- Advanced Diffusion Analysis (ADA)
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MR Advanced Diffusion Analysis
Computed diffusion weighted images at a b-value of choice
The application is intended to view, process and analyze MRI Diffusion Weighted Images. It calculates and displays cDWI at a
b-value of choice (from 0 to 5,000 s/mm2) and provides advanced supportive analysis and visualization tools of diffusion MRI images and parametric maps.
Benefits
- Presents a default diffusion analysis model based on the available original DWI images as well as a selection of alternative models including monoexponential, biexponential, simplified IVIM, and kurtosis.
- A ‘goodness of fit’ value and fitted curve show the fitting quality of the selected model.
- Provides parametric maps of perfusion fraction (f), pseudo diffusivity (D*), Diffusivity (D) and Kurtosis (K).
- Cardiac
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MR Cardiac
Detailed quantification of cardiac function
Includes a viewer and functional analysis. The MR Cardiac Viewer allows side-by-side review of single, multiple or all available cardiac series in a default or in a user-defined viewing protocol. It automatically links multiple series in respect to DICOM geometry, zoom/pan, time and position link for qualitative assessment and analysis in AHA 17 segment templates of the MRC data types. It supports basic measurements and screen captures.
Benefits
- The application provides semi-automatic and manual tools for segmentation.
- Results are calculated based on the Simpson method. The user has an option to apply automatic papillary muscles extraction if desired.
- Results tables can be configured by the user, and values indexed by Body Surface Area (BSA).
- RV segmentation workflow is simplified to be harmonized with LV, and enhance visibility of the phase-prorogation capability.
- Left ventricle volumetric analysis based on single or multi-slice, multi-phase or real-time dynamic 2 Chambers and/or 4 Chambers long axis image acquisitions is also supported based on the Area Length Ejection Fraction (ALEF) single or bi-planar method.
- All results and screen captures can be collected, saved and exported by the user in a Findings Navigator functionality.
- Cardiac Quantitative Mapping
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MR Cardiac Quantitative Mapping
Assess myocardial tissue characteristics
The MR Cardiac Quantitative Mapping helps you assess and review myocardial tissue characteristics in multiple, user-defined, field-strength specific lookup tables.
Benefits
- Review global and diffuse myocardial pathologies by means of T1 maps, T2 maps, and T2* maps.
- Manual and automatic motion correction tools are provided which may enhance map calculations.
- Expended acquisitions support: Molli, shMolli, SASHA, T2prep.
- Cardiac Temporal Enhancement
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MR Cardiac Temporal Enhancement
Support assessing temporal enhancements of the myocardium
Facilitates myocardial analysis of dynamically resolved cardiac data (multi-slice, dynamics) and enables comparison of rest and stress studies.
Benefits
- Results are presented using either the AHA standardized or adapted bull’s eye views.
- The package includes a correction algorithm and manual tools to correct frame-to-frame heart displacements caused by breathing.
- Cardiac Whole Heart
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MR Cardiac Whole Heart
Detailed 3D visualization of the segmented heart
Allows 3D visualization of the heart and vessels anatomy on T1 3D or MRA acquisition. Manual editing tools as well as semi-automatic tools based on seed- and mask-based segmentation can be used as well as full automatic model-based heart segmentation.
Benefits
- The segmentation can be manually corrected with editing tools until the user has reached the defined image details.
- The 3D visualization can be saved with a batch tool or the user can create and export the segmented objects in VTK or STL format.
- Cartilage Assessment
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MR Cartilage Assessment
Visualize cartilage structures
Enables the visualization of cartilage structures integrated with color-coded T2 maps. Positioning of cartilage-shaped, layered region of interest is used to assess variation of T2 values across the cartilage depth to determine the degradation of the cartilage.
Benefits
- The MR Cartilage Assessment application features a task-guided workflow for the quantitative analysis of T2 relaxation time to support cartilage assessment and disease status.
- The application provides segmentation tools, allowing measurements of cartilage layers and segments.
- T2 values are numerically and graphically displayed per layer and segment.
- Diffusion
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MR Diffusion
Analyze diffusion and anisotropic properties of tissue
Designed to analyze diffusion and anisotropic properties of tissue. The application evaluates DWI series to generate parametric maps such as ADC and eADC. For Diffusion Tensor Imaging data, additional parametric maps are generated, including fractional anisotropy, axial diffusivity or radial diffusivity.
