Sectra signs co-operation agreement with Mirada Solutions
11/22/2002 4:18 AM EST
Sectra increases customer benefit through new partnership:
The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra widens its Clinical
Solutions Network by signing a co-operation agreement with Mirada
Solutions Ltd, an Oxford UK based medical software development company.
Through the agreement Mirada´s solution for image fusion is fully
integrated into Sectra´s system for handling digital x-ray images.
Mirada's Fusion7DTM solution provides rigid and deformable image fusion
for CT, PET, SPECT and MRI applications. Included within the Fusion7DTM
package is a range of 3D visualisation and measurement tools to maximise
the clinical and diagnostic value of multi-modal registration and
fusion.
"With the Sectra Clinical Solutions Network, we aim at maximizing the
benefits that users derive from our PACS connected workstations by being
able to offer a broad range of highly specialized clinical applications
that can be seamlessly integrated into our workstations", says Dr.
Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra Imtec AB.
"Our advanced image fusion technology integrated with one of the leading
PACS platforms improves the accessibility of our technology to US and
European customers alike", says Christian Behrenbruch Ph.D, Vice
President of Product Development for Mirada Solutions Ltd. "This
increases customer satisfaction".
About Sectra Clinical Solutions Network
The Clinical Solutions Network (CSN) is the unifying concept of Sectra's
co-operation with third party vendors connected to the Sectra software
products in the medical field. Sectra provides open software products
for radiology applications with interfaces that third party actors
easily can integrate to. The CSN invites both commercial and researching
actors to develop new functionality connected to the Sectra software
solutions.
About Sectra Imtec
Sectra is one of today's major PACS providers with more than 300 PACS
installations worldwide. The Swedish based company operates through
partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end customers in
Northern Europe. The core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-
availability, robust enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation. In Sweden and
Norway, which are currently the countries with the largest penetration
of PACS in the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with
more than 50% of all film free installations. The company has its
largest number of installed systems in Sweden, Norway and the US
(through partners), but has also an installed base in Germany, Finland,
UK, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland and the
Far East.
For further information, please contact:
Sectra Imtec AB, Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President,
+46 705 23 52 27,
or
Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO,
+46 705 23 52 09,
Visit our website http://www.sectra.com
Sectra's operations
Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of
Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the
mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of
high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the
business includes products in medical systems, secure communication
systems and wireless information systems.
Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is
marketed and sold through different partners.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 250 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 2001-April 2002 reached SEK 426 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the
Stockholm Exchange.