EDDA Technology Successfully Installs IQQA®-Liver at Mayo Clinic in Arizona

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EDDA Technology, a leading provider of advanced computer assisted radiology and surgery solutions, announces today the successful commercial installation of its IQQA®-Liver Enterprise product at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.

As one of the top performing living donor liver transplantation programs in the US, Mayo Clinic will use EDDA Technology's IQQA®-Liver Enterprise in conjunction with its existing technologies by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and radiologists.

With an innovative toolset for real-time interactive assessment and volumetric quantification of liver, liver lobes, vessels, and other intra-hepatic anatomies, IQQA®-Liver helps physicians enhance efficiency and precision in pre-operative treatment planning and post-surgical follow-up assessment. EDDA's proprietary technology has been used to evaluate more than 1,000 clinical cases at liver surgery/transplantation centers worldwide since the first commercial installation in 2009. IQQA®-Liver has clearance by the FDA and China SFDA, and carries the CE mark.

"To understand each individual's liver anatomy in a quantitative way is essential to ensure the most suitable surgical approach," said David Mulligan, M.D., Chair of Division of Transplant Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. "EDDA's IQQA®-Liver provides us a comprehensive, quantitative, real-time tool for better treatment planning with confidence. The ability to make accurate calculations and change potential surgical approaches within minutes allows safe planning at optimal patient convenience."

"The successful installation of IQQA®-Liver Enterprise at Mayo Clinic indicates that the value of our technology is once again recognized in assisting physicians to fully utilize the benefits of quantitative imaging modalities," said Dr. Jian-Zhong Qian, President and CEO of EDDA Technology. "EDDA  is fully committed to providing total solutions for better liver disease/patient  management through its innovative technologies in diagnosis, pre-operative treatment planning, intra-operative guidance, post-operative assessment and follow-up."

About EDDA Technology

EDDA Technology, Inc. is an innovative clinical computer solution provider in healthcare imaging and analysis. EDDA offers a series of next generation computer assistance solutions to the entire patient care management cycle, including enabling early detection and diagnosis of diseases, as well as enhancing efficiency and precision in treatment planning, management and follow-up. EDDA's goal is to deliver, with broad accessibility, advanced information analysis technologies that improve clinical workflow and accuracy. A privately held Delaware corporation, EDDA is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, and has a subsidiary in Shanghai, China. IQQA® is a registered trademark of EDDA Technology. www.eddatech.com

Editor's Note: EDDA Technology will be exhibiting the IQQA®-Liver product in booth #110 at the 11th Annual Winter Symposium of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons in Hollywood, FL, January 13-16, 2011.

SOURCE EDDA Technology, Inc.