SCIENCE
University Hospital Zurich Implements Supercomputing Technology from Ziosoft for Multi-Dimensional Image Analysis
"We needed to have a
single solution provider for our CT and MR imaging needs in lieu of specific
workstations for each modality," said Thomas Frauenfelder, MD, deputy
director of the
Ziosoft's technology is
based on an open standard architecture that can be applied to any DICOM-based
imaging modality including CT, MRI, PET and ultrasound. This also allows
developers to rapidly take advantage of hardware advances and provide easy
access to data across the enterprise regardless of modality.
The hospital recently added
Medicsight's, a partner of Ziosoft, ColonCAD API. This technology is designed
to assist radiologists during their review of CT colonography (CTC - also known
as "Virtual Colonoscopy") images by automatically highlighting
potential colorectal polyps (possible precursors to colorectal cancer) on the
CT image.
"ColonCAD integrates
seamlessly into the Ziostation system's protocols," said Frauenfelder.
"All of the system's protocols can be customized for optimization of
workflow. With immediate access of eight concurrent users per server throughout
our enterprise system, we can access data from multiple modalities which
maximizes the continuum of care for every patient."
"We are pleased to
partner with this prestigious healthcare provider," said Bart Hendriks,
managing director, EMEA, Ziosoft. "We look forward to providing the
hospital with additional software advances such as PhyZiodynamic™ solutions,
the gateway to 5D functional analytics, as we continue to take advantage of our
supercomputing open architecture technology in support of excellence in patient
care."