Benefits
- The user can make a sub-selection of the acquired b-values for analysis and select preferred color-coding for the parametric maps.
- DynaCAD Breast
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MR DynaCAD Breast*
Next generation of breast care
Tailored to enhance the review and analysis of MRI breast studies by providing a flexible workspace with custom hanging protocols and multi-vendor** viewing capabilities. DynaCAD’s automatic segmentation allows on-the-fly user modification and provides volume analysis, lesion composition statistics, histograms, and a 3D rendered morphological overview.
Benefits
- Results are automatically incorporated into standardized reports.
- The DynaLOC Breast Interventional Planning software module offers visual guidance for planning MR-guided breast biopsy procedures.
* Not available for sale in all countries. Please contact local Philips representative for details. This functionality is not available in IX Workstation configuration.
** Please contact a local Philips representative for details on multi-vendor coverage.
DynaCAD is a registered trademark of Invivo Corporation. - DynaCAD Prostate
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MR DynaCad Prostate*
Advanced prostate image analysis
Provides a powerful, easy-to-navigate, multi-vendor** MR image analysis application featuring custom hanging protocols with images synchronized for easy, multi-parametric review. DynaCAD features automatic segmentation of the prostate gland, providing an overall gland volume estimation.
Benefits
- It also features single-click volume analysis, and lesion statistics, and histograms as well as color overlay based on diffusion ADC values.
- Lesions are assessed using the PIRADS v2 scoring and incorporated into standardized reports. Lesions identified and marked on the system can be passed to a UroNav system for MR/Ultrasound fusion biopsy.
* Not available for sale in all countries. Please contact local Philips representative for details. This functionality is not available in IX Workstation configuration.
** Please contact local Philips representative for details on multivendor coverage.
DynaCAD is a registered trademark of Invivo Corporation. - Echo Accumulation
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MR Echo Accumulation
Optimizing image contrasts for multi-echo MR data
MR Echo Accumulation is used to perform pixelwise echo accumulations for imaging series with multiple echoes. MR Echo Accumulation enables the calculation of new images based on the selected sum of echo times of series with multiple echoes. The processing provides interactive update of the results.
Benefits
- MR Echo Accumulation enables the calculation of new images based on the selected sum of echo times.
- Provides the ability to define the accumulation range using an interactive slider.
- Enables preview, save and analysis on the calculated new series.
- FiberTrak
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MR FiberTrak
Visualize white matter connectivity in the brain
Provides visualization and quantification of white matter structure in the brain and spinal tracts using task guidance for generating common or user-defined tracts.
Benefits
- The guidance panel suggests which regions of interest and plane are common for identification of certain tracts such as the corticospinal tract.
- The results can be overlaid with other data like fMRI or anatomical series.
- Allows evaluation of fiber tracts around tumors and lesions in combination with functional areas.
- Supports DICOM-based output with merged anatomical tractography information through the Multi Modality Viewer.
- IViewBOLD
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MR IViewBOLD
Brain activation analysis
Helps to identify and visualize functional regions of the brain, relying on local metabolic and hemodynamic changes that occur in activated brain areas.
Benefits
- The tool applies a generalized linear regression model to analyze block paradigms, event-related paradigms, and resting state data.
- The paradigms can be user-defined or imported.
- Supports export of functional results through the Multi Modality Viewer including DICOM-based images with co-registered anatomical and fMRI maps.
- Liver Health
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MR Liver Health
Dedicated workflow with automated calculation of whole liver volume
Offers a dedicated workflow to support the assessment of liver diseases from MRI biomarkers such as Fat Fraction (FF) or T2*/R2*. It provides automatic segmentation of the whole liver on T1 weighted images as well as 3D visualization and parametric quantification of liver segments and user-defined regions of interest.
Benefits
- Longitudinal assessment is available to compare MR parametric maps at different time points.
- Thresholding on T2* and/or FF maps for quantification of liver tissue from the segmented whole liver.
- Numerical and graphical results.
- Results for the whole liver, liver segments and user-defined ROI’s.
- Longitudinal Brain Imaging (LoBI)
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MR Longitudinal Brain Imaging (LoBI)
Gain an optimized view of the body’s most complex organ
Supports the visualization of brain images for the evaluation and monitoring of changes across multiple time points. The application performs automatic registration between studies and provides semi-automatic segmentation and editing tools for volumetric measurement of brain lesions.
