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Breast screening centers in UK to improve service with region-wide PACS solution...

4/27/2011 3:01 AM EST - SECTRA

Fast and highly efficient reading of screening mammograms will improve the breast screening service to the women in the Kent region in UK. This will be achieved with a region-wide IT-solution, Sectra Breast Imaging PACS, managing all breast images from 270,000 examinations done each year by three breast screening centers in Kent.
By linking the hospitals’ mammography operations together, an efficient flow of...

Sectra MicroDose Mammography approved for sales in Russia

4/19/2011 2:40 AM EST - SECTRA

Healthcare providers in Russia can now offer women mammography with the market’s lowest radiation dose. This opportunity is a result of the Russian authorities’ approval of Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography[1].
With its 140 million inhabitants, Russia has around 6,000 hospitals and clinics. Half of these perform mammography today, and a very small number of them use digital...

More women in Luxembourg to benefit from mammography with lowest possible dose

3/18/2011 4:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Luxembourg has invested in two additional digital Sectra MicroDose Mammography systems for their breast screening program. With this investment even more women in Luxembourg will benefit from mammography examinations with the lowest radiation dose on the market.
Three hospitals in Luxembourg made their first investments in Sectra’s unique, photon...

First order in North America for Sectra MicroDose Mammography

3/7/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The women of Canada will soon benefit from low-dose mammography. Trillium Radiology Associates, which operates private diagnostic imaging facilities in Toronto and Mississauga, has invested in four digital mammography systems from the IT and medical technology company Sectra. The system was sold by Xtron Imaging Inc., Sectra’s new distribution partner for Canada.
Using Sectra’s mammography system, Sectra...

Sectra reveals initial clinical results of color mammography

3/3/2011 2:30 AM EST - SECTRA

The first clinical results from a research project focused on spectral (color) mammography shows promising diagnostic benefits for breast cancer. Published in the February issue of Radiology, the results will be presented at a symposium dedicated to breast cancer detection and ways of improving cancer detection with photon counting...
Single shot spectral imaging is enabled using Sectra’s unique photon counting...

ECR mammography symposium: How to improve cancer detection while lowering radiat...

2/24/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

With a proven mortality decrease of up to 45%, mammography screening is arguably the best tool for finding cancers early. However, we still miss a significant fraction of the cancers. Digital mammography was a great leap forward, but what can we do next to increase the cancer detection rate?
At this symposium, we will receive a summary of the performance of digital mammography in the Irish screening program....

Sectra MicroDose Mammography receives first approval in North America

2/1/2011 2:30 AM EST - SECTRA

Canadian healthcare providers can now offer women mammography with the market’s lowest radiation dose. This is thanks to the authority Health Canada’s approval of the Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra’s full field digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography.
Patient dose is high on the agenda in the radiology community. With superior image quality, Sectra MicroDose...

Sectra signs partnership agreement with leading Canadian mammography solution pr...

12/14/2010 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a partnership agreement with the Canadian company Xtron Imaging Inc. Under the agreement, Xtron Imaging Inc. will become a distributor of Sectra’s digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, in Canada.
Canada is a large healthcare market. Today, most of the mammography systems in Canada are analog and there is growing demand for...

Sectra MicroDose Mammography receives Product Quality Leadership Award

12/8/2010 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Sectra has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan for its unique photon counting mammography system, Sectra MicroDose, with the Product Quality Leadership, Women's Health Imaging Europe 2010 award.
The award is based on evaluations in several areas including product performance, reliability and design.

Frost & Sullivan summarizes the industry challenges as "…the success of mammography vendors lies in their...

Mammography clinic takes up the fight against osteoporosis - combining low dos...

10/21/2010 3:15 AM EST - SECTRA

Sectra announces an agreement with Aspen Healthcare Ltd for use of Sectra’s unique solution for mammography and osteoporosis screening at Holly House Hospital. The hospital is the first in the UK to give women the opportunity of better quality of life by offering osteoporosis detection and mammography in a single examination. This is an initiative that will also drastically...

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