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ExhibitorsAcuo Technologies Acuo Technologies is a company specializing in the design of high-performance software for intelligent medical management, DICOM storage grid and virtualization software, and data migration since its founding in 2000. Acuo's DICOM Services Grid is an enabling open systems software solution for all DICOM objects to facilitate a DICOM infrastructure built on a service-oriented architecture that can aggregate query results, federate DICOM objects, virtualize and replicate storage assets built on a collaborative and extensible grid computing model. A DICOM Services Grid is a strategy best implemented in a multiple hospital, multiple PACS, multiple department environment where scalability and performance is the biggest challenge. AFC Industries Inc. AFC Industries offers a wide range of attractive, thoughtfully designed ergonomic furniture that sets the pace of the medical industry with its advanced design. A recognized leader in furniture for medical, and a full spectrum of technology applications, AFC offers a broad selection of workstations, carts and racking systems to suit almost every use and physical space. Leaders in the medical, computing, electronic fields and more rely on AFC for its uncompromising quality, as do wide range of companies from coast to coast concerned with the comfort and productivity of their employees. Can the right computer cart boost your business? AFC believes that a well-planned physical work environment can play a vital role in helping companies take full advantage of today's most valuable resources — talent, technology and time. Ongoing research in ergonomics testifies to the importance of a well-designed work environment. Dedicated to helping customers in hospitals and laboratories achieve this goal, AFC Industries' mission is to create high-quality furniture to enhance human performance, comfort and satisfaction in a fast-paced, high-tech modern work environment. AFC is committed to meeting this goal while offering excellent value as well as customer service and satisfaction. Agfa HealthCare Agfa is a global leader in healthcare technology. One of every two hospitals worldwide uses an Agfa solution. Agfa's vendor-neutral open architecture and scalable solutions result in higher productivity and controlled outcomes allowing healthcare providers to achieve better patient care. Agfa is a leader in image management solutions and is expanding into comprehensive solutions for medical, business management and administrative needs in hospital and other healthcare facilities. AMICAS, Inc. AMICAS is a leader in medical image and information management solutions. The AMICAS Vision Series™ portfolio provides your enterprise the RIS, PACS and revenue cycle management tools require for a successful radiology operation. With exclusive technologies such as AMICAS RealTime Worklist™ serving as a foundation for your workflow, our acclaimed image, information management and EDI products are utilized by more than 650 customers. Complimenting the Vision Series product family is AMICAS Insight Solutions™, a set of client-centered professional services that assist our customers with a well-planned transition to a digital enterprise. AMICAS Vision Series, products and services truly empower the business of radiology. BARCO Barco has established a solid reputation in the medical imaging market by providing high-performance visualization technology for X-ray, digital radiography, digital mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, PACS and 3D imaging applications. Its full line of color and grayscale displays, display controllers, radiology display systems, medical grade projectors, QA tools and Voxar medical imaging software facilitates confident diagnoses and overcomes the traditional constraints of conventional 2D and 3D workstations. Barco’s expertise is supported by a worldwide network of research, development and support services. A global sales organization and regional support people, who understand your language and requirements, complement Barco’s partnership approach. BRIT Systems, Inc. BRIT Systems provides high-quality, turn-key solutions for PACS, RIS and teleradiology based on the company’s comprehensive understanding of radiology departments and women care centers, medical imaging, networks, DICOM integration, security and highly-available computer systems. Customized modular systems built using commercial off-the shelf hardware and software based on standards such as DICOM-3, Bycast, Inc. Bycast is the leading provider of grid-powered fixed-content storage solutions for the healthcare industry. Both IBM and Hewlett-Packard deliver fixed-content storage solutions for healthcare based on Bycast StorageGRID software. Healthcare providers can leverage Bycast software solutions to simplify the management of massive, multi-facility fixed-content storage systems. Bycast StorageGRID solutions combine the power of grid computing with intelligent Information Lifecycle Management to optimize the storage, speed the access and simplify the transmission of large volumes (petabytes) of fixed-content data. Our storage solutions deliver dramatic cost savings, HIPAA compliance and assure business continuity. Bycast solutions have been deployed at leading healthcare institutions including Banner Health, University Health Care System in Augusta, Mercy Hospital and the Provincial Health Services Authority. For additional information about bycast, please visit our website at www.bycast.com. Candelis, Inc. Candelis is a medical imaging informatics company, which develops, manufactures and markets DICOM Storage Service appliances for the archiving, management and routing of digital medical images. The ImageGrid product line represents a paradigm shift in PACS and is ideal for imaging centers and small hospitals which are seeking a feature-rich, robust, scalable and cost-effective solution. ImageGrid PACS provides archiving capacities ranging from 1 terabyte (TB) to well over 100 TB and is capable of receiving images directly from any DICOM modality. The ImageGrid 1000, 1000AR and 1600 have been deployed as a "lite" PACS in a number of imaging centers, hospitals, departments within hospitals as well as cardiology practices. The ImageGride 700 has been deployed as cost effective "lite" PACS in orthopedic clinics and small medical clinics. ImageGrid's optional HL7 support provides for integration with various RIS/HIS