(Booth 7713) Siemens will direct RSNA attendees to developments with its syngo platform, as well as a range of advanced visualization software.
The company will highlight benefits associated with its syngo software platform, including its service-oriented architecture (SOA). With SOA, all syngo applications are based on one architecture and common user interfaces, resulting in simplified use, according to the Malvern, PA-based vendor.
The company will also showcase its syngo Portal applications, which serve as entry points to information for radiologists, referring physicians, or C-level management. One portal, syngo Radiologist, helps radiologists perform specific tasks such as medical checks, reading images, and signing off on reports, according to Siemens.
In addition, Siemens will debut version 6 of its syngo Dynamics cardiology image and information management system. The new release integrates image and data management, postprocessing, and reporting capabilities, according to the vendor.
In advanced visualization news, Siemens will discuss developments with its computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, including a work-in-progress version of its syngo Lung CAD application. The new version will offer improved detection performance for solid nodules, the company said.
Siemens will also introduce syngo PE Detection, a work-in-progress tool designed to serve as a second reader for detecting segmental and subsegmental filling defects in CT angiography studies of the thorax. PE Detection is integrated with Siemens' syngo Circulation application.
The company plans to demonstrate the next version of its syngo Colonography PEV software as well. The work-in-progress version adds performance enhancements, including improved visualization of flat polyps, Siemens said.
Siemens will also feature the work-in-progress syngo MammoCAD application for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and work-in-progress syngo CXR CAD package for detecting lung nodules in digital chest x-ray studies. CXR CAD, which is validated for use with Siemens' Axiom Aristos digital x-ray system, is expected to be released outside the U.S. by the end of 2007, according to Siemens.
The company will also tout its syngo TrueD application, which provides image analysis and comparison capabilities. It allows for reading of multimodality scans from multiple time points, including PET/CT, SPECT/CT, and fusion of CT or MR with PET or SPECT images, Siemens said.
