Siemens to Offer Digital Detection System

(Nashua, NH, USA), a leading provider of
computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and Siemens Medical
Solutions (Erlangen, Germany), a world leader in medical imaging and information technology (IT) systems, have announced that Siemens will offer iCAD's TotalLook system for use with its Mammomat NovationDR full-field digital mammography system, through Siemens global sales and distribution channels.

TotalLook, introduced by iCAD at the end of 2005, provides customers with a comprehensive film-to-digital system, making it easier for women's health centers to transition from film to digital mammography. This new technology assists radiologists in comparing breast images year-to-year to identify subtle changes that may be indicative of breast cancer. Siemens also distributes iCAD's Second Look Digital system for computer-aided detection of breast cancer.

TotalLook converts prior film images into a digital format for comparison with more recent images from digital mammography systems. It automatically adjusts the digitized images for correct display on Siemens' MammoReportPlus softcopy reporting workstation. The system also automatically retrieves and receives patient information from digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) worklists; digitizes standard mammography films in 23 seconds; captures the full fidelity of original film mammograms in each digitized image; tracks and labels records in industry-standard DICOM format; sends complete records to multiple DICOM destinations simultaneously; and displays high-resolution digitized images on many DICOM workstations in any hanging protocol.



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