A PACS Admin’s Life

One man takes on the world of PACS, RIS, dicom, and all that is digital imaging.

Intelerad adds Three Palm mammo capabilities to PACS

Intelerad Medical Systems has signed a new partnership agreement with Three Palm Software, a developer of software products for mammography.

Intelerad signs partnership with peerVue

Intelerad Medical Systems has signed a partnership agreement with peerVue, a provider of PACS-integrated, regulatory, quality and communications services.

Conquest Dicom Web Viewer

Ok so its been some time since I first posted about the web viewing system that I am making. Since then there where a lot of project under way and it sort of got filled under the pile for a while.I have recently had some time to re-visit the web ...

PACS World: Conquest Server Digging in the Bin

I found an interesting quirk of Conquest Dicom server today while doing some house keeping. I deleted some images in the image directory and decided to re-initialise the database. I suddely noticed that Conquest was shuffeling through the recycle bin and pulling out all the images I had just deleted! ...

Intelerad opens U.S. regional office in Colorado

Montreal-based Intelerad Medical Systems has opened a U.S. regional office in Westminster, Colo.

PACS Is Finally Here!

Time goes quickly when you are busy deploying a PACS and building a RIS! Much has been achieved, and much more is still in progress. Intelerad had two people onsite for our first rollout, this one at our main clinic. The PACS side of things went pretty smoothly. Our only real issue ...

Deploying PACS: Not as simple as it seems

We are well on our way to deploying IntelePACS. In under two months, our first site should be live, with our remaining sites following shortly afterwards. That is, if all the pieces come together. If they do not… either we will incur delays, or more likely, will incur a rough ...

Hardware (SAN) for PACS coming together

It has been quite the experience trying to pick just the right hardware for our forthcoming Intelerad PACS deployment. Complicating matters somewhat is that we are simultaneously deploying VMWare’s ESX solution for our non PACS servers, which requires hardware as well. Not to mention, our internal/external network needs to be modernized ...

PACS Used To Streamline/Increase Volumes

An analysis by MRG shows that medical imaging centers are turning to PACS as means to increase volumes while streamlining operations. Moreover, PACS vendors have started focusing more and more of their attention on the smaller imaging centers. No real surprise with those results. It is unfortunate that increasing patient care ...

Comparison: Intelerad vs Fuji

We have recently shortlisted our future PACS vendor to either Fuji’s Synapse or Intelerad’s IntelePACS. Here are some of our findings between these two products thus far: – Pre sales communication: Intelerad has been a delight to deal with. Questions have been answered quickly, and the general attitude we have been given ...

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September 24th 2008
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FDA warns Covidien about adulterated imaging agent at Missouri plant

The FDA has sent a warning letter to Covidien’s CEO and President Richard J. Meelia, based on an inspection of its pharmaceutical manufacturing operation Maryland Heights, Mo., that “revealed serious deviations from the good manufacturing practice regulations.”
September 24th 2008
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Hormone therapy before brachytherapy increases mortality in older patients

BOSTON—Men over 70 years of age with early-stage prostate cancer have 20 percent higher mortality if they are treated with hormone therapy before being treated with brachytherapy, compared to men who are treated with brachytherapy alone, according to a large cohort study presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic ...
September 24th 2008
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Whole brain radiation therapy can lead to memory, learning problems

BOSTON—Cancer patients with brain metastases who undergo stereotactic radiosurgery and whole brain radiation have more than double the risk of developing learning and memory problems, compared to those who only have stereotactic radiosurgery, according to a randomized study presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO).
September 24th 2008
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Shorter PSA doubling time should prompt earlier hormone therapy

BOSTON—Early-stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months after treatment; however patients should forego hormones if PSA levels do not rise as quickly, according to research presented Tuesday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology ...
September 24th 2008
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Georgetown researchers suggest CyberKnife is viable for pancreatic cancer

BOSTON—Due to the fact that pancreatic cancer often reoccurs, treatment options are often limited to chemotherapy, but researchers at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., are utilizing Accuray’s CyberKnife to see if radiosurgery is a viable treatment option in select patients, according to a presentation delivered Sunday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society ...

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