News : Orthopaedics

Seven Hudson Valley locations of Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County (OADC) are now using PACS from the medical imaging IT company Sectra.  This solution will assist the group to improve patient care by providing specialized orthopedic tools integrated directly into the PACS workflow.
“Sectra PACS has exceeded our expectations. The physicians have transitioned seamlessly with no need to adjust patient...

IT and medical imaging company Sectra (NASDAQ OMX: SECT B) and Zimmer GmbH, a global leader in musculoskeletal care, have signed a non-exclusive cooperation agreement.  This will allow Zimmer to provide its customers in certain European countries with Sectra’s online 2D pre-operative planning system for orthopaedic surgery.
“Through cooperation with partners with an extensive network and high market presence,...

Centre d’Imagerie de Morges, an imaging center in the canton of Vaud, is the first facility in Switzerland to offer women an opportunity to combine their mammography examination with osteoporosis detection in a single examination. In this manner, women can examine their bone health and prevent fractures at an early stage, thereby avoiding unnecessary suffering and healthcare costs, and the center can give better...

Sectra launches new version of its visualization table at RSNA, Booth #9117

At RSNA 2011 in Chicago, the medical imaging IT company Sectra will launch support for bone segmentation and measurement on its visualization table to accommodate even better the surgical pre-operative planning workflow.
With powerful algorithms, Sectra Visualization Table identifies a bone or a bone fragment, according to the user’s...