Scan-Optics receives manufacturing contract from iCAD

Scan-Optics Inc.'s Manufacturing Services Division has received a contract from iCAD Inc. to manufacture the iCAD Second Look 400 Series computer aided detection (CAD) Breast Cancer Product Line, which recently received Food and Drug Administration approval.

The manufacturing contract provides for initial product shipments this quarter, with volume shipments beginning in the third quarter.

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