CoActiv (www.coactiv.com) introduces EXAM-RT™ Archive, a digital viewing, archiving and retrieval platform for a full range of radiation therapy-related data, including CT images, cone beam images, CMS radiation therapy plans and DICOM-RT data files. The platform can complement an existing EXAM-PACS® installation or be implemented independently using dedicated archiving hardware. New functionality supports all seven DICOM-RT extensions and enables digital storage in a single unified patient information file. EXAM-RT Archive stores information in its native format in a single comprehensive, redundant and HIPAA-compliant digital archive.

FDA CLEARANCE

Radiation Therapy Planning Software

CMS (www.cmsrtp.com), an Elekta company, has received FDA clearance for its new Atlas-Based Autosegmentation (ABAS) software. ABAS provides image segmentation, or contouring, with an estimate of the anatomy boundary contours needed to create a radiation treatment plan. A standalone, vendor-neutral product that communicates using standard DICOM file formats for both input and output, ABAS is compatible with any radiation treatment planning system that can read standard DICOM RT structure set files. ABAS also provides structure-specific refinement algorithms for head and neck and prostate treatments, in addition to a general algorithm for other treatment sites.

NEW PRODUCT

PACS Search Engine

Illuminate™ by Softek (www.softek-illuminate.com) enables users of the Philips iSite PACS to search and locate radiologic reports and their corresponding images with a free-text, Google™-like interface. Illuminate is designed specifically for iSite PACS. Users can search every word of every report and generate results in less than a second. Users need not know a patient ID number or have technical assistance to run lengthy queries but can instead simply enter the word or phrase that defines the case.

FDA CLEARANCE

Breast Density Assessment Software

Hologic (www.hologic.com) has received FDA clearance for its R2 Quantra™ software application, intended for use with Hologic digital mammography systems. Quantra provides radiologists with an automated method for assessing breast density. Quantra creates an internal 3D model of the breast from which it derives estimates of the fibroglandular tissue volume and total breast volume; volumetric breast density is the ratio of these values. Using the Quantra tool to provide numeric values for each breast may aid radiologists in the assessment of breast tissue composition without the subjectivity of human interpretation.

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