Frimley, UK, 2015-Aug-17
Siemens Healthcare’s syngo®.via MM Oncology software is supporting ease of compliance for clinicians adhering to the British Thoracic Society guidelines for the investigation and management of pulmonary nodules.
“Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK and accounts for 13% of all new cases, according to Cancer Research UK. Pulmonary nodules are a common case presented within hospitals and a systematic and logical approach is key to their effective investigation and management. Determining the size and growth rate is a vital part of understanding whether a nodule may be cancerous and the impact on the patient,” explains Ben Reed, syngo Business Manager GB & Ireland at Siemens Healthcare.
Greg Baker, Lead Applications Specialist – User Services and syngo.via at Siemens Healthcare adds, “Once an imaging procedure has taken place, it is common practice that nodule size is measured using an electronic ruler on the workstation, recording the maximal length and the width perpendicular to it. This somewhat outdated technique can result in a variation in measured nodule sizes from one clinician to another, due to the disparity in subjective judgments of the edges of the nodule shape. If the nodule is then assessed during follow up, understanding its true growth or reduction could prove to be problematic.”
Within the new British Thoracic Society guidelines, volumetric measurement is recommended as the preferred method for assessing coin lesions. It is suggested that automated or semi-automated volumetric measurement is a more accurate technique than using diameter measurements. Siemens Healthcare’s syngo.via MM Oncology software provides simplicity for clinicians when measuring the volume of a nodule. This can be used to calculate possible growth or reduction between the initial scan and follow up with ease.
Greg Baker continues, “As standard, all of our customers using syngo.via are provided with a range of fully automated tools specifically designed to support clinicians in the detection, segmentation and evaluation of suspicious lesions including dedicated tools for the volumetric measurement of pulmonary nodules. The guidelines from BTS are a welcome change to ensure accuracy in measurement and evaluation. We are looking forward to working with our customers to assist with guideline compliance so clinicians are able to receive the valuable information they need to make a confident diagnosis.”
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1. https://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-library/clinical-information/pulmonary-nodules/bts-guidelines-for-pulmonary-nodules/
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