Quantification software provider Medis Medical Imaging Systems of Leiden, the Netherlands, is partnering with specialty MR coil producer Machnet to combine carotid imaging and image postprocessing technologies.
Machnet, of Eelde, the Netherlands, will distribute Medis' QPlaque MR software for vessel wall analysis in multispectral MRI studies of carotid arteries with its phased-array carotid coil.
Machnet's specialty coil for carotid imaging is a bilateral four-channel phased-array coil that is compatible with a range of scanners. It enables the acquisition of images of the carotid lumen, the vessel walls, and atherosclerotic plaques, and has received 510(k) clearance for marketing in the U.S.
The integrated technologies are designed to help clinicians identify patients at risk for cerebrovascular events at an earlier stage.
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