An exhibitor at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), Syntermed Inc., today announced GE Healthcare would be demonstrating a new diagnostic tool for heart failure, Syntermed's SyncTool™, on GE Xeleris 2 workstations. As part of an Emory Cardiac Toolbox (ECTb) upgrade on all Xeleris 2 workstations, GE Healthcare is licensing SyncTool software. This software helps to predict which heart failure patients will benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).

CEO, Syntermed, Inc., Michael Lee, declared: "SyncTool is yet another important development for the diagnosis and care of heart failure patients." He added: "The inclusion of SyncTool on the ECTb platform of all GE Healthcare Xeleris 2 workstations will greatly expand the diagnostic toolset for the nuclear cardiologist."

SyncTool uses a technology developed by Emory University medical scientists Ernest Garcia, PhD, and Ji Chen, PhD, called multiharmonic phase analysis (MHPA) and was licensed exclusively to Syntermed by Emory in June 2008. The software provides a novel automated analysis of LV function of conventional ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.

PhD, professor of radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Ernest V. Garcia, says: "We designed this new nuclear imaging software to improve image clarity and to provide additional features and automation that should eliminate variations in interpretation and help physicians more accurately assess patients with left ventricular dyssynchrony."
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