Sectra Workstation is intended for the display and manipulation of medical images and other related medical information. It can show images from different sources and interface with various image storage and printing devices using DICOM and similar interface standards.Areas of application include, e.g., radiology, mammography, pathology, orthopedic preoperative planning and postoperative follow-up.Lossy compressed mammographic images are not intended for diagnostic review. For primary diagnosis, post-process DICOM “for presentation” images should be used.Typical users are trained medical professionals, including, but not limited to physicians, radiologists, nurses, medical technicians and assistants.
A freestanding, image processing device that is a component of a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for radiology designed to be networked with a wide variety of diagnostic imaging systems [e.g., x-ray, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound (US), as well as a laboratory or hospital information system (HIS)]. It does not contain controls for the direct operation of a diagnostic imaging system and is designed to receive, archive, and transmit data both on-line and off-line. It is configured to provide limited or extensive capabilities to further process, manipulate and/or view patient images and information collected from diagnostic imaging systems.