MDST Medicsight

 

TIDMMDST 
 
RNS Number : 5250U 
Medicsight Plc 
25 June 2009 
 

 
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| Press Release                    |                        25 June 2009 | 
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Medicsight PLC 
 
 
("Medicsight" or "the Company") 
 
 
Medicsight launches ColonCAD(TM) online CTC platform 
Medicsight PLC (AIM:MDST), industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided 
Detection (CAD) and image analysis software which assists in the early detection 
and diagnosis of disease, is pleased to announce the launch of its 
online product, MedicRead(TM) 3.0 Colon. This online offering makes the benefits 
of Medicsight's ColonCAD software truly accessible to all radiologists for the 
first time. 
MedicRead(TM) 3.0 Colon is the Company's own advanced visualisation platform, 
integrated with Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) software to help radiologists read 
computer tomography (CT) scans for the detection of colonic polyps, which may be 
the precursors of colon cancer.  The online version is downloadable from 
www.medicsight.com making CAD accessible to the global radiology 
community.MedicRead(TM) 3.0 Colon online will be sold as a total solution with 
either a single list price or available on a monthly installment basis over 12 
months. 
Allan Rowley, Chief Executive of Medicsight commented, "The launch of our online 
MedicRead 3.0 Colon platform provides the Company with an additional revenue 
stream.  It is the only visualisation workstation that can be accessed and 
downloaded online enabling the international radiology community to experience 
and take advantage of the clinical benefits of ColonCAD." 
Access to Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) software is currently available through the 
Company's 
partners' advanced 3D visualisation platforms. As part of the 
Company's ongoing commitment to radiologists and to improving the early 
detection of colorectal cancer, Medicsight has developed 
MedicRead 3.0 Colon. 
This is a competitively priced, stand-alone, CTC visualisation 
workstation, 
incorporating the latest version of ColonCAD 4.0 as well as 
Medicsight's MedicServer(TM) 
 technology. MedicRead 3.0 Colon offers a 
valuable centralised pre-processing platform that accepts DICOM CT image data 
from either the CT console or any PACS system. 
 
 
The new online application is being showcased on the Medicsight booth (number 
13) at ESGAR 2009, which is taking place this week in Valencia. Additionally, a 
30 day free trial version of the 
 software can be downloaded from the 
Medicsight new website www.medicsight.com allowing 
radiologists to experience 
the benefits of ColonCAD first hand. 
MedicRead 3.0 Colon is not currently available for sale in the United States. 
 
 
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For further information: 
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| Medicsight PLC                                 | www.medicsight.com      | 
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| Allan Rowley                                   | +44 (0)20 7605 7950     | 
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| Daniel Stewart & Company PLC                   |                         | 
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| Simon Leathers / Charlotte Stranner            | +44 (0) 20 7776 6550    | 
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Notes to editors 
Medicsight PLC is a UK-headquartered, research driven, leading developer of 
computer-aided detection (CAD) and image analysis software for the medical 
imaging market. The CAD software automatically highlights suspicious areas on 
computerised tomography (CT) scans of the colon and lung, 
helping radiologists to identify, measure and analyse potential disease and 
early indicators of disease. Medicsight's CAD software has been validated using 
one of the world's largest and most population diverse databases of verified 
patient CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) and LungCAD(TM) software 
products are seamlessly integrated with the advanced 3D visualisation 
workstations of several industry-leading imaging equipment partners. 
 
 
About Computer-Aided Detection 
With increasingly sophisticated radiological imaging hardware such as 
Multi-Detector CT scanners, radiologists are facing a growing challenge in the 
amount of detailed patient image data that they must review for each patient 
examination. Some CT scan examinations generate as many as 2000 images per 
patient. Review of this data by the radiologist is not only time-consuming but 
also prone to error due to reader fatigue. CAD software can help the reviewing 
radiologist by analysing the image data and automatically highlighting 
suspicious regions of interest for closer inspection. Without CAD software some 
potential abnormalities or areas of disease may be overlooked. This can 
be critical for diagnosis and the management of patient outcomes as early 
detection of disease greatly increases the probability of successful treatment 
and a positive therapeutic outcome. In addition to supporting individual 
radiologists CAD also has the potential to help standardise CT interpretation 
across both individuals and institutions thereby supporting population based 
screening programmes. 
 
 
 
 
About Medicsight's CAD software 
Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) and LungCAD(TM) software use an advanced CAD algorithm 
to analyse CT scans of the colon and lung and automatically highlight suspicious 
areas that may be indicators of disease. CAD may highlight areas easily 
overlooked by the reviewing radiologist, such as small lesions or regions that 
are hidden from view behind folds in the colon or normal structures and 
surrounding tissue in the lung. 
 
 
Both CAD products seamlessly integrate with the advanced 3D visualisation 
platforms of industry-leading imaging equipment partners. The integrated systems 
provide sophisticated image viewing capabilities, including 3D reconstructed 
image data, with the added advantage of demonstrating automatic CAD findings to 
assist clinical end users in the detection and analysis of disease. This allows 
clinical end users to perform either a 'second read', where CAD findings are 
displayed to the user after completion of an initial review of the CT scan data, 
or a 'concurrent read' where CAD findings are displayed during the user's 
initial review of the original CT scan images. 
 
 
Since inception, Medicsight has developed close and lasting relationships with 
some of the world's foremost clinicians in product related areas. This provides 
the Company with a wealth of clinical expertise and dedicated clinical research 
to support ongoing product development. Medicsight also collaborates with a 
number of leading academic institutions and clinical research programmes 
worldwide to develop the Company's comprehensive database of population diverse 
verified patient CT scan data, thus allowing Medicsight's products to be 
validated to the highest possible standards. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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