Virtual Nodule Clinic (VNC) is a software application designed for trained medical professionals in the clinical management of patients with incidentally detected pulmonary nodules. The software assists the user with (1) management and tracking of patients with indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs), available to all users and (2) a computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) function that takes a user-selected ROI and uses artificial intelligence to synthesize its morphological characteristics into a single value, the Optellum Lung Cancer Predictor (LCP) Score, only available to radiologists and pulmonologists.
An application software program intended to add specific image processing and/or analysis capabilities to an x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging system; it is not dedicated to radiotherapy treatment planning. A basic set of applications programs and routines are included with such computer-controlled imaging systems and they can be upgraded to correct programming errors or to add new system capabilities. Some applications software routines or groups of routines must be combined with specific hardware or firmware accessories or configurations in order to function as intended. Applications program packages are typically identified by a proprietary name and version or upgrade number.