Over the past several years, the focus on new technology at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) scientific meeting in Chicago has moved away from new devices to new software. RSNA 2010, held Nov. 28 through Dec. 2, emphasized this trend. The main technical advances displayed expand and simplify computer access to images, offer new advanced visualization tools, improve image quality using new processing algorithms and help lower radiation dose. The newest trend at this year’s show was the integration of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and advanced visualization software into the iPad. It seemed every major vendor was showing new compatibility with iPad personal computing devices, allowing nearly instantaneous, wireless access to any patient’s images and reports from anywhere.
PACS users can flip through sets of stacked images from a CT or MRI data set to. Their PACS and advanced visualization functionality with the iPad, McKesson's. Viewing on diagnostic-quality screens, which will please the FDA, since iPad. Note: User groups and permissions for your site are managed in the McKesson Radiology PACS Admin ™ application. For details, contact your system administrator. For details, contact your.
This introduces a new concept of what constitutes a workstation and unchains the radiologist or cardiologist from his or her desktop PACS. Many vendors also believe being able to call up images anywhere will enhance collaboration between physicians in different hospital departments, referring physicians and patients. Two key advances were also seen with regard to imaging hardware. The biggest was the unveiling of two positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) systems by Philips and Siemens. These systems have the potential to greatly reduce radiation dose by eliminating CT scans in hybrid imaging. Masha and the bear in english.
Cassette-based computed radiology (CR) also seems to be on the way out with the introduction of affordable digital radiography (DR) retrofit systems. In addition, second-generation wireless DR detectors are being introduced to untether and untangle X-ray rooms. The Coolest Finds on the Show Floor Here is my list of the most interesting technologies I found on the RSNA technical exhibit floor. I based the coolness factor on being unique and offering new insights into how to improve workflow, clinician education and new ways to view images. 3-D Hearts in Motion Advanced visualization can make pretty pictures of 3-D anatomy, but in the case of the heart, it has so far failed to show functionality and natural movement during the cardiac cycle. PACS users can flip through sets of stacked images from a CT or MRI data set to make a sort of primitive cartoon, but it lacks the smooth flow of real anatomical motion. Using supercomputing algorithms previously used to forecast weather, Ziosoft developed the PhyZiodynamic software to take a CT or MRI data set and put it into motion.
The software has an option to show a color-coded tissue strain map. At ACC last March, the software took about eight hours to process a cardiac cycle dataset, which limited its practical application. However, the company has cut processing down to about 45 minutes and is working to reduce it further. At its RSNA booth, Ziosoft offered a full 3-D rendering of a heart in motion and invited attendees to rotate and virtually dissect it. The beating heart could be sliced through while in motion, offering views of the myocardium and valves in motion as only previously seen by surgeons. The views also showed the movement of the valve leaflets and the chordae tendineae. The application of this technology holds promise in surgical planning, transcatheter valve replacements and septal shunt occlusion.