In Sectra Medical's social newsroom we highlight relevant imaging trends. We believe, staying on top of these trends is a pre-requisite for us to develop solutions that truly help our customers become more efficient.
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The mammography symposium held at ECR on March 6 attracted a large and highly qualified audience, all interested in how to improve cancer detection in mammography.
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Mammography & Dose Mammography & Dose, mammography screening, photon-counting, Prof Danielsson, Sectra MicroDose Mammography
March 5th, 2010
Dr Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT, Sectra
An interesting session on image compression was held at ECR Thursday March 4:
“Image compression: Acceptable? Unacceptable? Any decision yet?”.
Dr David Koff presented results from the impressively thorough national Canadian evaluation*. Seen as a summary of the Radiology community’s view on image compression, the session reflected a refreshingly pragmatic view on how to use image …
Clinical perspective data explosion, Dr. Claes Lundström, PACS trends
Region Zealand in Denmark has decided to offer female citizens mammography screening within 30 km of their homes. It is natural to assume, but yet to be proven, that participation rates improve if women need to spend less time on transportation when attending a screening examination. Region Zealand has a very high participation rate of …
Mammography & Dose Mammography & Dose, mammography screening, mobile mammography, Sectra MicroDose Mammography
Digitization of the imaging procedure was a great leap forward, particularly in terms of workflow and dose efficiency. Although screening programs are proven to decrease breast cancer mortality by up to 45%, we still miss 30% of cancers. Also, high recall rates are a frequent source of debate. In short, there is still room for …
Mammography & Dose Breast tomosynthesis, Mammography & Dose, mammography screening, photon-counting, Prof Danielsson, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, Spectral imaging, White Paper
February 8th, 2010
Dr. Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT solutions, Sectra
In his latest AuntMinnie post, Michael J. Cannavo brings up the topic of Vendor-Neutral Archives (VNAs), aka PACS-Neutral Archives (PNAs). I agree with Mr. Cannavo’s insightful points about the necessity of information sharing in future healthcare and the described benefits of VNAs. However, our long experience from deploying cross-enterprise archiving and sharing shows …
Wide area radiology Dr. Claes Lundström, Michael J. Cannavo, PACS-Neutral archives, Vendor-Neutral Archives, Wide area radiology
February 1st, 2010
Dr Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT, Sectra
As you have probably noticed, buying and deploying a PACS is just the beginning of your journey towards true productivity. Enabling PACS users throughout the enterprise to fully exploit the capacity of the system is just as big a challenge. A future-proof, productivity focused vendor should be able to provide continuous assistance in spotting inefficient procedures, exploring new capabilities as well as spreading best practices – supporting you in reaching the full potential of your PACS investment.
Wide area radiology Dr. Claes Lundström, PACS trends, White Paper, Wide area radiology
While in Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, George E. Smith took the opportunity to visit Sectra to discuss photon-counting and its use in the latest advances in the future of medical imaging. In the photo below, he is seen viewing Sectra MicroDose Mammography – the only system in the market that uses …
Mammography & Dose George E. Smith, Nobel Prize, photon-counting, Sectra MicroDose Mammography
View the RSNA 2009 video report from Imaging Technoloy News>>
Wide area radiology RapidConnect, RIS/PACS, RSNA 09, Wide area radiology
Photon counting has gained significant momentum in x-ray imaging the last years. It continues to be a hot subject at this year’s RSNA as well, with discussions about how photon-counting can be used in different modalities.
“30 years from now all x-ray detectors for medical imaging will be photon counting. Why use any-thing else than the …
Mammography & Dose photon-counting, Prof Danielsson, RSNA 09, Sectra MicroDose Mammography
