Swedish University to Improve Medical Education with Sectra's Visualization Table

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Nov 28, 2011, 08:00 ET

LINKÖPING, Sweden, November 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden has invested in Sectra Visualization Table. The faculty will use the table for training and instruction purposes in all of its seven education programs.

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The Sectra Visualization Table is a large medical multi-touch display, allowing students and medical professionals to interact collaboratively with the life-size 3D images generated by CT and MRI scanners. The possibility to work with a virtual body allows for deeper understanding and insight into the anatomy, and functions and processes inside the body. In this manner, Sectra Visualization Table improves medical education, surgery planning, clinical conferences and virtual autopsies. The table is powered by a tailored Sectra PACS workstation (Picture Archiving and Communication System).

Linköping University is renowned as an innovator in medical education.

"With Sectra's Visualization Table, we will have new opportunities to use medical images in our education and teaching," says Pia Tingström, Head of the Centre for Educational Development and Research at Linköping University. "Integrating advanced clinical imaging technology into our education provides students with a learning tool that will contribute to improved patient safety."

Sectra Visualization Table will be demonstrated at Sectra's booth 9117 at RSNA.

About Sectra

Sectra develops and sells IT systems and services for radiology, women's health, orthopaedics and rheumatology. More than 1,100 hospitals, clinics and imaging centers worldwide use the systems daily, together performing over 55 million radiology examinations annually. This makes Sectra one of the world-leading companies within systems for handling digital radiology images. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. Sectra's systems have been installed in North America, Scandinavia and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.

Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Linköping University in Sweden. The company's business operations include cutting-edge products and services within the niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. Sectra has offices in 12 countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2010/2011 fiscal year totaled SEK 784 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more information, visit http://www.sectra.com

For additional information, contact:
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, Sectra Imtec AB, +46-705-23-52-27
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President, Sectra AB, tel. +46-13-23-52-09

Press room: http://www.sectra.com/medical/press/

Video: http://www.sectra.com/medical/visualization

Press images: flickr.com/photos/sectramedicalsystems

SOURCE Sectra