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Cedara Launches OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer, a New Breakthrough in
Orthopaedic Spinal Analysis and Planning
CHICAGO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cedara Software Corp.
(NASDAQ:CDSW/TSX:CDE), recently named Fastest Growing Healthcare Company for
2004 by America's foremost market research firm Frost and Sullivan, today
announced the introduction of Cedara OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM),
specifically designed for spine specialists.
Spine Analyzer offers spine surgeons, chiropractors and radiologists a better
way to analyze the spine that is up to six times faster than current manual
methods, saving hours of tedious planning effort. The market debut of Spine
Analyzer represents decades of research conducted with the help of world-
renowned spine surgeons.
"OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) provides us with cutting-edge software that far
exceeds the performance of our current methods involving wax pencils and
protractors," said Dr. Ludovic Rillardon, a spine surgeon at Beaujon Hospital
in Paris, France. "The software lets us quickly analyze spinal instability,
abnormal rotation centers, spinal deformities, and posture. We can then use
this valuable information to help plan spinal surgical procedures, and evaluate
post-operative outcomes."
OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) detects the bone contours and measurements of the
spinal vertebrae for cervical, lumbar, postural and frontal analysis in just a
few mouse clicks. Functional range of motion, mean centers of vertebral
rotation, lordosis, and kyphosis are just a few of the 500-plus X-ray-based
spine parameters that are available in Spine Analyzer's graphical display. The
system's semi-automated spinal vertebra anatomy detection feature simplifies
planning and allows standard spinal measurements to be applied in less time.
"Spine surgeons and chiropractors will find OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) to be
invaluable in treating all kinds of spine cases," said Jacques Cornet, Cedara
VP of Marketing and Operations. "Once spine specialists use Spine Analyzer,
they will wonder how they ever managed to get their work done without it."
OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) is part of Cedara's powerful family of OrthoWorks
planning tools for Orthopaedics. The Spine Analyzer option seamlessly
integrates with Cedara's clinical knowledge management system, Cedara
OrthoWorks Care Manager(TM), which automatically populates data fields into a
central repository so that clinical data can be data mined, organized, and
easily shared and exchanged remotely.
"Now that the information is digital, OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) data is
automatically populated into our OrthoWorks Care Manager(TM) database, saving
us additional hours of laborious work plus the peace of mind of knowing I have
left a documented audit trail of spinal analyses leading to my decisions," said
Dr. Stefan Parent, a spine surgeon at Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal,
Quebec.
OrthoWorks Spine Analyzer(TM) also shares data with Cedara's OrthoWorks
planning module, which is used to load and review images, as well as plan
surgical procedures such as rod, screw and implant sizes.
For more information about Cedara's complete range of medical imaging products,
visit the Cedara website at http://www.cedara.com/ or contact:
Jacques Cornet, Vice President of Marketing & Operations
(905) 672-2100 ext. 2564
Email:
For investor-related inquiries, contact:
Brian Pedlar, Chief Financial Officer
(905) 672-2100 ext. 2015
Email:
About Cedara Software:
Cedara Software Corp. is a leading independent provider of medical imaging
technologies. Cedara software is deployed in hospitals and clinics worldwide
and is licensed by many of the world's leading medical device and healthcare
information technology companies. Approximately 28,000 medical imaging systems
and 6,400 Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) workstations have
been licensed to date. Cedara recently acquired eMed Technologies Corporation,
widely known as a provider of innovative PACS and teleradiology solutions that
have been installed in over 2,000 hospitals and imaging centers. Cedara is
quite unique in that it has technologies and expertise that span all the major
digital imaging modalities including computed tomography (CT), magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound,
echo-cardiology, angiography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography
(PET) and fluoroscopy. Furthermore, the Company's medical imaging offerings are
used in all aspects of clinical workflow including the capture of a patient's
digital image; the archiving, communication and manipulation of digital images;
sophisticated clinical applications to analyze digital images; and even the use
of imaging in minimally-invasive surgery.
Certain statements contained in this news release are forward-looking within
the meaning of securities laws and are based on current expectations that are
subject to a number of assumptions, uncertainties and risks, and there are
actual results may differ materially from what is currently expected. These
assumptions, uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to: the
management of the growth of the Company, dependence on key personnel of the
Company, competitive pressures (including price competition), changes in market
activity, risks associated with international operations, the development of
new products and services, the enhancement of existing products and services,
the introduction of competing products having technological and/or other
advantages, the dependence on key customers, regulatory changes to the health
care industry, seasonality, economic and political conditions and adequate
protection of the proprietary interests of the Company. Further information
about these risks and uncertainties can be found in the continuous disclosure
documents filed from time to time by Cedara with the securities regulatory
authorities, which documents are available at http://www.sedar.com/.
All trademarks appearing in this release are the property of Cedara Software
Corp.
DATASOURCE: Cedara Software Corp.
CONTACT: Jacques Cornet, Vice President of Marketing & Operations,
Cedara Software Corp., (905) 672-2100 ext. 2564, ;
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