Software can read scans and detect heart disease
A computer program being developed in Finland could help to diagnose heart problems by interpreting images of the heart taken over magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The system, which runs on a normal PC, is able to fragment and process a full MRI scan (around 250 images). It does this by measuring particular parts of the […]
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Voxar provides Bournemouth with 3D PACS view
Edinburgh-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) software specialist Voxar, has won a contract to supply the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s radiology department with its 3D imaging software. Voxar’s imaging software allows the rapid rendering and display of 3D medical scan images from computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) on […]
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The future of digital imaging
The government recently announced that all acute trusts in England will move to PACS within the next three years. This is a huge undertaking both in terms of costs and especially change management…
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Secure email for health unscrambles new markets
Kodak’s Secure Email System (SES), which up until now has been used solely in healthcare, has been made available to other markets following a deal with software developer Cephire Technologies. The software is currently in use in the US and Europe in hospitals for the exchange of images and patient information between healthcare professionals and […]
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Private hospital begins radiography IT modernisation
A private hospital in Kent has invested in a computed radiography (CR) system, as part of the first stage of “a wider digital imaging strategy". The technology, which was supplied to Chelsfield Park Hospital, near Orpington, by Kodak, comes in several parts. The Directview CR 850 System processes the images from cassette and can send […]
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Virtual surgery on real patients helps training
Virtual reality training and testing for surgeons that is actually based on scans of real patients may soon become commonplace thanks to an EU Framework-funded project tested in the UK. The Integrated Environment for Rehearsal And Planning of Surgical Interventions (IERAPSI) initiative consists of Tempo Reality, a simulator that combines sight and touch and, and Tempo Review, a 3D […]
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Cerner’s Millennium named best EPR system
Cerner Millenium has been awarded the top prize at the Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Their Millennium architecture won top prize in the Electronic Health Record Systems for Hospitals prize. The same architecture underpins their e-booking contract and had been a major part of all their unsuccessful LSP bids. In […]
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NPfIT claims discounts of up to 80% on PACS
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has stated that discounts of up to 80% have been secured in its negotiations with picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) suppliers, but has yet to provide details of how PACS procurements and implementations in English NHS trusts will be funded and delivered. Some £60m of central investment has been committed […]
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Worthing NHS Trust goes digital with Ferrania
Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust has chosen Ferrania LifeImaging to implement the latest digital imaging technology, in a move designed to increase efficiency within the trust’s hospitals and improve patient care. The trust’s existing analogue equipment will be replaced with Ferrania’s OnNet Web Browser, reporting workstation and Mitra PACS broker systems, supported by computed radiography […]
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ComMedica and Capula announce PACS alliance
ComMedica and Capula have announced a formal alliance to deliver a joint, Web-based picture archiving and communications system (PACS) offering to the NHS. An announcement on the future shape of PACS procurements in England is expected later this month. Each of the five local service providers around the country has been asked to submit their proposals for […]
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