GE Healthcare CardiacVX - Manual (Page 2)

Features
• Cardiac Function Analysis enables
you to measure and calculate
common cardiac parameters
including stroke volume and
ejection fraction.
• Flow analysis offers a semi-
automated edge detection
algorithm that detects vessel
boundaries through all phases of a
phase contrast series.
• The myocardium evaluation tool
provides you with a semi-
automated way to segment areas
of high signal intensity visualized
on delayed enhancement images.
• StarMap analysis lets you analyze
cardiac multi-echo fast gradient
echo data sets.
• TimeCourse analysis gives you a
semi-quantitative signal intensity
analysis tool to assist in evaluating
arrival times, peak times, slope
values, and signal intensity ratios in
endocardial and epicardial layers.
and display them in a viewing area
on the computer screen. The viewing
area allows the access to multiple
studies and series of multi-slice,
multi-phase images. Multi-phase
sequences of images can be
displayed in a cine mode to facilitate
visualization.
A report input interface is also
available. Measurement tools on the
report interface make it possible to
quickly and reliably fill out a
complete clinical report of an
imaging exam. Available tools
include: point, distance, area, and
volume measurement tools such as
ejection fraction, cardiac output, end-
diastolic volume, end-systolic
volume, and volume flow
measurements.
Semi-automatic tools are available
for left ventricular contour detection,
valve plane detection, vessel contour
detection for flow analysis, signal
intensity analysis for myocardium
and infarct sizing measurement, and
T2 star analysis.
The results of the measurement tools
are interpreted by the
physician and
can be communicated to referring
physicians.
When interpreted by a trained
physician these tools may be useful
in supporting the determination of a
diagnosis.
Regulatory Compliance
• This product complies with the
European CE marking regulation
following Medical Devices Directive:
Directive 93/42/EEC
• This product has not been
approved for sale in the United
States by the United States Food
and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Patent foramen ovale analysis
helps you detect and assess the
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO).
• Guided workflows are intuitive,
easy to learn, and simple to use.
• Compile a database of normal
reference values keyed to age
group, sex, or BMI/BSA.
• A flexible, customizable report
template system lets you generate
reports specific to the needs of
referring physicians.
• Customizable macros let you write
a patient-specific report with point-
and-click simplicity.
• Multi-vendor support lets you
analyze and evaluate function and
myocardium images from multiple
MR systems. You can also compare
images from different series,
studies, and patients.
System Requirements
• Any GE MR system
• Advantage Workstation 4.4 or
above
• Approved AW printer (HP 3800
series or Lexmark C534n)
Intended Use
The GE CardiacVX for MRI is an
analytical software tool, which
provides reproducible tools for the
review and reporting of medical
images. CardiacVX can import
medical images from a MR system
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