Swedish county council chooses Sectra MicroDose Mammography

Swedish county council chooses Sectra MicroDose Mammography

The County Council in Örebro, Sweden is digitizing its mammography operations
and has ordered digital mammography systems from the IT and medical-technology
company Sectra. The order value amounts to SEK 11.4 million.

As a result of the purchase of Sectra's mammography system, Sectra MicroDose
Mammography, the county council will be able to offer all women in the county
mammography examinations with the lowest possible radiation dose.

“In addition to the low dose, one of our criteria in choosing a system was a
rapid and cost-efficient workflow. Sectra's total solution makes this possible
and, furthermore, the women will be able to rebook their time for examinations
themselves over the Internet. For us, this service means savings and major
administrative benefits for rebooking,” says Torbjörn Andersson, head of the
radiology at the University Hospital in Örebro.

Sectra MicroDose Mammography will be installed at the University Hospital in
Örebro in the autumn. The radiology departments in the Örebro County Council
already use Sectra's system processing and archiving of images and patient
information and with the new mammography equipment gain a fully digital
solution.  

Photon-counting technology - a prerequisite for the market's lowest radiation
dose
Sectra's solution, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, is based on unique
photon-counting technology and provides the lowest radiation dose on the market,
unsurpassed throughput, customized workflow and outstanding ergonomics. This
ensures safe, stress-free and quick examinations for the patients. The
radiologists receive the results quicker and the radiographers benefit from an
improved ergonomic working environment.


Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, Sectra Imtec AB, +46 705 23 52 27 
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President, Sectra AB, +46 13 23 52 09


About Sectra's medical operations
Sectra is one of the world's major diagnostic imaging system (PACS) providers.
More than 900 hospitals worldwide use the system daily and more than 40 million
radiology examinations are diagnosed in Sectra's system annually. In
Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free
installations. Outside Scandinavia, Sectra's system is installed at customers in
North America and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.

About the Sectra Group
Sectra successfully develops and sells cutting-edge products in the expansive
niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. The company
was founded in 1978 and has its roots in the Linköping Institute of Technology
in Sweden. Today, Sectra has offices in eleven countries and operates through
partners worldwide. Sales in the 2005/2006 fiscal year totaled SEK 564 million.
Since 1999, Sectra shares have been listed on the Nordic Exchange. For more
information about Sectra visit http://www.sectra.com.