SECTRA Breast Imaging

Sectra Breast Imaging PACS is a comprehensive, vendor-neutral, breast imaging solution supporting both high-volume screening, advanced diagnostic workflows as well as tele mammography services. It gives you a full patient overview by allowing you to read all types of radiology images such as mammograms, MRI, and tomosynthesis—all from a single workstation. It is a scalable solution that lets you grow without limits on the same platform. Specializing in breast imaging PACS for almost 20 years, Sectra has an installed base that includes some of the world’s largest and most prominent breast imaging centers. Sectra’s KLAS-awarded PACS is praised by users around the world for its ease of use, rock-solid nature, and versatility in allowing radiologists to perform the vast majority of their workload from a single application.

Sectra PACS integrates well with any RIS and EMR. In Scandinavia, the UK, and Benelux, Sectra offers its own RIS. In other markets, Sectra PACS integrates tightly with local RIS or EMR providers for efficient and seamless image acquisition and diagnostics. The workflows described below are achieved either through these integrations or with our own portfolio.

A comprehensive breast imaging solution lets you work from a single workstation whether you’re reading 2D mammograms, digital breast tomosynthesis, ultrasound, or MRI exams—or even want to bring up digital pathology images at your tumor board meeting. It gives you all the tools you need for high-volume mammography screening and advanced diagnostic breast imaging workflows. With a solution that provides the best possible reader experience and helps you streamline the mammography workflow; you can focus on your work-ups without wasting time waiting for images or information.

CAD, reporting, and clinical applications just a mouse click away

In Sectra’s diagnostic application, you have instant access to all the tools you need for both reviewing studies and reporting—including CAD support, implant masking, and desktop integration with clinical applications for advanced breast MRI tools. Thanks to native reporting tools or tight integration with any of the major mammography reporting providers such as MagView, Penrad, MRS, Epic Radiant and Ikonopedia, the reporting is also done in the same application—close to the images.

Efficient communication and collaboration

Sectra supports your need to communicate and collaborate in various ways. Examples include built-in chat or Skype for Business integration, tools for peer review and resident workflows, as well as sharing and collaboration with users outside your own organization.

The built-in chat functionality is an efficient communication tool between the radiologist and technologist—both in the screening and symptomatic workflow.

Sectra’s breast imaging solution also gives you tools for scheduling, preparing, and presenting at multidisciplinary tumor boards.

Standard compliance

Based on open architecture, Sectra Breast Imaging PACS can integrate with many IT support systems such as RIS and EMR systems, dictation systems, and systems for monitoring and management.

Sectra PACS and RIS support established standards within healthcare, such as DICOM and HL7. It also conforms to the IHE MAMMO and the IHE DBT profile.  In addition, Sectra’s imaging solution supports the storage of any DICOM SOP class.

Tools tailored to the screening workflow

With the dedicated toolset for mammography screening, you can achieve an ultra-efficient workflow—no matter whether you prefer single reading, double reading, or true blind double reading. The dedicated keypad offers unsurpassed navigation with all the tools you need at your fingertips. With our vendor-neutral solution, it doesn’t matter if the prior 2D or 3D exams were acquired on a modality from a different vendor. In addition, the workflow can even be driven on breast density grade.

Digital pathology-ready

Sectra’s diagnostic application for breast imaging also enables access to digital pathology images. Having not only all radiology related data, but also the digital pathology images available within the same platform and viewer, provides a broader patient overview and allows for efficient correlation of findings between radiology and pathology. It also allows radiologists and pathologists to efficiently work side by side in the multidisciplinary tumour boards.

A rock-solid solution

Sectra’s breast imaging offering is designed for high-production environments where system availability is key. We have a proven track record of maintaining extremely high system uptimes during both regular operations, upgrades, as well as through disasters