solutions. An integrated web-based viewer is another option which allows imaging centers to give viewing capabilities to their referring physicians. Based in Irvine, California, Candelis, Inc. brings to market a 17-year experience in enterprise storage solutions and Network Attached Storage (NAS) to develop its highly reliable, feature rich and yet cost-effective DICOM server appliances. Cerner Corporation Cerner Corporation will showcase its imaging solutions at PACS 2007. The leader in the healthcare information industry, Cerner offers reliable, enterprise-wide solutions for the storage, management, display and distribution of images and multimedia objects. Cerner MultiMedia Foundation™ provides the framework necessary for integrating medical images with video, audio and signal data patient information, providing your clinicians with a comprehensive electronic medical record. This solution helps you streamline workflow by managing the storage of and access to digital objects for departmental andenterprise use. Cerner RadNet® RIS provides you with exclusive role-based workflow that enhances outcomes by displaying necessary clinical information at each care step of the care process. Cerner ProVision™ PACS, unified with RadNet, allows you to streamline image interpretation and optimize departmental workflow, helping you efficiently manage your radiology practice. These Cerner solutions enhance diagnosis and treatment by offering clinicians access to vital clinical information at the point of care. CoActiv Medical Business Solutions CoActiv offers a complete line of PACS, teleradiology and DICOM utilities through CoActiv EXAM-PACS® all-inclusive and affordable enterprise PACS solution. EXAM-PACS is renowned for its high-performance, simplicity and intuitive user interfaces. It is especially suited for multi-site facilities where exams are both acquired and read at various locations, demanding maximum speed, flexibility and accuracy. All systems include 24/7x365 online software and hardware monitoring to ensure optimum performance. A typical EXAM-PACS installation costs about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of most other PACS solutions. The EXAM-PACS suite comprises a range of advanced modular components, which are also available separately as enhancements to an existing PACS or for direct connection to DICOM modalities. Suite highlights include CoActiv EXAM-Vault® a "Quad-Redundant Archiving" service saving exams in four locations, with three immediately available on-line and one saved on secure, removable digital media. The on- and off-site archiving solution has a 100% SLA. EXAM-Sender® Referring Physician System is a distribution solution that automatically pushes exams to a referring doctor's computer in a background mode. This system is 100% HIPAA compliant and 100% secure. EXAM-Filer® CD Burning Solution is a robotic CD burning systems automates CD burning with no user intervention. DatCard Systems, Inc. DatCard offers DICOM CD/DVD publication devices created for the distribution of digital images to patients, referring physicians and institutions requesting patient studies. Sending CDs or DVDs in place of film enables hospitals to better communicate, market their facility, save storage space, and results in significant cost savings. The PacsCube integrated solution provides a completely automated, cost-effective alternative to laser film. PacsCube takes DICOM images and results and seamlessly records them onto CD/DVD. It embeds a lite DICOM viewing tool so images cna be viewed from any Windows-based PC. Discs are uniquely labeled with patient and study demographics, facility logo and an audit trail identifier. MammoSmart is a revolutionary means of providing and empowering patients with their complete mammography history and breast care information on an automatically produced CD/DVD. Each disc contains a wealth of educational patient information such as medical history, digital mammography images, glossary of terms, answers to frequently asked questions, live video capture, personal demographics and insurance information. The MammoSmart Solution allows facilities to quickly and easily design the look, feel and content of their discs enabling them to determine what information is of most value to their patients. DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc. As a world leader in medical imaging and informatics technology, DeJarnette Research Systems engineers some of the industry's most advanced PACS, teleradiology, and workflow solutions. By maintaining a reputation for innovation in engineering and excellence in customer service, DeJarnette has built a large healthcare customer base worldwide. Dedicated to increasing the efficiency of image management workflow, DeJarnette's PACS workflow solutions include several exciting products: dyseCT automatically separates multi-procedure CT studies and associates the studies with their appropriate order before sending them to PACS; Intelligent Router routes studies and their priors to third party radiology services and across enterprises with disparate PACS; PACSware® xDL provides a sophisticated storage gateway solution that processes orders and patient updates and provides IHE XDS-I support; and our PACSware® migration toolkit migrates data from legacy archives with the capability to modify the data to meet the requirements of the new PACS. Founded in 1985 in Towson, Maryland, DeJarnette’s dependable service support, available 24 hours a day, is a direct result of our commitment to customer satisfaction and our desire to improve healthcare efficiency through new product innovation. Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology by Diagnostic Imaging are the leading print and online resources for objective, timely information on clinical, economic, technology and practice trends that affect radiology professionals. For over 26 years, Diagnostic Imaging's experienced editors have provided comprehensive coverage and analysis of the full spectrum of medical imaging's role in diagnosis, treatment and prevention. DR Systems, Inc. DR Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of integrated RIS/PACS, dictation, voice recognition, transcription, advanced image processing, document imaging, printing, faxing, computed radiography, management reporting and Internet image/results distribution systems, as well as associated interfaces. DR Systems' patented, automated, and comprehensive approach to image management delivers film-free efficiency in a highly reliable and logical manner. The unique methods of image and data input, display, printing, archiving, and telecommunications are seamlessly integrated to handle all current and future image management needs: scalable solutions that can fit small 29-bed community hospitals all the way up to 800-bed plus medical centers; reliable and easy to use products with a customer support program that keeps the RIS/PACS software new and up to date year after year; ROI value measured by cost-per-exam metrics that are the lowest in the industry; fully integrated system with patented industry-standard innovations; very high customer satisfaction proven by DR Systems' industry ratings: #1 in KLAS 2006 Top 20 Mid-year Report; highest rating in "PACS" category; #1 by MD Buyline for six consecutive quarters; October 2004, January 2005, April 2005; July 2005; October 2005; January 2006. Eastman Kodak Company KODAK CARESTREAM Solutions can be scaled to provide for regional, national, or countrywide PACS, RIS, and information lifecycle management applications. This enables anywhere, anytime access to all patient information. KODAK CARESTREAM Solutions efficiently manage the review, distribution, storage, and retrieval of patient image and exam information. Powerful 3-D online viewing tools coupled with voice dictation and advanced image processing enables faster diagnostic reading and rapid physician report turnaround. KODAK CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions provide business and clinical advantages across the continuum of care—linking departments, communities, and regions. These solutions combine software, non-proprietary hardware, and professional services for consolidation, control, and continuity of all archived clinical data. Kodak improves communications and workflow by linking and managing isolated islands of information. Kodak Point-of-Care CR and DIRECTVIEW CR and DR systems provide efficient means of bringing your projection x-ray imaging into the digital domain. Kodak capture solutions support modest volume single-room applications up to high volume centers and university hospitals. From tabletop CR to dual-detector DR suites, Kodak has a solution to fit your room, budget and workflow. Learn more by visiting our Web site at www.Kodak.com/go/PACS, for KODAK CARESTREAM Solutions, www.kodak.com/go/CR for Kodak Point-of-Care CR and DIRECTVIEW CR or by contacting us at 585-724-3750. EIZO Nanao Technologies Inc. EIZO offers a wide range of monitor solutions to meet the medical imaging demands of hospitals. EIZO RadiForce medical LCD monitors in 5MP, 3MP, 2MP, and 1MP resolutions for Mammography, PACS, MRI, CT, and X-ray imaging will be the focus of EIZO's table. Enhanced contrast ratios and brightness levels, 12-bit grayscale display technology, thin bezel designs, and displays that meet the strictest of medical standards make EIZO's LCD's an asset in any medical environment. EIZO provides a complete solution by offering graphics boards, quality control software, network management software, and a variety of accessories for your medical workstations. RadiForce displays deliver the highest degree of consistency and accuracy available in an LCD today. High contrast ratios, high brightness, improved color reproduction, accurate graysacle for diagnosis, ergonomic designs, DICOM and FDA compliant, and network management solutions are all available from EIZO monitors. Emageon Emageon provides an enterprise-level advanced visualization and infrastructure solution for the clinical analysis and management of digital medical images within multi-hospital networks, community hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers. Emageon's software, including its HeartSuite set of cardiology solutions from its Camtronics subsidiary, provides physicians in multiple medical specialties such as cardiology, radiology, and orthopedics, among others, with dynamic tools to manipulate and analyze images in two and three dimensions. With these tools physicians have the ability to better understand internal anatomic structure and pathology, which can improve clinical diagnoses, disease screening and therapy planning. Emageon's open standards-based solution is designed to help customers improve staff productivity, automate complex medical imaging workflow, lower total cost of ownership and provide better service to physicians and patients. For more information, please visit www.emageon.com. ETIAM ETIAM provides a range of applications, services and solutions which support and facilitate the distribution and exchange of medical images in healthcare settings. The company markets to healthcare professionals and imaging technology providers offerings which include: DICOM interfaces, automated CD/DVD distribution and archiving systems, universal DICOM viewing software, PACS import and PACS integration modulels, a HIS/RIS broker for DICOM applications, a programmable DICOM router, a powerful DICOM print server and an intelligent web-based image server. Foresight Imaging Foresight Imaging offers the TIMS DICOM System, the PACS connectivity solution. The TIMS DICOM System acquires from any non-DICOM medical modality and converts to DICOM. The resulting DICOM study can then be sent to any PACS, recorded to CD/DVD, or printed to a DICOM or Windows printer. The TIMS Consultant, included with each TIMS DICOM System, allows live, remote viewing of the study by a consulting physician. By converting their non-DICOM modalities to DICOM, hospitals can save hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in new modality costs. For only $13,995 to $16,995 including onsite installation and training, hospitals can upgrade any of their non-DICOM modalities to DICOM, and be fully leveraging their PACS. FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc. FUJIFILM provides the latest in digital and radiographic imaging technologies. Included are Fuji Computed Radiography (FCR), Synapse® PACS, dry laser imagers, film handling and X-ray film/screen systems. FDA has approved Fuji CR for Mammography (FCRm). Relative to conventional FFDM, FCRm is a versatile, cost effective alternative while meeting image quality needs of the most demanding radiologists. ClearView-CSm, and the newest Fuji CR reader for mammography, ClearView-1m can be configured to address the varying needs of any high exam volume or low volume site. . ClearView-CSm employs a four slot imaging plate (IP) cassette stacker with capacity to process