Siemens Healthcare's Molecular Imaging division will present version 4.0 of its Inveon Research Workplace (IRW), as well as a new Inveon viewer software release, at this week's World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in San Diego.
The newest version of Siemens' image visualization and analysis software package for preclinical imaging applications incorporates enhancements to tackle the expanding scope and complexity of small-animal imaging, according to the vendor.
Researchers can utilize the company's Application Programmable Extension (APEx) toolkit interface within IRW 4.0 to create and save customized equations for performing digital image manipulations and automated region of interest (ROI) calculations. They can also create novel segmentation algorithms that can be shared with other users, Siemens said.
Complementing the customized segmentation capabilities are new image manipulation enhancements and ROI processing features that allow users to perform applications such as digital subtraction angiography and ejection fraction calculations, Siemens said.
In other news, Siemens has inked compatibility agreements for IRW 4.0 with PMOD Technologies for its PMOD kinetic analysis software package, and with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute for its FlowQuant cardiac analysis software package.
Siemens will also highlight the latest release of its Inveon viewer software at the San Diego meeting. The new version enables users to generate and distribute up to 15 renewable licenses of the software, allowing primary research investigators and their collaborators to work off the same software interface. In addition, the software is also now available on the acquisition workstation, Siemens said.
