Milwaukee, WI - Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a leading medical imaging software and services provider, has announced the release of Fusion PACS MX 3.0, featuring integrated Merge Mammo 7.10, Merge's digital mammography application. Using Merge's advanced integration technology embedded within Fusion PACS MX 3.0, radiologists can launch Merge Mammo right at the PACS workstation, significantly streamlining mammography workflow. In addition, Fusion PACS MX 3.0 introduces several new features designed to increase radiologist productivity, including study caching, viewing protocol enhancements and extended keyboard shortcuts.

Merge Mammo 7.10
"Merge Mammo is a multi-modality, vendor neutral digital mammography workstation that enables imaging centers to use a single workstation to display and read images from different vendors and different acquisition devices, including digital mammography, ultrasound, MR and CT," said Gary Bowers, President Merge Healthcare North America. "Now, with Fusion PACS MX 3.0, users can launch Merge Mammo 7.10 from the PACS workstation without having to deal with two separate worklists or sending mammography studies to a different workstation."


Additional Merge Mammo 7.10 features include:

-Support for 12-bit printing: Enables enhanced display of grayscale images in the printed format -- comparable to on-screen resolution.
-Support for Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit architecture: Provides increased system responsiveness of integrated mammography and the memory to accommodate large dataset viewing.
-Hanging Protocol matching feature: Permits hanging protocol selection to be matched by the number of studies loaded, as opposed to matching based on study description.
-Customizable line measurements: Allow users to set line thickness for added visibility and better accuracy.
-OptimumView tool: Improves visualization of subtle anatomic structures via user-defined zoom, enabling examination of paired images at increased resolution by clicking to zoom any section of the image using a customizable zoom factor.
-Support for fanning view: Permits users to specify spatial orientation on each monitor separately - affording a fanned, chest wall-to-chest wall view of mammography images.
-Window/level shortcut: Performs window/level adjustments using a new keyboard shortcut. Minimizing manual sequences, such as using a menu or typing commands, saves time while providing ergonomic benefits.
-VGA for ultrasound images: Automatic VGA monitor support of ultrasound images provides agility and control when viewing multi-modality images across multiple monitors.

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