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Riverain Medical's SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging technology automatically suppresses the ribs and clavicles to aid in the visibility of soft tissue structures in the lungs, allowing the physician to interpret pulmonary nodules.

According to officials, Riverain Medical's SoftView Enhanced Chest Imaging technology automatically suppresses the ribs and clavicles to aid in the visibility of soft tissue structures in the lungs, allowing the physician to interpret pulmonary nodules. Furthermore, as SoftView uses the esiexisting chest x- ray to produce the soft tissue image, it eliminates additional dose and motion artifacts commonly associated with dual energy solutions.
Ribs and clavicles on a chest x-ray often make it difficult for the physician to obtain an evaluation of the lung tissue. Until now, radiologists have used dual energy technology to aid the visibility of the lungs. The technique involves the successive acquisition of two images consisting of a low and a high energy spectrum. The physician can then use these two images to visualize the soft tissue in the lung.

Siemens said it is now offering SoftView from Riverain Medical with Ysio, their latest digital radiography system . SoftView enables the physician to acquire a soft tissue image without any additional radiation dose for the patient. "Patient positioning, radiation dose and inspiration can make the interpretation of a chest x-ray challenging. SoftView suppresses the ribs and clavicles on a chest x-ray to improve the clarity of the image, even when image quality is low," said Dr. Stefan Palmers, Ghent Hospital, Belgium, who is already working with the technology. "Siemens Healthcare's Ysio and Riverain Medical's SoftView technologies together produce optimal image quality."

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Source: Siemens