Open Rib

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The Open Rib application is image analysis software for chest CT images. The application offers a visualization of the unfolded rib cage that allows a physician to instantly view the full rib anatomy and should be used as an additional view in adjunct to conventional multiplanar reformat views. The rib levels are automatically labeled or annotated on the Open Rib view, providing a quick reference to the rib level being analyzed*. This can be auto exported to PACS or any DICOM® viewing destination. Open Rib offers geometric and HU measurement tools. In addition to standard CT projections, the Open Rib application can also display the unfolded rib view with labeling in both SVR and Global Illumination.

Key Benefits

  • Simultaneous representation of all ribs in a single plane view.
  • Visualization of calcified costochondral cartilage and soft tissue.
  • Read and report the Open Rib view directly from PACS with automatic processing.


*: Labeling of ribs is not available in the United States.
Vitrea Advanced Visualization is owned and manufactured by Canon Medical Informatics, Inc.

Open Rib: Opening new insights in thoracic trauma reporting

"We perform approximately 520 polytrauma CT scans per year and have incorporated Open Rib for all our diagnostic reads. This allows for all ribs to be analyzed quickly and directly from our PACS.

Our reading times have been reduced by up to 54% which has important implications for trauma patients where every second counts. This application has become an established part of our routine trauma imaging paradigm that we cannot do without."

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