Imaging Informatics: Page 1057

Software scans radiology reports for signs of acute lung injury

By Cynthia E. Keen

Physicians at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have developed a software tool that scans radiology reports in real-time for language indicating that intubated patients have acute lung injury. The developers believe the software could speed up treatment of these patients and reduce the condition's high mortality rate.

August 20, 2009

Digisonics nabs 2 cardiology software contracts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two cardiology contracts for its software packages.

August 19, 2009

Sorna upgrades eXpedo features

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS technology developer Sorna has added automated password encryption to its newest software version of eXpedo, the operating software of its automated DICOM CD/DVD publishing systems.

August 19, 2009

FDA OKs Intelerad PET/CT product

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market and distribute its PET/CT Image Fusion product.

August 19, 2009

HHS releases breach notification rules

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued new regulations that require healthcare providers, health plans, and other entities covered by HIPAA to notify individuals when their health information is breached.

August 19, 2009

Brazilian team marries lung CAD with PACS

By Eric Barnes

Nearly all computer-aided detection (CAD) systems in clinical use today have a major shortcoming: the need to transfer image data to a separate workstation to run CAD software, with CAD data remaining separate from the PACS images radiologists read in their normal workflow. Researchers from São Paulo may have the answer.

August 19, 2009