Fujifilm Introduces Computer Support System for Detecting Breast Cancer

Tokyo, Feb 7, 2008 (JCN) - Fujifilm has announced the FCR Digital Mammography CAD MV-SR657, a computer support system for the detection of breast cancer.

FCR Digital Mammography CAD (Computer Aided Detection) is a computerized detection system to assist physicians in detecting breast cancer through the computer analysis of mammography images taken using FCR (Fuji's own Fuji Computed Radiography system)during routine mammography screening by indicating sites showing the characteristics of breast cancer.

The breasts of Japanese women are generally different from those of Western women in that they often have more developed mammary glands. Fujifilm has developed its proprietary detection algorithm based on a wealth of cases from within Japan, and has been able to achieve a high detection rate for sites indicative of the characteristics of breast cancer, including microcalcifications and masses.

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