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Witt adds to installed base
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image and information management firm Witt Biomedical has received several new multimillion-dollar contracts for its Calysto for Cardiology PACS network.
May 23, 2004
Security in the wired or wireless world: users are the weakest link
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VANCOUVER - No matter how many layers of digital security are employed by a conscientious RIS/PACS manager on their system, given enough resources, a determined intruder can still hack a protected network. More often than not, this is accomplished through the unwitting accomplice of the network users.
May 23, 2004
Phase-related IV contrast automates mass detection in virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
A study at the 2004 European Congress of Radiology in Vienna aimed to make better use of contrast-enhanced image data by measuring Hounsfield Unit (HU) values in polyps, carcinoma, and the bowel wall. The researchers also hoped to optimize accuracy by relating HU numbers to specific contrast phases.
May 23, 2004
Perinatal experts advocate US, serum testing combo for Down syndrome
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Researchers at the Center for Perinatal Studies, Swedish Medical Center in Seattle tested this hypothesis, which was detailed in Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
May 23, 2004
Tablet PCs show promise as mobile PACS workstations
By Erik L. Ridley
VANCOUVER - Wireless-enabled tablet PCs can yield equivalent performance to high-resolution monitors for clinical image review, according to a limited study presented Saturday at the 21st annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR).
May 22, 2004
Parsing PACS components can lower the price
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VANCOUVER - By taking advantage of commercial off-the-shelf hardware, and scaling a project appropriately, PACS does not have to be a budget buster, PACS expert Paul Nagy, Ph.D., assured his audience Friday at the 2004 Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) meeting.
May 21, 2004
EMR integration with PACS enhances information access
By Erik L. Ridley
VANCOUVER - The integration of PACS workstations with electronic medical record (EMR) systems can enhance imaging interpretation workflow, and is of vital importance in maintaining the future clinical relevance of radiologists, according to researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
May 20, 2004
SCAI says CMS should boost stent payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new task force report from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions says current payment levels from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for drug-eluting stent procedures are inadequate.
May 20, 2004
SR evangelist touts technology's benefits, drawbacks
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
VANCOUVER - Speech recognition (SR) has matured to the point where it is user-friendly for most people, as long as they maintain realistic expectations of the technology, according to a presentation Thursday at the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) meeting.
May 20, 2004
SCAR report: Doctors must be agents of change
By Brian Casey
VANCOUVER - The U.S. healthcare system faces serious challenges ahead, as costs are increasingly shifted to patients, many of whom lack the ability to pay. Information technology has the potential to solve the looming crisis, but only if physicians take the lead in pushing medicine to become more automated through the adoption of healthcare IT.
May 20, 2004
Avalanche photodiodes: a promising new component for PET
Look for PET to improve in the not-too-distant future. APD devices have an output with a better signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) than can be obtained with conventional photodiodes, paving the way for their use with scintillators in PET imaging.
May 20, 2004
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Diligent coding means money in the bank for breast imaging
By Shalmali Pal
Twenty-first-century mammographers are truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. Reimbursement rates, as set by Medicare, are so low that mammographers are virtually invited to cut costs by lowering quality. On the other hand, there is tremendous pressure on breast imaging facilities to provide optimal service to all women, with the most serious pressure coming from mammographers themselves.
May 20, 2004
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