The software electronically compares current and prior chest X-ray images and helps to detect nodules that may be early-stage lung cancer.
The X-ray software aligns and registers the two patient images to produce a difference image, which allows radiologists to note even subtle changes that show up more clearly when compared to traditional X-ray.
Using Riverain’s Temporal Comparison software, radiologists were able to demonstrate an average 12.4% improvement in sensitivity for actionable solitary pulmonary nodules.
Riverain chief technology officer Steve Worrell said the Temporal Comparison software is helpful to radiologists in detecting changes in certain areas, such as the hilum and apices where vascular structures and bones come together.
The company’s Bone Suppression and Temporal Comparison technologies can be used with its Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) to improve early detection of lung disease.
