During a season celebrating 20 years of PACS, a new paper traces the roots of digital imaging to federal interests.The federal government under the auspices of the departments of Defense and Veterans' Affairs drove the movement of PACS into clinical

Are you prepared for the information explosion headed your way? PACS experts from across Europe relate their experience with MDCT and impart some hard-earned wisdom on

One of the basic rules of PACS administration is that no one can do it all: No individual possesses all the skills required, and no one individual has the time needed to perform all of the required tasks. This article, the fifth in a series, explains

PACS may be widespread in radiology, but it is underused in academic radiology curricula, according to a study from Boston."For PACS to remain at the forefront of the electronic revolution in medicine, our educational goals must receive adequate

Expects rising demand for proceduresSiemens Medical Systems has been shipping its Uroskop Access dedicated urodiagnostic table in the U.S. for two years, but it is only now beginning to push the product with a greater presence at

Novation, the supply company of VHA and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), has awarded new supplier agreements for PACS to Fujifilm Medical Systems, McKesson/ALI, GE Medical Systems IT, and Agfa Medical Systems. The multisource awards,

Seven clinical sites across Saudi Arabia have contracted to implement PACS from Agfa. The company cut the deal with the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) in Dhahran to install the systems over the next year at clinical sites in Ash

In what could be an example of how European regulators like to see things done, the European Union has approved a joint venture between Europe-based companies Draegerwerk and Siemens Medical Solutions. Draeger will contribute its entire medical division

'Boris Platform' from Philips hints at 3DFDA clearances in March edged up to 24, three more than the previous month and in line with or better than March performances over the preceding two years. Clearances were spread evenly over

PET pioneer CPS innovations, based in Knoxville, TN, has delivered its 600th PET or PET/CT imaging system. Through OEMs-primarily Siemens Medical Solutions but also Hitachi Medical Systems of America-and more recently through its own direct sales

GE may not get all it wants from its bid to acquire Instrumentarium. The London-based Financial Times reports that GE may have to sell off some assets to obtain permission from the European Union for the takeover. Brussels is pushing hard for concessions

Resonance Instruments has struck an agreement that puts the Witney, U.K., company in a position to supply 95% of the MR control consoles being integrated by Chinese manufacturers. The agreement with Shenzhen AnKe High Technology follows similar

'Gifts' from five imaging OEMs spur investigationGifts from equipment vendors-mostly meals, lodging, limousine rentals, and airline tickets-have landed top staffers of the Nassau Health Care Corporation in hot water. The New York

Imagers will need to leave the reading room and get closer to clinicians to maintain collegial ties.Our facility-wide PACS has been in operation for a year and a half, and the results have been amazing and gratifying.Staff, residents, and faculty

A PACS contains different types of data and databases, which have traditionally been stored in different formats. They include image data, demographic data, and DICOM data, as well as functional data such as image enhancement or manipulation performed by

Most large PACS vendors are shifting the management functions of PACS to the RIS and defining PACS as nothing more than the storage and viewing of images, according to a recent paper."Cerner now refers to the RIS as the PACS enabler," said Ali

As we prepare to celebrate our 10th year anniversary with PACS and filmless operation at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, we look back on our trip from film-based to filmless imaging and try to predict where we and the medical imaging community will be

The 1000th Toshiba multidetector system was installed earlier this month at El Centro Regional Medical Center located in El Centro, CA. Installation of the company's midtier Asteion CT occurred only 31 months after the company produced its first

Handheld ultrasound shines as tool for early evaluationExpensive high-tech weaponry made the military victories possible in Iraq and Afghanistan. But imaging technology provided the means to save lives.CT, computed radiography, and

Landwind Industrial, a medical ultrasound company in China, has agreed to distribute PACS products developed by Canada-based Cedara Software. The products will be sold into Landwind's current installed base of ultrasound sites from its 18 sales offices