Benefits
- The Comparative Brain Imaging feature uses bias field-correction, intensity scaling, image registration and mathematical subtraction to provide color-coded images highlighting subtle brain changes over time.
- MobiView
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MR MobiView
Automatic review of total body MR data
MR MobiView, an option within the Multi Modality Viewer, automatically combines "stitches“ images from multiple acquisitions of the same examination to create one overall volume.
Benefits
- Key clinical cases are MRA run-offs, whole-body metastases screening from eye-to-thigh, and total spine views to show the complete CNS.
- The resulting image series can be viewed, filmed, and exported using a DICOM compliant tool.
- NeuroQuant®
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MR NeuroQuant®*
Automated brain image analysis solutions
MR NeuroQuant®* automatically segments and measures volumes of brain structures and compares these volumes to standard norms.
Benefits
- Convenient and cost-effective means to gain reliable, objective measurements of neurodegeneration.
- Helps reduce the subjectivity of the diagnosis.
* NeuroQuant is a trademark of CorTechs Labs, Inc.
- Permeability
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MR Permeability
Lesion characterization by reviewing vascular leakage
Designed to visualize T1 weighted DCE 3D datasets and assist in analyzing the tissue response.
Benefits
- Calculates parametric maps such as Ktrans, Kep, ve and vf.
- The application has been validated for prostate and brain cancer.
- QFlow
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MR QFlow
Visualizing and quantifying blood flow dynamics
Supports visualization and quantification of blood flow dynamics by assisting in review of MR phase-contrast data, on vascular region of interest segmented manually, or semi-automatically. Qflow analysis is integrated as part of MR Cardiac Suite allowing flow and functional analysis in one suite with combined reporting.
Benefits
- Quantification includes the following parameters: stroke volume, regurgitant fraction, forward and backward flow volumes, flux, stroke distance, mean velocity, maximum velocity, minimum velocity, peak velocity, vessel area, peak pressure gradient, E/A ratio and deceleration time.
- The application supports manual background Correction (BC) to correct for phase (velocity) offset.
- SpectroView
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MR SpectroView
Review metabolite maps
MR SpectroView is a task-guided application providing hydrogen single voxel spectra as well as metabolic and ratio maps. It automatically identifies the anatomy to preselect appropriate metabolites or supports user-defined combination of metabolites.
Benefits
- Displays numerical information about metabolites including Peak position and label, SNR, Peak Height, Peak Area, Full Width Half Maximum and Area Ratio of the displayed spectrum.
- Provides metabolite and ratio maps as color overlay on anatomical images or mini spectra on a voxel by voxel basis. Multiple voxels can be selected for spectral comparison.
- Supports automatic and manual phase adjustment as well as a color-coded quality indicator based on field homogeneity and SNR.
- Subtraction
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MR Subtraction
Perform basic calculations between two volumes
Enables basic calculations between two volumes, including addition, subtraction and ratio from within a single dynamic series.
Benefits
- The application allows to subtract pre-contrast from post-contrast series.
- Weighing factors can be applied to impact the calculation.
- T1 Perfusion
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MR T1 Perfusion
Support in assessing lesions by reviewing blood supply characteristics
Designed to evaluate time intensity curves of a T1 signal enhancement series. The application produces measurements including relative enhancement, maximum enhancement, time to peak (TTP), and wash-in/wash-out rates.
Benefits
- The package includes user-selected color-coding of the parametric maps which can be viewed and stored as overlays on anatomical reference images.
- The opacity of the overlay is user-defined.
- The series can be referenced to any other series such as Diffusion data within the same study.
- T2* (Neuro) Perfusion
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MR T2* (Neuro) Perfusion
Reviewing brain tissue perfusion viability
Provides physicians with supporting information for the evaluation of stroke, or assessment and follow-up of brain tumors. The application supports the analysis of T2* Perfusion studies to generate parametric data including TTP, MTT or Tmax.
Benefits
- Offers several analysis techniques such as leakage correction, which allows to assess the time intensity curves where there is no proper recovery of the baseline after contrast passage, and manual arterial input function (AIF) which enables perfusion-diffusion mismatch if a Diffusion input dataset is available in addition to the Perfusion series.
- The package includes user-selected color coding of the functional data, and maps can be viewed and stored as overlays on anatomical reference images.
