As the medical imaging market grows rapidly, so does the size of image data sets. These huge data sets have in turn given rise to new workflow tools and techniques to better process these studies, moving 3-D visualization into the realm of data quantification and analysis.

In the early 1990s, while my colleagues and I at Stanford University foresaw the power of volumetric data as a logical extension of spiral CT evolution, we did not foresee the necessity of these tools to efficiently navigate and interpret CT scans composed of thousands of transverse reconstructions.

People are impressed by new gadgets. When I say gadgets I mean inventive, often small, mechanical or electronic devices that may or may not be useful and are usually fun to play with. Gadgets that light up to musical rhythms are everywhere, but the one by Yamaha takes it a step further with a touchscreen grid of white LEDs that lets you play or compose music. Then there are the gaming helmets designed for video game players to use their thoughts instead of joysticks to control on-screen characters. Of course, robots have cornered the market for cool consumer thingamajigs.

April 11, 2007 – AMICAS, Inc., a developer of radiology and medical image and information management solutions, will provide full product demonstrations of RadStream, a radiology workflow solution set for release later this year, at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) in Miami, FL.

Siemens Medical Solutions has a new Web-enabled addition to the syngo Suite, allowing radiologists to use digital dictation, 3D viewing tools and lab results from anywhere across the healthcare enterprise. It is also useful for radiologists and referring physicians located outside of the hospital.

The OpalRad integrated RIS/PACS solution is a comprehensive image management and reporting system that brings the advantages of state-of-the-art digital imaging to small hospitals and clinics.
Unique at its price-point, OpalRad relies on a single integrated database that stores information from both
RIS and PACS for data integrity and
fast operation.
Viztek | www.viztek.net

Kodak Health Group showcased its new Carestream digital dashboard that reportedly provides system administrators with a way to monitor equipment performance, storage utilization and volume changes, designed to manage Kodak Carestream RIS, Carestream PACS and Carestream information management solutions.

Sun Microsystems introduced two OEM offerings, iPACS and uPACS, integrated and utility picture archiving and communication systems, which are available in different sizes and designed as an integrated platform to enable OEMs and system integrators to rapidly build and implement PACS across disparate systems, using standard IHE protocols.
Sun Microsystems | www.sun.com

Nuance Communications Inc. introduced its DragonConnect in conjunction with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical, a dictation solution created to allow healthcare providers to directly dictate into third party clinical information and electronic medical record (EMR) applications, apparently reducing the cost of transaction, improving report turnaround time and increasing overall adoption rates of clinical information systems.
Nuance Communications Inc. | www.nuance.com

GE Healthcare has launched the first site using Centricity Web, allowing radiologists to access both an EMR and PACS online.
Radiologists using the beta site www.urologyofcolorado.com have reportedly been successful in sending EMR orders into the PACS, using a DICOM modality worklist and sending links to results and images back into the EMR system. Centricity Web is now commercially available.
GE Healthcare | www.gehealthcare.com

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