You've already bid farewell to films. After a few weeks of intensive speech recognition training, you're about to say good-bye to the transcriptionists. With digital image production and delivery, and automated speech recognition for creating exam

Siemens Medical Solutions has developed cardiac MR software that eliminates the need for an electrocardiogram. The technology was introduced in February during the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting in Orlando, FL. The software

Firm plans to coat digital detector with seleniumHologic is negotiating with a European company to supply the critical selenium coating on its digital radiography flat-panel detectors. Problems with the current supplier,

South Shore Hospital, a 304-bed facility in South Weymouth, MA, has signed up for teleradiology and clinical image distribution from Amicas. South Shore radiologists will use the Web-based PACS to distribute, archive, and retrieve approximately 70,000 of

Siemens star sees operator independence as keyThe best technology advances come after finding and clearly defining clinical problems, said Ismayil Guracar, a senior fellow at Siemens Ultrasound. He should know. He's come up with

Licensing, not product sales, boosts revenuesAt a time of increasing prominence for software applications, Research Systems prefers to stay in the background. The company, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak based in Boulder, CO, makes

The Yale New Haven Health System has signed on to implement Fuji's PACS and CR products. The contract calls for an enterprise-wide deployment of the Synapse PACS, as well as Fuji computed radiography equipment. YNHHS includes a high-volume regional

Damages in fraud verdict could total more than $150 millionOne-time 3D ultrasound pioneer Volumetrics Medical Imaging has won a major court battle against Royal Philips Electronics. On Feb. 6, a U.S. District Court jury in Raleigh,

The Florida Division of Adventist Health System (AHS) and Agfa HealthCare have signed a multiyear, $30 million agreement to upgrade the Florida Division's film-based radiology operation to digital imaging, using Agfa's PACS and CR products. Based on a

Philips, Siemens, CTI leverage proprietary technologiesPET technology is changing, metamorphosing at a molecular level. The performance of dedicated PET and PET/CT scanners depends on the type of scintillation crystal used in the

Merge eFilm and InSiteOne have jointly created a filmless image and information workflow environment for NCH Healthcare System and Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers in Naples, FL. The joint solution combines technologies from both companies, including

By Greg Freiherr, Editor, gfreiherr@cmp.comI've been writing commentaries on the back page of SCAN for about two years now. It's definitely the most enjoyable part of my job.I

Interventional radiologists can now see liver tumors freeze in real-time on MR imaging as they perform thermal ablation, according to a study presented at the 2004 RSNA meeting.

Technical competencies are one of the three attributes for a PACS administrator, and they often make this person the most recognizable member of the PACS administration team. The third in a series. This is the third in a series of articles exploring

It's quick, safe, and relatively painless, and if interventional radiologists want to own it, they'd better step up quickly: Endovenous laser treatment of varicose veins is poised to take off, according to Cornell University researchers. A two-year follow-up of 97 treated limbs showed a 6% recurrence rate, compared with 10% or higher recurrence reported for surgery, radio-frequency ablation, and transcatheter sclerotherapy.

After too many episodes of installing disappointing IT solutions, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center decided to modify its approach before proceeding with PACS implementation. Hospital and radiology leadership believed jumping into vendor

Radiology departments switching from a film-based system to digital imaging should first undergo a thorough workflow assessment, according to experienced PACS users.This type of analysis plays a central role in the integration of a radiology

It is almost impossible to imagine a modern hospital without a PACS. Initially introduced as a stand-alone application in the medical imaging department, PACS were often linked only to a single unit such as CT or MR. Hospitals gradually began to realize,

Low-dose digital products cater to cardiac, R/F marketsDigital radiography has to provide more than just digital images, developers of the technology agree. Advanced applications and smart tools, including computer-aided detection,

Synergies outweigh charges due to integrationAcquisitions boosted overall sales by Philips Medical Systems in 2002, but their integration came at a price, according to financial results released Feb. 11 by parent Royal Philips