up to 20 screening mammography exams per hour from as many as three exam rooms. For the price of one reader, this multi-room capability will enable a three-room mammography department to take advantage of the benefits digital mammography has to offer without replacing existing mammography equipment. Both ClearView readers can also process conventional FCR imaging plates used for general radiography, processing more than 100 per hour. This multi-tasking capability further reduces costs for medical facilities by eliminating the need to purchase separate mammography and general x-ray CR readers. GE Healthcare GE Healthcare will feature its advanced Centricity solutions which provide Enterprise Image Management through a single platform architecture for managing both radiology and cardiology images across a network. GE Healthcare will showcase both Centricity RIS/PACS (formerly known as Imagecast RIS) and Centricity cardiology workstations in addition to a unified web distribution client. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, such as Centricity RIS/PACS, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals is dedicated to detecting disease earlier and tailoring treatment for individual patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of services to improve productivity in healthcare and enable healthcare providers to better diagnose, treat and manage patients with conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases. GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.org. Health Imaging Media Health Imaging Media is the leading news, business and technology publisher in medical imaging and healthcare information technology. Covering radiology, cardiology,oncology, orthopedics and molecular imaging-- healthcare executives turn to Health Imaging Media's print and online resources for practical insight to boost workflow, reduce costs, and manage their departments and facilities more efficiently through the application of image and information management systems. Health Imaging Media connects images and information across the enterprise. Hewlett Packard HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. Because medical information is growing exponentially year after year, effective archiving has become an imperative for healthcare enterprises. High end disk array systems are essential for the most critical information but may not be cost effective for infrequently accessed images and records. The HP Medical Archiving Solution is designed to address your most pressing information issues—simply, flexibly, and affordably. MAS is a complete solution comprised of hardware(disks), software, and services. It incorporates industry-standard application programming interfaces so the solution connects directly to your existing PACS and patient record systems. Because MAS is implemented in a storage grid architecture, you can consolidate information from multiple applications, departments and facilities into a single storage system for all fixed content. A built-in rules engine allows you to create policies for moving information from higher tiers of storage to the medical archive automatically, based on time, data classification, frequency of access, or other parameters. MAS gives hospitals fast, reliable access to their archived data, at a price point dramatically below high end, Tier 1 storage. IBM IBM Healthcare brings together resources, including IBM information technology, deep industry insights, research expertise, and innovative partnerships with healthcare organizations to help clients develop and deliver safer, more affordable and more effective diagnostics, drugs and medical care, resulting in improved patient centric healthcare. Additionally, IBM is a world leader in storage solutions, helping companies and healthcare organizations that are grappling with new government mandates and business demands capture and integrate information in a more seamless, real-time fashion across the enterprise. For additional information, visit: www.ibm.com/healthcare. Imaging Economics/Medical Imaging Medical Imaging provides reliable product and technology information to radiologists and imaging professionals involved in the selection, recommendation and purchase of equipment/services for medical imaging facilities. MI serves physicians, physicists, and administrators involved in the selection, purchase, and use of products and technology in hospitals, group practices, freestanding imaging centers, medical centers, and radiation oncology centers. Organized in an easy-access format, MI provides news, product information, regulatory updates, and technology breakthroughs. Imaging Economics provides business solutions to radiologists and executive level administrators responsible for the strategic deployment of products and technology in medical imaging facilities. IE serves the radiologist and executive-level readers in the medical market responsible for business solutions for the medical imaging industry. Covering market trends, game-changing technological advances, and regulatory and reimbursement developments, IE gets directly to the core of the issues, providing readers with the information they need to make strategic business decisions regarding imaging products and technology. IMPAC Medical Systems IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., an Elekta company, is the leading provider of software solutions to manage, streamline and optimize clinical and business processes in radiation therapy. IMPAC offers clients a dedicated focus on oncology, an end-to-end product and service portfolio, and proven market leadership. IMPAC’s full breadth of solutions includes planning and delivery technology management, oncology-specific patient charting and practice management, as well as anatomic pathology, clinical laboratory, and oncology informatics systems. Our integration with multiple healthcare data and imaging systems empowers our customers to incorporate and fully leverage best-of-breed systems within the cancer centers’ existing configurations. With products that support diagnosis and treatment through long-term follow-up, IMPAC provides a comprehensive oncology management solution that helps enhance overall communication, process efficiency, and the quality of patient care. MOSAIQ™ Oncology PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) is designed to manage the ever increasing volumes of large data sets in radiotherapy while seamlessly integrating with MOSAIQ image-enabled EMR (Electronic Medical Record). The result is the ability to handle, archive, retrieve and manage data necessary to support advanced IGRT techniques in radiation oncology, independent of planning or delivery system InSiteOne, Inc. InSiteOne is the leading medical imaging archiving service for diagnostic imaging with proven solutions that protect the present and provide tools that build for the future. Beginning with a versatile suite of InDex® Web-enabled archiving services combining on- and off-site site storage with built-in disaster recovery InDex offers streamlined solutions fine-tuned to a client's individual workflow. InDex integrates with any PACS, hospital network and digital modality via DICOM standards to provide HIPAA-compliant, affordable storage that keeps pace with a client's evolving needs and emerging technology, while transferring archiving costs from capital to operational budgets. Recovery Plus™ represents InSiteOne's disaster recovery services with continuous disk protection for one or more transactional systems eliminating incremental tape backups and creating point in time restorations with the ability to provide off-site copies of data backup, Recovery Plus enhances the client's ability to return to operation quickly. InSiteOne's suite of solutions offer clients peace of mind. Iron Mountain Iron Mountain is the global leader in information protection and storage. For over 20 years, we have delivered innovative, technology-based solutions that enable healthcare providers to enhance productivity and improve the quality of patient care. Through our Comprehensive Health Information Management (CHM) program and X-ray on Demand digitization service, Iron Mountain can relocate entire radiology film libraries to convenient, off-site storage locations, securely deliver electronic imagaes to your PACS, and help your organization achieve a completely filmless environment. At PACS 2007, we will be showcasing our DICOM storage repository, a flexible, cost-effective solution that enables providers to meet the growing demands of image storage, without investments in infrastructure or personnel. Iron Mountain's DICOM storage solution supports teleradiology, long-term image storage and disaster recovery and business continuity. Our archive allows providers to easily store, manage and retrieve diagnostic images. Images are migrated from existing PACS storage, centralized and consolidated so that physicians within a hospital or across a group of hospitals can easily and securely access patient information and share files when collaboratging on a patient's treatment. In addition, we ensure your images are protected in the event of equipment malfunction or failure or in the event of a natural disaster. KOM Networks Incorporated KOM Networks is the world leader of innovative archiving and data storage management solutions. Pioneers of Data Protection & Retention, KOM Networks' products provide Archiving, Compliance, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Storage Management to over 10,000 installations globally from small enterprises to large multinationals and numerous government departments. KOMpliance is a Windows-based data archive appliance that seamlessly interfaces with, and enhances, existing storage infrastructures to ensure secure, long term retention of business critical information enabling regulatory compliance, and delivering complete data privacy allow organizations to: permanently archive fixed content data on hard disks in an unalterable format to conform to government regulations and corporate policies; archive and retrieve files easily and quickly through a familiar windows interface; a cost effective, scalable, high performance solution, KOMpliance creates secure online archives. KOMpliance is a turn-key solution that addresses ALL your Archiving, ILM, Retention Policies & Compliance issues in an easier-to-use more cost effective manner and is completely transparent AND it runs with what you already have in place! Archiving Made Simple, KOM Networks solutions let you Simply Manage, Protect and Serve STORAGE, The Way You Want It. For more information visit our website: www.komnetworks.com or call 1-888-556-6462 or +1(613) 3599-7205. Lippincott Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is a world leader in Medical Publishing. We have new books for PACS and Informatics. After the conference please contact Geremey DeBorde at 210-643-1745. McKesson Provider Technologies An enterprise image and information management solution enables healthcare facilities to combine patient information with medical images from multiple modalities. Physicians and other caregivers can capture, retrieve, view and store images of any type—from ultrasound to multi-slice CT to cath and echo—using a single, comprehensive solution. Because McKesson’s solutions handle digital studies electronically, imaging departments can eliminate the costs, delays, lost files and errors associated with films and manual handling. Our sophisticated solutions automate clinical workflow, streamlining patient care from admission to discharge, minimizing errors due to repeated data entry and ensuring accurate billing.The Horizon Radiology™ integrated medical image and information management solution enables hospitals to eliminate the use of film-based imaging and improve productivity by automating workflow in the radiology department.The solution also provides referring physicians with patient images as part of a complete medical record, improving decision-making and helping to ensure patient safety. The Horizon Radiology integrated RIS/PACS solution combines reporting and scheduling with anytime, anywhere access to the complete patient record. The solution eliminates steps and increases the speed of the entire diagnostic process, from ordering a procedure to distributing reports to the referring physician. The Horizon Radiology solution comprises the Web-based Horizon Radiology Manager™ workflow management solution and the industry-leading Horizon Medical Imaging™ PACS solution. MTS Delft USA MTS Delft, the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Rogan PACS product line from Rogan Delft, is a healthcare informatics solution provider and integrator of PACS and RIS. The company's latest PACS offering is the OnLine XS PACS, based on the company's EOL (EverythingOnLine) and RAIS( Redundant Array of Independent Servers) technologies, which provide a highly-available clustered server environment and