Rcadia nabs Montana install

St. James Healthcare in Butte, Mont., has installed a COR Analyzer from Rcadia Medical Imaging, a developer of patented computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

The Montana hospital is a 100-bed facility staffed by 600 employees.

The Boston-based Rcadia said its COR Analyzer performs automatic segmentation and tracking of the coronary artery tree for coronary CT angiogram procedures without human intervention. The COR Analyzer system detects stenotic lesions in the coronary arteries and identifies patients without coronary artery disease with a high negative predictive value, according to the company.

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