Sectra mammo PACS deployed Down Under

Sectra has signed a contract with the Australian Capital Territory department of health to install its breast imaging PACS and three MicroDose Mammography units in Canberra, Australia.

The territory-wide PACS implementation will allow physicians to exchange data and share image reading workload, and the MicroDose Mammography unit will be used in the BreastScreen Australia Program, said the Linköping, Sweden-based company.

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