Luxembourg National Screening program invests in Sectra MicroDose Mammography

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

“Care quality awareness is increasing among our customers, and the Luxembourg screening program is well-known for its high standards of mammography, which makes this a great reference”

Women in Luxembourg will soon be benefiting from low-dose mammography. Three hospitals in Luxembourg have ordered Sectra MicroDose Mammography after evaluating experiences from other European countries.

At Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg, Zitha Klinik Luxemburg and Hospital St. Louis Ettelbruck, women participating in the national screening program will now be offered mammography at the lowest possible dose.

The national breast screening program in Luxembourg, established in 1992, covers all women aged 50 to 69 and has a participation rate of 64%.

“Care quality awareness is increasing among our customers, and the Luxembourg screening program is well-known for its high standards of mammography, which makes this a great reference,” says Peter Osinga, Managing Director Sectra Benelux.

Safe and effective mammography screening With superior image quality, Sectra’s mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, generates by far the lowest dose of radiation among all of the systems offered on the market. Combined with good ergonomics and a well-conceived workflow, the low dose enables radiographers and radiologists to work more efficiently and safely. At the same time, the radiation to which the women are exposed is minimized to the lowest conceivable level. Sectra MicroDose Mammography is based on a unique detector technology that counts each X-ray photon. This is the X-ray technology of the future.

About Sectra’s medical operations

Sectra (STO:SECTB) develops and sells IT-systems and products for radiology, mammography and orthopaedic departments. More than 1,000 hospitals worldwide use the system daily, together performing over 50 million radiology examinations annually. This makes Sectra one of the world leading companies within systems for handling digital radiology images (PACS). In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. Outside Scandinavia, Sectra’s system is installed at customers in North America and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.

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About the Sectra Group

Sectra successfully develops and sells cutting-edge products in the expansive niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. The company was founded in 1978 and has its roots in the Linköping Institute of Technology in Sweden. Today, Sectra has offices in twelve countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2008/2009 fiscal year totaled SEK 863 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more information, visit www.sectra.com.

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