ELEKTA INITIATIVES WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO GAMMA KNIFE® SURGERY, THE GOLD STANDARD IN RADIOSURGERY

ELEKTA INITIATIVES WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO GAMMA KNIFE® SURGERY, THE GOLD
STANDARD IN RADIOSURGERY

PRESS RELEASE	
Stockholm, Sweden, April 16, 2007

Better access to the best radiosurgical treatment is the goal of the new
technological, clinical and financial solutions for Leksell Gamma Knife®
unveiled by Elekta at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons' (AANS)
Annual Meeting, being held in Washington DC April 14-19, 2007.

To ensure that all hospitals, regardless of size, are able to offer the highest
possible quality of care to their patients, Elekta introduces Leksell Gamma
Knife 4 at AANS. This addition to the Gamma Knife family offers the same
accuracy and clinical effectiveness as other Gamma Knife products, but is
cost-effective in lower volume settings.

Elekta introduced the revolutionary Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ in 2006, and
continues to offer Leksell Gamma Knife 4C. Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion is a
technological leap forward, providing faster planning and treatment times and
improved safety for patients and staff, while maintaining the precision and
efficacy associated with Gamma Knife surgery."Having solutions for hospitals of any size, from large teaching institutions
that want to establish a radiosurgical center of excellence with Leksell Gamma
Knife Perfexion, to small community hospitals that are committed to offering
their patients the proven effectiveness of Gamma Knife surgery, ensures patients
with brain disorders can easily access the radiosurgical treatment of choice,"
said Anthony DeCarolis, President and CEO of Elekta, Inc.
Greater availability to Gamma Knife surgery is critical as cancer patients live
longer and also have need for additional treatment of metastases. According to
the American Cancer Society, between 20 and 40 percent of all cancer patients
develop metastatic tumors in the brain. Leksell Gamma Knife is the only
stereotactic radiosurgery system specifically approved by the FDA for treating
metastatic brain tumors, and more than 120,000 patients worldwide have been
treated for brain metastases."Gamma Knife has changed the paradigm for treatment of brain metastasis
patients," said Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, from the Department of Neurological
Surgery at University of Virginia. "Gamma Knife surgery has dramatically
expanded the neurosurgical armamentarium. Patients with brain metastases are
living longer and fuller lives as a result of Gamma Knife surgery."

Elekta has also taken steps to ensure hospitals can afford to add Gamma Knife
surgery to their services by creating a flexible financial solution. Aegis
Radiosurgery Partners facilitates the acquisition of Leksell Gamma Knife and
other major capital equipment in radiosurgery by structuring joint ventures and
making the technology available to physicians, hospitals and patients. In
addition, Aegis has a broad knowledge of the marketplace, providing expert
advice in instituting programs to build strong relationships with referring
physicians.

Gamma Knife surgery has become the world's most widely used radiosurgery
treatment for brain disorders due to its extraordinary accuracy, reduction of
excess radiation dose to the body and extensive history and clinical
documentation. Unlike some systems which are used for the whole body, Leksell
Gamma Knife is specifically designed to optimize treatment to the head.


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For further information, please contact:

Media inquiries:
Michelle Lee, PR and Advertising Manager
Tel: +1 770-670-2447, e-mail: michelle.lee@elekta.com


Investor inquiries:
Okee Williams, Corporate Communications, Elekta AB
Tel: +46 70 600 5364, e-mail: okee.williams@elekta.com  
About Elekta

Elekta is an international medical-technology Group, providing meaningful
clinical solutions, comprehensive information systems and services for improved
cancer care and management of brain disorders. All of Elekta's solutions employ
non-invasive or minimally invasive techniques and are therefore clinically
effective, gentle on the patient and cost-effective. 

Clinical solutions include among others Leksell Gamma Knife® for non-invasive
treatment of brain disorders and Elekta Synergy® for image guided radiation
therapy (IGRT). Following the acquisition of IMPAC Medical Systems Inc. in April
2005, the Elekta Group is the world's largest supplier of oncology software. 

Elekta's systems and solutions are used at over 4,000 hospitals around the world
to treat cancer and manage clinical operations as well as to diagnose and treat
brain disorders, including tumors, vascular malformations and functional
disorders. 

With approx. 2,000 employees, Elekta's corporate headquarter is located in
Stockholm, Sweden and the company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
under the ticker EKTAb. For more information about Elekta, please visit
www.elekta.com and for more information about IMPAC Medical System please visit
www.impac.com.