Australian PACS vendor Intellirad will make its RSNA debut this year, showcasing its Voyager line of PACS and teleradiology technology.
Voyager PACS in a Box is a radiology soft-copy workstation package that provides remote access to images through an Internet Explorer software application. It operates from a single standard computer without requiring proprietary hardware, according to Intellirad of East Hawthorn, Victoria.
PACS in a Box can serve as a building block for a future Voyager PACS network. Available now in Australia and Asia, PACS in a Box is expected to be released in the U.S. and European markets in 2006.
The company will also highlight its Telerad teleradiology application. Operating in low- and high-bandwidth applications, Telerad sends images via FTP, DICOM, or e-mail, using wavelet, JPEG, or JPEG 2000 compression.
Telerad workstations can be upgraded to a PACS radiology workstation, and studies can be manually sent or autorouted. Availability in the U.S. and Europe is expected in 2006.
Intellirad will also feature its distributed PACS and nonproprietary integration capabilities with RIS, HIS, dictation, multiplanar reformatting (MPR), and other third-party applications. The vendor's enterprise-wide PACS network includes a distributed archive configuration that enables satellite radiology centers to connect to larger facilities.
With this approach, studies reside where they are expected to be read, Intellirad said. The workstations and servers operate on standard PCs and servers.
By Erik L. Ridley
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 11, 2005
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