Universal Enterprise System Enables 2D/3D/4D Advanced Clinical Applications on Existing PACS Workstations

A new universal enterprise system enables fast delivery and easy access of two-dimensional (2D)/3D/4D advanced clinical applications on existing picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstations in virtually any hospital PACS environment without code-level integration.

Available on the IQQA Enterprise Engine are IQQA-Chest for digital X-ray lung nodule computer-assisted detection (CAD), and the IQQA-Liver for contrast multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). The IQQA Enterprise Engine is also capable of accommodating third party imaging applications. The system was developed by EDDA Technologies, Inc. (Princeton Junction, NJ, USA).

IQQA-Chest is the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration- (FDA)-cleared system to provide real-time interactive diagnostic analysis of digital chest X-rays using a comprehensive set of tools to support physicians in their identification, confirmation, and quantification of lung nodules. By offering a system powered by intelligent tools with real-time interaction, it integrates advanced diagnostic analysis technologies into physicians' softcopy reading process for improved workflow and clinical decision-making. Published clinical studies have suggested that IQQA-Chest may help physicians' identification of small lesions and reduce inter-observer variation. With the number of chest X-rays that are read on a daily basis worldwide, the immediacy provided by IQQA-Chest Enterprise allows for expanded use of chest CAD tools on a routine basis, with the prospect of enhancing diagnostic quality on a broad scale.

IQQA-Liver Enterprise addresses the clinical challenge faced by physicians in efficiently dealing with tremendous data volume from contrast MDCT images of the liver. Combining advanced image analysis algorithms and powerful visualization tools, the software supports physicians to rapidly and effectively distill vital diagnostic information from data volume of extraordinary size. It performs automatic anatomy-based phase registration to allow simultaneous visualization and easy cross-referencing of lesion location and characteristics across different phases. IQQA-Liver Enterprise additionally provides 3D segmentation and measurement tools for visualization and analysis of liver, liver lesions, and vascular structures.

The enabling IQQA Enterprise Engine (IQQA-EE) technology is a direct response to the critical challenge that physicians and hospital information technology (IT) now face in integrating more and more advanced clinical applications into existing PACS workflow. Access to such applications via dedicated stand-alone workstations is no longer accepted as an option in an already stressed workflow. Although static image results could frequently be sent from these stand-alone workstations back to a primary PACS workstation for review, it is still not possible to enjoy access to the full interactive functionality of these advanced applications at the PACS viewing station.

The IQQA Enterprise Engine aims to redefine how advanced clinical application can be accessed by physicians and managed by hospital IT. Physicians can now have immediate access to the full real-time 2D/3D/4D functionality of advanced clinical applications at existing PACS viewing stations.


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