October 16, 2012 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has issued an updated practice guideline on the treatment of thyroid cancer patients with I-131 (sodium iodide).

October 16, 2012 — The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) will host an Ultrasound First Forum on Nov. 12, 2012, in New York City. The forum will address the expanding role of ultrasound imaging as a “first” imaging examination and will be devoted to encouraging the use of ultrasound as a safe, effective and affordable alternative to other diagnostic imaging modalities.

Opal-EHR, a meaningful use- (MU-) certified radiology information system (RIS), will debut at RSNA 2012. It brings a full range of electronic health record (EHR) functionality to freestanding radiology clinics, while serving as a sophisticated RIS in hospital installations. The new application supports complete EHR certification for ambulatory care facilities.

TeraMedica will showcase its Evercore vendor neutral archive (VNA)  with special support for the Health Imaging Exchange (HIE). While neutralizing data for sharing across disparate picture archiving and communication system (PACS) solutions in the HIE, Evercore also retains a site’s original content to support ongoing use in the originating institution. Evercore also offers a full range of advanced attributes, including true data ownership, analytics and trending, lifestyle ownership and unlimited scalability.

The TA²P (total accessability archiving program) solution includes digiTA²P managed image storage services; a secure, HIPAA-compliant image repository with vendor neutral archive (VNA); primary archiving and disaster protection; lifecycle management and more. RadTA²P supports strategic migration of analog images to the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), including film inventorying, offsite storage, on-demand scanning and digital communication of electronic images to a remote PACS.  MammoTA²P provides similar services for mammography images.

For many people the words “proton therapy” may conjure up images of some type of high-tech treatment from the future. But the future is now; and since its development more than two decades ago, proton therapy has become a safe, highly effective and well-regarded option for the treatment of many forms of cancer. Still myths about proton therapy treatment continue to exist.

dStream is a magnetic resonance (MR) system architecture which helps bring signal digitization as close to the patient as possible in the receive coils. The Ingenia system is the first MR powered by this dStream architecture, designed to deliver increased image quality, enhanced workflow and ease of use for greater efficiency in daily operations. At this year's RSNA, Philips will showcase the upgrade program that brings dStream to the installed base.

Philips Healthcare | www.healthcare.philips.com

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