U-Systems upgrades ABUS system to improve diagnostic efficiency, quality

Nov 30 2010

U-Systems, Inc., the leader in automated breast ultrasound, announced significant upgrades for its somo•v® Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS) at the 96^th Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America, November 28 - December 3. Featuring software improvements and hardware-accelerated programming, Release One•5 and SomoSTORAGE™ Departmental Storage Solution upgrades are designed to enable faster access to patient images and help radiologists simplify reading protocols for higher productivity.

“The SomoSTORAGE Solution enables radiologists to efficiently store, organize and share images with colleagues. When combined with the workflow efficiencies delivered by Release One•5, these upgrades address two elements crucial to departmental success: diagnostic efficiency and quality”

Release One•5 is the latest update to U-Systems somo•VIEWer™ Advanced ABUS Workstation. It supports import/export of all DICOM images and Compare View allows side-by-side comparison of same-patient serial exams. Active-Motion Transition maintains view acuity during layout transitions for reduced read times. Release One•5 also establishes a bi-directional e-link to Hologic SecurView™ diagnostic workstations, allowing corresponding mammography and ABUS cases to be opened simultaneously.

U-Systems also announced the introduction of SomoSTORAGE™ Departmental Storage Solution, designed to store multimodality breast images, including large-volume 3D ultrasound data files. SomoSTORAGE delivers a new way to view data storage directories, transforming ordinary, text-based file names into graphic-based image galleries for rapid visualization of the file content. This offers additional value for quick consolidation of teaching cases and training databases.

The Dynamic Visualization Preview feature allows the user to visualize high resolution thumbnail images from the entire study content, including images from all modalities. The Intelligent Query feature allows search, import and storage of imaging exams associated with the patient's medical record number. SomoSTORAGE is available as a stand-alone RAID configuration or turn-key solution and is compatible with NAS and other network devices. SomoSTORAGE was developed to operate independently or seamlessly integrate into existing PACS environments providing a central place to securely store and share 3D breast ultrasound data files or any DICOM images.

"The SomoSTORAGE Solution enables radiologists to efficiently store, organize and share images with colleagues. When combined with the workflow efficiencies delivered by Release One•5, these upgrades address two elements crucial to departmental success: diagnostic efficiency and quality," said Ron Ho, president and CEO of U-Systems.

Source: U-Systems, Inc.