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Medical imaging on Apple device

At the Apple WWDC 2008, Mark Cain of Mimvista shows off the company's new iPhone software that will allow doctors to download, colorize, and share patients' CT and PET scans. The images were previously only available in black in white and only on physicians' workstations.

Tags: Medical Imaging, Imaging, Apple Inc., Document Management, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, News, apple, developers, WWDC, Mark Cain, Mimvista, doctors, medical, CT scans, PET scans

Videos 2008-06-10

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How the health IT gold rush game will be played

It's an interesting conceptOn one side you have the regionals and on the other you have new ideas in data access.I need more than average medical data available to me and use my iPhone for the primary portable storage. (A wallet card is the portable "backup")With this very cheap...

Tags: Smart phones, game, Other Data, Health IT, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of Communications

Adult Attention Disorder: The 'Splittering' of CommunicationsSocial MediaNever been to one and don't intend to start now. That is not to say that they are bad, and I am sure business and social cases can be made for using them in many circumstances.When you do look at the level of...

Tags: E-mail, Splittering, Adult Attention Disorder, Only Fools, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

View from Citrix Synergy

I'll be posting from time to time today from Citrix's Synergy and the Virtualization Congress that are being held in the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas. I'll bre presenting a paper, Preventable Disasters, at the event. 9:00 AM Update It was very interesting speaking with attendees prior...

Tags: Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Review: iolo System Mechanic

There's always an arms race when it comes to the jack of all trades system tool: registry cleaner, anti-spyware, defragmenter, settings control panel. Some ZDNet readers, including myself, default to a combination of the free but popular CCleaner, Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy and an antivirus program. ...

Tags: Hard Drive, System Mechanic, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-21

MRI scans are too routine

MRI scans are too routineWhat would you rather have?Would you have them be 'too routine' or not used enough? Personally, I'll go for the latter.Forget sports when making a judgementSports medicine uses MRIs far more than the general population simply because they have some high priced players that play in...

Tags: Document management, MRI, MRI Scans

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

How many printers do we need?

How many printers do we need?As long as you always have one working laser you're fine.Having someone go out and grab papers for the teacher should be a non-issue. Tip the janitor if you have to. More printers equals more maintenance, more toner, and more wasted electricity. ...

Tags: Printers, Document management, Projectors, Copiers, printer, printing, laser, inkjet printer, projector

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

To CCHIT or not to CCHIT is the question

To CCHIT or not to CCHIT is the questionOsiriX is a good exampleI actually have it on my MacBook and I keep all images (including a PET/CT Scan and normal CT Scans) loaded on it.While OsiriX is Mac only it does use standard imaging formats. When I have a...

Tags: Document management, CCHIT, imaging format, imaging, OsiriX

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

See the heart beat in real time from outside

See the heart beat in real time from outsideUltrasound has gone a long wayBack in '71, when my wife was about 6 months along carrying our first born the hospital where she worked got the first ultrasound in the state. The Dr. (a friend of my wife's) came running...

Tags: Ultrasound, patient

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

HP Photosmart A636

The $150 HP Photosmart A636 is a slight upgrade to last year's A626, with a few minor software differences. The A636 retains the same body shape and design but adds additional photo customization and editing capabilities. We didn't notice any significant change in print speed since the A626, but we...

Tags: Printers, exterior, A636, printer, photograph, Hewlett-Packard Co., software

Product reviews 2008-07-30

Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (LabTest) 11.0.5 (Mobile)

Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Testspowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins A best-selling clinical resource on laboratory and diagnostic tests for quick, easy point-of-care access. Helps nurses to deliver safe, effective, and informed care for patients undergoing diagnostic tests and procedures. It provides a foundation for understanding diagnostic...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Tests

Software downloads 2008-07-04

Will students replace notebooks for handhelds?

Guest post: Imran Hussain is a blogger at startupmeme.com, and has a keen interest in technology and its effects on the lives of students. Apple demonstrated some applications aimed at medical students at this year's WWDC. First was Modality, software for medical science students by a company...

Tags: Student, Google Docs Mobile, Notebooks, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Monitoring our immune system

You might be surprised to learn that there are no clinical tools to track the human immune system today. This might change soon. UCLA researchers have developed a new PET scanning probe that will allow monitoring of our immune system. The scientists have used one of the most commonly used...

Tags: University Of California At Los Angeles, Imaging, Monitoring, Probe, Cell, PET, FAC, 18F, Positron Emission Tomography, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-09

A new career: isotope designer

According to a Michigan State University MSU news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...

Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-10

Cardiology Service Sees Gains in Efficiency, Core Measures With Data Aggregation

Cardiology clinicians used all of the powerful image technologies driving advances in heart care - coronary angiograms, echocardiograms, CT, MRI, and nuclear PET scans. Typically, such images were stored in systems far from the patient unit, so physicians and nurse practitioners had to leave the patient's bedside to see them....

Tags: Patient, Cardiology Service

Case studies 2008-02-21

Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests (LabTest) (Mobile)

Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Testspowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins A best-selling clinical resource on laboratory and diagnostic tests for quick, easy point-of-care access. Helps nurses to deliver safe, effective, and informed care for patients undergoing diagnostic tests and procedures. It provides a foundation for understanding diagnostic...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Tests

Software downloads 2007-09-07

Research Facility Gains Best Price for Performance With New Powerful Infrastructure

Situated within the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, WBIC uses Positron Emission Tomography PET and Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI scans to study changes in brain function after injury. Expanding research programmes at the facility was increasing data by two terabytes each month. To speed up the processing of...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2007-07-18

Scanner searches through clothing

Scanner searches through clothingDidn't point out the love handles...Why don't they ever do a demo image of say Pam Anderson or Haley Berry?Modify the picture..In addition it should have lines pointing to:Butt CrackBowed KneesWhite Castle Hips..so much for privacywhats next? a strip search? and maybe probable abuse of...

Tags: Scanners, goverment, image, scanner, Glock, sheeple, metal detector

Discussion threads 2005-05-27