Press Release: Segasist Technologies completes Internal Validation
and launches newest version of their Segasist™ PMR-R software
product for measuring Prostate Volume in MR Images
Segasist Technologies has conducted extensive validation of Segasist
PMR-R, and released version 1.1 of the software.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2010 (Toronto, ON) – Segasist Technologies,
a Canadian software company developing volumetric analysis productivity
tools for medical imaging, has today announced the completion of
an extensive internal validation of its flagship software program,
Segasist Prostate MR for Research, and the release of the program’s
newest version, 1.1.
Segasist PMR-R is a research software tool developed for the purpose
of processing Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of the prostate. Version
1.0, released on May 17, 2010, was created to assist researchers
presently developing a role for MRI in diagnosis, tracking and treatment
of prostate cancer. Version 1.1 has been released following extensive
internal validation of the Segasist PMR-R software, and continues
to assist prostate MRI researchers with a variety of improvements
to the previous version.
Internal Validation
Segasist Technologies’ goal in completing the validation
was to verify the performance of Segasist PMR-R for segmenting the
prostate gland in T2W MR images captured with and without endorectal
coils. The validation process was completed last week, and the company
has released a summary of the results on their website.
This validation process demonstrates the power of the ground-breaking
software system, showing that Segasist PMR-R offers significant
time savings for clinicians and researchers performing image segmentation
and volume calculations, as well as a high level of semi-automated
contouring accuracy.
“It was an extensive and exhaustive process to complete the
internal validation”, says Hamid Tizhoosh, the Chief Technology
Officer of Segasist Technologies. “The image data we used
is extremely challenging in terms of its configurational diversity
and low quality. However, the end results justify the effort, and
confirm that Segasist is a powerful segmentation platform with the
capability to increase the contouring accuracy and direct consequence
of time saving and higher consistency.”
Segasist PMR-R is the first commercial software of its kind providing
a complete solution for segmentation and volumetric measurements
of the prostate gland in MR images. A summarized version of the
Internal Validation Whitepaper is available on the Segasist Technologies
website: www.segasist.com/internalvalidation.
Release of Segasist PMR-R 1.1
The newest release of the software provides a complete solution
for segmentation and volumetric measurements of the prostate gland
in MR images. The software provides complete integrated editing
tools built around its unique Learning Engine™. It is the
Segasist Learning Engine which makes the software most useful and
convenient: the software can be trained, resulting in increased
accuracy over time of its segmentation and volumetric measurement.
In other words, the results of the software get better the more
it is used.
Segasist Technologies’ newest update to its PMR-R software
provides a method of even more accurately and quickly contouring
prostate MR images, and performing volumetric calculations. Compared
to version 1.0, Segasist PMR-R 1.1 offers a number of improvements
and modifications. These updates include: more user-friendly contouring
interaction; new options allowing the user to achieve higher contouring
accuracies in shorter time; and support for segmenting all image
planes (axial, coronal, sagittal).
A detailed list of all new features can be found on the Segasist
Technologies website: www.segasist.com/products.
About Segasist Technologies
Segasist Technologies is a software company based in Toronto, Ontario
Canada focused on developing volumetric analysis productivity tools
for use with advanced visualization modalities including MR, Ultrasound,
and CT. The company's premiere product - Segasist segmentation assistant
software - is initially thought to be feasible for use in improving
accuracy in delineating healthy versus unhealthy tissue in radiation
planning and radiology. Segasist is a flexible solution; it can
be applied to a multitude of medical image types, integrated into
existing commercial visualization and planning software, or used
as a plug-in productivity tool in a clinical setting.
For more information contact Dr.Hamid R. Tizhoosh, (647) 260-7834
or visit Contact Page
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