British Breast Screening Service chooses Sectra MicroDose: “This has made our mammography screening operation far more efficient”

British Breast Screening Service chooses Sectra MicroDose: “This has made our
mammography screening operation far more efficient”

Warwickshire, Solihull & Coventry Breast Screening Service (WSCBSS), which
installed its first Sectra MicroDose system in 2005, has now invested in another
two systems. With the new units, WSCBSS will become one of the first publicly
operated breast screening services in the UK to provide a fully direct digital
mammography screening service.

WSCBSS is part of the national breast screening program in the UK. The service
operates 3 mobile screening trailers all equipped with Sectra MicroDose as well
as assessment and symptomatic services. In total, the service performs
approximately 40,000 examinations per year. 

WSCBSS operates Sectra's total solution for digital mammography, comprising
Sectra MicroDose Mammography and Sectra Breast Imaging PACS (system for managing
and archiving digital breast images). The solution enables an efficient
screening workflow at the lowest possible dose level. 

 “As well as reducing the radiation dose to a minimum and providing excellent
image quality, our initial Sectra MicroDose Mammography system also allowed us
to reduce the appointment times required for screening,” says Margot Wheaton,
Programme Manager. “This has made our screening operation far more efficient”.
“With Sectra MicroDose, we can screen clients at five minute intervals 
throughout the day, which helps us keep to the screening schedule. With the two
new systems, we now have the capacity to manage the 20% increase in workload
during the initial phase of the extension to the screening age range”, she
continues. 

“WSCBSS has an excellent reputation within the breast screening community and
their decision to further invest in our MicroDose system confirms that we have
succeeded in meeting the high requirements of screening services”, says Neil
Emery, Commercial Manager of Sectra in the UK and Ireland.  “The fact that our
equipment can also be placed on existing trailers rather than requiring
customers to buy specially built new trailers also makes the complete solution
very cost effective”.


About Warwickshire, Solihull & Coventry Breast Screening Service 
Warwickshire, Solihull & Coventry Breast Screening Service started screening in
1989. 40,000 women are invited per annum on a three-year cycle. The screening
programme is the fifth largest in the UK and regularly achieves National outcome
targets. WSCBSS, part of the University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS
Trust, also host the National Breast Screening Computer Training Centre and are
thus responsible for development, piloting and training for the UK's National
Breast Screening Computer System.

Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, Sectra Imtec AB, +46 705 23 52 27 
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President, Sectra AB, +46 13 23 52 09

About Sectra's medical operations
Sectra 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.

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.