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RSNA 2007 IN DEPTH RSNA360.HealthImaging.com Daily News · Business · Technology TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW Oncology Imaging Zeros in on Lesions Oncology imaging and treatment planning systems continue to o er more tailored and precise radiation treatment planning and delivery. Vendors at RSNA 2007 are showcasing how advances are allowing healthcare facilities of all sizes to leverage software for quality assurance, improved workow e ciency and management of multiple machines. Collimator advancements allow for ner beam shaping, letting physicians craft the best treatment for cancerous lesions while better preserving healthy tissue. The ability to more precisely measure lesion growth helps physicians better tailor treatment, so systems designed to track growth play a vital role in oncology imaging. Also look for o erings that allow for better PACS integration and systems communication. Carestream Health (Booth 2513) is demonstrat- ing the Kodak 2000RT CR Plus System and Kodak Radiation Oncology Beam Dosimetry Package, which provide ﬂexibility and precision when conducting portal and simulation imaging, as well as essential dosimetric and physics quality assurance testing. The 2000RT CR Plus can be networked to any DICOM-compatible QC image analysis software and oncology information systems, as well as linked to the PACS. The Kodak Radiation Oncology Beam Dosimetry Package allows physicists to perform a wide range of machine, beam and IMRT QA imaging along with the CR platform’s existing ability to capture portal localization, veriﬁcation and simulation images required for radiation therapy patients. Median Technologies: LMS-Lung/Track into existing PACS solutions using Cedara’s unique work-in-progress C4 integration platform. Median Technologies (Booth 8548) is highlighting its LMS-Lung/Track and LMS-Liver, which are designed to efﬁciently assist radiologists managing oncology patients in all steps from lesion measurement and follow-up to report generation for referring physicians. The applications pair the lesions in follow-up exams, compute their growth and doubling time and ﬁnally generate reports. By automatically performing these tasks, LMS-Lung/Track and LMS-Liver improve workﬂow. Merge Healthcare (Booth 1122) is showcasing Merge PET/CT workstations, which is designed to overcome the clinical challenges of fusion imaging. Following the norm found in PACS, the workstation shows the images by providing layouts split across dual monitors in panoramic mode. For efﬁcient study comparison, this method of review allows simultaneous comparison of CT images, PET corrected, PET uncorrected, PET/CT images and maximum intensity projection (MIP) images. Varian Medical Systems (Booth 1358) and BrainLab Cedara Software (Booth 1316) is highlighting its Cedara IResponse application, designed to help evaluate, assess and monitor the effect of cancer therapy using data from multiple modalities. In addition to providing tools for the standard anatomical measurements used for tumor assessment, the Cedara I-Response can analyze both PET/CT and MR-based diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). By providing the ability to visualize changes in tumors during the course of treatment, Cedara I-Response provides clinically relevant information that potentially could be used to make mid-treatment therapy adjustments to improve clinical outcome. Cedara I-Response also features patented functional Diffusion Map (fDM) technology that enables physicians to analyze DWI studies to visualize and quantify changes over time in the microscopic motion of water in healthy and diseased tissues. I-Response is available as a standalone workstation, and can be tightly integrated (Booth 3592) are showcasing Novalis Tx, which integrates the most successful radiosurgery technologies. Novalis Tx integrates Varian’s Trilogy Tx linear accelerator and new HD120 multi-leaf collimator offering 2.5 mm leaves for ﬁner beam shaping. The ultra-precise Novalis Tx radiosurgical instrument will use a variety of standard and conﬁgurable options, including Varian’s On-board Imager device, the BrainLab ExacTrac X-Ray 6D room mounted x-ray imaging system, BrainLab iPlan treatment planning software as well as Varian’s Eclipse treatment planning and Aria information management software. Coupled with BrainLab’s 6D robotic couch, Novalis Tx offers an extremely fast and accurate solution for setting up and verifying proper patient position. HealthImaging.com 86 N O V E M B E R 2 0 07 | Health Imaging & IT http://rsna360.HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT November 2007 RSNA 360 Table of Contents Table of Contents On the Web: HealthImaging.com The Enterprise: Imaging & IT = Knowledge News Update RSNA 360: Technology Previews RSNA 360: PACS RSNA 360: PACS Peripherals RSNA 360: Reading Services RSNA 360: Voice Recognition & Reporting RSNA 360: Furniture RSNA 360: CT RSNA 360: Molecular Imaging RSNA 360: Advanced Visualization RSNA 360: MRI RSNA 360: Ultrasound RSNA 360: Health IT RSNA 360: Cardiac Imaging RSNA 360: Digital X-ray RSNA 360: Women’s Imaging RSNA 360: CAD RSNA 360: Data Storage & Archiving RSNA 360: Displays RSNA 360: Oncology Imaging PACS & the EHR: Users Love the Link Lung CAD: A Power Tool in the Imaging Toolset Special Section: RIS/PACS: Efficiency Gains through Integration Fine-Tuning Breast Imaging Workflow Peace of Mind: Long-term Archives that Deliver QA in Medical Displays: Two Approaches CPOE: Wonders in Workflow Emergency Imaging in Flux Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

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