Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Optimal Radiology Partners (ORP) was formed in late 2012 as a joint venture between Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) and Optimal Radiology. Comprised of more than 100 radiologists, ORP delivers high quality sub-specialty interpretations around the clock, efficiently and cost-effectively, to millions of patients across the country.

Technology Platform Key to Enhanced Quality, Operational Efficiency

The joint venture is extending the quality and efficiency benefits offered by ADI’s technology platform to a growing list of imaging centers, community hospitals, small critical access sites, and large hospitals. The adoption of Intelerad’s InteleOne distributed radiology solution is enabling this expansion.

“With an InteleOne solution, we get more highly-qualified radiologists on the same worklist, reading the studies that they are best trained to read,” says Dr. Chad Calendine, CEO of ADI and Chief Medical Officer for the ORP joint venture. “We can get all two million exams on a common worklist.”

Texas Children's Hospital Offers PET/MRI Scanner to Better Diagnose Several Childhood Diseases

Texas Children's Hospital is the first children's hospital in the United States to begin using a positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) scanner, a state-of-the-art technology that will help in early and accurate diagnosis of various cancers, heart diseases and degenerative neurological disorders.

Viztek introduced the Leggera Wireless Panel, expanding the Leggera DR (direct radiography) Solutions product line to now include the lightest — 6.1 lb, ISO 4090 cassette size — wireless panel available to the market. With the addition of the Leggera Wireless Panel, hospitals and imaging centers now have access to the compact panel and its revolutionary features including storage capacity of 50 images, two removable batteries to maximize productivity and uptime while providing breakthrough reliability in image storage and back-up.

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April 30, 2013 — Better outcomes can be achieved for prostate cancer patients by using brachytherapy, a highly targeted form of radiotherapy, compared to surgery, says the finding of a new clinical study conducted by Panaxea International, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Breast brachytherapy with a strut-based applicator demonstrated low recurrence rates and minimal toxicities, according to a multi-site study with a median follow-up of four years. The research was presented at the annual meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, held in New Orleans, April 18-20, 2013.

Agfa HealthCare announced that Hunt Regional Healthcare, Greenville, Texas, has upgraded its Agfa HealthCare picture archive and communication system (PACS) to Impax 6.5 and installed Agfa HealthCare's Cardiology PACS and Xero Viewer to deliver a consolidated view and centralized management of patient, image and information data. With the addition of Agfa HealthCare's Xero Viewer, physicians are able to access the nearly 100,000 imaging exams and reports done each year, on virtually any Hunt Regional facility device.  Because the information is web-based, physicians can access the results in real time.

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