Visage Imaging and Medicsight Collaborate To Provide Thin Client-Based CT Colonography System

Visage Imaging (Carlsbad, CA, USA) and Medicsight PLC (London) are collaborating to jointly develop an advanced computed tomography (CT) colonography system that will be fully integrated with the Visage Thin Client/Server platform.

Visage Imaging's picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and advanced visualization systems are capable of displaying and processing the ever-increasing amounts of two-dimensional (2D), 3D, and 4D data efficiently on standard computers connected through local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or the Internet. The planned CT colonography (CTC) application will be fully integrated into this platform, providing server-based performance and consistent data access across the entire healthcare enterprise.

In this way, radiologists and clinicians can make most efficient use of the power of CTC combined with Medicsight computer-aided detection (CAD), in both second and concurrent reading paradigms; as well as for distributing, documenting, and sharing the diagnostic results. The CTC application becomes an integral part of the PACS infrastructure and workflow, thereby removing the need for costly, dedicated CTC workstations.

"We look forward to supporting Visage Imaging in delivering this unique integrated solution to hospitals and imaging centers. The easy deployment and enhanced accessibility of the Visage solution results in a powerful package that brings CT colonography to its true potential,” said David Sumner, chief executive officer at Medicsight.

"This partnership reflects our commitment to providing advanced clinical applications that become available directly within the PACS workflow, and throughout the enterprise,” said Marcelo Lima, president of Visage Imaging. "Visage enables our customers to make more efficient use of their PACS, advanced visualization, and clinical applications such as CT angiography, cardiac CT, and CT colonography. The benefits of an integrated, thin client-based solution start with an optimized workflow inside the radiology department, and go all the way to enabling remote reading services and an enhanced service offering to their referral base.”

Medicsight is a research-driven, leading developer of CAD and image analysis software for the medical imaging market. The CAD software automatically highlights suspicious areas on CT scans of the colon and lung, helping radiologists to identify, measure, and analyze potential disease and early indicators of disease. Medicsight's CAD software has been validated using one of the world's largest and most population diverse databases of verified patient CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD and LungCAD software products are integrated with the advanced 3D visualization workstations of several industry-leading imaging equipment partners.


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