NEW YORK, NY— The Hadassah Medical Organization, the Israeli hospital system of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Association of America, is the first health network in Israel to acquire the VECTRA WB360 3D, a whole-body imaging system that allows doctors to examine the skin on a patient’s entire body in just two minutes.
The virtually instant imaging is the work of a massive camera – really, 92 separate, unseen cameras – that creates an extremely accurate 360-degree picture almost immediately. The photography is noninvasive and contains no radiation.
The Hadassah Medical Organization’s acquisition of the VECTRA was made possible by a generous supporter of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Association of America.
During regular patient appointments, dermatologists at Hadassah hospitals can now examine every potential skin anomaly in three-dimensional detail. This is a dramatic contrast to what can usually be done during patient check-ups, when dermatologists focus on specific kinds of blemishes, freckles, beauty marks and moles, and must schedule additional appointments for anything more comprehensive.
The highly sophisticated VECTRA imaging system offers two additional advantages. First, it is connected to a global database containing millions of patient images. Using artificial intelligence, the VECTRA can compare one patient’s skin marks to those of patients around the world and rank, on a scale of one to 10, the likelihood of any skin anomaly’s being or becoming cancerous. Second, the VECTRA can compare a patient’s latest images to those taken at previous appointments.
“With the VECTRA, we have the technology to prevent, identify and treat skin cancers as early as possible,” said Dr. Ronni Shreberk Hassidim, Senior Physician in the Department of Dermatology at Hadassah. “This is especially important for high-risk patients, like those with a family history of skin cancer, a compromised immune system or an overabundance of moles.”
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About the Hadassah Medical Organization:
For more than a century, the Hadassah Medical Organization, the Jerusalem-based hospital system founded and owned by Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has set the standard for excellence in medical treatment and research in Israel. The experience and ingenuity of Hadassah’s doctors and scientists have led to new tools and treatments in all areas of medicine, including therapeutics, diagnostic medical devices and digital health.