- Cedara to showcase an ever increasing portfolio of PACS pluggable
clinical applications available to healthcare and solution providers
- Cedara to showcase new technologies for radiology and emerging medical
imaging domains
- Cedara continues to enable researchers and R&D organizations with
commercialization and global distribution of innovative applications
TORONTO, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Cedara Software, a Merge Healthcare
company (Nasdaq: MRGE; TSX: MRG) and a leading independent developer of
medical software technologies for the global healthcare market, today
announced its intention to expand the impact of medical imaging at the 2005
Radiological Society of North America Conference held November 27 - December
2, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois.
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"Cedara brings a very unique value proposition to companies in the field
of medical imaging," said Brian Pedlar, President of Cedara Software. "Today's
competitive climate for healthcare technology has created burgeoning demands
for product delivery and profitability. As an established software partner,
Cedara enables medical imaging OEMs to substantially improve their time-to-
market, reduce (or eliminate) cost of goods, broaden their product portfolios,
and gain control of their customers' software environments. RSNA marks an
excellent opportunity for us to meet with customers and discuss new business
opportunities."
Beyond traditional PACS offerings, Cedara will showcase a variety of new
clinical applications that bring functional medical imaging into new
specialties' domains. Among the solutions demonstrated will be:
Cedara Open Eyes(TM) & Cedara BluePrint(TM)
An advanced software platform for the rapid development of medical imaging
applications, Cedara Open Eyes provides a structured framework on which
layered and protocol based applications can be quickly and efficiently created
without reinventing base functionality. Packaged with sophisticated image
viewing, DICOM, databasing and image manipulation capabilities, Cedara Open
Eyes allows healthcare companies to focus on the development of workflow and
specific clinical tools. Open Eyes provides an excellent framework for both
plug-in integration and complete software development. For additional
development capabilities, Cedara BluePrint provides extended structure and
features for the Cedara Open Eyes development environment.
Cedara I-Conference(TM)
Cedara I-Conference is a tool that puts power into a physician's hands.
Designed as a productivity tool, Cedara I-Conference can be used to create
presentations or to act as a shared conferencing forum. Diverse file formats
including DICOM images, Microsoft(R) PowerPoint(TM), PDFs, Quicktime, AVI,
TIFF, MPEG, live web pages and more can all be consolidated and manipulated in
this singular streamlined package.
Cedara I-ReadMammo(TM)
Cedara I-ReadMammo is a soft-copy reading workstation designed
specifically for Breast Imaging. With its outstanding image quality,
performance and tailored workflow design, Cedara I-ReadMammo enables
radiologists to optimize their reading speed and improve patient care through
multi-vendor, multi-modality and multi-CAD support.
Cedara B-CAD(TM)
Cedara B-CAD is the world's first CAD solution designed to assist
radiologists in analyzing breast ultrasound. With integrated tools for ACR BI-
RADS(R) characterization and automatic report generation, Cedara B-CAD is a
perfect complement for diagnostic breast ultrasound. Integrated with Cedara I-
ReadMammo, Cedara B-CAD demonstrates functional multi-modality breast imaging
workflow.
Cedara OrthoWorks(TM)
Cedara OrthoWorks is a suite of diagnostic tools for orthopaedic
specialists in digital environments. Its advanced digital imaging technology
offers image acquisition, surgical planning, templating, archiving and web
distribution. Using OrthoWorks, users can perform automated orthopaedic
measurements designed to minimize calculations and human error while
facilitating quick and accurate planning. Also within the OrthoWorks suite of
applications is Cedara Care Manager(TM) and Cedara Spine Analyzer(TM),
definitive tools for implant tracking and spinal analysis.
Cedara PET/CT Workstation(TM)
Cedara's PET/CT software solution provides a clear understanding of CT and
PET reading workflow. Cedara PET/CT Workstation has been designed to easily
accommodate the standard methods Radiologists use to read CT datasets and can
be seamlessly integrated with PACS systems. Cedara PET/CT adapts a PACS
paradigm of using multiple screens to give the user a great workspace for
reading the torrent of data in a PET/CT study. Built with radiology workflow
in mind, PET/CT Workstation has standard features for worklist management and
optimizes productivity with configurable layouts.
Cedara CalScore Review(TM)
A powerful application for coronary screening, CalScore Review provides
clinicians with the tools needed to quantify arterial calcium buildup through
CT imaging. Easy to use, CalScore Review automatically publishes findings in a
customizable report. Individual Score reports are based on the industry-
standard Agatston as well as Volume or Mass score. Basic features include
user-definable color scheme, report generation, and Hounsfield threshold.
Additional gating and calibration capabilities can be added to this solution
as needed based on the user's CT equipment specifications.
Cedara Colon Review(TM)
Colon Review is a complete virtual colonoscopy workflow solution that
provides a powerful tool for reviewing colon or other luminal studies and
reporting the findings. Colon Review enhances productivity by integrating
software tools to visualize the lumen, record findings, and automatically
generate a report. The study can be reviewed working primarily on the 2D
images (using the 3D view for problem solving), or the study can be reviewed
working primarily from the 3D view, according to the user's preference. Colon
Review's sophisticated yet easy-to-use 3D visualization technology provides
physicians the capability to make clinical assessments quickly and easily.
