Sponsorship agreement with MD Training @home
July 05 2011 - 1:00AM
RNS Non-Regulatory
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Medicsight Plc
05 July 2011
Press Release 05 July 2011
Medicsight PLC
("Medicsight" or "the Company")
Medicsight enters sponsorship agreement with MD Training
@home
The future of physician training
Medicsight PLC (AIM: MDST), an industry leader in the
development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and medical image
analysis software is pleased to announce it has entered into an
agreement to provide exclusive CAD sponsorship for all CT
colonography courses provided by MD Training @home (MDT).
MDT is a collection of interactive training programs focused on
imaging modalities. MDT programs allow physicians to acquire
training and CME accreditation using a convenient and
cost-effective virtual model. The courses are designed to enhance
the physician's clinical practice skills by providing online tools
and remote-mentored training to interpret patient exams.
ColonCAD(TM) API is integrated within MDT's eLearning cloud
solution, and will be utilised during hands-on CT colonography
tutorials. ColonCAD(TM) API is an advanced Computer-Aided Detection
algorithm which has been cleared for marketing in the United States
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ColonCAD(TM) has been
clinically proven to significantly improve radiologists' overall
performance when interpreting CT colonography images. The CAD
analyses scan data and automatically highlight specific regions of
interest that are indicative of potential colorectal polyps, thus
helping radiologists to identify abnormalities within the colon
that may be the early precursors of potential life threatening
disease.
Allan Rowley, CEO of Medicsight, said: "Medicsight is committed
to supporting and developing physician training. This partnership
with MD Training @home demonstrates Medicsight's commitment to
furthering clinical education and demonstrates the benefits
ColonCAD(TM) API can provide for physicians during their
interpretation of CT colonography examinations."
"This further extends our commitment to the physician training
market by offering the most advanced technology to our customers,"
states Jeff Williams, COO of MD Training @home. "In today's heavily
regulated and compliance driven environment, this partnership also
provides Medicsight with excellent opportunities to maximise brand
exposure to all physicians who participate."
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Allan Rowley, CEO Tel: +44 (0)207 605 7950
www.medicsight.com
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Notes to editors
Medicsight plc is a UK-headquartered, research driven, leading
developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) and image analysis
software for the medical imaging market. The CAD software
automatically highlights suspicious areas on computerised
tomography (CT) scans of the colon, helping radiologists to
identify, measure and analyse potential disease and early
indicators of disease. Medicsight's CAD software has been developed
using a large and population diverse database of verified patient
CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) software products are
seamlessly integrated with the advanced 3D visualisation
workstations of several industry-leading imaging equipment
partners.
About Computer-Aided Detection
With increasingly sophisticated radiological imaging hardware
such as Multi-Detector CT scanners, radiologists are facing a
growing challenge in the amount of detailed patient image data that
they must review for each patient examination. Some CT scan
examinations generate as many as 2000 images per patient. Review of
this data by the radiologist is not only time-consuming but also
prone to error due to reader fatigue. CAD software can help the
reviewing radiologist by analysing the image data and automatically
highlighting suspicious regions of interest for closer inspection.
Without CAD software some potential abnormalities or areas of
disease may be overlooked. This can be critical for diagnosis and
the management of patient outcomes as early detection of disease
greatly increases the probability of successful treatment and a
positive therapeutic outcome. In addition to supporting individual
radiologists CAD also has the potential to help standardise CT
interpretation across both individuals and institutions thereby
supporting population based screening programmes.
About Medicsight's CAD software
Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) software uses an advanced CAD
algorithm to analyse CT scans of the colon and automatically
highlight suspicious areas that may be indicators of disease. CAD
may highlight areas easily overlooked by the reviewing radiologist,
such as small lesions or regions that are hidden from view behind
folds in the colon.
ColonCAD can be seamlessly integrated with advanced 3D
visualisation platforms of industry-leading imaging equipment
partners. The integrated systems provide sophisticated image
viewing capabilities, including 3D reconstructed image data, with
the added advantage of demonstrating automatic CAD findings to
assist clinical end users in the detection and analysis of
disease.
Since inception, Medicsight has developed close and lasting
relationships with some of the world's foremost clinicians in
product related areas. This provides the Company with a wealth of
clinical expertise and dedicated clinical research to support
ongoing product development. Medicsight also collaborates with a
number of leading academic institutions and clinical research
programmes worldwide to develop the Company's comprehensive
database of population diverse verified patient CT scan data, thus
allowing Medicsight's products to be validated to the highest
possible standards.
About colorectal cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is
one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United
States with an estimated 49,000 colorectal cancer deaths expected
during 2011. However regular screening (where polyps can be
detected at an early stage before they have developed into cancer)
is one of the most powerful methods of colorectal cancer
prevention. Screening for colorectal polyps increases the
probability of more colorectal cancers being detected earlier -
when the disease is easier to cure.
About MD Training@Home
MD Training@home a leading provider of interactive home and
web-based medical training programs enables physicians to gain
continuing medical education (CME) accreditation and annual case
review requirements from the convenience of their home or office.
Specialties available include CT colonography and cardiac
courses.
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