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MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR LIFE – BY RAISING THE STANDARDS OF
MEDICAL IMAGING
CONTEXTVISION PROUDLY PRESENTS...
CONTENT
06ULTRASOUND
09X-RAY
12COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
04CONTEXTVISION
07ULTRASOUND 3D/4D
10MAMMOGRAPHY
13PARTNERSHIP
05VISION & FUTURE
08MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
11INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
14WORLDWIDE
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THE WORLD LEADER IN MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE – ENABLING FASTER AND BETTER DIAGNOSES
ContextVision is the software imaging partner to the world’s most
recognized medical imaging manufacturers. We help our customers to
efficiently deliver leading products to the market and provide next
generation upgrades.
ContextVision supplies state of the art solutions for medical
image analysis, enhancement and visualization. The multimodality
product portfolio covers 2D/3D/4D Ultrasound, MRI, X-ray,
Mammography and CT.
With more than 30 years of success in medical imaging, we are
proud to give clinicians around the world the confidence of making
more efficient and accurate diagnoses.
World-leading image processing software
for all modalities
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Over 30 years of experience within medical imaging
150K
Wide clinical acceptance – over 150 000 installed
systems worldwide
Short time to market with products at the forefront of medical imaging technology
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WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR LIFE – BY RAISING THE STANDARDS OF MEDICAL IMAGING
ContextVision aims to contribute to our customers’
success by continuously setting the pace for the research
and discovery of cutting-edge technologies.
Significant amounts are invested in R&D to ensure
future proof products. Through our extensive knowledge
and experience from our customers and the clinicians
they serve, we ensure continuous development of new
beneficial solutions at the forefront of technology.
ContextVision will conquer the future and continue
to contribute to the medical imaging society, through close
partnership with research institutes and imaging manu-
facturers around the world.
Versatile GOP® processing
technology
Medical imaging expert – merging clinical and
technical expertise
Future-proof – technical front edge
Continuous partnership with
research communities
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REAL TIME IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR CLINICAL ULTRASOUND APPLICATIONS
US PLUSVIEW™ContextVision offers image enhancement software for different clinical Ultrasound applications. The ability to highlight specific an-atomical features for additional visualization, without affecting the overall image quality, immediately enables clinicians to make more accurate diagnoses.
Included in the US PLUSView packages are Women’s health, Gener-al imaging, Cardiovascular and Point of care. Elements of the four packages include superior speckle reduction, edge enhancement, efficient line connectivity and higher grayscale contrast, enabling direct, focused enrichment of selected image features.
ContextVision’s products are designed to meet today’s extraordinary demands for
advanced image quality. Within 2D Ultrasound, we achieve superior imaging results by combining
adaptive enhancement of fine structures and edges with efficient reduction of speckle and noise.
FEATURES Suitable for the entire range of Ultrasound
systems, from cart-based to handheld systems
Superior edge enhancement
Excellent soft tissue differentiation
Great margin continuity
Efficient line connectivity
Clear lines and edge conspicuity
Great gray scale contrast
BENEFITS Well-defined structures for
better measurements
Visualization of fluids
Clear lesion differentiation
Tissue homogenization
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Women’s health
General imaging
Cardio -vascular
Point of care
3D/4D ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION – APPROACHING REALITY
GOPICE® 2.0The second generation of ContextVision’s unique 3D/4D image enhancement software provides the OEM with the best Ultrasound image quality available today. By utilizing information from adja-cent planes in the 3D stack, the GOPiCE 2.0 software processes and delivers a clearer image than ever seen before. The improved image quality of GOPiCE 2.0 is apparent in both 3D/4D-rendered images and MPR views, enabling a clear image with better tissue visualization, increased throughput and higher diagnostic value. The improved image quality allows non-specialized Ultrasound users better performance.
REALICE™With REALiCE, ultrasound manufacturers can deliver more real-istic and reliable images to clinicians. REALiCE provides a unique way of visualizing 3D/4D Ultrasound images that improves image quality both in 3D/4D-rendered images and in MPR views, enabling a clearer image of the fetus. The unique combination of GOPiCE volume enhancement, scan conversion and rendering software results in high quality images comparable to photos.
Three-dimensional Ultrasound applications produce much more information than
traditional 2D technology. The increased information in 3D images/volumes is efficiently
used by ContextVision’s processing and visualization real-time products.
