News : Mammography

Private mammography provider in Switzerland joins the fight against osteoporosis

11/23/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Centre d’Imagerie de Morges, an imaging center in the canton of Vaud, is the first facility in Switzerland to offer women an opportunity to combine their mammography examination with osteoporosis detection in a single examination. In this manner, women can examine their bone health and prevent fractures at an early stage, thereby avoiding unnecessary suffering and healthcare costs, and the center can give better...

Sectra launches support for breast tomosynthesis images in PACS

11/11/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

At RSNA 2011 in Chicago, Sectra will showcase support for the display and review of breast tomosynthesis images in Sectra Breast Imaging PACS.
Tomosynthesis is an emerging technology within breast imaging. Since most PACS do not support images of this type, a dedicated modality workstation is usually needed in order to read tomosynthesis images. With Sectra’s solution, mammography clinics will now be able to...

Sectra’s first-quarter interim report: Sectra completes mammography modality tra...

9/6/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

IT and medical technology company Sectra’s profit after net financial items for the company’s first quarter, May - July 2011, rose 25.6% to SEK 16.2 million (12.9), corresponding to a profit margin of 9.6% (7.5). The Group reports an operating profit of SEK 6.5 million (9.0) and net sales of SEK 169.3 million (172.8). Order bookings rose 13.8% to SEK 190.8 million (167.7).

Sectra and Philips complete modality transaction

9/1/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

Sectra (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B) has completed a mammography-modality deal with Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG). Philips will pay EUR 57.5 million in a cash-on-cash and debt-free basis and take over the acquired modality operation today, September 1, 2011.
“The deal with Philips will give us the resources we need to continue our efforts and expand our business. In Medical Systems, we can...

Sectra and Philips sign large mammography modality acquisition deal

6/27/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

· Sectra invites media, financial analysts and investors to an international press conference today, 11.30 a.m. CET, at Operaterassen in Stockholm, Sweden. It is also possible to participate by telephone or on the Internet, see details below. Sectra (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B) and Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) have signed an agreement under which Philips will acquire...

Sectra enters the Russian market with new partnership

6/22/2011 3:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectrahas signed a distribution agreement with McBrothers, a leading medical technology company based in St Petersburg, Russia.
McBrothers represents a number of internationally renowned manufacturers of a wide range of state-of-the-art medical equipment. Through this partnership, McBrothers becomes a distributor of Sectra’s medical systems in the western regions of...

Major Norwegian private healthcare provider takes up fight against osteoporosis

6/21/2011 3:06 AM EST - SECTRA

Unilabs Norway AS in Oslo, a leading private healthcare provider, is now offering women the opportunity to combine their mammography examination with osteoporosis detection in a single examination using Sectra’s online service. In this way, women can examine their bone health and, at an early stage, prevent fractures by making lifestyle changes or having...
Using Sectra’s method, which is offered as an online...

Sectra’s year-end report 2010/2011: Sectra grows and invests for the future

5/24/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

The IT and medical-technology company Sectra’s net sales rose 7.4% to SEK 910.9 million (848.4) for the 2010/2011 fiscal year, due to increased transactions with existing customers and breakthroughs in new countries. The most significant milestone for the fiscal year was approval of the Sectra MicroDose Mammography system by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
“We will initially market and sell Sectra...

Sectra MicroDose Mammography examination

Sectra receives FDA clearance for MicroDose Mammography modality

5/4/2011 2:00 AM EST - SECTRA

First-of-its-kind technology enables women to benefit from significant reduction of radiation exposure Women in the US will now have the same opportunity as million of European women already have; to undergo mammography with significantly lower radiation dose. This is the result of FDA’s (Food and Drug Administration) clearance of the Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra’s digital mammography system,...

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...

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