Imaging Informatics: Page 1411

Empiric adds clients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics vendor Empiric Systems of Morrisville, NC, has signed two new customers for its Encompass.Net RIS/PACS network.

July 23, 2006

Canadian lung CAD cuts false positives

By Eric Barnes

At the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) conference in Osaka, researchers from Canada presented a CAD algorithm that can distinguish between faint and similarly shaped lung structures, reducing false positives with the aid of a hybrid learning scheme that uses both linear discriminant analysis and fuzzy c-means clustering.

July 23, 2006

Data Distributing adds CA hospital to client list

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Archiving distributor Data Distributing reported that Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, has chosen its DICOM CD publishing station for digital collection and distribution of its patient images.

July 20, 2006

Philips' gets SpeechMagic contract in Paris

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SpeechMagic software from Philips Speech Recognition Systems will be implemented at the 39 hospitals that form the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, according to the Vienna-based firm.

July 20, 2006

Misys posts 65 EMR contracts since May

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems said that it has signed more than 65 contracts for implementation of its electronic medical record (EMR) application, EMR 8.0, since the product was released in May.

July 20, 2006

CPSI reports solid Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems (HIS) developer Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) reported a strong fiscal 2006 second quarter (end-June 30).

July 20, 2006