Sectra's next-generation PACS goes live

Sectra's next-generation PACS goes live

Södertälje Hospital is the first Swedish hospital to go live with Sectra's new
diagnostic workstation for radiologists, IDS7/dx. The workstation is part of
Sectra's next-generation PACS (system for handling radiology images
electronically) and is optimized for distributed reading of radiology images and
handling extremely large datasets.

Recent trends in radiology include rapidly increasing data volumes produced by
new radiology equipment. New modalities such as multi-slice CT scanners will
soon provide up to terabyte datasets for single radiology examinations. Sectra
PACS is optimized to handle these large datasets and to enable distributed
reading, that is, when examinations are performed at one hospital and reviewed
at another location. This makes it possible, for example, for a radiologist to
review images from a home office, a routine that is becoming increasingly
common.
 “At Sectra, we are dedicated to understanding the challenges our customers face
and preparing them for the developments to come,” says Claes Lundström, Product
and Research Manager of Sectra's medical operations. “In fact, we're a little
obsessed with meeting our customer's future needs and, with Sectra PACS IDS7, we
can do just that.” 

“With Sectra's new workstation, our radiologists can review images at a location
that best suits his or her individual situation, even from home.  This enables
us to use our resources in the most efficient manner,” says Peter Svozil, Head
of the Radiology Department at Södertälje Hospital. “Our cooperation with Sectra
provides us the absolute leading edge of viable PACS technology based on real
clinical needs that will make our everyday work easier.”

About Sectra next-generation PACS
The latest addition to the Sectra PACS workstation family, IDS7/dx, was launched
in November 2007 at the Radiology Society of North America's annual meeting, the
world's largest radiology technology trade fair. Sectra PACS IDS7 is based on
patent-pending technology for retrieving and displaying image data of extreme
size. It eliminates problems encountered in working with large datasets,
providing radiologists with the perfect reading tool in a data-intense
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 develops and sells IT-systems and products for radiology, mammography and
orthopedic departments. More than 950 hospitals worldwide use the system daily,
together performing over 40 million radiology examinations annually. This makes
Sectra one of the world leading companies within systems for handling digital
radiology images (PACS). 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 2006/2007 fiscal year totaled SEK 673 million.
The Sectra share is quoted on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm. For more
information about Sectra visit http://www.sectra.com.