FDA green-lights TomTec software

TomTec Imaging Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Image-Com 5 software.

Image-Com 5.0 offers multimodality, multidimensional, multivendor image review, according to Munich-based TomTec. The software imports measurements from imaging modalities, provides labeled echocardiography and vascular measurements, and exports the results to the electronic patient record.

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