disaster recovery in a Storage Area Network (SAN) with redundant archiving. This infrastructure facilitates review and reporting of cases or examinations by providing access to images and eliminates any issues surrounding routing or prefetching of images. MTS Delft guarantees a 99.999% uptime with built-in redundancy and no single point of failure. OnLine XS PACS features a high-speed network supported by Multiple Archive Storage Server, which can double the speed of image transfer when compared to older technologies. MTS Delft/Rogan Delft provides it customers with a full range of viewing, archiving, and connectivity solutions, in full compliance with the communications standards that must be adhered to for success in today's hospital information technology enterprise. Data/images are stored securely according to industry standards (DICOM, HL7) and in full compliance with HIPAA. More information can be found by visiting www.mtsdelft.com. NAI Tech Products Manufacturer of the DICOM box®, the world's leading DICOM network interface with more than 10,000 systems providing connectivity for PACS, Worklist, MPPS and print networks. Experience the new touchscreen user control providing improved performance with Worklist integration and enhanced video capture control for cath lab connectivity. NAI will feature its innovative DVD recorder, MDR® which provides unparalleled image quality and improved workflow capturing streaming video in full resolution to DVD in a PACS compatible DICOM format. MDR is the only video recording solution to product high resolution, single and multiple patient disks, fully indexed, for review on standard PC or PACS workstations. MDR is the best option for adding DVD media production to modalities where image quality is important. NAI will showcase its latest enterprise hardcopy management solution, PACS Print® Server providing complete control over all print jobs including paper and film output. PACS Print automatically directs individual print requests from PACS or modalities to paper printers or DICOM film imagers based on your requirements. Now you have a single solution to manage and optimize hardcopy costs and image quality. Customize LUTs and print preferences to the specific output needs of individual physicians or modality types. PACS Print is easy to administer from any PC on the network using a simple web interface. Visit NAI for a demonstration and to learn how these and our other quality products will improve your productivity, workflow and enhance the value of your PACS investment - NAI Simply A Better Solution™ . NDMA National Digital Medical Archive, Inc. [NDMA] is a company that designs, develops and delivers for its customers a data management and communications platform. We enable the sharing of healthcare information among physicians, patients and researchers by providing an integrated suite of solution layer applications and managed services. New products: NDMA Direct — Using a patent-pending streaming technology, NDMA Direct provides users on-demand access to diagnostic-quality archived images to any fixed or mobile device. While maintaining the integrity of the permanent record, this viewer enables distribution of large radiological NovaRad Corporation NovaRad Corporation has been selling its top-rated NovaRIS / NovaPACS since 2001. It has been installed in over 175 facilities since that time and continues to be installed at record pace. NovaRIS is a fully functional information system with reports, VR, billing interface, and scheduling. NovaPACS includes on-site 7 year RAID level 5 archive, redundant archive, and off-site emergency backup archive. It includes feature rich, fast, Radiologist Workstations, Clinical Workstations, Web Server, Patient CD, Paper Scan, Modality Worklist, easy HL7 Interface, Orthopedic Tools, and Image Capture. But, best of all, NovaPACS is affordable and is sold on a service contract plan that makes it easy to ROI in less than 6 months. See www.novapacs.com or call 877-668-2723 for more information. Site visits are available at any of the NovaPACS current sites where the observer can see filmless, paperless, and efficient, radiology departments and imaging centers which rely on NovaPACS technology. CR, DR and film digitizing is also available from NovaRad. OpenMed Technologies Corp. OTech Inc. OTech is a healthcare technology company providing PACS training and consulting. We provide PACS professionals a wide range of educational opportunities using books, study guides, computer-based training, seminars and hands-on workshops. The subject matter ranges from standards such as DICOM and HL7 to PACS system administration and advanced PACS trouble-shooting techniques. Our text books and study guides on DICOM, HL7 and PACS are used by numerous training institutions, both commercial and academic. Our PACS Policy and Procedure Documentation Management System containing over 60 procedures is the baseline for numerous institutions worldwide. OTech also organizes quarterly e-conferences on a variety of PACS related subjects and has a bi-weekly newsletter with interviews and presentations of PACS experts. For more information visit our website www.otechimg.com. PACSGEAR, Inc. PACSGEAR provides complete document and multimedia connectivity solutions for PACS. Its industry-leading software allows physicians, technologists and administrators to send documents, film and multimedia images to any PACS or EHR from any department. Worldwide, PACSGEAR's comprehensive solutions are deployed in over 400 hospital networks, community hospitals and imaging centers. Philips Medical Systems Philips Medical Systems, a global leader in the growing medical device and diagnostic industry, is committed to providing innovative technology and services that enable healthcare providers to achieve clinical excellence. Philips is positioned to deliver solutions with unique clinical benefits that meet healthcare's challenges today and in the future and is firmly established as a worldwide leader in most of its markets, including X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, patient monitoring, automated external defibrillator devices and healthcare informatics. Its extensive portfolio includes patient monitoring and ultrasound systems, diagnostic cardiology devices, resuscitation products, X-ray, magnetic resonance, and computed tomography products, nuclear medicine and PET, information management, PACS, consultancy, as well as a complete range of services that include