News
October 28, 2008 – GE Healthcare has introduced a three-day “Essentials of DICOM” course for biomedical engineers, imaging technicians and hospital IT personnel, in response to customer demand for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) education.
October 29, 2008 
Feature | Ken Compton, Imaging Consultant
The gap between medical display quality and COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) is quickly coming down to just the ...
October 29, 2008 
Technology
Voyager PACS workstation product has been adapted for full Web-based PACS. Web streaming has been implemented to provide fast access to remote access specialists and users to quickly view images through low bandwidth connections. Fast display of an initial image compressed that builds up on demand, with the flexibility for users to see full diagnostic quality images where required.
October 29, 2008 Sponsored Content
Case Study | PACS
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
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Feature | Nick Obradovich
With the election of a new president and Congress, not to mention a tumultuous economy, medical imaging, just like many other medical sectors, faces uncertain times going in to 2009.
October 29, 2008 
Feature | Cristen C. Bolan
Some Web 2.0 tools are features commonly used among consumers to better communicate and gather information. Such tools are being adapted for and adopted by radiologists. Many radiologists already tap into instant messenger, digital reference libraries, access radiology chat rooms and more.
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Technology
Imaging On Call, a U.S.-based, Joint Commission accredited, full service teleradiology provides service packages that are flexible, including preliminary or final reads, subspecialty reads, vacation coverage, post processing and interpretation for Coronary CTA, interpretation for Breast MRI and stroke protocol.
October 29, 2008 Sponsored Content
Feature | Breast Imaging
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
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October 29, 2008 – Technical University of Munich, Germany, recently welcomed 175 radiation oncology experts from 16 countries to the International Conference on the Clinical Use of TomoTherapy.
October 29, 2008 
Feature | Sarah Chapdelaine, BBA, and Kamran Zaman
Despite the current decline triggered by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), the U.S. medical imaging market is expected to recover by 2010. In 2008, the medical imaging market was valued at over $9.2 billion, growing at an associated CAGR of 4.2 percent by 2015.
October 29, 2008 
Feature | Antonio Garcia, industry manager, Medical Imaging Group, Frost
X-ray mammography is considered the “gold standard” for breast cancer screening in the breast imaging equipment market. The procedure is generally seen as the most effective option for women needing a diagnosis of any abnormalities in the breasts.
October 29, 2008 Sponsored Content
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
September 25, 2024 
Feature | Richard R. Rogoski
The rising tide of teleradiology services is being heralded by some as a breakthrough in radiology that will ultimately improve the quality of healthcare and provide new jobs for U.S. radiologists.
October 29, 2008 Technology
Dicom Systems offers Dicom Systems HL7 and the DCMSYS router, a configurable router that fully supports DICOM 3.0 standard TLS encryption. DCMSYS guarantees to encrypt all the outgoing traffic. It utilizes the latest technology enhancement of standard protocols such as SNMP, DICOM and HL7.
October 29, 2008 Feature | Herman Oosterwijk
Healthcare IT professionals from many countries are looking to the U.S. for examples on how to best deploy and implement imaging informatics technology. In addition, they want the professionals who administer and manage these critical systems in their countries to be highly qualified.
October 29, 2008 Sponsored Content
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
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For data and operational redundancy, Voyager PACS servers can be configured for local storage at clinic/hospital site with a replicated copy located at another location (i.e another hospital site or a data center).
October 29, 2008 News
October 30, 2008 - Thinking Systems is debuting at RSNA 2008 its new release of the company’s unified Web-based ThinkingPACS/ThinkingRIS with comprehensive solutions for radiology, cardiology and molecular imaging.
October 29, 2008 
Technology
OASIS 1.2T MRI is designed to deliver high performance and patient comfort. The Oasis open architecture, High-Field strength, Zenith RF technology and fast gradients drive diagnostic confidence and image quality.
October 28, 2008 Technology
The Chrysalis breast displacement system was developed in response to the need to reduce breast radiation in those CT examinations where the breasts are in the plane of imaging and the plane of imaging is relatively limited, including coronary CTA and chest CT.
October 28, 2008 Technology
Integrated Modular Systems Inc. (IMSI), a RIS and PACS system integrator, offers the imsiVIEW.RIS available for ...
October 28, 2008 Technology
Covidien's Optistar Elite contrast delivery system injects contrast media-related drugs into a patient’s vascular system to aid in obtaining diagnostic images when used with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging equipment.
October 28, 2008 
Technology
Sonix CEP provides Emergency Medicine practitioners with high performance imaging in a compact, portable system that ...
October 28, 2008 
Technology
VIDAR’s DiagnosticPRO Advantage film digitizer for PACS and mammography in dual use/mixed file room imaging centers with a low volume of mammography patients (5-20 per day) and mixed mammography and general radiography file rooms. With software optimized to scan images in DICOM MG and SC, the DiagnosticPRO Advantage is reportedly an ideal solution for these facilities.
October 28, 2008