(Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries.
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- Dicm PACS Service (zip)
- Dicm PACS Service receives and saves DICOM files from DICOM enabled devices such as Ultrasound Machines, CT Scanners, MR machines, C-ARMS, X-Ray Machines, and Film Scanners. DICOM clients download files via DICOM query-retrieve. Dicm PACS Service operates as a console application for easy configuration and debugging.This version is the first...
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Extreme Networks Supports Wireless Mobility at Patient Bedside for St. Johannes Hospital
- St. Johannes Hospital in Troisdorf-Sieglar, Germany, with just over 400 staff members, has more than 182 beds and treats approximately 8,800 inpatients and as many outpatients each year. The Hospital Information System HIS was looking to create a virtually paperless hospital operations chain in addition to its existing implementation of...
- Case studies 2008-06-01
- "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?
- "Vista Capable" logo - what went wrong?What went wrong was simple....... MS proved once again that they are a marketing company and not a technology company. Marketing takes precedence. It doesn't matter if the customer gets scr3wed because they're a monoply and the customer's only purpose is to fill the...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Microsoft+courts+open-source+vendors+to+support+Win+Server+2008
- Microsoft+courts+open-source+vendors+to+support+Win+Server+2008I just can NOT stop laughing. Like save all that money on the otherapplications so you can turn it over to MS for a server that does not work as good as Linux????? I mean, like, who is THAT stupid???? Stevie and Billy are dreaming.Of all the open source projects,...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Improve patient care by improving the capabilities of your PACS
- As your healthcare organization makes the transition to digital imaging and recordkeeping, you face a whole new set of technological challenges. But if you can transform the overwhelming amount of data into usable information, you can access records faster and more reliably - and benefit from operational efficiencies and better...
- Resource centers 2008-02-20
- Dicm PACS Client (zip)
- Dicm PACS Client is a powerful DICOM Client/Server solution. Dicm PACS Client scans and analyzes DICOM CD-ROMS, folders and files then imports them to a PACS. Dicm PACS Client queries and downloads patients and studies from other PACS for review, study and analysis. Version 1.2 adds double click download and...
- Software downloads 2008-01-15
- DICOM Printer (exe)
- DICOM Printer permits the user to virtually print any document directly to a PACS server for storage; this DICOM-enables most legacy devices that would normally have to be replaced. Just print to the DICOM Printer and your document appears in a queue. The, from within the DICOM Printer, enter relevant...
- Software downloads 2007-12-10
- Tri-Service General Hospital & HP: Expanding Healthcare Business
- Tri-Service General, one of the largest health systems in Northern Taiwan, has implemented HIS, LIS, PACS, CIS & RFID for accurate patient identification & faster, better service delivery.
- Webcasts 2007-12-01
- GE Healthcare buys a Web strategy
- GE Healthcare buys a Web strategyNewsflash! GE enters the 21st Century!Web based PACS have been around for a while. Philips recognized this when they acquired Stentor and re-branded Stentor as "iSite" years ago, while GE was still trying to plug Centricity their current proprietary PACS. iSite...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-14
- GE Healthcare buys a Web strategy
- Most diagnostic equipment is an island of technology. Its output is a report or a printed file. Now GE Healthcare has taken its first step toward linking all that data through its acquisition of Dynamic Imaging. Dynamic Imaging has been pushing the idea of...
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- DicomLand Print Driver (exe)
- Your RIS Radiology Information System report is not burned together with the PACS study image when you export the procedure to CD/DVD? Do you need to attach any existent document (Word, Excel, Html, Pdf) to a PACS study? Dicomland Print Driver is a Printer that allows you to print any...
- Software downloads 2007-09-05
- Rural Doctors View Medical Images Remotely
- Located in central Pennsylvania north of the capital, Harrisburg, Susquehanna Health System was founded in 1994, when three hospitals in the greater Williamsport area formed an alliance. Susquehanna Health System wanted to improve access to medical images and information for physicians who are geographically dispersed. The challenge was to enhancing...
- Case studies 2007-08-09
- Congress and the Feds should clean up their own act
- Congress and the Feds should clean up their own actI agreeI read about this on someone else's blog or off the ZDnet news feed today and I had the same opinions as you about it except the socks thing never crossed my mind though. This is grandstanding to be...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- Blogger's PAC exposes political money laundering
- In an ingenious effort to shed light on how political action committees hide the sources of campaign contributions, a blogger has launched his own PAC that offers ways to hide the sources of campaign contributions, reports the Washington Post.A University of Alabama student applied to set up DanPAC, a political...
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Nortel Network Case Study: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Optical Backbone
- Founded in 1899 as Allentown Hospital, today Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network LVHHN is one of the largest and oldest teaching facilities in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network recognizes the wealth of new modalities and technology available to support advancements in patient care including PACS (picture archiving...
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Onyx Ceph (zip)
- A SQL-based client/server PACS-software for dental imaging, especially visual diagnostics, treatment planning (VTO, simulation, facial prediction, photo morphing), treatment analysis (statistics, segmented and structural superimposition) and patient education in general dentistry, orthodontics, and oral-maxillofacial surgery. Special tools are available for online-/offline communication, documentation, presentation, further education and staff training. Supports...
- Software downloads 2006-12-28
- John C. Lincoln Health Network Revitalizes Infrastructure With Extreme Networks
- John C. Lincoln Health Network needed equipment that would not only support their current needs, but allow their network to exceed what they were doing at the time. They also wanted to add interesting new technology, such as Voice-over-IP VoIP, a Vocera communications system, and wireless network access for various...
- Case studies 2006-11-01
- File Archival Solution With TSM Archiving Client and IBM System Storage DR550
- The amount of data to be archived is steadily growing. Thereby data subject for archiving originates in many different application areas, such as e-mail, files, Enhanced Resource Planning ERP, Picture Archiving Communication System PACS and many more. When file data is not archived it is usually held on local hard...
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Google forms political action committee
- Google forms political action committeeThat's funny"Google NetPAC will support officeholders and candidates who share Google's goal of preserving and promoting the Internet as a free and open platform for information, communication, and innovation," Davidson said."Yeah. Free for Google. How much more will we have to pay for Googles increasing use...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-18
- Cisco Wide Area Application Services Version 4.0 Optimizations for PACS and Digital Image Storage
- HealthCare Organizations HCOs experience the constant pressure of growing storage and patient requirements. Cisco Wide Area Application Services WAAS Version 4.0 provides application acceleration and WAN optimization capabilities to allow healthcare providers to both better centralize costly infrastructure and improve the delivery of imaging and other medical data to distributed...
- White papers 2006-08-01
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