Cedara Lung Review(TM)
Our Lung Review software provides a solution for one of the most
challenging tasks confronting today's radiologists: the analysis of lung
nodules complicated by hundreds of slices and confused by normal anatomy.
Productivity can be enhanced with judicious software tools that aid physicians
while still providing complete authority over output. Lung Review is a
comprehensive lung nodule visualization & analysis package that incorporates
an innovative 4-pane viewing tool with real-time MPR and sliding slab MIP
functionality to examine the lung and any candidate regions identified by the
user. Automated nodule segmentation generates a 3D representation of the
nodule, measures its signal and dimensional characteristics, and incorporates
a customizable decision tree based on ELCAP recommendations.
Cedara DentalWorks(TM)
Cedara DentalWorks is an innovative dental implant planning system used by
dentists and radiologists that makes the accurate planning and placement of
dental implants easy. Using CT data and a smart, automated workflow, users can
determine the optimal location of dental implants. Cedara DentalWorks produces
a customized dental template that simplifies drilling and helps dentists place
an implant with confidence and precision.
Cedara OncologyWorks(TM)
Cedara has recently focused on providing exciting new clinical software
solutions for Oncology. Under the family name OncologyWorks, Cedara will be
highlighting progress in bringing to market a suite of applications designed
to address cancer screening, diagnosis and radiotherapy treatment and
planning. This includes quantitative PET/CT fusion, ultrasound navigation
positioning, tumour tracking, patient follow-up management and more.
Cedara I-Response(TM)
A unique application in the Cedara OncologyWorks suite, Cedara will be
highlighting progress in the development of Cedara I-Response. Cedara I-
Response is a works-in-progress software solution based on an exclusive novel
imaging process known as functional diffusion mapping(TM) (fDM(TM)). Cedara I-
Response provides technology for early detection of treatment response in
brain cancer care, based on landmark work at the University of Michigan.
Differing from standard techniques that use anatomical images to evaluate
cancer treatment, Cedara I-Response is a molecular imaging technique that
assesses tumour response from cellular mechanisms. It has the potential to
evaluate the impact of anti-cancer drugs and radiation therapy on tumours at
an unprecedented rate. By giving radiologists, oncologists, researchers and
others a sophisticated tool to study tumour activity at both the cellular and
anatomical level, it is hoped that this technology may provide the foundation
on which fast, efficient and personalized cancer treatment planning can
develop.
Cedara will also introduce a variety of developing technologies for areas
such as chiropractic, pharmaceutical R&D, interventional radiology, pathology,
microscopy and more. All of these technologies are available to Cedara's
business partners.
"Everyone knows that software development takes twice as long and costs
twice as much as budgeted," continued Pedlar, "but it doesn't have to. Over
the course of 20 years and over 2,000 man-years of software development,
Cedara has refined its software methodology through the use of hardened and
sophisticated toolkits, platforms, leading architectures, plug-in frameworks
and advanced development environments -- all of these capabilities are
available to our business partners to help save time, money and reduce
development risks. Any OEM or University Hospital interested in next
generation imaging solutions should check out Cedara Software."
Cedara Software will be located at booth 1315 in the South Hall of
McCormick Place during RSNA 2005.
Cedara Software is a Merge Healthcare company focused on the development
of custom engineered software applications and development tools for the
medical imaging OEM and International markets. Cedara software is deployed in
hospitals and clinics worldwide and is licensed by many of the world's leading
medical device and healthcare information technology companies. Cedara
technologies and expertise span all the major digital imaging modalities
including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), digital
X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, echo-cardiology, angiography, nuclear
medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and fluoroscopy. Cedara medical
imaging offerings are used in all aspects of clinical imaging workflow
including the capture of a patient's digital image; the archiving,
communication and manipulation of digital images; sophisticated clinical
applications to analyze digital images; and the use of imaging in minimally-
invasive surgery. For additional information, visit our website at
http://www.cedara.com.
Merge Healthcare is a market leader in the development and delivery of
medical imaging and information management software and services. With over
twenty years of leadership in the medical imaging and healthcare information
technology markets, Merge Healthcare provides innovative solutions for both
OEM and the end-user healthcare markets. We custom engineer clinical and
imaging applications and development tools that are on the forefront of
medicine and its use of medical imaging for OEM and international customers.
We develop innovative medical imaging software solutions that support end-to-
end business and clinical workflow for radiology department and specialty
practices, imaging centers and hospitals. Our innovative software solutions
use leading-edge imaging software technologies that accelerate market delivery
for our OEM customers, while our end-user solutions improve our customers'
productivity and enhance the quality of patient care they provide. For
additional information, visit our website at http://www.merge.com.
All trademarks appearing in this release are the property of Cedara
Software Corp.
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CONTACT:
Jacques Cornet, VP of Business Development &
Strategic Marketing of Cedara Software Corp., +1-905-672-2100
ext. 2564, jacques.cornet@cedara.com; or Media: Beth
Frost-Johnson, Sr. VP of Marketing of Merge Healthcare,
+1-414-977-4254, bethfj@merge.com
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