Siemens Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance for a calcium scoring software package for cardiac CT studies. The software is designed to help physicians determine a patient’s risk of future cardiac problems by analyzing the amount of calcium
Siemens Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance for a calcium scoring software package for cardiac CT studies. The software is designed to help physicians determine a patients risk of future cardiac problems by analyzing the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries.
The software is included on Siemens 3-D Virtuoso postprocessing workstation, and works with data collected by the companys SubSecond Cardio CT scanning package (SCAN 4/29/99). The calcium scoring option enables radiologists to mark a region of interest and receive a calcium score for that area, using either Agatston or volume scores to measure the degree of calcification. The software also automatically creates reports for referring physicians, according to the company.
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