CADstream™ enhances the efficiency and workflow of breast MRI studies by automating data analysis, improving image management and correcting for patient movement, which assists radiologists in the interpretation, standardization and reporting of these data-intensive studies. CADstream’s core automated features include adaptive image registration (2D/3D), multiplanar reformatting, subtractions, angiogenesis maps, interactive realtime contrast curves, maximum intensity projections (MIP:s) and volume summaries. CADstream’s advanced features include a streamlined portfolio for treatment planning (automatically provides summaries with size, classifi cation and location for tumor volume of interest and incorporates ACR BI-RADS® Atlas for lesion classification), multimodality ready (ability to access and view patients’ mammography and ultrasound studies while interpreting breast MRI studies) and SureLoc™ for interventional planning.
When CADstream is integrated with Sectra PACS, studies are linked by patient study name. A user can be viewing a mammography study on the Sectra PACS and quickly access a linked CADstream-processed breast MRI study by accessing CADstream from the right-click menu. Once CADstream is selected, the user can view and compare the patient’s mammography and breast MRI studies together.
Since 1999, there has been a 40 percent per year increase in the number of breast MRI examinations in the U.S., and that number is expected to continue growing rapidly over the next five years. For this reason, we looked for technology that would increase our efficiency and provide standardization. CADstream provides our physicians and technologists with a more efficient method for processing and interpreting the images acquired. That’s valuable time saved that can be spent with patients.
Linda Sutherland, MD Co-medical Director, Women’s Imaging St. Joseph Hospital Orange, California
Product Catalog for Sectra PACS Clinical Applications