FEATURES Real 3D volume enhancement for
Ultrasound volumes
Optimized for different visualization techniques
Unique combination of GOPiCE and versatile surface rendering
High resolution visualization
BENEFITS Excellent image quality for both
rendered images and MPR views
Faster and more accurate diagnoses
Superior visibility in deep tissue
Greater delineation of size, position, shape and form
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WORLD CLASS QUALITY MRI IMAGING – FOR MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSES, INSTANTLY
GOPVIEW® MRI2PLUS
GOPView MRI2Plus significantly reduces noise while simultaneous-ly enhancing the image’s fine structures and edges, allowing the medical professional to separate true image information from false data. By increasing contrast, soft tissues – for example gray and white matter – can be separated more easily. Ultimately, this gives the medical professional improved diagnostic value.
With GOPView MRI2Plus, the signal to noise ratio is increased, allow-ing excellent image quality in low, mid- and high field MRI systems. It is superior in processing images with variable intensities across the image and can be used with images from all MRI scanners.
GOPView MRI2Plus can be used in general or specialized exams. An optional tuning interface for parameter control is available.
ContextVision’s imaging enhancement solution for MRI features
market leading technology, optimized for seamless integration with
OEM software.
FEATURES Simultaneous noise reduction and edge
enhancement
Works on low, mid- and high field units
Extensive platform support including tuning tool
Uses advanced inhomogeneity compensation
BENEFITS Achieves superior soft
tissue differentiation
Higher contrast between white and gray matter in brain scans
Handles various shading artifacts
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SUPERIOR IMAGE QUALITY – FOR HIGHER THROUGHPUT AND GREATER DIAGNOSTIC CONFIDENCE
GOPVIEW® XR2PLUS
GOPView XR2Plus enables consistent image quality results and shows great durability and robustness in daily use. It provides effective latitude compression for viewing dark and bright areas simultaneously. The product is adjustable for different looks de-pending on application and/or preference.
ADD-ON MODULESContextVision’s Exposure Index module for digital X-ray enables automatic monitoring, ensuring correct patient exposure for each anatomy and projection.
The Defect Correct Library module detects and corrects deviating pixels in the digital X-ray detector.
The Doctors Interface DI is a tool intended for radiologists, used for modifying image enhancement parameters.
SUPPORT MODULEGOPView XR2-T tuning tools allow for two levels of image tuning for the system manufacturers.
ContextVision’s image enhancement software for digital radiography, GOPView® XR2Plus, is
detector and generator independent and has an unprecedented success in reducing noise, while
maintaining or enhancing fine structure and edges.
FEATURES Superior noise suppression, edge and
contrast enhancement
Effective latitude compression
Detector-independent solution
BENEFITS Great visualization of different
tissues and subtle pathology
Adjustable for different looks depending on application/preference
Great robustness and reproducibility
Metal safe – no artifacts around metal implants
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A COMPLETE IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE FOR DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY
GOPVIEW® MAMMO3Mammography is a one of the most demanding modalities, where high image quality and performance are prerequisites for the clini-cian’s end results. GOPView Mammo3 is an image processing soft-ware for screening and diagnostic images. It offers the necessary features to increase confidence for radiologists in their daily work. One important feature is the high global and local contrast adaptive to breast density, which provides a transparent parenchyma and a pronounced difference between different tissues.
GOPView Mammo3 presents well-balanced and harmonic images, which helps the clinicians to read a high volume of mammograms day after day without suffering from eye fatigue.
The high flexibility of the product allows adjustments to match re-gional and user preferences. GOPView Mammo3 is adaptable for all mammography systems.
ContextVision’s image enhancement software for Mammography adds
the necessary performance to allow radiologists satisfactory diagnoses in both
screening and diagnostic images.
FEATURES High global and local contrast
adaptive to breast density
Intelligent noise suppression
Enhancement of fine structures
Optimized image display for all patients
Adaptable for all mammography systems
Customized to user preferences
BENEFITS High transparency of parenchyma
Superior visibility of subtle lesions and micro-calcifications independent of breast type
Natural and clear skin line
Well-balanced and harmonic images, preventing eye fatigue
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REAL TIME ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENHANCEMENT – FOR LOWER DOSES IN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Image quality and processing speed are critical aspects during interventional procedures.
ContextVision’s real time image enhancement products have been proven to surpass standard
requirements and better visualize important structures, catheter tips and stents.
GOPVIEW® IRVULTRA GOPView® iRVUltra has unprecedented success in reducing noise while enhancing fine structures and edges. This ultimately allows for significantly improved image quality while maintaining patient dose, or, alternatively, preserved image quality using a lower patient dose. Initial studies have shown that image quality can be main-tained while reducing dose levels by up to 50 %. GOPView iRVUltra can be tuned for individual preferences by adjusting specific image processing parameters.
