RIS/PACS vendor Avreo has launched the version 6.0 release of its family of radiology workflow offerings.
Major enhancements include workflow improvements for interpreting physicians, mammography enhancements, and other general enhancements, according to the vendor.
A new feature, Queue for Viewing, eliminates the need for interpreting physicians to repeatedly return to the worklist to choose the next study to load, Avreo said. Studies that are added to the viewing queue at the start of a reading session are automatically loaded when the previous study is completed.
In a related addition, interpreting physicians can now utilize Avreo's AutoCompare tool to establish rules to automatically load prior studies for comparison based on the modality and description of the active study, the company said.
Mammography enhancements include a Region Zoom tool to navigate large, high-resolution images at a 1:1 zoom ratio in viewable segments; configurable series descriptions; support for new window/level standards; and a Same Size Zoom feature to display images at the same relative physical size regardless of whether they were acquired on different detectors with different imaging properties.
Avreo said it also continues to offer tight integration with Hologic's mammography software for customers with a high volume of specialized mammography reading.
In general enhancements, Avreo has added a critical notes designation capability to manage orders with critical results, peer review connectivity, cancellation worklists to reschedule appointments, and improved overlay text to support American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation submission requirements for CT and MR studies. Specialty cardiology, advanced visualization, and mammography tracking are also now available upon request, according to the firm.
For clients using version 4.6 or higher, Avreo's interConnect installation technology allows local and remote workstations to automatically receive the upgrade without any installation, Avreo said.
Avreo's radiology portfolio includes its interView PACS, interWorks RIS/PACS, interPrise enterprise RIS/PACS, interOrtho PACS for orthopedics, and interDayhawk PACS for radiology reading groups.
