VIENNA - Scottish 3-D-software developer Voxar highlighted a new calcium-scoring product at the 2002 European Congress of Radiology this week. The software, called Calscreen, targets the growing heart-screening market in the U.S. by providing an automated method for calculating and reporting calcium scores.
Calscreen uses cardiac 2-D CT data, and highlights potential calcifications based on size and tissue radiation attenuation as measured in Hounsfield units. The radiologist then decides which highlighted regions are calcifications, and assigns them to the correct sections of the coronary arteries.
The software creates a 3-D view of the heart, with calcifications marked and color-coded based on the artery in which they appear. A report is then generated for the referring physician with either 2-D or 3-D images, and can include calcium scores from among several commonly used scoring algorithms. The reports can either be printed or e-mailed, according to the company.
The software shares the same user interface as Plug n View 3D, the company’s flagship 3-D rendering product, but will be sold separately. Voxar demonstrated Calscreen in the Matrix, the ECR’s forum for cutting-edge computer-based medical imaging technologies.
The product has FDA approval, and Voxar plans to launch the software in April. Initial sales will only be in the U.S., as calcium scoring there has developed into a much more active market than in Europe.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersMarch 5, 2002
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