Product Catalog for Sectra PACS Clinical Applications

Computer Aided DetectionMerge HealthcareProducts• Merge CADstreamFunctionality highlights• MR mammography CADMarket clearancesFDA 510 (k) approval in 2002 and CE mark received in 2004.Contact infoMary Hoxworth, Director, Product ManagementPhone: +1 312 565 6829E-mail: mary.hoxworth@merge.comwww.merge.comCADstream automates breast MRI study analysis which assists radiologists in the interpretation, standardization andreporting of these data-intensive studies. CADstream’s automated features include adaptive image registration (2D/3D),multiplanar reformatting, subtractions, angiogenesis maps, interactive realtime contrast curves, maximum intensity projections(MIPs) and volume summaries. CADstream’s advanced features include a streamlined portfolio for treatment planning(automatically provides summaries with size, classification and location for volume of interest and incorporates ACRBI-RADS® Atlas for lesion classification), multimodality ready (ability to access and view patients’ mammography andultrasound studies while interpreting breast MRI studies) and SureLoc for interventional planning.Integration with Sectra PACSWhen CADstream is integrated with Sectra PACS, studies are linked by patient study name. A user can be viewing a mammographystudy on the Sectra PACS and quickly access a linked CADstream-processed breast MRI study by accessingCADstream from the right-click menu. Once CADstream is selected, the user can view and compare the patient’s mammographyand breast MRI studies together.“Since 1999, there has been a 40 percent per year increase in the number of breast MRI examinations in the U.S., andthat number is expected to continue growing rapidly over the next five years. For this reason, we looked for technologythat would increase our efficiency and provide standardization. CADstream provides our physicians and technologists witha more efficient method for processing and interpreting the images acquired. That’s valuable time saved that can be spentwith patients.”Linda Sutherland, MD, Co-medical DirectorWomen’s Imaging, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CaliforniaSectra Clinical Solutions Network, page 38