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Teleradiology
 Fujifilm Enhances Productivity With Synapse Version 3.2.1 Today at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc. is introducing Synapse version 3.2.1. This new software release is an extension of version 3.2 that delivers a number of key user-requested enhancements to increase user efficiencies, and also provides greater functionality for the interpretation of digital mammography studies. Throughout the week Fujifilm will be demonstrating Synapse 3.2.1, along with a number of key product integrations and upgrades in areas including cardiology, 3D and PET/CT. Learn more here.
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Multiframe algorithm addresses image integrity
May 14, 2008 Most schemes that address medical image integrity and authenticity deal only with single frame images and lack satisfactory solutions for multiframe modalities. Recent work in Brazil achieves viable integrity of n-frame medical images, such as x-ray angiography or intravascular ultrasound.
Device lets readers gesture through images
May 08, 2008 The first practical intuitive device for browsing digital images using only hand gestures is being tested in Israeli intensive care settings and operating suites.
Google-based search tool mines RIS data
May 01, 2008 Radiology text and image data account for a significant portion of patient electronic medical record information in hospital archives, yet few means exist to aid radiologists in extracting relevant information from these databases.
Paper debunks SIIM certification myths
April 23, 2008 So many myths have grown up around the Certified Imaging Informatics Professional process established last year by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine that one paper has already appeared debunking the most flagrant.
Innovation outsourcing proposal could change pace of informatics progress
April 18, 2008 Progress in imaging informatics tends to be incremental, one deliberate step at a time. But at least one expert believes change could be measured in much longer strides if corporations outsourced innovation.
Report from ARRS: Telemammography over Internet proves feasible, cost-effective
April 14, 2008 Nearly 30,000 cases and three years of experience have confirmed that the transmission and interpretation of digital mammography exams to and from a remote location through commercially available high-speed cable Internet access is feasible, safe, reliable, and cost-effective, according to a Columbia University study.
Structured query language extension supports content-based image retrieval
April 11, 2008 Schemes proposed to support growing interest in content-based image retrieval have generally failed to incorporate the use of structured query language to support similarity queries. Recent research from Brazil provides this ability.
Grid debuts to facilitate inter-institutional image interoperability
April 04, 2008 A grid designed to link applications in the research environment leverages grid computing technologies and web resources to provide a set of programming tools for research application development and deployment.
Web-based repositories pose threat of unprotected records
April 02, 2008 The reluctance or inability of the healthcare industry or federal government to provide a universal online personal medical record repository mechanism has created a vacuum. This vacuum, in turn, has attracted deep-pocket giants like Google and Microsoft.
Online patient medical records will challenge radiologists and others
April 02, 2008 More than a decade after the shift to PACS became firmly established in radiology, a national movement toward digitizing all medical information appears to be gaining traction. Google and Microsoft, two of the biggest players in the digital world, have launched efforts to provide free storage of personal medical records online.
Unique JavaScript embeds cine stacks in teaching files
March 27, 2008 Attempts to relieve restrictions on teaching file systems that can use only static images have generally failed to achieve simplicity. A new paper introduces a simple method for embedding user-controlled cines into teaching file web pages using JavaScript.
Gigabyte-scale image files avoid bottlenecks with JPEG2000
March 17, 2008 Radiology is not the only medical discipline struggling to handle massive digital imaging studies. Pathology and cytology may face even more severe problems. 
Health Care Software System, Subject of Lawsuit, Becomes Open Source
February 28, 2007 Medsphere hopes to capitalize on a successful deployment at the VA hospital system by adapting its software to the community hospitals and private health care providers.
Disagreement Over Health-Data Protection
February 03, 2007 U.S. Health and Human Services bristles at GAO recommendation for a more comprehensive plan
Forget The Chart, Check The Cell Phone
January 29, 2007 Insurer will let members access their health data from cell phones
New Coalition Gives U.S. Doctors Free E-Prescribing Software Services
January 22, 2007 The goal is to remove barriers -- most notably cost and complexity -- that doctors often cite as reasons for not using e-prescribing systems.
ACS To Open Second Outsourcing Center In Jamaica
January 12, 2007 About 600 local employees will staff the facility, which will provide near-shore business process outsourcing services to U.S. customers.
EFF Says First Amendment Protects Links To Leaked Corporate Documents
January 09, 2007 The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims that a writer has a right to link from a public wiki to electronic copies of Eli Lilly documents showing side effects of a drug. |
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