PACS Issued Patent for Medical Image Retrieval Method

March 30, 2010 - “Two crucial challenges for the future of radiology are the ever-growing size of imaging data sets and the increased needs for sharing and remote reading," said Dr. Claes Lundström, director of radiology IT solutions at Sectra.

To support radiologists in overcoming these challenges with its RapidConnect solution. RapidConnect is a core component in Sectra PACS, designed to allow physicians to cooperate and efficiently share the workload at full productivity from other hospitals or from home on a global basis, also for large volumes and poor networks.

Sectra announced U.S. patent 7,689,539 was today issued to Sectra for a method enabling multisite workflow and rapid image data delivery. The patent covers a cornerstone of the Sectra RapidConnect technology, namely retrieval of medical image data of differing dimensions and complexities.

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