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Carestream updates Image Suite software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health said it has begun taking orders for the updated version of its Carestream Image Suite software, which offers computed radiography-based image acquisition and an optional mini-PACS module.

September 11, 2012

Siegel: PACS should be smarter than a 5th-grader

By Cynthia E. Keen

NEW YORK CITY - PACS technology may have revolutionized the way radiology departments operate, but it isn't very smart. It's high time that new PACS applications incorporate artificial intelligence, Dr. Eliot Siegel told attendees at the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium.

September 11, 2012

DR Systems debuts pathology imaging offering

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS software developer DR Systems is presenting its Unity enterprise imaging package for pathology as a work-in-progress at this week's College of American Pathologists 2012 annual conference in San Diego.

September 10, 2012

Chang: Radiologists must manage imaging to survive

By James Brice

SAN FRANCISCO - Dashboards and scorecards providing tangible measures of performance can serve as a potent defense for radiologists against forces that are attempting to loosen their control over medical imaging, according to PACS pioneer Dr. Paul Chang.

September 9, 2012

Imaging Interoperability: Part 1 -- New options

By Jef Williams, Jonathan Shoemaker

AuntMinnie.com presents the first in a two-part series from Jonathan Shoemaker and Jef Williams of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting. In part 1, the authors explain how vendor-neutral archives can provide much-needed interoperability in today's tumultuous healthcare environment.

September 6, 2012

Merge eyes strategic options, hit with FDA warning letter

By Erik L. Ridley

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has retained investment bank Allen & Company to assist the firm in evaluating a broad range of strategic alternatives, including a sale of the company or a business combination.

September 5, 2012