Swedish hospital uses tomorrow€s advanced X-ray system today

Swedish hospital uses tomorrow's advanced X-ray system today At Visby Hospital, on Gotland, Sweden, the Swedish company Sectra is expanding and upgrading a digital image management system, that is, a film-free X-ray department. Deployment of the upgrade and expansion is the first stage of a four-year contract for digital radiology (PACS). The total value of the order is about SEK 11 million. "There's no doubt that we made the right move when we gave up X-ray film in 1994/95 in favor of computer technology. Despite fewer staff and expanded activity in the form of new diagnostic methods, such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance tomography, we have no waiting time," says Mats-Ola Rödén, previously project manager and head of planning at Visby Hospital. "The expansion just deployed will allow us to continue on the course we have set by further enhancing service and efficiency." "With this upgrade, we are changing to Windows NT clients and expanding our archive capacity as well as raising the level of service to our clients," says Dr. Staffan Jennerholm, head physician at Visby's X-ray department. "A larger number of sophisticated workstations for image review are being set-up in departments where there is a great need to access X-ray images. Other units referring patients gain access to the X-ray images via an intranet bridge connected to the system. The end result is more efficient and better patient care." For further information, please contact: Sectra Imtec AB, Dr Torbjörn Kronander Managing Director, +46 13-23 52 27, tk@sectra.se Or Sectra Imtec AB, Staffan Bergström Marketing Manager, +46 13-23 52 12, st-ber@sectra.se Welcome to visit our website http://www.sectra.se Sectra's operations Sectra AB is an IT company that grew out of research at the Linköping Institute of Technology. Since the mid-1980s, the Company has successfully conducted development and sales of high technology IT and telecommunications products. Today, the business includes products in the expanding fields of medical image systems, defense communication systems and digital radio systems. Sectra collaborates with customers in each of these markets to develop commercially robust, user-friendly products embodying high technical quality. Sectra is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O-list since March 3, 1999 The medical image business of Sectra 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. Among these Philips Medical System is the largest. In cooperation with Philips Medical Systems, Sectra has provided PACS to e.g. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Klinikum Deggendorf in Germany and Carolus den Bosch Hospital in the Netherlands. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/21/19990521BIT00110/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/21/19990521BIT00110/bit0003.pdf