InSiteOne
InSiteOne will debut version 2.0 of its InDex DICOM image storage service. The latest release includes streaming images, a Web-enabled front end, and faster query and retrievals, according to the Wallingford, CT-based vendor. InDex can also now handle non-DICOM images and support RIS HL-7 input into PACS. Also, viewing software has been integrated into the front end of InDex.
Marconi Medical Systems
Marconi has integrated voice recognition capability on its workstations, thanks to a relationship with Talk Technology. Also set to debut is JPACSView, a Web-based distribution product that includes access to radiology reports and security features such as PKI technology (from Xcert) and full audit trails. Marconi will present its security roadmap at the show, laying out the Cleveland-based firm’s plans for helping radiology departments address HIPAA regulations.
Marconi will also point to its work-in-progress ASP model, which will include components contributed by several Marconi divisions. The initial ASP model will likely focus on remote archiving and disaster-recovery applications, according to the company.
The firm will also debut a DVD version of its IntelliStore archive for its modality PACS products. Also look for a new workflow enhancement called InterLock, which manages study status between the reading station and the archive. InterLock records that the study has been read and then drops it off the reading list, according to the company.
Finally, Marconi will show XyLoc, a device from Ensure Technologies that radiologists and physicians can wear. XyLoc will automatically log them into a diagnostic reading or clinical workstation, and automatically brings up their hanging protocols, according to Marconi.
Medweb
Medweb will be introducing CDFilm publisher. Available for $15,000, CDFilm publisher accepts DICOM input over a network, and provides patient studies on a CD with the patient name, study date, imaging facility name, and log automatically printed on the surface of the CD. The CDs can be played on any Windows-powered computer with a CD-ROM drive, according to the San Francisco-based firm.
The company is also rolling out a fully integrated Web-based RIS at the show. The system will provide telescheduling, workflow, billing components, automatic media delivery, and an HL-7 and billing interface, according to Medweb. Medweb believes the RIS will appeal to small hospitals, medical offices, and imaging centers.
Another new offering, ClusterPACS, is an image distribution server that has guaranteed 100% uptime, according to Medweb. Composed of three or more of Medweb’s Raq DICOM Web servers, each Raq is an independent PACS archive. The ClusterPACS software allows users to cluster multiple Raqs to function as a single PACS archive, according to the vendor.
Merge Technologies
Merge will highlight its Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise efforts at this year’s show. The Milwaukee-based firm, which is focusing all new technology development on IHE-conforming products, has upgraded its MergeARK, MergePort, and ExamWorks/ExamWorks+ products to comply with the IHE standard.
Other products in the MergeWorkflow family (CaseWorks, AdminWorks, PhyRWorks, and Clinical Networks) will be able to accept radiology images, dictation, demographics, text, and voice based on IHE framework by the first half of 2001, according to the vendor. These products will be able to be deployed as either a comprehensive system or as independent components as part of an integrated system.
In other news, Merge announced that its Java DICOM toolkit is in the final stages of clinical testing, and will be ready for release to OEM/VAR partners in January.
Ramsoft
This ultrasound miniPACS firm is introducing Ultrapro/Acqcine, a component that provides DICOM conversion of still and cine ultrasound images. Cine clips can be captured at up to 30 frames per second, according to the Toronto-based vendor. Ultrapro/Acqcine will work with any ultrasound scanner and can capture composite or RGB video signals, according to Ramsoft.
In addition, Ultrapro/Acqcine provides real-time videoconferencing of live ultrasound images; live video can be viewed on any PC over a network or high-speed remote connection. Ultrapro/Acqcine is available for $12,000. Ramsoft also will show an upgraded DICOM diagnostic review station.
RealTimeImage
Since RealTimeImage (RTI) launched its Pixels-on-Demand technology at RSNA 1999, the San Bruno, CA-based firm has focused on enhancing the capabilities of its existing products, introducing new ones, and partnering with OEMs.
RTI's iPACS image-streaming server received FDA 510(k) clearance in June, and now offers CT and MR image-streaming capabilities in addition to single-image streaming. A version known as Streaming Module Interface (SMI) iPACS has been developed for use in a Web gateway application, where images can be retrieved from any archive and accessed over the Internet at their original resolution, according to RTI president Gene Rubel.
Earlier this month, RTI announced an agreement to integrate the SMI iPACS into Kodak's Distributed Medical Imaging systems. And archiving services provider InSite One licensed the firm's iPACS image-streaming technology in August. Wallingford, CT-based InSite One will integrate iPACS into its InDex digital image storage and retrieval services.
A more powerful version, Mega-iPACS, is designed for use in situations such as ASPs, where there are both remote and local servers for images, and image management is more complex. All of the products will be on display at the RealTimeImage booth at RSNA, Rubel said.
Rogan Medical Systems
Rogan will highlight its EveryThing On-Line (EOL) concept. With HyperPACS EOL, all images are kept in online storage, allowing for immediate access within seconds, according to the Zeist, Netherlands-based vendor. HyperPACS images are stored in DICOM format on DVD-R media. Rogan will also debut a complementary product, HyperPACS Mass EOL, a version targeted towards large hospitals.
In other introductions, Rogan will release HyperBrowser, a software package allowing clinicians to view images over an intranet or the Internet using a standard Web browser. HyperBrowser supports side-by-side viewing of images and reports, according to Rogan.
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