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TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS  RIS/PACS includes the ImageGrid PACS Web Viewer for radiology applications; ImageGrid PACS Mammography Web Viewer for mammography-speciﬁc study reading; and ImageGrid PACS Referring Physician Viewer designed to accommodate offsite referring physicians via secure internet connection. Carestream Health (Booth 8342) is demonstrating upgrades to its RIS/PACS platform as a works in progress. The new PACS features support for the patient cross identiﬁcation standard, including: real-time matching of volumetric data from CT, MR and PET/ CT cases, along with synchronized views and image manipulations; native support for PET/CT fusion with PET standard uptake value, PET/CT synchronized views and volume matching of current and prior cases; and power viewer using 2D/3D views with support for volume matching. The new RIS offers work ow man- agement with a thin-client architecture that provides web-based access through Microsoft’s .NET framework. CoActiv Medical Business Solutions (Booth 7336) is debuting new capabilities for its Exam-PACS product line. Exam-PACS now supports breast-speciﬁc gamma imaging ﬁles from Dilon Technologies’ molecular imaging gamma cameras. Images can be displayed side by side with digital mammography, breast ultrasound and breast MRI images on one workstation. In cardiology, the Exam-PACS combines local and remote viewing with management, distribution and archiving for various modalities. CoActiv also is demonstrating its new Exam-RT Archive, a digital viewing, archiving and retrieval platform for radiation therapyrelated information. The ﬁrm also is showing its Exam-RIS, a customizable radiology scheduling, reporting and billing module. SPEECH on speaking terms around the enterprise New speech features at this year’s RSNA enable much-needed, greater customization and deeper integration with RIS and PACS. Speech capabilities are broadening through partnerships allowing for the integration of their dictation software into various systems. Several speech vendors are touting the capability to expedite the radiology work ow, and empower the radiologist with more control. User-friendly GUIs, autotexts and canned reports and intelligent case routing are speeding report creation and communication with referring physicians and specialists. The offerings around McCormick Place and Lakeside Center might just be what you need to boost productivity and speed report turnaround. Agfa HealthCare (Booth 4800) is demonstrating Impax Reporting for speech recognition united into the workﬂow. The company is introducing an integrated reporting solution with Philips’ SpeechMagic speech engineer for the North American market. The solution is embedded within Impax, streamlining reporting workﬂows. Carestream Health (Booth 8342) is unveiling the newest version of its RIS, which delivers voice recognition functionality with voice command and an embedded GUI, allowing integrated voice recognition for RIS and reporting tools. Other capabilities include selection of autotexts and canned reports and speech commands to insert autotexts and normals. Crescendo Systems (Booth 7038) is debuting its Centro solution as part of its professional Speech Recognition workﬂow system. Centro puts radiologists in control with its interface. Centro also is integrated with PACS vendors 20 Health Imaging & IT | November 2008 including Siemens Healthcare, McKesson, Fujifilm, GE Healthcare and Agfa HealthCare. GE Healthcare IT (Booth 5529) is unveiling its reporting solution, Centricity Precision Reporting, an embedded application within Centricity RIS-IC. The solution leverages Advanced Speech Understanding technology to capture a speaker’s meaning, which improves report turnaround time. GE also is featuring Centricity RIS-IC 10.6 complete with integrated electronic forms and patient self service registration kiosks. Integrated Document Solutions (Booth 9524) is releasing its Voice2Dox 2.0, a new dictation and structured reporting system, which features a preliminary reporting element, automated addendum matching, the ability to link related studies and Snippets, a customized clipboard for commonly used text. Voice2Dox also includes a new Report Preview feature to allow radiologists to view their full report. MedQuist (Booth 7113) is demonstrating the integration of the SpeechQ for Radiology interactive front-end speech recognition solution with technologies from several vendors: StructuRad, Primordial and Lanier Healthcare Canada. With StructuRad, MedQuist is developing integration so SpeechQ customers can use StructuRad’s macros and templates. The integration of SpeechQ with Primordial’s Design RadMetrix digital dashboard and reporting information server appliance allows the viewing of report and exam metrics, including queuing, throughput, report turn-around time and signature queues. M*Modal (Booth 5672 ) is showcasing AnyModal CDS Live, a real-time, hosted Speech Understanding solution. AnyModal CDS Live works with existing hardware in place, on any computer. When a physician ﬁnishes speaking, he or she presses the “end of recording” button on the PC-based recording tool, and AnyModal CDS Live returns the document for review. Physicians can choose options such HealthImaging.com http://www.HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT - November 2008 Table of Contents On the Web The Enterprise News Update RIS/PACS Speech PACS Peripherals Advanced Visualization CT DR & CR CAD Molecular Imaging MRI Ultrasound Healthcare IT Furniture reading Services Cardiac Imaging Data Storage & Archiving Displays Oncology Imaging 3T MRI Flexing its Muscle Breast Imaging Workflow: Optimum Efficiency & Beyond Enterprise Long-term Storage: Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best LCD Monitors Sharpen Soft-copy Mammography Defining Lung CAD’s Role Digital Endoscopy: Challenges for Enterprise Imaging Reader's Resource On the Frontline: CT in the ED

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