Replacing the image intensifier with a digital flat-panel detector last year made it possible for GE’s Innova product to run MRI along side cardiac cath. Flat-panel sensors are not vulnerable to magnetic waves, as are conventional image

Anyone involved with making physical changes to PACS components, such as adding a viewing station, replacing a device that has broken, or temporarily rerouting images to another workstation, knows that it can be extremely difficult. The reason is that

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Job Code: 736Department: RadiologyGrade: 130Title: PACS AdministratorDate: 2001 Scope of Position* Reporting in a line capacity to the senior manager, radiology computing and information sciences, the incumbent is responsible for leading the

Other than the few medical centers who pioneered the migration to PACS, most hospitals lack the internal expertise to develop a comprehensive digital imaging business plan, create medical imaging architectures, select vendors, and implement PACS.Many

Handheld ultrasound requires a leap of faith as much as it does technology. Intuitively, the idea seems brilliant: Shrink an ultrasound scanner so it can be worn on your belt, strapped to your shoulder, or carried by hand into places where ultrasound

Like many film businesses, Agfa is in transition from analog to digital. But unlike some competitors, only a small component of Agfa, about 5%, is oriented toward the general public. The rest is business to business, allowing Agfa strategists to focus on

Delta Medical Systems has signed a long-term agreement to sell and distribute Siemens Medical Systems equipment and services, primarily in the upper Midwest region. Delta, which is based in Pewaukee, WI, will serve as a sales and service multiplier for

Camtronics is planning to take on the likes of GE and Siemens in image and data management for cardiac patients with corporate alliances and new products, including an office-based electronic medical record.This EMR product, obtained through a

E-commerce services provider medibuy.com has extended its offerings to include diagnostic imaging products made by GE Medical Systems. GE will offer its entire line of products through medibuy's

The imaging industry netted 20 product clearances from the FDA last month. Among them were clearances for Marconi Medical Systems to begin marketing its 1.5-tesla Infinion MRI scanner and for IS2 Research to begin selling its Bi90 digital cardiac gamma

The well-known benefits of PACS have been documented: increased radiologist productivity, no lost films, and reduced material and labor costs.While productivity and economic advantages are easily measured, pinpointing the impact of PACS on patient

Medcon Telemedicine Technology has cut a deal to install its TCS Cardiac Image Management and Archiving system at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, IL. The system will provide digital image management and archiving for x-ray angiography and

AK Associates, a subsidiary of Prime Medical Services, is hatching plans to mobilize Philips’ new line of Intera MRIs. Phase 1 of the certification process, scheduled for completion by early summer, will focus on mobile MRI trailers for the U.S.

Doublespeak in equipment prices is common. Usually, list price and street price are two different things. As of March 8 GE Medical Systems has restructured its list prices for MRI scanners to bring them more in line with the marketplace in the U.S.,

The gulf between payments for mammography and for MRI is narrowing. As reimbursement for these two converges and the technology advances, MRI may begin to challenge x-ray-based imaging as a primary breast screening modality.“Small MRI devices using

The U.S. PACS market is about to take on a Viennese twist from Tiani Medgraph, an Austrian PACS and workstation company. Although Tiani has exhibited at the RSNA meeting for several years, it is little known outside its core customer base in Austria and

Toshiba has resisted the urge to merge. Unlike other multinational vendors that have gotten caught up in the merger and acquisition frenzy, the Japanese company has chosen to focus on partnerships.None is more obvious than the relationship Toshiba has

The ECR exhibit floor served as the launch pad for a line of C-arm systems from Philips Medical Systems. The line includes the BV Libra, BV Endura, and BV Pulsera. All three have cleared the FDA. Prices range from around 60,000 euros ($55,840 U.S.) for

A touchscreen interface will control the next generation of PACS, if Image Technology Laboratories has its way. The Kingston, NY, company has developed such an interface to control diagnostic monitors in its own PC-based PACS. Spurring development of the