Google Alert - Radiology & PACS

ECMC switching radiology system
Buffalo Business First - NY, United States
... County Medical Center has begun the transition from traditional film-based radiology to Web-based technology with initial installation of a PACS, or picture ...

Kodak holds key seminar in Bahrain
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
... given about the latest Digital Capture solutions as well as Radiology Information Systems (RIS), Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), the world ...

CMAS: a rich media annotation system for medical imaging

I saw the funniest presentation ever at the SPIE Medical Imaging conference last week in San Diego. Few researchers from HP were showing a new method for annotating medical images. I wish they had talked to a radiologist before presenting the paper and making a fool of them selves. You have see it to understand what I mean. Here is the link to their video podcast for some example image annotations: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/I-Jong_Lin/hp_labs_experimental_podcast.xml

Now that you have seen the video, here is what want a radiologist to do:

1. To annotate an image first the radiologist identifies an image with abnormality.
2. Then he has to become a weather man and stand in front of a blue screen and a video camera.
3. Now he has to capture video of himself pointing to the virtual abnormality on the image.
4. Then some how save this video - which is not DICOM
5. Then send to a clinician - again not using the RIS or HIS but some other way.
6. Lastly get fired because you wasted whole day annotating a single image and rest of the work was delayed.

On average a radiologist spends 90 seconds reading a radiograph and about 7 minutes interpreting a CT study. What ever annotation methods engineers and programmers develop has to be part of the 90 seconds for a radiograph and 7 minutes for a CT examination.

Advice for Engineers and Software developers: Please! Please! Consult the users (radiologist) before designing a system.

Technorati : CMAS, HP, PACS, SPIE, radiology

Google Alert - Radiology PACS

AMICAS Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Fiscal Quarter and ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... care facilities, and radiology practices. Acute care and hospital clients are provided a fully-integrated, HIS/RIS-independent PACS, featuring advanced ...

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Source Medical Adds Willamette Open MRI to its RIS/PACS Client ...
TMCnet - USA
... Open MRI has licensed the company's SourceRad(TM) Web-based radiology information system and picture archival and communication system (RIS/PACS) solution. ...

NEWS RELEASE
Financial News USA (press release) - La Puente,CA,USA
... of GE's Centricity® Radiology Solution, a combined picture archiving communications system (PACS) solution and industry-leading radiology information system ...

HP Medical Archiving Solution Grows Customer Base, Certifications ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... the HP Medical Archiving Solution is designed for radiology practices within ... has received Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACs) certification from ...

Another Triad Facility Goes Live with the Evolved Solution
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... 24 hours since installing the Evolved solution" reports Linda Reed, Radiology Director at ... Evolved delivers a web-based, fully managed RIS/PACS imaging solution ...

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Philips iSite PACS
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
... Before the birth of Philip's iSite, traditional Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) focused on radiology only. ...

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GE Healthcare and Intermountain Healthcare to Offer Leading ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... of GE's Centricity(R) Radiology Solution, a combined picture archiving communications system (PACS) solution and industry-leading radiology information system ...

GE Healthcare system to be put in 21 Intermountain Healthcare ...
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
... announced a contract to put GE's Centricity system, a combined picture archiving communications system (PACS) solution and radiology information system (RIS ...

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Healthcare Customers Deploy Nortel Mobility Solutions to Improve ...
CRM Today - USA
... program brings mobility to our clinical information systems, allowing care providers to access information and systems, including radiology, PACS or patient ...

Nortel Today Unleashed a Flurry of Announcements
xchange Magazine - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... mobility to Continuum clinical information systems, allowing care providers to access information and systems, including radiology, PACS (Picture Archive and ...

IBM co-markets i3Archive's online PACS
Computer Business Review - UK
... storage of digital medical images for hospitals and radiology practices, on a ... both primary and disaster-recovery or secondary backup PACS - Picture Archive and ...

Philips Showcases Integrated Healthcare Information Technology ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... in the Xtenity portfolio is Philips Xtenity RIS (Radiology Information System ... RIS can be seamlessly connected with Philips iSite PACS, enabling information ...

AMICAS Releases New Web-Based Integration Toolkit Enhancing ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... care facilities, and radiology practices. Acute care and hospital clients are provided a fully-integrated, HIS/RIS-independent PACS, featuring advanced ... a

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Kodak Unveils Advanced Films for Radiography Use
Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai,India
... radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) systems, laser imagers, picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems ...

Philips iSite PACS
Manila Bulletin - Philippines
... Before the birth of Philip's iSite, traditional Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) focused on radiology only. ...

