Your Facility is NOT Too Small For A Digital Radiography System

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 December 2010 02:02 Written by admin Wednesday, 20 January 2010 10:59

Digital Radiography is a popular option for imaging centers and other small and mid-sized medical facilities. Dicom Solutions offers a variety of quality digital x-ray options, including Neo DR and CareStream DR systems.

Rad rooms can be enhanced with a DR system in place. Digital systems provide some of the fastest capture times of medical imaging options currently available, offer the highest quality resolution in digital medical imaging, and use less radiation than other types of digital imaging systems. The speed that comes with digital imaging technology allows your medical office to streamline workflow while offering improved patient care.

The Neo DR unit is one such system in place in both large and small medical offices. This system allows you to retrofit your existing radiology equipment at a fraction of the cost of purchasing an entire new suite of gear. Another benefit is that your staff already knows how to operate your current system, so there is reduced time needed for learning how to operate new equipment.

The Neo digital radiography system is unique in its class in that it is a wireless unit that uses cassettes to capture the medical images. It conveniently works in conjunction with your existing wall stand and table bucky, saving you costly equipment replacement and room modification costs. A lightweight system, weighing in at only eight and a half pounds, it is also flexible, allowing its use at any location in your examination rooms. Immediate review of digital images is possible through the wireless technology, which transmits the digital images to your console.

The CareStream DR system is another wireless system that allows you to retrofit your current equipment. The system can be used whether patients sit or stand, adding an additional flexibility factor. Installation of this unit takes only one day of downtime. Because of its speed in delivering quality digital images, it works well when time is of the essence, such as in a trauma department or emergency room environment.

DR imaging solutions from Dicom offers even small medical facilities the ability to move up to quality digital imaging for a fraction of the cost of other imaging options.

What Functions to Look For in a Mammography Viewer

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 December 2010 02:01 Written by admin Friday, 15 January 2010 06:21

If you manage a mammography imaging center, you understand that the bottom line is dependent on quick, accurate turnover of good quality digital images. One way to make sure that your center does not lose money is to invest in a mammography viewer that makes use of teleradiology.

Doing More With Less

Due to the nature of the profit-driven health care system in the U.S. and the incredible expenses and debt burden incurred by medical students, fewer and fewer doctors are going into less well-paying specialties such as radiology; while the demand for qualified radiologists is increasing by approximately 15% a year, the annual number of such specialists is growing by only 2% .

Teleradiology is simply the ability to send medical images to remote locations over the World Wide Web. Through teleradiology, a mammography imaging center can transfer such images to any other clinic in the world.

In addition, teleradiology capability will allow multiple viewers to study an image at the same time, facilitating consultation and faster, more accurate diagnoses.

Another benefit of teleradiology is that it enables the clinic to easily archive images in a remote location, making backup and disaster recovery much easier should the unthinkable happen.

Is It Customizable?

Another feature one should consider in a mammography viewer is the ability of the user(s) to customize its image retrieval functions. Every center has different needs and methods; when images can be searched and retrieved based on user-defined parameters, the result is a more efficient workflow and faster turnaround time.

User-Friendly?

It goes without saying that a mammography viewer that is easy to use will result in cost savings. A more complex system may run faster, but if it is necessary for staff to spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with a steep learning curve, it will cause cost more in the long run.

The Key Features of a PET-CT Viewer

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 December 2010 01:58 Written by admin Thursday, 7 January 2010 05:01

As you may be aware, positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) combines both of these imaging modalities into one system, allowing the images from each to be taken sequentially.

Although PET-CT imaging has revolutionized diagnostic medicine, cost and logistics have proven to be problematic; not only is the combined system quite expensive, the radioactive drugs required for this type of imaging are also costly and have a short shelf-life. The DICOM format and teleradiology has mitigated these issues somewhat, making it possible to disseminate such images over an intranet as well as the World Wide Web.

Basic Features

Ideally, a PET-CT viewer allows for display of the fused image while allowing the user to control blending and create a three-dimensional reconstruction of the subject. Flexibility is also important. In addition to a full set of image editing and manipulation software tools and and various import/export options, the viewer should be compatible with legacy systems, including non-DICOM protocols and file formats. Some of the tools to look for include: