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.

Sectra provides industry-leading medical imaging IT-systems for radiology, mammography, orthopaedic and rheumatology departments. With more than 20 years of leading innovation, Sectra maintains its position at the forefront of medical imaging IT thanks to close cooperation with top research centers and more than 1,100 customers.

Claes Lundström, Research Director Medical IT at Sectra, has finalized a study on the challenges facing radiologists. Many necessary and desired improvements in healthcare are dependent on progress in medical imaging and radiologists’ image reivew is a key component of the diagnostic chain. This type of advanced reasoning through visual interaction is known as Visual …

Clinical perspective Dr. Claes Lundström, EuroVA, visual analytics

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMD) are a major cause of occupational ill-health, encompassing a wide range of inflammatory and degenerative diseases and disorders that result in pain and functional impairment of the hand/wrist, arm, shoulder, neck and back. Several studies has shown that these conditions are severe and common among radiographers performing repetitive mammography examinations.
This white paper looks at how Sectra …

Women's health White Paper, WRMD

Today’s healthcare strives to practice as much evidence-based medicine as possible. New methods should be well researched, creating a need for close collaboration between hospitals, academia and private enterprise. New technology should be proven to be both effective and cost-efficient – and, of course, easy to implement into daily practice. New treatment options are developed, …

Clinical perspective DXR, preventive healthcare, Rheumatoid Arthritis

We are glad to see DXR is referred to as a prognostic marker in the guidelines of the Swedish Rheumatology Society (SRF).
One may wonder what the time lag is between a …

Clinical perspective DXR, Rheumatoid Arthritis

In a population of 100,000 women screened annually from age 40 to 55 and biannually thereafter to age 74 years, mammography screening would save 497 lives. However, with a dose of 3.7 mGy per breast and examination, 11 women would die from radiation-induced breast cancer as an effect of the screening. Looking at years of life, 10,670 years would be saved and 136 years lost among these women, giving a benefit-to-risk ratio of 78.5. The linear relationship between radiation dose and risk of radiation-induced cancer indicates that the benefit-to-risk ratio would be improved if the dose could be decreased while maintaining image quality and accuracy of diagnosis.

Women's health dose efficency, Dr. Yaffe

Spectral Imaging (color mammography) is one of the most exciting and promising innovations in mammography. This new procedure offers great possibilities in visualization of suspicious findings, and in conjunction with iodine contrast media, it substantially enhances tumor contrast. Thus Spectral Imaging might be able to handle cases which previously were the sole domain of breast MRI.
A clinical evaluation is currently …

Women's health Charité, Dr. Felix, Spectral imaging

This Norwegian study aimed at comparing mean glandular dose (MGD) in all full-field digital mammography and screen film mammography systems used in the Norwegian national mammography screening program. MGD from 31 screening units, based on an average of 50 women at each screening unit, representing 12 X-ray models from five different …

Women's health

Will the role of radiology in the healthcare of tomorrow be central or peripheral? The continued evolution of IT solutions is likely to be the catalyst propelling radiology either into the limelight or the shadows. The shadows analogous to a laborious but unchallenging delivery of lab results, whereas the limelight corresponds to an integrated, highly …

Clinical perspective, Wide area radiology Dr. Claes Lundström, Michael J. Cannavo, PACS-Neutral archives, Vendor-Neutral Archives

At the ECR 2011, Sectra invited four mammography experts to share their views on “how new technology can improve cancer detection while lowering radiation.” This second edition of the symposium first held in 2010 was very well attended and confirmed the interest in these new technologies.
The recorded version of the symposium is now available for …

Women's health Breast tomosynthesis, ECR, Mammography, Mammography & Dose, mammography screening, Spectral imaging

Radiology portal AuntMinnieEurope.com today launched its new Women’s Imaging Digital Community, a special section devoted to coverage of issues in women’s medical imaging in Europe. The new section is being supported by an unrestricted sponsorship from IT and medical technology company Sectra….

Women's health AuntMinnie, Mammography