asset management, training and education, business consultancy, financial services and e-care business services. The division is represented in more than 60 countries and employs over 22,000 people. All products are backed by Philips’ worldwide network of research and development, and sales and service organizations. (www.medical.philips.com) RedRick Technologies, Inc. As imaging technology makes the transition from a film-based to a film-less PACS environment, the design of reading rooms with light boxes and alternators is changing to one of workstations with computer consoles and high luminance monitors. The ergonomics of each are seldom interchangeable. The redesign of reading rooms to provide optimized soft-copy viewing is the most frequently overlooked aspect when considering the expense of converting to PACS. A RedRick solution can help ensure your reading room is designed to meet the needs of this evolving technology. Every workspace is unique. As a result, every reading room solution should be created to meet the specific needs of your workspace and environment. Each RedRick solution is custom configured to meet the particular needs of your reading room. Our solution begins with your vision. From here, our architectural design team will assess the physical space, workflow, ergonomics, lighting and acoustics to ensure that every solution optimizes the working environment. The result is a reading room designed with the raiologist in mind. Our ComfortView height-adjustable workstations are built to individual preferences, complimenting the workflow and ergonomics of the radiology reading room. "If you can imagine it, we can design and build it!" Reilly Communications Group Publisher of Imaging Technology News, Outpatient Care Technology, Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology and Acuity Care Technology. Our four publications are leading Technology Solutions Resources for Healthcare Professionals across the healthcare continuum. For more than a decade, Imaging Technology News (ITN) and Outpatient Care Technology (OPCT) have dedicated much of their editorial focus to PACS and related technologies. From the early beginnings of PACS to the present, medical professionals have been tuning in to remain current on the latest and most innovative PACS and connectivity solutions. Our sister publications, Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology and Acuity Care Technology have continued this dedication. Product comparison charts on PACS, Disaster Recovery, Flat Panel Monitors, RIS, Storage Service Providers (SSP), and other technologies that "connect the enterprise" are regularly featured, providing readers with up-to-date information on what is available in the marketplace. Features such as "Solutions Applied," illustrating adoptions of PACS and our "RFPs for PACS," a four-part article series, provide in-depth insights useful to our readers, helping them to become savvy purchasers. RSTI RSTI (Radiological Service Training Institute) is an independent training center that has provided the industry with diagnostic imaging training for over 22 years. With a selection of over 30 courses, RSTI has trained over 10,000 service professionals from over 40 different countries in radiology, mammography, CT, ultrasound, networking, PACS, and DICOM. RSTI's "PACS Administrator/Engineer Certification Program" is the only one of its kind in the industry. This program is suited for PACS Administrators, as well as imaging experts maintaining digital imaging and PACS equipment. This 4 week (2 individual [2] week courses) comprehensive program provides PACS Administrators and day-to-day engineers with the following skills required throughout the PACS environment: PACS Planning/Evaluation, Project Management, System Installation, Workflow Analysis, Workstation customization including hanging protocols, Hardware & Software problem solving, Solving troublesome issues between vendors, Downtime procedures and much more. RSTI has over 20,000 square feet of dedicated imaging labs. Our labs contain 40+ imaging systems which students use for hands-on labs, troubleshooting, and integrating into PACS, RIS, and other imaging systems. At the completion of the program, students will be prepared to pass the stringent requirements for both RSTI's PACS Certification Exams, as well as the PARCA CPIA and CPSA Certification exams. RT Image RT Image is an award-winning publication and the nation's only weekly newsmagazine for radiologists, educators, administrators and radiologic professionals seeking information about careers, techniques, trends and products in all modalities of imaging/diagnostic and therapeutic radiology. Our Web site, RT-Image.com and weekly e-newsletter feature additional news stories and Web casts on the happenings in the radiological industry. RT-Image.com receives more than 65,000 visits per month and also provides access to our online radiology directory and job openings. RT Image also provides a digital version, dpub, to subscribers desktops every Monday. Continuing education credits can be obtained through http://ce.rt-image.com. Valley Forge Publishing Group (VFPG) is also the Publisher Representative for sales in 25 healthcare publications and 21 online Career Centers crossing all areas of the medical profession. ScImage ScImage's multi-department PACS and workflow management solutions address the needs of one department or an entire healthcare enterprise. Our web server based Enterprise PACS, PicomEnterprise, employs a single database to organize, categorize, store and distribute exam specific information from multiple departments. This data can be in the form of DICOM and non-DICOM images, clinical reporting, physician dictations, ECG waveforms, and even JPEG photos or MPEG videos. PicomEnterprise supports IHE workflow profiles for Radiology, Cardiac Cath and Echocardiography and easily integrates with existing information systems to reduce data entry errors. PicomEnterprise also delivers exam specific visualization tools to your local PC, whether you need to review ECGs, echocardiography studies, cardiac cath procedures, multi-slice CT, PET/CT exams, MRI or chest films. PicomEnterprise also boasts a built-in Radiology Information System (RIS) that enhances clinical and business workflow by providing real-time web-based scheduling, solid management reporting tools, film tracking, mammography reporting and complete billing services. ScImage also offers an offsite disaster recovery, business