Sectra´s breast imaging workstation receives FDA clearance for the US market

Sectra´s breast imaging workstation receives FDA clearance for the US market Sectra, the Swedish IT and medical technology company, has received FDA approval of its workstation dedicated to breast imaging. "This approval is an important step in our focus on the US mammography market", says Dr. John Goble, President of Sectra North America Inc. "The highly regarded IDS5 workstation family has now been extended to meet the demanding workflow requirements of full field digital mammography, providing breast imaging specialists with true multi-modality capability", he adds. Tests of the breast imaging workstation have been performed in cooperation with the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, New York, USA. This center is very active with more than 70,000 mammography examinations per year and a number of different modalities, e.g. full field digital mammography systems, MRI and Ultrasound from several vendors. "Our philosophy is to tailor the diagnostic process to meet each patient's individual needs, providing breast imaging and diagnostic results before the patient leaves the clinic. Sectra's reviewing workstation streamlines our screening and diagnostic workflow, integrating all breast imaging modalities, including all currently approved FFDM units, Sonography and Breast MRI into a single PACS solution", says Margarita L. Zuley, M.D. at The Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic. The FDA approved workstation is part of the Sectra PACS for Breast Imaging, a complete system for the processing and archiving of all digital images used in mammography. With the system, all necessary information, such as images and patient data, is made available at reviewing workstations. This permits for the radiologists to perform their work productively, cost-effectively and securely without compromising diagnostic quality or patient integrity. The workstation will support CAD (Computer Aided Detection) from the industry leader R2 using the innovative CSN (Clinical Solutions Network) framework. About Sectra Sectra is one of today's major diagnostic imaging providers with more than 450 installations worldwide. Sectra's core business is to deliver top-of-the-line, high-availability, robust enterprise diagnostic imaging for 24/7 operation. In Scandinavia Sectra is the market leader with more than 50 percent of all film-free installations. The company also has a large number of systems installed in most major countries in Europe, the Far East and North America, in co-operation with partners. For more information, visit www.sectra.com. Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linköping Institute of Technology and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in IT. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of advanced IT and medical technology products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems. Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is marketed and sold through different partners. Business is conducted in eight countries with a total of 290 employees. Sales for the fiscal year 2002/03 reached SEK 503 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/29/20040128BIT20780/wkr0006.pdf