Since the GOPView iRVUltra has an adaptive temporal filtering with advanced motion compensation, there is no temporal blurring or other artifact creation caused by multi-frame filtering.
Rapid development within processor technology offers new oppor-tunities to accelerate image processing in order to meet customer demands.
FEATURES Real-time image enhancement
(30 fps at 1KB2 × 16 bits)
Temporal filter with advanced motion compensation
Optimized reduction of noise
BENEFITS Great vessel and structure conspicuity
Improved characterization and reader confidence
Image processing without temporal blurring or artifacts
Reduced dose to patients and staff
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SUPERIOR IMAGE QUALITY IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY – WITH LOWER PATIENT DOSE
GOPView® CT has an unprecedented success in reducing noise while
sharpening fine structures. Preserving HU values allows for drastically improved
image quality at maintained patient exposure.
Compared to images acquired with standard doses, low-dose images enhanced by GOPView CT show equal image quality. The noise level is preserved, and for certain applications – such as chest examinations – even finer structures can be depicted.
Numerous published studies confirm that enhancement with GOP-View CT can compensate for significant dose reduction, which is an enormous step toward fulfilling the ALARA principle. Dose reduction translates directly into reduced risk from radiation exposure for the patients, as well as reduced wear on expensive X-Ray tubes.
GOPView CT comes with independent parallel intensity window processing. This patented technology enables for example strong enhancement of fine structures in the lung or bone window while at the same time effectively reducing noise in the soft tissue window. It can be adjusted to different anatomies and image acquisition param eters, e.g. dose, reconstruction algorithm and slice thickness. Using specific image processing parameter files, it is also easily adapted to individual preferences.
FEATURES Enables significant dose reduction
Independent parallel intensity window processing with preserved HU values
Anatomy specific settings for e.g. abdomen, lung, brain
Adjustable to various acquisition parameters, e.g. dose, reconstruction algorithm, slice thickness
BENEFITS Reduced patient dose
Effective noise suppression
Depiction of fine structures
Delineation of different tissue types
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CONTEXTVISION – YOUR PARTNER IN MEDICAL IMAGING
In our quest to provide superior image process-
ing software, ContextVision makes partnership a priority.
Our highly qualified algorithm specialists, software and
application engineers always work closely together with
our customers. This ensures a solution specifically
optimized for each customer’s system and image prefer-
ences, with superior diagnostic capability and accuracy.
Long-term partnership with ContextVision allow
customers access to extensive knowledge, thanks to our
collaborations with numerous clinicians and institutes
worldwide. Ultimately, this guarantees our customers the
best-suited solutions for both present and future needs.
Short time to market
State of the art products customized to individual systems and preferences
Extensive technical and application knowledge in
medical imaging
Trusted partner for future-proof
solutions
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CONTEXTVISION OPERATES GLOBALLY, WITH REPRESENTATIVES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
EUROPE/HEAD OFFICEContextVision ABCorp. Sales and MarketingKungsgatan 50SE-111 35 Stockholm, SwedenPhone +46 8 750 35 50Fax +46 8 750 54 94
R&D OFFICEContextVision ABStorgatan 24SE-582 23 Linköping, SwedenPhone + 46 13 35 85 50Fax + 46 13 10 42 82
RUSSIAContextVisionBusiness SwedenSt. Petersburg, RussiaPhone +7 812 329 2595Fax +7 812 329 2597
NORTH AMERICA ContextVision Inc. USAPhone +1 617 244 9000Fax +1 617 244 9088
ASIAContextVision ABAsia SalesStockholm, SwedenPhone +46 8 750 35 50Fax +46 8 750 54 94
SOUTH KOREAContextVisionBusiness SwedenSeoul, South KoreaPhone +82 2 739 1462Fax +82 2 739 1463
CHINA ContextVisionBeijing, P.R.ChinaPhone +86 10 5815 6256Fax +86 10 5815 6255
JAPANToyo CorporationTokyo, JapanPhone +81 3 3245 13 51
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ContextVision’s experienced application engineers provide technical support and clinical expertise to optimize the image processing, ensuring optimal image quality.
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ContextVision’s technology provides doctors with improved images, which are crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
ContextVision is the industry leader in medical image analysis and enhancement software, with more than 150 000 installations
worldwide through its OEM customers. The company started out as an industry pioneer more than 30 years ago, and is today developing
the next generation of medical imaging software for 2D/3D/4D Ultrasound, MRI, X-Ray, Mammography and CT. ContextVision is based in
Sweden and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker COV. For more information, please visit www.contextvision.com.
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