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On The Go's Island Corporation Featured in Leading Canadian ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... more and more US and Canadian radiology clinics and hospital imaging departments are turning to for solution construction and installation of their PACS systems ...

Healthcare Prescribes Storage
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... PACS digitally store cardiology and radiology tests, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results, and other large files. Multislice ...

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Our Lady of the Lake Touts Successful HIT Outcomes; Hospital ...
TMCnet - USA
... records, orders and documentation, decision support, laboratory, access management, pharmacy, scheduling, radiology, surgery, emergency, PACS and transcription ...

Merge eMed's Web-Based Referring Practice Portal(TM) Delivers ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... productivity for radiology departments and specialty practices, imaging centers and hospitals. By combining sophisticated RIS, PACS, advanced visualization and ...

Kodak imaging sponsor at Olympic Winter Games
LetsGoDigital - Emst,Gelderland,Netherlands
... retrieval of a patient's entire radiology record to authorized users within the three interconnected polyclinics. . Kodak CareStream PACS (picture archiving ...

Future of IDXRad

Well before we talk about future of IDXRad, let's go over some history.

IDXrad was originally called DECrad and was transferred to IDX several years ago who changed the name to IDXrad. DECrad specifications were developed primarily (if my history is correct) by Ron Arenson when he was at Penn and by RISC.

RISC, Radiology Information Systems Consortium was started, in the late 80s and early 90s, to promote radiology information systems when few were available. DECrad (now IDXrad) was an outgrowth of RISC's efforts. An independent users group was formed from users of DECrad under RISC. This group has been active ever since as the DECrad Users' Group and now as IRISS, the IDXrad Radiology Information System Society.

In the meantime SCAR, Society for Computer Applications in Radiology was formed as an individual member organization within RISC. SCAR and RISC merged into one membership organization under the SCAR name in 1996. IRISS remains an independent users' group with SCAR, just as formerly with RISC.

From what I understand (and please correct me if I am wrong and misinformed), the initial deal with IDX specified that as long as IDX supported the IDXRad product they could sell it to users and when ever they stop supporting the product, the IDXRad code is to be returned to the RISC (now SCAR) who will then make it an open source project.

If the above is true, what happens now that the IDX has been bought by GE? What I hear is that IDXRad v 9.x (byproduct of DECrad) will no longer be supported by GE and the IDXRad v 10.x will be the new GE RIS. If that is the case will SCAR ask for the source code of IDXRad and release it? These all sound like rumors to me. If anyone knows the real deal please comment.

Google Alert - Radiology PACS

DR Systems Lands Six New PACS Contracts Worth Nearly $3.5 Million
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
7, 2006--DR Systems today announced six new RIS/PACS contracts totaling nearly ... served, along with a sister hospital, by a MEDITECH radiology information system ...

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Clay County Hospital makes technological leap forward
Daily Clay County Advocate-Press - Flora,IL,USA
... Each radiology room will have its own ID terminals with full work-list ... PACS provides a filmless environment meaning no more lost films and means fewer errors in ...

KODAK: Kodak reports orders for its digital medical imaging ...
Advanced Imaging Pro (press release) - Beltsville,MD,USA
... Its broad product portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), enterprise and departmental ...

How our congressmen are faring in fundraising
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... interests, including $7,000 from the American College of Radiology, and $5,000 ... the medical groups, Myrick got big contributions from PACs representing Wachovia ...

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DHB okays digital X-rays
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... DHB is pressing ahead with plans to modernise its radiology department at a ... The switch to a Picture Archiving Communications System (Pacs) supplied by Kodak ...

Clemenceau Medical Center and GE Healthcare Introduce to the ...
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
... the CMC Imaging Center will be one of the leading Radiology departments in ... 4D Ultrasound all linked to a Picture Archiving & Communication System (PACS) for a ...

German government initiatives to boost use of IT in healthcare
MTBeurope.info - UK
... Segments with the highest potential include picture archiving and communications systems/radiology information systems (PACS/RIS), electronic medical records ...

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PACS and Digital Radiology Resources
Find the best radiology school and career information at www.RTstudents.com.

Radiology PACS Center
Home > IT Solutions > Radiology PACS · Printer Friendly. Radiology PACS ...
modality-specific PACS systems to enterprise-wide information management ...

OSU Radiology - PACS system
Describes the Picture Archiving and Communication System implemented at The Ohio
State University Medical Center in 1992.

Philips, Clinical IT - Radiology PACS
EasyAccess is Philips' Radiology PACS, consisting of image & workflow management
systems and viewing packages with innovations that really make a difference ...

UPHS Radiology Department Official Web Site
UPHS Radiology Department Web Site Home Page. ... For PACS Access · Department of
Radiology Update 2005. Welcome to Penn's Department of Radiology ...

