• create the User Interface in the native style of the PACS workstation
• connect the UI components such as Button and events/signals back and forth between the hosting application and the 3D visual component.

Data integration is done in a flexible manner while at the same time preventing secondary copies of (large) datasets in memory.

The integrating party will be responsible for regulatory complience of the final solution.

Screenshots including measurements can be saved as Secondary Capture and sent back to PACS.

The visual component has four primary viewports which show three orthogonal views and one oblique view. Integration of this product requires little effort and is done internally or by 3mensio. 

Key Product Features:

• Visualisation: MPR / MIP / Volume Rendering (including presets)
• Slabbing and VOI
• CT and MR modalities
• Measurements: distance, angles, etc
• Export capabilities: single image +and reformatted series
• Multi-language capability
• Centerline mode (manual)
• Fully customizable User Interface
• GPU-based to enable quick and interactive visualization

During the pullback, the images from the IVUS / OCT system will be streamed to the co-registration workstation. After the pullback has finished, the co-registration is ready to use. 

Two angiographic images are necessary for 3D reconstruction. The images should differ at least 30 degrees in rotation and/or angulation and are preferably orthogonal. A flat panel detector is required. The intravascular pullback must be motorized.

Co-registration is vendor dependent and works with all major cath lab, IVUS and OCT manufactures. 

Combining angiography with IVUS / OCT provides the user with a detailed view of the lesion and its exact location in the coronary tree. This facilitates optimal assessment of the stent’s landing zone. Co-registration is available in the cath lab as soon as the pullback has finished.

Key product features:

• Two way co-registration of angiography with IVUS / OCT.
• Plan the intervention: indicate the stent size and its position.
• Add bookmarks to indicate important vessel sections.
• Full access to all functionalities in CAAS QCA 3D and INDEC echoPlaque.

Command line interface
For integration with DICOM Viewers, CAAS has a command line interface which is easy to use. Within the DICOM Viewer, code must be developed to call the analysis by issuing a command line. On request, Pie Medical Imaging will provide the information on the available command line strings and how to use them.

In the viewer, the user can select images to analyze with CAAS. These images will be sent to CAAS. Additional images can be added by the DICOM Viewer in a later stage.

Measurements:

• Diameter of Ascending Aorta, Sinotubular Junction and Sinus of Valsalva based on 3D
• Diameter of Basal Plane based on caliper measurement
• Ostia height measurement
• Segment measurements
• Marker measurements