DeJarnette moves VisiShare closer to general availabilityDeJarnette Research Systems placed its Windows NT-based VisiShare workstation software into beta testing in June at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. General
DeJarnette Research Systems placed its Windows NT-based VisiShare workstation software into beta testing in June at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. General availability is expected by the end of this month for the workstation line, which received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance prior to the 1997 Radiological Society of North America meeting (
PNN
12/97).
DeJarnette believes that the sparseness of the VisiShare interface as well as the ability to perform important functions with one mouse click will play well in the market. As with its ImageShare CR quality assurance offering, DeJarnette is interested in selling the product on an OEM basis, but will also sell direct to government clients and to other customers in some situations, said president Wayne DeJarnette.
In other product news, DeJarnette is experiencing healthy sales of the second generation of its ImageShare CR offering. The latest release of ImageShare CR has been installed at six sites since shipments began in May, and the Towson, MD-based firm has a backlog of 15 systems.
In addition to direct sales of ImageShare CR to customers like the military and the VA, the company has an OEM distribution agreement with Picker International.
In the fourth quarter of this year, DeJarnette expects to release a bi-directional interface for ImageShare CR. The interface, called DeJarnette Interface Board, will also be used in the company's LaserShare DICOM network print server.
The company has also completely converted its products to PC-based offerings, running either on Windows NT or Solaris x86, Sun's Unix adaptation for PCs. DeJarnette will be converting the entire product line to NT over the next year, although, from a technology standpoint, the company would prefer to stick with the Solaris x86 operating environment, he said. It has run identical applications using either NT or Solaris x86 on the same computer and found that the Solaris-based program was faster.
"Right now NT is an inferior product to Solarix x86 on the same platform," DeJarnette said. "But the marketplace wants NT."
What a Large CT Study Reveals About Potential Kidney Injury, Diabetes and Risk Stratification
June 7th 2023The use of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) was associated with more than double the risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients with diabetes and an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 in comparison to the use of non-contrast CT in this population.
The Reading Room Podcast: Emerging Trends in the Radiology Workforce
February 11th 2022Richard Duszak, MD, and Mina Makary, MD, discuss a number of issues, ranging from demographic trends and NPRPs to physician burnout and medical student recruitment, that figure to impact the radiology workforce now and in the near future.
New System Combines Diagnostic Ultrasound and Transient Elastography
June 6th 2023In order to facilitate optimal detection and assessment of liver fibrosis and steatosis, the newly launched Hepatus 6 Diagnostic Ultrasound System offers the capabilities of real-time two-dimensional ultrasound with visual transient elastography in one device.
The Path of Least Resistance: Make it a Road Less Traveled in Radiology
June 5th 2023Whether it’s attempting to get appropriate clinical histories from referring physicians or getting a tech to split up a multiphasic contrast study into separate image series, consistently striving to fight the good fight for optimal image interpretation is worth the effort.
2 Clarke Drive
Cranbury, NJ 08512