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.

The gap between medical display quality and COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) is quickly coming down to just the attributes added by the medical display manufacturer to stabilize the back lights and incorporate a look-up-table (LUT) for compliance to DICOM Part 3.14, grayscale standard display function (GSDF).

However, performance minimums for primary reading, LUTs and back light stabilization maintain the divide between displays that meet radiology reading requirements and those that target the consumer.

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.


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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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 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 – 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 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.

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.

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).

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