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Digital Pathology Systems Gear Up for Prime Time

Digital Pathology Systems Gear Up for Prime Time
GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently announced they were beginning a joint venture in digital pathology. Together, they formed Omnyx, LLC, which would build and market a system for digital pathology. To date, digital pathology is a market that’s only been nibbled at the edges, and is primarily the domain of microscope companies such as Zeiss, Nikon, and Olympus. However, a small number of companies, bolstered by advances in digital image-gathering, are entering what is predicted to become a $2 to $4 billion industry.

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Web-Based PACS–Why You Should Upgrade

Web-Based PACS--Why You Should Upgrade
Just as the advent of regular postal deliveries changed communications drastically, so has the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web.  With the use of electronic communications, including digital imagery and other types of data, communications are now much quicker and more cost effective.  A web-based PACS brings this type of lightning speed and ease of use to a medical facility as well.

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The Many Benefits of an Integrated Ris Pacs System in the Medical Field

The Many Benefits of an Integrated Ris Pacs System in the Medical Field
Technology is constantly changing. These changes are affecting the medical world at an incredible rate. Nowhere else are these changes more evident than in the radiology field. Constant upgrades to technology has led to increased awareness of what’s going on in our bodies with new CT scans or from the sharing of patient information through the use of a PACS viewer or a mammography viewer Radiology Information System and Picture Archiving and Communications system, also referred to as a RIS PACS system, allows medical offices and hospitals to easily and more importantly, quickly share diagnostic imaging information, reports and images electronically through either a PACS web viewer or a regular PACS viewer. Read the rest of this entry »
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