Image Analysis Systems Developed for Breast Cancer Detection

A range of image analysis and computer-aided systems has been developed for improved breast cancer detection.

iCAD, Inc. (Nashua, NH, USA), a provider of advanced image analysis, workflow systems and radiation therapies for the early identification and treatment of cancer, presented its featured products at the European Society of Radiology's (ECR) annual meeting held in Vienna (Austria) during March 3-7, 2011.

"As the diagnostic imaging market continues to rebound in the US and Europe, iCAD is continuing to work with leading radiologists and healthcare advocates to introduce breakthrough image analysis and computer-aided detection technologies that can help in the earlier detection of cancer," said Ken Ferry, president and CEO of iCAD. "We are excited to attend ECR and demonstrate solutions we expect will help change the diagnostic paradigm for breast, prostate, and colon cancers."

At ECR, iCAD presented several advanced image analysis and clinical decision support solutions that work with digital mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) imaging modalities, including mammography SecondLook Premier, the latest SecondLook digital computer-aided detection (CAD) system from iCAD designed and developed using a 100% digital image database, providing improved digital CAD performance. SecondLook Premier provides detection and includes clinical decision support tools such as CAD Metrics and CAD iNSIGHT to provide breast imagers with a robust CAD solution. The new SecondLook Premier solution offers reverse compatibility for existing GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK) and Siemens Healthcare (Erlangen, Germany) SecondLook digital installations.

The SecondLook digital multivendor solution (MVS) from iCAD allows hospitals and imaging facilities to process cases from digital mammography systems manufactured by the major international imaging companies using a single server for multiple vendor input devices, eliminating the need to purchase a separate server for each manufacturer's digital mammography system.

The SpectraLookDCE MRI breast analysis system is designed to assist radiologists in differentiating potential cancers in the breast as part of their overall analysis of the MRI data. It provides radiologists with more diagnostic information by creating colorized images based on direct signal changes caused by contrast agent influx and efflux rates using key physiologic measures that relate to tumor physiology.

The OmniLook, a complementary software module to iCAD's existing breast MRI (SpectraLook) and prostate MRI (VividLook) solutions, applies advanced image analysis using a pharmacokinetic model for tumor assessment in other organs, such as the liver, kidney, and brain where dynamic contrast imaging may provide additional clinical insight.

PrecisionPoint, iCAD's interventional planning solution for breast MRI, provides radiologists with an automatic calculation of the location and depth of a targeted region of interest making biopsies easier, faster, and more reliable. Using VersaVue Enterprise, iCAD's MRI review software solution and PrecisionPoint, radiologists have a quick, easy way to secure all the necessary data for an interventional procedure, streamlining their planning and performance of MRI-guided percutaneous breast biopsies.

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