IMAGINGFerrania PACS templating tool
Off the back of a successful stint at the UK Radiological Congress (UKRC),
Ferrania Imaging Technologies, a global imaging company based in
Berkshire, plans to demonstrate its TraumaCad solution at the British
Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Exhibition in Birmingham, 21–23 September.
The TraumaCad is part of Ferrania’s LifeWeb RIS/PACS portfolio of
solutions and can drop into any PACS environment. It is a pre-surgical
templating solution that allows the importing and exporting of any PACS
file (for example, CT or xray), as well as the importing of JPEG scanner
and digital camera images.
According to Ferrania, it can simplify pre-operative planning —
particularly in complex procedures — while also rendering it more
cost-effective. Displaced components can easily be ‘cut out’ and
repositioned, and surgeons can look at several scenarios onscreen for both
viewing and measuring the results of different options.
Precision calibration is achieved through TraumaCad’s ruler tool, and
measures can be made in manual, semi-manual or automatic mode. In addition
to the normal range of measurements, Cobb angle, Dror Paley, leg length
discrepancies and misalignment tests are included.
The tool also facilitates access to the digital template libraries of
orthopaedic manufacturers, via the web, and new or additional templates
can be added or incorporated.
Source: bjhc&im September 2005
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