iCAD公司推出数字CAD乳房影像转换系统

 
一种精细的胶片-转-数字计算机辅助检查(CAD)系统， 能够将以前的胶片转化为数字形式，从而可以将近期的影像资料与数字乳房系统进行比较。

通过将前几年的胶片为基础的乳房影像进行数字化，并输送给用于检查现在的数字影像系统的相同观察平台，这套叫做TotalLook的新型系统，能够帮助放射科医师逐年比较乳房影像资料，发现可能的细微的乳腺癌病变。

iCAD公司(Nashua NH, USA)研制开发了该系统，该公司总裁兼首席执行官W. Scott Parr说：“我们相信在2005年9月公布的DMIST[数字乳房成像扫描筛查检查]多年临床研究，将会加速采用数字乳房影像检查的步伐，iCAD公司的TotalLook系统为几乎每一个数字乳房影像使用者都为碰到的难题--即如何阅读以前胶片拍摄的资料--提供了一种快速解决方案。”

这种CAD系统将以前的胶片图像转化为数字形式，并且自动调节数字图像正确的显示在当前使用的数字乳房影像工作站之上。通过为放射科医生提供“总体阅读”乳房影像检查患者多年的乳房检查资料，该系统减少了光盒闪光，免除了在光盒与工作站之间来回切换的需要，加速了工作流程，提高了工作效率，减少了不舒适的感觉。

TotalLook CAD系统包括一套iCAD数字转换器工作站以及软件，能够很方便的比较以前的胶片图像与当前使用的数字图像。 与iCAD的SecondLook CAD系统配套使用，该系统使得妇女健康中心将传统的胶片资料转变为数字资料变得更加容易。

Digital CAD Mammography System
 
A comprehensive film-to-digital computer-aided detection (CAD) system converts previous film mammograms into digital form for comparison with more recent images from digital mammography systems.

By digitizing and delivering film-based breast images from prior years to the same digital viewing station used to examine current digital mammograms, this new imaging system, called TotalLook, assists radiologists in the important examination step of comparing breast images from year to year to detect potentially subtle changes that may be indicative of breast cancer.

“We believe the DMIST [Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Test] multi-year clinical study, released in September 2005, will accelerate the adoption of digital mammography,” said W. Scott Parr, president and CEO of iCAD, Inc. (Nashua NH, USA), which developed the system. “iCAD’s TotalLook provides an immediate solution to a problem experienced by almost every digital mammography user--how to view prior cases captured on film.”

The CAD system converts prior film images into a digital format and automatically adjusts the digitized images for correct display on the same workstation and in the same context as the current year digital mammogram. By providing radiologists with a “total look” at a mammography patient’s multi-year breast examinations, the system decreases light box glare and eliminates the need to shift back and forth from light box to workstation to speed workflow, improve productivity, and reduce discomfort.

The TotalLook CAD system includes an iCAD digitizer-based workstation and software that makes it easier to compare prior film images with digitally acquired current images. Working in conjunction with iCAD’s SecondLook CAD systems, the system makes it easier for women’s health centers to transition to digital mammography.