syngo.via helps make oncology reading fast, intuitive, and less error prone. It enhances handling of large amounts of data and provides a high degree of automation and advanced ergonomics to help physicians focus on the essentials.

The automatic anatomic registration facilitates synchronized scrolling, zooming and rotating, and new tools like 3D Reference Point allow fast localization of the same point in all series and planes. With syngo.via, the reading physician can just follow the suggested pre-defined workflow steps throughout the complete dataset and read the case faster and easier, even when comparing follow-up exams with previous ones. What’s more, suggested workflows are specific to the type of modality and to the case at hand and you can customize the complete workflow to suit your needs.

syngo.via is a true multi-modality platform that provides all tools necessary to read and to share images from PET, CT, MR, CR/DR digital X-ray, fluoroscopy, angiography, and ultrasound. syngo.via also allows combinations of images from multiple modalities whenever needed – to give you additional and potentially decisive information for your oncology cases. Should any additional image data from other modalities or previous scans be available for your patient, you can easily drag and drop them into your oncology reading layout. These images will be registered automatically with the data sets already in use and displayed on up to two monitors. For example, you could easily create side-by-side displays of MR and ultrasound images for prostate cases, or use automatic image fusion for CT, MR, and PET images to read brain and other cases. In sum, this gives you the edge in diagnostic information for oncology reading.

syngo.via offers the 2D and 3D capabilities you want. Flexible screen layouts and dual-monitor support allow you to switch instantly between 2D- and 3D-reading strategies so you can combine with ease the advantages of both. For example, switch to 3D views of any contrast with just one click in MR Reading – without changing the software or task card – or switch instantly between the 3D endoscopic view and the corresponding 2D images within syngo.CT Colonography.

Using syngo.via’s computer-aided detection (CAD) tools as a second reader can help improve diagnostic confidence while maintaining a fast and efficient workflow. The second reader tools include syngo.CXR CAD** for the detection of lung nodules in digital chest X-ray studies; syngo.CT Lung CAD for the detection of solid pulmonary nodules in diagnostic chest CT exams; and syngo.CT Colonography – PEV (Polyp Enhanced Viewing)*** for use in CT colonography exams.

In addition to these second reader tools, syngo.via facilitates live collaboration between two syngo.via clients through desktop sharing. This allows you to easily ask a colleague for a second opinion, without needing to leave the case.

syngo.via provides dedicated automated and accurate segmentation and quantification functionalities. All you need to do is to select the lesion and syngo.via generates a boundary around the lesion and computes its volume – there is no need to spend time on manual 3D segmentations. syngo.via with the syngo.mCT Oncology* Engine Pro provides a unique integration of PET and CT segmentation tools: SUV-based 3D iso-contouring is available in the same application with automated CT lung, liver, and lymph segmentation tools. This facilitates accurate staging and total tumor burden assessment.

With syngo.via, you can measure a distance, a region of interest (ROI), or mark a suspicious lesion with a single click. For further evaluation of the lesion within the images, syngo.via offers a variety of automated and thus reproducible measurements adequate for daily work and for research purposes, such as RECIST 1.0 and WHO diameters, mean HU, multiple SUV calculation methods, doubling time, shape parameters, and histogram. Besides calcualtion of diameters, syngo.via with the syngo.mCT Oncology* Engine, with the syngo.CT Oncology Engine, or with the syngo.MR Onco Engine are also capable of automated volume measurement of a lesion by calculating the space enclosed within the segmented tumor, leading to high reproducibility of measurements and thus helping to reduce inter-reader or intra-reader variability.

Accuracy and reproducibility are key factors in tumor assessment. Findings from prior exams are automatically propagated to follow-up, and results regarding tumor growth are instantly provided within the context-specific report. Auto measurements of RECIST 1.0, WHO, and tumor volume through syngo.via in CT images, as well as SUV quantification on PET allow more objective measurements and a better reproducibility of results because inter-reader or intra-reader dependencies are eliminated. In addition, the tumor growth rates and tumor burden can be calculated automatically. In case additional image data from MRI or PET is available for your patient, you can easily drag and drop them into your oncology reading layout. These images will be registered automatically with the CT data sets and displayed on up to two monitors. The anatomic registration facilitates synchronized scrolling and 3D case navigation, regardless of the slice thickness. Last but not least,syngo.via with the syngo.mCT Oncology* Engine Pro enables you to segment and quantify lesions in 3D on both PET and CT. Trending these parameters over time provides valuable information for therapy response assessment.

With syngo.via, you can create disease-specific reports* right away. These are tailored reports that allow the reading physician to make statements about the overall impression and therapy recommendations. For example, in tumor evaluation, context-specific tools such as fast 3D lesion segmentation can provide results in seconds. The dedicated oncology report visualizes the diagnosis and provides important facts and results from imaging and biopsies at one glance – including key images and findings details, such as quantitative results per lesion and change over time for trending analysis.

The reading physician needs to effectively share results with clinical partners involved in each case – and results need to be communicated to patients. This can be easily done with syngo.via and its networked setup; creating new possibilities like easy second opinion and on-call scenarios: Reading physicians can use the Findings Navigator to elegantly present cases or distribute the context-specific reports to referring physicians. Clinical partners in different locations can review CT, MR, and PET data the way they need. For example, surgeons can plan an intervention by navigating through the case in 3D, instead of looking at static 2D images. Oncologists can review lesions with advanced measurement tools. Referring physicians can access syngo.via WebReport** to review findings and related images. Last but not least, 3D visualization can be used for patient communication.