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RADinfo SYSTEMS(TM) Symposium Features World-Renowned PACS ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... imaging facilities with reliable components of Radiology Information Systems (RIS), Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), and Teleradiology ...

Merge eMed to Showcase Innovative Software Solutions at the 2006 ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... productivity for radiology departments and specialty practices, imaging centers and hospitals. By combining sophisticated RIS, PACS, advanced visualization and ...

United States Patent Application: 0060026536

Here is the link to Apple's patent application for gesture navigation.

United States Patent Application: 0060026536

DailyTech - Apple Files for Gesture Input Patent

DailyTech - Apple Files for Gesture Input Patent

You must be surprised as to why I am posting this item in RADIT news blog. Well, let's just say it is relevant to a future radiology product coming out within a year or two. Sorry for the mystery - just wait and remember this post.

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Kodak Reports Orders for Its Digital Medical Imaging, Information ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... Its broad product portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), enterprise and departmental ...

Merge eMed to Showcase Innovative Software Solutions at the 2006 ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... radiology, the importance of advanced visualization and clinical applications combined with the efficiencies of managing workflow with an integrated RIS/PACS ...

Kodak Providing Latest Digital Medical and Dental Imaging ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... Its portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), IT solutions, clinical information solutions ...

Emphasis on patient safety to spur demand for IT solutions in ...
TMCnet - USA
... Legacy systems, patient administrative systems (PAS), primary care health records systems, picture archiving systems (PACS) and radiology information systems ...

Poetic Technologies

Poetic Technologies

Poetic technologies offers futuristic workstation solutions for PACS systems. Their workstations are gigantic and take up entire room. These look extremely cool and are very photogenic. But are not practical at all. The biggest problem is the fixed chair which has similar mobility as a car seat. Although very comfortable for a short while, but if you sit on it longer then it gets very tiring as one does after driving for a while.

Radiologists work from 8am to 5pm non-stop and the gluteal region gets very tired of sitting in one position. We have seen in our research that comfortable chairs with wheels provide the least fatigue.

Most academic institutions usually have trainees that observe or actively participate in the interpretation process and the configuration of this workstation limits collaborative interpretation. Only one person can sit and others have to stand, which becomes impractical for use of the workstation in an academic environment. Similarly, centers where clinicians frequently consult with radiology in the reading room, will find the workstation causing hindrance in collaborative consultation.

Hey if you are a geeky radiologist who wants to have a futuristic look of his/her office, then this baby is for you. Would look great at home to show off.

Google Alert - Radiology PACS

Clinic equipped with state-of-the-art radiology, keeping health in ...
Spring Grove Herald - MN, USA
... archiving communication system (PACS). PACS is the main central server for the radiology group at Gundersen Lutheran in La Crosse. ...

Euronext Brussels) - Agfa Gevaert : Salzburg District Hospitals ...
Euronext (persbericht) - Netherlands
... the central IT infrastructure, ORBIS as the hospital information system with an integrated RIS (Radiology Information System) and IMPAX PACS (Picture Archiving ...

AMICAS to Present at the 2006 UBS Global Healthcare Services ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... care facilities, and radiology practices. Acute care and hospital clients are provided a fully-integrated, HIS/RIS-independent PACS, featuring advanced ...

Merge eMed Announces New Release of FUSION Matrix PACS(TM)
Advanced Imaging Pro (press release) - Beltsville,MD,USA
... "We are very pleased with this newest version of the FUSION Matrix PACS," says Dr. Ramin Abrahim of Washington Radiology Associates. ...

Kodak Digital Advances Enhance Experiences at XX Olympic Winter ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... retrieval of a patient's entire radiology record to authorized users within the three interconnected polyclinics. -- KODAK CARESTREAM PACS (picture archiving ...

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Merge eMed Announces New Release of FUSION Matrix PACS(TM)
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... workspace for radiologists." "We are very pleased with this newest version of the FUSION Matrix PACS," says Dr. Ramin Abrahim of Washington Radiology Associates ...

Misys Healthcare Systems Highlights Interoperability and ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Misys Radiology(TM): Misys Radiology is a market-proven radiology information system ... enhancements in the areas of structured reporting; PACS integration; voice ...

Government Initiatives and Emerging Integrated Healthcare ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Segments with the highest potential include picture archiving and communications systems/radiology information systems (PACS/RIS), electronic medical records ...

New Name For Riverhead Hospital
Hamptons Independents - The Hamptons,NY,USA
... PACS eliminates the need for X-ray film by allowing the hospital's department of radiology to digitally optimize MRIs, CT scans, and X-rays and send them to ...