Confirma adds its CADstream to prostate research sites

Confirma, an application-specific CAD for MRI provider, has installed its CADstream for prostate at research sites, including MRI at Beth Israel in Boston, Simonmed Imaging in Scottsdale, Ariz., Belfair in Belfair, Wash., and the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass.

According to the Bellevue, Wash.-based Confirma, the research sites will assist the development and commercialization of its CADstream for prostate, which will offer standardization in MRI studies of the prostate.

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