As part of a newly cast alliance, IBM storage devices will be offered as part of Kodak's PACS and enterprise archiving. Kodak will integrate IBM's TotalStorage products with its DirectView Versatile Intelligent Patient Archive (VIParchive) software to

The symbiotic relationship between Vital Images and Toshiba Medical Systems will continue under a U.S. and international marketing and distribution agreement that extends Toshiba's right to offer Vital Images' Vitrea 2 software. Toshiba has distributed

The Web-based PACS company is a provider of mission-critical PACS solutions and services. The company has a history of enhancing workflow.InteleViewer is a full-featured JPEG 2000 Web-based viewer for diagnostic users. Capabilities include a

Sectra Imtec provides Philips with its core image management technology. In place since 1997, the partnership led last year to the introduction of Philips IT system Vequion, which works seamlessly with ViewForum workstations.EasyAccess PACS, release

The global PACS provider has more than 400 PACS installations. Sectra holds a dominant market share in Sweden and Norway. Its technology appears in the U.S. integrated into Philips' Vequion. Sectra PACS, release 10, is a high-performance

The company provides an integrated RIS/PACS solution that includes the Misys RIS and Misys IM (image management).Radiology PACS Integration Module provides DICOM services that eliminate the need for a broker between Misys Radiology and a PACS vendor

Software-based solutions form the core of FujiFilm's PACS offerings. Synapse, a software-based image and information management system, was commercially released six years ago, evolving since then into a Web-integrated infrastructure capable of handling

One vital component frequently overlooked when developing high-performance computer systems is stress testing.A paper presented at the recent RSNA meeting described PACS Proving Ground, a suite of three tools intended to model and simulate a PACS. The

For the first time, PACS image capture has started to migrate out of radiology into the enterprise."We're moving out of radiology and starting to use PACS to capture nonradiology images," said Dr. Gary Wendt, an associate professor of radiology at the

A new standard proposed by a consortium of researchers and manufacturers at the RSNA meeting would make coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening with CT safer and more useful in assessing early heart disease.

Virtual colonoscopy is gaining in clinical stature as a viable screening tool for colon cancer, with high sensitivity and specificity in detecting colonic polyps. But proper technique and good patient preparation are key to success, according to research presented Monday.

A vendor-neutral method for integrating case input from any PACS workstation into a teaching file system was presented during a scientific session on Monday."This method requires no vendor cooperation, effort, or software modification," said Dr. David Avrin, of the department of radiology informatics at the University of Utah.

Radiologists who are most experienced at reading virtual colonoscopy studies may not deliver the most accurate results, according to a pilot study presented Monday.

Clarify, a vascular enhancement option for Siemens’ premium Antares ultrasound system, has been added to the StellarPlus Performance package. Clarify, which uses power Doppler blood flow data, minimizes noise to better visualize intricate networks of small blood vessels and reduce the steps needed to complete vascular studies.

No longer separate entities, the technologies of imaging and informatics are irreversibly linked. It is impossible for even the most modality-focused attendee who enters the technical exhibitions in McCormick Place not to recognize this. "Integrated RIS/PACS" is the buzzword of the day, replacing the ubiquitous "enterprise solution" of so many past years.

R2 Technology has unveiled at the RSNA meeting a robust version of computer-aided detection technology programmed to find colon polyps. The company plans to take this latest iteration of CAD, first shown at the 2002 RSNA meeting, to the FDA in next year.

The clinical argument for speed may be up in the air, but the technological one appears settled. At this year's RSNA meeting, Siemens, CTI, and Philips are ready with systems that deliver faster scans or more rapid image reconstructions. The RSNA exhibit hall also plays host to PET/CT's past and future, as the work-in-progress 16-slice version of GE's Discovery LS appears as a commercial product and CPS talks up-and may even show off-its multihead R&D platform.

Since multidetector CT scanners began rolling off the production line five years ago, CT anigography has become a routine procedure, in many cases the procedure of choice, for screening patients for arterial disease. The reason is the ease with which it can be applied. Patients can undergo CTA without being admitted to the hospital and without invasive catheter placement. An added benefit is the extraordinarily low cost of a scan compared with the gold standard x-ray angiography.

Oxford Magnet Technology will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Systems late next year. Siemens, which holds a 51% stake in the British company, plans to purchase the remaining shares in a deal valued at $15.5 million, according to a

Two systems using flat-panel technology will debut at the Siemens RSNA booth. The Axiom Artis dTA is a digital ceiling-mounted universal angiography C-arm system equipped with flat-panel detector technology. The Mammomat NovationDR, a work-in-progress