First Clinical Images From Sectra's MicroDose Mammography System Show Very Promising Results.Business Editors LINKOPING, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra announces that its MicroDose Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her system is now clinically operational at St: Goran Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. "The initial results from our tests of the Sectra MicroDose Mammography(TM) system look very promising. The tests indicate that the images will reach the quality and dose levels we have seen in laboratory studies," says Karin Leifland, MD, director of the mammography department at St Goran's. Sectra MicroDose Mammography(TM) is a digital mammography digital mammography Imaging The capture of mammographic images on a digital grid Pros ↑ resolution and clarity than conventional mammography; DM is of use as a screening technique, and allows faster, earlier, and more accurate detection of early breast system based on a completely new digital technology which, at the same image quality as the current film-based systems, gives a five-fold reduction in absorbed radiation dose to examined women. Sectra is planning to deliver the first units to Scandinavian mammography departments in 2002. Deliveries in the USA depend on FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval and are planned to start in 2003. Clinical trials of Sectra MicroDose Mammography(TM) in the USA will be performed in co-operation with Professor Etta Pisano and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is a professional school within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It offers a Doctor of Medicine degree along with combined Doctor of Medicine / Doctor of Philosophy or Doctor of Medicine / Master of Public Health , Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in North Carolina and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), the oldest state-supported university in the United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 48,715. As of 2004 its estimated population was 52,440. . The goal is to begin these clinical trials in the second half of next year. Sectra is one of today's major PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. providers with more than 200 PACS installations worldwide. The Swedish based company operates through partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end customers in Northern Europe. The core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-availability, robust enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation. In Sweden, which is currently the country with the largest penetration of PACS in the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with more than 60% of all film free installations. The company has its largest number of installed systems in Sweden and the US (through partners), but has also an installed base in Germany, Norway, Finland, UK, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and the Far East. For further information, please contact: Sectra Imtec AB, Dr Torbjorn Kronander, President, +46 705 23 52 27, to-kro@sectra.se or Sectra AB, Dr Jan-Olof Bruer, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , +46 705 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Visit our website http://www.sectra.com Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linkoping Technical University and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of high-technology medical IT and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. products. Today, the business includes products in medical systems, secure communication systems and wireless information systems. Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is marketed and sold through different partners. The new mammography detector is developed and produced by Mamea Imaging AB, Stockholm, Sweden, a company that is co-owned by Sectra-Imtec AB and the inventors. All sales of Mamea Imaging AB are exclusively done through Sectra. Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 195 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 292 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the OM Stockholm Exchange. |
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