund, CEO C-RAD AB, Telefon 018 - 66 69 31, E-post erik.hedlund@c-rad.se