Cedara Launches OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer, a New Breakthrough in Orthopaedic Spinal Analysis and Planning
2004年11月30日 - 12:00AM
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Cedara Launches OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer, a New Breakthrough in
Orthopaedic Spinal Analysis and Planning CHICAGO, Nov. 29
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cedara Software Corp.
(NASDAQ:CDSW/TSX:CDE), recently named Fastest Growing Healthcare
Company for 2004 by America's foremost market research firm Frost
and Sullivan, today announced the introduction of Cedara OrthoWorks
Spine Analyzer(TM), specifically designed for spine specialists.
Spine Analyzer offers spine surgeons, chiropractors and
radiologists a better way to analyze the spine that is up to six
times faster than current manual methods, saving hours of tedious
planning effort. The market debut of Spine Analyzer represents
decades of research conducted with the help of world- renowned
spine surgeons. "OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) provides us with
cutting-edge software that far exceeds the performance of our
current methods involving wax pencils and protractors," said Dr.
Ludovic Rillardon, a spine surgeon at Beaujon Hospital in Paris,
France. "The software lets us quickly analyze spinal instability,
abnormal rotation centers, spinal deformities, and posture. We can
then use this valuable information to help plan spinal surgical
procedures, and evaluate post-operative outcomes." OrthoWorks Spine
Analyzer(TM) detects the bone contours and measurements of the
spinal vertebrae for cervical, lumbar, postural and frontal
analysis in just a few mouse clicks. Functional range of motion,
mean centers of vertebral rotation, lordosis, and kyphosis are just
a few of the 500-plus X-ray-based spine parameters that are
available in Spine Analyzer's graphical display. The system's
semi-automated spinal vertebra anatomy detection feature simplifies
planning and allows standard spinal measurements to be applied in
less time. "Spine surgeons and chiropractors will find OrthoWorks
Spine Analyzer(TM) to be invaluable in treating all kinds of spine
cases," said Jacques Cornet, Cedara VP of Marketing and Operations.
"Once spine specialists use Spine Analyzer, they will wonder how
they ever managed to get their work done without it." OrthoWorks
Spine Analyzer(TM) is part of Cedara's powerful family of
OrthoWorks planning tools for Orthopaedics. The Spine Analyzer
option seamlessly integrates with Cedara's clinical knowledge
management system, Cedara OrthoWorks Care Manager(TM), which
automatically populates data fields into a central repository so
that clinical data can be data mined, organized, and easily shared
and exchanged remotely. "Now that the information is digital,
OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) data is automatically populated into
our OrthoWorks Care Manager(TM) database, saving us additional
hours of laborious work plus the peace of mind of knowing I have
left a documented audit trail of spinal analyses leading to my
decisions," said Dr. Stefan Parent, a spine surgeon at
Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. OrthoWorks Spine
Analyzer(TM) also shares data with Cedara's OrthoWorks planning
module, which is used to load and review images, as well as plan
surgical procedures such as rod, screw and implant sizes. For more
information about Cedara's complete range of medical imaging
products, visit the Cedara website at http://www.cedara.com/ or
contact: Jacques Cornet, Vice President of Marketing &
Operations (905) 672-2100 ext. 2564 Email: For investor-related
inquiries, contact: Brian Pedlar, Chief Financial Officer (905)
672-2100 ext. 2015 Email: About Cedara Software: Cedara Software
Corp. is a leading independent provider of medical imaging
technologies. Cedara software is deployed in hospitals and clinics
worldwide and is licensed by many of the world's leading medical
device and healthcare information technology companies.
Approximately 28,000 medical imaging systems and 6,400 Picture
Archiving and Communications System (PACS) workstations have been
licensed to date. Cedara recently acquired eMed Technologies
Corporation, widely known as a provider of innovative PACS and
teleradiology solutions that have been installed in over 2,000
hospitals and imaging centers. Cedara is quite unique in that it
has technologies and expertise that span all the major digital
imaging modalities including computed tomography (CT), magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound,
echo-cardiology, angiography, nuclear medicine, positron emission
tomography (PET) and fluoroscopy. Furthermore, the Company's
medical imaging offerings are used in all aspects of clinical
workflow including the capture of a patient's digital image; the
archiving, communication and manipulation of digital images;
sophisticated clinical applications to analyze digital images; and
even the use of imaging in minimally-invasive surgery. Certain
statements contained in this news release are forward-looking
within the meaning of securities laws and are based on current
expectations that are subject to a number of assumptions,
uncertainties and risks, and there are actual results may differ
materially from what is currently expected. These assumptions,
uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to: the
management of the growth of the Company, dependence on key
personnel of the Company, competitive pressures (including price
competition), changes in market activity, risks associated with
international operations, the development of new products and
services, the enhancement of existing products and services, the
introduction of competing products having technological and/or
other advantages, the dependence on key customers, regulatory
changes to the health care industry, seasonality, economic and
political conditions and adequate protection of the proprietary
interests of the Company. Further information about these risks and
uncertainties can be found in the continuous disclosure documents
filed from time to time by Cedara with the securities regulatory
authorities, which documents are available at
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