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Long Island radiology group files antitrust lawsuit against CareCore National

May 20, 2008 Long Island radiology group files antitrust lawsuit against CareCore National H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jericho Specialty Imaging, an imaging facility based in New Hyde Park, NY, has filed an antitrust complaint against CareCore National, a radiology management service company that contracts with major health maintenance organizations. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of accusations of unfair competition by… Continue

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Debate over who controls PACS, IT or radiology, spices SIIM meeting

May 20, 2008 Debate over who controls PACS, IT or radiology, spices SIIM meeting John C. Hayes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In truth, the choices may not be all that stark, but there remains a debate over who controls the PACS — radiology or IT — and it was played out Saturday between two able advocates. Much of what is considered PACS today is already under control of the IT department, said Dr. Paul Chang of the University of Chicago.… Continue

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ACR, ARRS seek partnership, possible merger

May 20, 2008 ACR, ARRS seek partnership, possible merger H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The American College of Radiology and the American Roentgen Ray Society are looking into collaborative efforts, possibly including a merger, according to ACR officials. The potential relationship would seek to leverage the best services and offerings from both organizations to better meet the needs of radiologists and medical physicists,… Continue

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Canadian agency pulls plug on molybdenum reactors

May 19, 2008 Canadian agency pulls plug on molybdenum reactors James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atomic Energy Canada has halted development work on twin reactors at Chalk River, ON. They were the planned successors for an aging research nuclear reactor that is the source of molybdenum-99 isotope used in 19 million nuclear medicine imaging procedures annually. Atomic Energy Canada (AECL) announced May 16 that work on the reactors would… Continue

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CAD helps spot smaller cancers but may not change detection rate

May 19, 2008 CAD helps spot smaller cancers but may not change detection rate John C. Hayes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer-aided detection will probably help radiologists detect small cancers earlier but will not increase the cancer detection rate, according to a CAD expert. Yulei Jiang, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, a leading CAD research center, presented the results of an analysis of multiple trials that have examined the… Continue

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Brit Systems unveils PACS bundles, remote reading services

May 19, 2008 Brit Systems unveils PACS bundles, remote reading services Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brit Systems reached out to imaging centers, clinics, and offices at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting with PACS bundles. The company also unveiled a package to support outsourced radiology reading services. The PACS bundles feature "right-sized" configurations designed for operations with restricted budgets… Continue

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Ultrasound elastography quickly identifies malignant thyroid nodules

May 19, 2008 Ultrasound elastography quickly identifies malignant thyroid nodules Wendy Despain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultrasound elastography provides an accurate diagnosis for malignant thyroid nodules about eight out of 10 times, according to Italian researchers. Elastography has previously shown promise in the diagnosis of breast and prostate cancers. Dr. Carmela Asteria and colleagues at the Policlinico MultiMedica, IRCCS, in Milan… Continue

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Siemens showcases TrueD, PACS

May 19, 2008 Siemens showcases TrueD, PACS Greg Freiherr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siemens Healthcare in its booth highlighted syngo TrueD, a multimodality application for oncology. TrueD registers data sets obtained using PET/CT, SPECT/CT, CT, and MR, allowing exams of patients scanned at different times — before and after therapy, for instance — to be compared. Differences found in these comparisons may inform decisions about whether to… Continue

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Report from MDCT: Morphology sorts out benign and malignant lesions in pancreas

May 19, 2008 Report from MDCT: Morphology sorts out benign and malignant lesions in pancreas Shalmali Pal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cystic lesions of the pancreas tend to be a phenomenon of aging. By and large, these lesions are benign, but sorting out the small number that have potential for malignancy is important. Dr. R. Brooke Jeffrey, chief of abdominal imaging at Stanford University, shared his approach to incidental small pancreatic… Continue

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Philips presents IT ecosystem

May 19, 2008 Philips presents IT ecosystem Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philips Healthcare focused attention in its booth on the company's IT "ecosystem" of about a dozen suppliers of software products that work with its iSite PACs. Philips presented an à la carte approach to the selection of various complementary products, exemplified by Amirsys' STATdx Diagnostic Decision Support System, which provides reference tools useful in… Continue

