Cercare Medical Partners with Karolinska University Hospital for Clinical Perfusion Imaging

Aarhus, Denmark (January 25, 2021) – We are very excited to announce that we contracted with Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, for Karolinska to begin using our Cercare Perfusion. Karolinska University Hospital is well known globally for its routine use of innovative medical imaging in daily clinical practice, incorporating the most advanced imaging techniques. The hospital will now use Cercare Perfusion to assess all brain perfusion scans ranging from traditional applications to cutting-edge research.

The neuroradiology department at Karolinska University Hospital was looking for a perfusion imaging solution that could support their fast-paced clinical workflow.

"We are impressed with Cercare Medical’s perfusion software, due to its ease of use, reliability, and speed, thanks to its fully automated postprocessing," said Associate professor Tobias Granberg, MD, PhD, Section Head at the Department of Neuroradiology at Karolinska University Hospital and Research Group Leader at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet. "Combining these advantages with more advanced perfusion parameters such as oxygen extraction fraction and capillary heterogeneity, Cercare Perfusion allows us to make better use of diagnostic data and perform more in-depth tissue analyses."

Karolinska's use of Cercare Perfusion includes assessment of a range of brain pathologies including oncology and neurodegenerative disorders, along with analysis of long COVID-19 symptoms, using unique perfusion biomarkers provided within the software. Karolinska’s recent research with Cercare Perfusion as a key tool, led by Tobias Granberg, shows changes in brain tissue vasculature in patients with long COVID-19. Continued research will investigate ways to better diagnose patients with such symptoms, with the hopes of finding treatments and ways to prevent long COVID-19.

Cercare Perfusion is the top-of-the-line, fully automated perfusion imaging solution that helps radiology departments to boost workflow speed and decision confidence. “We are proud that Karolinska University Hospital chose Cercare Perfusion for its research and clinical assessments. Karolinska University Hospital is widely known for its work with perfusion imaging and for incorporating advanced imaging into traditional medical practice," said Mikkel Bo Hansen, founder and CSO at Cercare Medical. "We are happy that Cercare Perfusion will be used in both clinical workflow and research at Karolinska, setting a new standard for perfusion imaging around the world," added Kim Beuschau Mouridsen, founder and CEO at Cercare Medical.

Press release. January 25, 2022