GE Healthcare Preprocessing Brochure
Studies ready to read when you’re
ready to read them.
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Overview
The AW Workstation Preprocessing feature
speeds your workflow and gives you
greater flexibility by automatically applying
the appropriate protocol, loading image
sets, and processing studies, in the back
ground, so they are ready to read when
you’re ready to read them.
The accuracy and detail achievable with today’s diagnostic
imaging technology is unprecedented. But to obtain such high
levels of diagnostic utility, a considerable amount of data must be
collected and processed. Preparing for an optimal reading takes
time: you have to select the proper protocol, load the images, wait
for them to process, and only then can you begin reading. And
when the next patient is scanned, you start the process over
again. This succession of redundant routine tasks impacts the
diagnostic time of 3D image processing.
AW Preprocessing streamlines your workflow by loading and
processing images in the background so that exams are ready for
reading when you are.
Streamlines your workflow by
loading and processing exams
in the background.
Preset protocols
2
remove bone
in all anatomies, track and label
coronaries, and track and
unfold colon.
Lets you switch among up to
eight processed exams
instantly.1
Preprocessing
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Features
• Exams are automatically loaded
and processed when transferred to
the AW system.
• No waiting for image loading and
processing. Processing is
performed in the background while
you read another exam.
• Saves time, so you can read more
cases per day.
• Gives you greater flexibility since
you can switch between exams
instantly1, without exiting the
current exam, for secondary review
or consultation with a referring
physician.
• Access up to eight
1
processed
exams instantaneously.
• Optimized performance for specific
anatomies and indications, e.g.
bone subtraction2 settings are
tailored for carotid studies and are
different from angio run-off
settings, etc.
• Appropriate anatomy and
indication processing protocol is
automatically selected based on
acquisition protocol.
• Automatic
2
no-click bone
subtraction.
• Automatic
2
no-click coronary
vessel tracking and segmentation.
Regulatory Compliance
This product complies with the
European CE marking regulation
following Medical Devices Directive:
Directive 93/42/EEC.
1
The Autolaunch feature is only available on
the AW Workstation. On the AW Server, up to 3
exams can be opened simultaneously
2
Some functionality are linked to optional
purchasable packages
• Colon is automatically
unfolded2and tracked for CT
colonoscopy exams.
• Automatic
2
myocardium functional
analysis is processed for all
cavities.
System Requirements
Minimum 12GB RAM required for
workstations.
Minimum platform release:
Requires x8400, x8600 or Z800
hardware. Or any AW Server
Hardware.
Pre-requisite software:
AW VolumeShare 2 or later for
workstations. AW Server 2 Software
release required for server hardware
Indications for Use
This feature is a productivity option in
Volume Viewer which gives the ability
to automatically load in memory
cases that are transferred to the AW.
A single click in the AutoLaunch
window raises instantly the Volume
Viewer protocol that has been
automatically launched. Interaction
with the data is immediately possible
as data are preloaded and ready to
read.
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