Medis updates cardiac quantification solution

Cardiac quantification software supplier Medis has released QMass MR 7.2, the latest version of its QMass MR software.

The Leiden, Netherlands-based company said that the software enables users to analyze global and regional cardiac function, scar tissue and viability and cardiac function at various stress levels. The new version offers automatic scar tissue segmentation and analysis workflow.

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