The application of cloud-based solutions to medical image management has come a long way in the last few years. Customer perceptions are evolving at a rapid pace, while cloud-hosted applications and managed service offerings are strengthening and diversifying. A “cloud version” (in any of its many flavors, including data center-hosted and/or Web-based zero-footprint clients, or thin clients using server-side processing) exists today for virtually every common image management function. This includes picture archiving and communication system/radiology

Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

The findings are the first to show a difference between the two types of digital imaging when compared with screen film mammography and suggest that women should be informed of the potential for lower cancer detection with CR, the researchers said.