ICON Medical Imaging Launches New Cardiac Echocardiography Analysis Software
10 Décembre 2008 - 10:59AM
PR Newswire (US)
Software Addresses Important Unmet Need in Clinical Trials Using
Echocardiography DUBLIN, December 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICON
plc (NASDAQ: ICLR)(ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of
outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that
its Medical Imaging division has launched a new cardiac
echocardiography analysis software solution. The software,
MIRA-ECHO, enables cardiac echocardiography (ECHO) images to be
viewed, measured and interpreted in clinical trials and is the
latest addition to ICON Medical Imaging's proprietary MIRA(TM)
(Medical Imaging Review and Analysis) platform. Dr. Jonathan
Goldman MD, Chief Medical Officer at ICON Medical Imaging, and a
recognised expert in echocardiography commented: "MIRA-ECHO
satisfies an important unmet need in clinical trials that involve
ECHO. For the first time we have a solution that allows us to
adjust and fine-tune traced cardiac measurements stored in the eCRF
against a moving source image, whilst maintaining regulatory
compliance and an audit trail. Combining MIRA-ECHO to the existing
MIRA-QCA module for quantitative coronary angiography allows us to
offer clients unparalleled capabilities for cardiovascular
assessments." ECHO is a widely used clinical method for assessment
of heart structure and function. It is playing an increasingly
important role in clinical trials as both a marker of cardiac
safety and as a measurement of the therapeutic effects of drugs and
devices being evaluated in patients with heart failure. Currently
available ECHO software is limited by the inability of the
interpreting physician to fine-tune tracings of measurements of the
borders of the heart wall against the full motion image of the
heart. This fine-tuning can optimise the accuracy of an important
marker of heart performance - the left ventricular ejection
fraction. MIRA-ECHO is a digital DICOM (Digital Imaging and
Communications in Medicine) image viewer and analysis software
module that is integrated with an eCRF (Electronic Case Report
Form). It displays links from the traced images back to the
measured moving heart image, and also to the numerical measurements
captured in the eCRF. Functionality embedded within the eCRF allows
a physician to adjust preliminary measurements, while maintaining
compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 regulations. MIRA-ECHO also enables
measurement and assessment of the full complement of ECHO
parameters. About ICON Medical Imaging Located in Warrington, PA,
ICON Medical Imaging, a division of ICON plc, is the leading
provider of Medical Imaging core laboratory services to
pharmaceutical, biotech and life science clients globally. The
team's extensive experience and expert guidance enables clients to
maximise the success of their medical imaging endpoints, supporting
their current research and development capabilities. ICON Medical
Imaging has managed over 260 imaging trials in oncology,
cardiovascular, CNS, medical devices and imaging agents. Further
information is available at http://www.iconmedicalimaging.com/ and
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