Royal Philips Electronics has commercially released its Philips Xcelera, a clinically-advanced, multi-modality image management, physician reporting and information distribution system, into the North American market.  

Xcelera brings clinical tools from various imaging modalities onto a centralized platform to foster clinical collaboration when diagnosing patients, according to Philips.

Philips said its Xcelera solution organizes and provides access to images and data from key cardiology subspecialties, including echocardiography, cardiovascular ultrasound, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, cardiac MR, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology, as well as direct links to electrocardiography (ECG) studies.