Viatronix shows WIP for cardiac analysis

Viatronix at RSNA highlighted an advanced visualization clinical tool for analysis of coronary vessels and cardiac function called 3D cardiac.
   
According to Viatronix, the work-in-progess, which is planned for release in March 2007, can easily be integrated with any PACS workstation. The application offers physicians with powerful diagnostic tools for real-time evaluation of cardiac CTA data, such as: one-click segmentation of the heart, one-click selection and analysis of coronary vessels, dynamic multi-phase cardiac function review, automatic computation of ejection fraction, realistic coronary vessel endoluminal fly-through and one click segmentation of the left ventricle and automatic determination of long axis.

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