Sectra Breast Imaging PACS is a comprehensive, vendor-neutral, breast imaging solution supporting both high-volume screening, advanced diagnostic workflows as well as telemammography services. It gives you a full patient overview by allowing you to read all types of radiology images such as mammograms, MRI, and tomosynthesis—all from a single workstation. It is a scalable solution that lets you grow without limits on the same platform. Specializing in breast imaging PACS for almost 20 years, Sectra has an installed base that includes some of the world’s largest and most prominent breast imaging centers. Sectra’s KLAS-awarded PACS is praised by users around the world for its ease of use, rock-solid nature, and versatility in allowing radiologists to perform the vast majority of their workload from a single application.
Sectra PACS integrates well with any RIS and EMR. In Scandinavia, the UK, and Benelux, Sectra offers its own RIS. In other markets, Sectra PACS integrates tightly with local RIS or EMR providers for efficient and seamless image acquisition and diagnostics. The workflows described below are achieved either through these integrations or with our own portfolio.
We’ve found that only Sectra’s Breast Imaging PACS delivers on the combined promise of double-read workflow, image quality and distribution speed across all of our high-volume breast imaging modalities. This has improved our overall workflow and report turn-around.
The quadrant zoom helps me focus on one portion of the breast while scrolling through the tomosynthesis images. Sectra’s scrolling text option makes marking images efficient, and the ability to communicate with the technologists in real-time using the chat functionality during diagnostic work ups facilitates the day’s workflow and efficiency.
With the ability to store and display all breast imaging objects—including mammograms, ultrasounds, MRI, and digital breast tomosynthesis—from any vendor, Sectra Breast Imaging PACS efficiently supports your diagnostic workflow.
Reducing the need to open external applications or even switch workstations to perform the reporting is critical to achieve efficient workflows. Having everything accessible in a single solution also contributes to a patient-centered overview, further enhancing breast imaging workflows.
In Sectra’s diagnostic application, you have instant access to all the tools you need for both reviewing studies and reporting—including CAD support, implant masking, and desktop integration with clinical applications for advanced breast MRI tools. Thanks to native reporting tools or tight integration with any of the major mammography reporting providers such as MagView, Penrad, MRS, Epic Radiant and Ikonopedia, the reporting is also done in the same application—close to the images.
Our solution gives you access to Sectra Amplifier Marketplace where you can find a portfolio of AI applications that can be integrated into your existing breast imaging workflow.
AI applications tailored for breast imaging have the potential to create a positive impact for both you and the women you are screening. AI can improve clinical performance and quality assurance for many uses, such as breast cancer detection and accurate detection of malignant soft-tissue densities and calcifications.
Aside from the benefits of AI for image analysis, AI can optimize your workflow and improve efficiency by reducing reading time and allowing you to focus on important tasks, while AI takes care of those that are redundant.
Sectra supports your need to communicate and collaborate in various ways. Examples include built-in chat or Skype for Business integration, tools for peer review and resident workflows, as well as sharing and collaboration with users outside your own organization.
The built-in chat functionality is an efficient communication tool between the radiologist and technologist—both in the screening and symptomatic workflow.
Sectra’s breast imaging solution also gives you tools for scheduling, preparing, and presenting at multidisciplinary tumor boards.
Based on open architecture, Sectra Breast Imaging PACS can integrate with many IT support systems such as RIS and EMR systems, dictation systems, and systems for monitoring and management.
Sectra PACS and RIS support established standards within healthcare, such as DICOM and HL7. It also conforms to the IHE MAMMO and the IHE DBT profile. In addition, Sectra’s imaging solution supports storage of any DICOM SOP class.
With the dedicated toolset for mammography screening, you can achieve an ultra-efficient workflow—no matter whether you prefer single reading, double reading, or true blind double reading. Our newly re-designed keypad supports your efficiency with its ergonomic design and fully customizable keys. The grouping and texture of the keys on our new keypad allows you to focus on the images, and the extra-wide scrollbar is carefully designed for precise and smooth stack viewing. The combination of the keypad and our diagnostic application fully optimizes the reading workflow.
Sectra’s diagnostic application for breast imaging also enables access to digital pathology images. Having not only all radiology related data, but also the digital pathology images available within the same platform and viewer, provides a broader patient overview and allows for efficient correlation of findings between radiology and pathology. It also allows radiologists and pathologists to efficiently work side by side in the multidisciplinary tumour boards.
Sectra’s breast imaging offering is designed for high-production environments where system availability is key. We have a proven track record of maintaining extremely high system uptimes during both regular operations, upgrades, as well as through disasters.
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