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"KHBS"
Marketed by
Krishnamurthy Hepatobiliary Software "KHBS"
is A new software package to assist with
the clinical diagnosis of liver and gallbladder diseases!
The recent FDA approval means that for the first time nuclear medicine
departments around the world will have access to universal
standardized imaging of liver and gallbladder functions.
The "Krishnamurthy Hepatobiliary Software" (KHBS) system is used for
the prompt diagnosis of acute and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis)
and gallbladder diseases.
KHBS is a comprehensive, PC-based software program that reads and
analyzes dicom images
from a "gamma camera" for in-depth
analysis.
"CT" and
"MRI" Versus "Hida Scan"
Dr. G. T. Krishnamurthy said that while ultrasound, computed
tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the primary
imaging procedures used to detect such diseases, their results are
limited in providing functional assessment.
“Although CT and MRI provide
excellent morphologic information, they depend upon change in the
form and structure of the organs to detect diseases,” he said. "KHBS
will help clinicians detect the earliest manifestations of liver
diseases by identifying functional changes at the cellular level,
increasing the chances of complete recovery.”
Generally Hida Scans are used to detect Gallbladder diseases.
KHBS provides additional benefits from HIDA Scans.
One user stated
that
they automatically include diagnosis of the Liver when
performing the Hida Scan. It is done quickly and they found that an
estimated 5-10% of the patients that came to them for Gallbladder
also had some form of Liver disease.
The following are just a few of
the Liver Diseases that can be detected during
the Hida Scan and using KHBS:
Acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis including,
sclerosing cholangitis, biliary cirrhosis, and end stage liver
disease.
KHBS can detect problems earlier
than the Serum test a common test used in
liver diagnosis. Functional changes may occur in the liver before
they show up
in a Serum Test.
Gallbladder functional changes also occur many years prior to the
development of gallstones. But measurement of gallbladder functions
(ejection fraction) have been hampered by the lack of reliable,
widely available, validated, and FDA-approved software until now!
The Components of
KHBS
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