continuity and telemedicine solution called PicomOnline™ and a pay-as-you-go solution called OnDemand TelePACS™ . Sectra North America, Inc. SENCOR SENCOR PACS archives are second to none and are available as turnkey solutions or software-only. Archive offerings range from affordable, entry-level, desktop archives (PACSPODS) to multi-terabyte, rack mounted repositories (PACSRACKS) to multi-petabyte custom solutions. SENCOR software is hardware and operating system agnostic. This means you always get the storage solution that best works for you. SENCOR solutions are available on any combination of RAID, tape, DVD, BlueRay, Windows, Linux or OS X. SENCOR also offers cutting-edge, pay-per-use services for CD/DVD creation, film printing, off-site storage and web viewing. To use, simply start the SENCOR's free Remote DICOM viewer, pick the exams of interest and click a button. Data is encrypted, lossless-compressed and transferred to SENCOR's data center. Once at the data center, you image data is stored, routed to another healthcare facility, published to web, burned to CD/DVD or printed to film. In the case of CD/DVD burning or film printing, your media is created and delivered (to the referring physician) in the mail. Products and services are state of the art and competitively priced; that's why thousands of facilities worldwide use SENCOR. SG&A Consulting SG&A Consulting employs experts in the field of PACS/Diagnostic Imaging and radiology information and image management. We are a dynamic, client-oriented service group focused on providing customized up-to-date analysis, planning, development, and project management services for the successful deployment and integration of electronic radiology and clinical information to healthcare providers. Our firm is an expert at providing best practices knowledge and experience combined with innovative management techniques for the radiology administrator, healthcare executives and information technology officers as they evaluate, plan and implement enterprise wide radiology information solutions. Our objective is not only to enable technical success, but also to ensure that your project goals for improved patient care and cost reductions are achieved. The SG&A School of PACS Administration is a comprehensive regimen created by bringing together the industry's leading professionals in PACS design and deployment. The School of PACS Administrtion addresses issues requiring a thorough understanding in today's rapidly evolving discipline of PACS and its impact in Information Systems (IS), Radiology, and Cardiology. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Siemens Medical Solutions presents syngo® Suite: Integrated Workflow results in increased productivity, efficiency, and improved outcomes for quality and cost! A paradigm shift in RIS/PACS, since we integrate the Imaging Management Workflow to a unified environment. This increases the efficiency of diagostic and therapeutic cycles, providing fast, intuitive, and role-based access to informatin. syngo® Suite comprises three modules: syngo® Workflow – drives the radiological workflow from order entry to image reading and report distribution. A Speech Recognition option for report dictation can be embedded. syngo® Imaging – Usability... user-friendly tools support the daily work of radiologist, which allows the user to keep the eyes focused on the clinical images, not on the workstation GUI. Speed...fast study loading with Dynamic Loading saves the radiologist time as the images appear immediately after they are called up. Integration...3D and other image processing functions such as Fly Through, Fusion and Virtual Endoscopy can be performed at one workstation. syngo® Dynamics is dedicated to invasive and non-invasive cardiology, general imaging, OB/GYN and MFM: enables evidence-based reporting to improve the efficiency of clinical procedures; provides integration into hospital information system; DICOM Structured Reporting Integration with third-party ultrasound machines; specialty dedicated measurement tools. Thinking Systems Corp. Thinking Systems Corporation recently debuted a new release of its Web-based ThinkingRIS™ unified with its ThinkingPACS™ powered by a single database. Also new in 2007 is Thinking Systems' integration with Philips/Stentor iSite PACS to provide nuclear medicine, PET-CT, echo, and cath lab solutions to iSite users. New products introduced include ModalityBroker™ for integrating specialty modalities to third-party enterprise PACS. New features introduced include hanging protocols, key images, presentation state which are DICOM 2006 compliant. Other new features introduced include cardiac PET and PET brain quantification analysis. Thinking Systems will also showcase its enhanced PACS solutions for nuclear medicine, PET-CT, and cardiology. For additional information visit Thinking Systems at PACS 2007, online at www.thinkingsystems.com or call Chris Heynysh at 800-749-2483. Vital Images, Inc. Vital Images is a leading provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization software solutions. Vitrea®, the company’s signature software, is Vital Images’ advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT (computed tomography) and MR (magnetic resonance) image data. ViTALConnect® is the company’s Web-enabled medical diagnostic tool that allows physicians to use PCs or notebook computers to access interactive 2D, 3D and 4D advanced visualization.The company's technology gives radiologists, cardiologists, oncologists and other medical specialists’ time-saving productivity and communications tools that can be accessed throughout the enterprise and via the Web for easy use in the day-to-day practice of medicine. In addition, Vital Images’ strength in strategic partnerships, including industry-leading PACS (picture archiving and communications systems) and CAD (computer-aided detection) companies, expand physicians’ capabilities and access to Vitrea software throughout an enterprise.Vital Images is a recognized innovative leader in medical technology, as indicated by its receipt of the Tekne award, which honors companies and innovations that positively impact Minnesota's technology-based economy. The company has also been recognized by Healthcare Informatics and Business 2.0’s top 100 lists. Press releases, examples of medical images and other corporate information are available on Vital Images' Website at www.vitalimages.com.
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