Even though PACS systems are designed to run in mission-critical environments without interruption, sometimes PACS systems will still fail. When a PACS does go down, a PACS administrator has to face an immediate hurricane of angry physicians from the ED and Surgery as well as watching the radiology department grind to a stop. It’s not a fun time for anyone involved and we all try to prevent these episodes as much as possible.

Carestream Health Inc. announced that it is now taking orders for its newest version of KODAK CARESTREAM PACS that includes native 3-D and cardiac features and integrated applications including orthopaedic digital imaging for surgical planning and templating and image fusion software for use by oncologists.

June 4, 2007 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM - formerly SCAR), in support of its mission to provide research and education in imaging informatics, has announced offerings related to its Annual Meeting, publications, and an imaging informatics professional (IIP) educational initiative.

June 4, 2007 - Richardson Electronics Healthcare will offer a new on-site technical service through their TekLink Support Services which will provide healthcare facilities with conformance and calibration testing and maintenance of medical imaging monitors.

June 4, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions introduced the world's first and high definition PET technology reportedly offering consistently sharper and clearly defined images across the entire field of view, at the 2007 Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting (SNM), held June 2-6 in Washington, DC.

By utilizing a proprietary reconstruction technique, HD-PET can provide distortion-free images throughout the entire field of view. This improved 2-millimeter resolution enables physicians to clearly visualize the smallest of lesions from the center to the edges.