DatCard’s PACSCube is the company’s first-generation DICOM disc publishing system. The Agilisys Adaptive Image eXchange extends clinical image access beyond the walls of traditional imaging. Authorized recipients can view cloud-based images, anytime anywhere. Facilities can use Agilisys as a standalone solution or combined with PACSCube, for a practical hybrid of CD/DVD and online image
The latest release of the McKesson picture archiving and communication system (PACS) (V11.9) has features and purchasable options that address improved deployment flexibility, innovative radiology workflows and enterprisewide IT infrastructure strategies. McKesson Enterprise Image Repository, a solution independent from Horizon Medical Imaging and other PACS, archives and manages image data on behalf of the systems with which it interfaces. McKesson Enterprise Image Repository Retention Management can be purchased as an optional application that helps organizations maintain studies according to their retention policies, thereby reducing archive storage costs.
Intelerad Medical Systems introduces new tomosynthesis support for InteleViewer, enabling expanded breast imaging interpretation for the IntelePACS or InteleOne reading and reporting platforms. Using InteleViewer’s flexible hanging protocol layouts, radiologists can quickly step through cases for mammography screening or diagnosis, using tomosynthesis 3-D images to advance women’s health.For more information: www.intelerad.com/tomo
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Vue Archive supports diverse data formats to help healthcare providers consolidate multiple “ologies” in a system-neutral repository. Vue Motion — a vendor-neutral, zero-footprint viewer cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for iPad review — delivers enterprise access to images and reports. Vue Connect intelligently indexes disparate radiology information systems (RIS)/PACS for seamless information exchange as an on-site system or a cloud service. These systems will be featured at SIIM.
iConnect delivers an integrated suite of software solutions to share diagnostic content and results. The suite includes a zero-download DICOM image and XDS server, an Internet-based gateway for image sharing between enterprises, and a vendor-neutral archive to create an enterprise imaging strategy. Merge PACS is a real-time picture archiving and communication system that lets radiologists read, review, archive and share images and data from a Web-based system. Using Merge PACS, radiologists can access images anywhere, anytime using their own preferences.
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The Whitestone workstation features include ambient lighting, power and cable management that facilitates performance, comfort and ease of use. Complete electronic adjustment capabilities include surface height in sit-stand positions, surface tilt, and vertical and horizontal adjustment of monitors. An environmental heating and cooling system controlled at the workstation allows for direct regulation of temperature and alleviates heat generated by computer equipment. Acoustical properties of the partition reduce extraneous sounds.
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Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is a 222-bed, rural, nonprofit hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio, that serves approximately 120,000 patients in the Appalachian area. The computed tomography (CT) department is a 24/7 operation. It has two Philips iCT scanners — one in the emergency department (ED) and the other in its medical imaging department — and it utilizes the iDose4 iterative reconstruction technique on iCT scans. Modifying imaging protocols for high image quality while achieving doses as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) has become an endeavor of the imaging department at SOMC.
“Tomosynthesis really allows us to look through the breast, slice by slice, in a way that we haven’t been able to before,” explains Beth Whiteside, M.D., breast imaging specialist at Albany Medical Center and radiologist with Community Care Physicians. “It takes away that vexing issue of tissue overlap and allows us to look underneath. I think it is every radiologist’s dream.”
There has been much talk in the news lately about mammographic breast density, its association with the risk of breast cancer and legislative efforts to mandate reporting it to patients. This article addresses the reasons why breast density has become such a hot-button issue and what we might expect from this topic going forward.
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Efficient sharing of data and images is essential for multi-site healthcare systems and radiology groups that read for multiple sites or facilities. In today’s world of consolidation, that represents the majority of radiology service providers. When it came time to replace our PACS, we developed an eight-point checklist for what we wanted.
With the precision afforded by today’s radiation therapy delivery systems, treatment planning software that helps direct the process must keep pace. The treatment planning system provides a 3-D view of the tumor that facilitates decisions about treatment options and helps the clinical team develop the best possible plan. They are a means to achieving the end goal for the patient — perfectly targeted, appropriate dose.
June 1, 2012 — Through the rapid growth of multi-slice computer tomography (CT) imaging, radiation protection has become a major issue in the radiological community. In response to this problem, ContextVision has collaborated with Dr. Lars Borgen, Drammen and Buskerud University College, Drammen, Norway, to explore technology solutions that will deliver superior image enhancement in cases of reduced patient image doses. Today Borgen will present his thesis, “Application of Adaptive Non-Linear 2-D and 3-D Post-Processing Filters for Reduced Dose Abdominal CT.”
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A potential paradigm shift is gathering momentum in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer, driven by data showing strong clinical outcomes for the use of more sophisticated therapies. Newer therapies using accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI, also referred to as breast brachytherapy) not only allow women to remain whole, they also offer properly selected patients several advantages over traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI).
As catheter-based, minimally invasive procedures expand rapidly beyond treatment of the coronary arteries into all areas of the human anatomy, angiography X-ray imaging systems have moved beyond their original purpose of simple vascular imaging. Today, in addition to interventional cardiology, cath labs are frequently shared by numerous specialists, including interventional radiology, interventional oncology, electrophysiology (EP), vascular surgeons and neurology.
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As radiation therapy treatments evolve, radiation therapists are assuming more responsibilities. Their core duties still include serving as the primary contact for patients undergoing radiation therapy treatments that can last several weeks and administering the actual treatments. However, therapists also must review protocols, monitor and assess patients and stay up-to-date on technological advances in equipment. The necessity to balance duties in their “high-tech/high-touch” profession makes radiation therapists a unique breed in the radiologic sciences.
Most experts embrace the notion that the best way to prevent medical errors is to learn from them rather than punish the individuals involved. Despite this, the facts suggest there is still much work to be done in establishing a just culture in healthcare that acknowledges the inherent likelihood that humans will make mistakes.
There seems to be a general sense of delayed reaction within the healthcare arena when it comes to preparation for California’s Senate Bill (SB) 1237 and Assembly Bill (AB) 510 and other pending legislation that adopts regulations regarding the capture and reporting of radiation dosing. The looming threat of violating California law with the potential for fine implications has begun to sink in, yet the bigger picture seems to be lost in translation.
June 1, 2012 —Frank Mackinson of Bound Brook, N.J., became the first patient to complete treatment at the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, N.J. The Somerset Center opened officially on March 20, one month ahead of schedule, enabling Mackinson to begin treatment on March 28.
June 1, 2012 — ClearCanvas Inc., a medical imaging informatics company, announced a new partnership agreement with DPR of San Ramon, Calif., a technology company that delivers intelligent imaging informatics solutions for the radiology industry. The companies will work together on joint marketing and sales efforts to further distribute their combined solutions.
June 1, 2012 — Civco Medical Solutions is introducing a newly redesigned storage rack and stabilizer for transesophageal (TEE) transducers.