Ifetayo Freeman[email protected]PACS/VNAVendor-neutral archives: Strategy for health info exchangeToday's health data are fragmented and coveted. Patient medical information and assets (medical images, medications, etc.) are not patient-centric, but more often health system-centric. That can change thanks to vendor-neutral archives, according to Ifetayo Freeman of Ascendian Healthcare Consulting.October 24, 2013Page 1 of 1Top StoriesRisk ManagementPodcast: Whose duty is it to ensure MRI safety?The investigation suggests there was little attention from those you might expect.Womens ImagingThe future of BI-RADS includes AIMRINew MRI scoring system predicts early liver cancer recurrenceMRIUnstable brain networks may drive multiple sclerosis fatigueWomens ImagingAI-calculated BAC on mammograms predicts cardiovascular disease in women
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