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PACS crash teaches administrator the hard way

May 19, 2008 PACS crash teaches administrator the hard way John C. Hayes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Toland was seven months into his first job as a PACS administrator, working for a 250-bed community hospital with a 70,000 per year exam volume, when the PACS crashed. One of two storage array controllers, a device that trafficks data to disc storage, had started to generate error codes and was nearing failure. It wasn't a crisis… Continue

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NEC unveils 30-inch medical LCD monitor

May 19, 2008 NEC unveils 30-inch medical LCD monitor Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEC Display Solutions of America introduced a 30-inch full-color, wide-screen display in the Quest International booth. The 4-megapixel MultiSync MD304M, certified for radiology and emergency room environments, is slated to begin shipping in July. It offers 2560 x 1600-pixel resolution in portrait or landscape mode and is wide enough to compare… Continue

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GE’s Centricity RIS gets smart

May 19, 2008 GE’s Centricity RIS gets smart Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radiology reporting on the GE Healthcare Centricity RIS just got smarter with an intelligent algorithm that senses when dictated cases don't sound right. This "thought checker," scheduled to begin routine shipment by the end of this year as an upgrade to the Centricity RIS-IC Reporting module, uses the context of reports to identify possible errors. The… Continue

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Carestream previews autoregistration

May 19, 2008 Carestream previews autoregistration Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The process to link two data sets acquired from different modalities or with the same modality at different times must now be done manually on the Carestream PACS. By early next year, these PACS users will be able to skip this time-consuming step using an automatic registration feature previewed at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine… Continue

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Candelis unveils archive appliance

May 19, 2008 Candelis unveils archive appliance Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new storage appliance, iMed-Stor, debuted at the Candelis booth. The DICOM-compliant archive appliance was engineered to securely and cost-effectively manage digital medical images, ideally from a single digital modality. It can be configured to work seamlessly alongside any PACS, according to the company, and can be outfitted with an optional… Continue

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Canadian agency pulls plug on molybdenum reactors

May 19, 2008 Canadian agency pulls plug on molybdenum reactors James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atomic Energy Canada has halted development work on twin reactors at Chalk River, ON. They were the planned successors for an aging research nuclear reactor that is the source of molybdenum-99 isotope used in 19 million nuclear medicine imaging procedures annually. Atomic Energy Canada (AECL) announced May 16 that work on the reactors would… Continue

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Foresight enhances DICOM converter

May 18, 2008 Foresight enhances DICOM converter Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Foresight Imaging is previewing at the SIIM conference version 2.2 of its TIMS DICOM software, which helps facilities still using non-DICOM medical modalities to convert to DICOM. The work-in-progress supports audio recording and annotation (especially for speech pathology), audio playback, audio recording to CD/DVD, file attachment, editing of saved… Continue

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Carestream sets SIIM agenda

May 18, 2008 Carestream sets SIIM agenda Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Image analysis and reporting functionality are on display at Carestream's SIIM booth, where the company is showcasing its latest generation of computed radiography systems, the Kodak DIRECTVIEW Classic and Elite CR systems. Optional features include administrative analysis and reporting capabilities, which consolidate metrics from networked Kodak CRs onto the… Continue

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RamSoft integrates RIS/PACs, unveils new portal

May 17, 2008 RamSoft integrates RIS/PACs, unveils new portal Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACS/IT developer RamSoft debuted its PowerServer RIS/PACS at the SIIM conference, framing the new product as a true integration between RIS and PACS, free of HL7 interfacing. The company designed the web-based PowerServer RIS/PACS as the means for small facilities to increase efficiency, while allowing an upgrade path from existing… Continue

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Nuance spotlights enhancements at SIIM meeting

May 17, 2008 Nuance spotlights enhancements at SIIM meeting Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the SIIM conference opened, Nuance unveiled a new version of its speech recognition product PowerScribe, incorporating enhancements and integration designed to improve radiology workflow. Version 5.0 offers a concentrated focus on accurate, comprehensive, and readily available clinical documentation, according to the company. Nuance also… Continue

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