New iPhone Radiology App: SonoAccess from Sonosite

iPhone applications for radiology and medicine are currently being developed by numerous device manufacturers, medical equipment vendors (in radiology and beyond), and healthcare organizations. iPhone appears to be winning significant market share from physicians, radiologists included, as well as other healthcare and medical professionals! In this article, we will feature one example of innovation on the iPhone platform within radiology. A number of iPhone radiology applications are already popular and cited often (for example, the OsiriX iPhone Application is a huge hit even making big waves on the TV screen and at the WWDC; MIMvista is currently developing their iPhone Application for viewing DICOM images; MERGE healthcare also has an iPhone Application for Radiology... the list goes on). Here, we'd like to introduce you to Sonosite's new iPhone Application: SonoAccess! This iPhone app will prove useful and interesting to radiologists, ultrasound technologists, students, and many more. From SonoSite's website: "We've designed this app to give you helpful resources such as videos that demonstrate techniques for specific scanning procedures, quick guides for reimbursement information, and more" SonoAccess™ Ultrasound iPhone App Features: Scanning Techniques The Scanning Technique Videos are designed to provide expert techniques and tips for point-of-care ultrasound applications.
Video Case Studies The Video Case Studies provide an in-depth look into specific cases that you may encounter in your practice.
Clinical Image Gallery The Clinical Image Gallery is designed to give you a look at expert ultrasound images for anatomy recognition and as a quick comparative reference for you to compare your results to.

Quick-Start Guides The Quick-Start Guides are abbreviated user manuals designed to give new SonoSite users a digital roadmap of their system's controls and features to help navigate the user interface.
Reimbursement Guides The Reimbursement Guides are designed to provide general coverage and payment information for diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound-guided procedures so you have accurate coding and billing information.

News Feed The SonoAccess News Feed keeps you up-to-date on the latest SonoSite news.

Overall review: Great idea by SonoSite to create SonoAccess for radiology professionals who use the iPhone. Overall, this looks like a great iPhone App for Radiology as more and more radiologists and ultrasound technologists start to adopt the iPhone as their primary mobile device. More applications for the iPhone in medical imaging and radiology are surely to come down the pike.
Recommendation: A must download iPhone Radiology App! (it's free to download) For more information and to download SonoAccess, go to the Apple App Store or visit the
SonoSite SonoAccess website.