Medical Technology 


QANSAD

ARRI-QANSAD Software for quantitative coronary angiography
and ventriculography as single-workstation license.

FEATURES

  • Evaluation of digitalized cinefilm
    and digital angiograms
  • Evaluation of mono- and biplane
    projections
  • Window- and menu-orientated operation
  • Self learning macros
  • Graphical and alphanumeric
    representation of the results
  • Network interface
  • Operating system SUN-OS (Unix)
  • Documentation for user
    and system administrator
SYSTEM FUNCTIONS

  • Basis image enhancement
  • Internal data base for img / patients
  • Several methods of calibration
  • Error correction of X-ray image
    • Point spread correction
    • Pincushion distortion
    • Enlargement factors
FOR QUANTITATIVE
CORONARY
AUGIOGRAPHY

  • Manual measuring, caliber method
  • Automatic quantification of stenoses
    • Monoplane and biplane projections
    • Automatic tracking of vessel centerline
    • Automatic determination of contours
    • Interactive possibility to
      correct vessel contour
    • Correction of errors
      caused by image generation:
      • Distortion of image intensifier
      • Point spread function
    • Graphic and statistic evaluation
      of diameter and densitometry functions
    • Densitometric analysis of vessel
      and image background
    • Automatic choice of reference
      locations at the stenosis
    • 3D-reconstruction of the vessel
      from one or two views
    • Calculation of the arteriosclerotic plaque
    • Analysis of the vessel concerning
      geometric and functional aspects
QUANTITATIVE
VENTRICULOGRAPHY

  • available are:
    • contour input on angiograms
      or graphic tablets
    • analysis of volume and ejection fraction(EF)
      by the standard formulas of Dodge-Sandler,
      Wynne, Simpson, Arvidsson, Arcilla and Ferlinz

    • wall motion analysis
      by the formulas of Herman/Gorlin,
      Ingels,Harris/Clayton ,Centerline and Slager
    • combination with vital parameters
    • definition an entry of wall motion into collectives