January/February 2007

Digital Edition
Solution for Destroying CDs with Patient Data
Data System Optimizes Analysis of Information
Data System Optimizes Analysis of Information
ATS Appliance Offers Several Benefits in Single Box
PACS 2007 to Emphasize IT Integration
Large-Scale Storage of Medical Images
Visualization of Regional Heart Function Provided
ECG Management System Stores Wide Range of Information
Redesigned Cardiac MR Features 128 Elements, Faster Imaging Times
Dose Reduced by 70 Percent with New CT Scanner
Advanced Imaging Workflow Integrated into Enterprise
A new platform architecture for TeraRecon’s Aquarius suite of products, iNtuition is designed to deliver integration of advanced imaging workflow into the healthcare enterprise and features an improved and more powerful central rendering resource in the form of the VolumePro 2000, based on the company’s Aquarius product line and provides radiologists, technologists and referring physicians imp
Remote Monitoring System Provides Direct Integration
Platform Enhances Procedural, Cost Efficiencies
Flexible System for All Cardiovascular Imaging Procedures
Injection Used to Visualize Vessels, Organs, Tumors
Thrombectomy System Features Faster Setup
The new AngioJet Ultra Thrombectomy System is a next-generation, completely re-engineered version of Possis' AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy System. AngioJet is marketed for blood clot removal (thrombectomy) from arterial and venous blood vessels.
Mapping Catheter Deflects in Two Directions
Body Suit Provides Layer of Rapidly Flowing Coolant
Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent has High Radial Strength
Storage & Archive Resources
ATTO Technology Inc. Amherst, NY | 716-691-1999 | Fax 716-691-9353 | www.attotech.com BridgeHead Software Inc. Woburn, MA | 781-939-0780 | Fax: 781-939-5607 | www.bridgeheadsoftware.com ByCast Inc. Vancouver BC, Canada | 866-217-6813 | Fax: 604-801-5309 | www.bycast.com Candelis Irvine, CA | 800-800-8600 | www.candelis.com Ciprico
Integration Challenges in the Cath Lab Trenches
"Sometimes," mused Jeffrey Westcott, M.D., a private practice physician with Cardiovascular Consultants of Washington in Seattle, "I think that hospital information technologists don't want their machines to talk to anyone outside the hospital."
Digital Dozen
1. Arizona Heart Institute and Hospital (Phoenix, AZ) Having embraced digital information as a method of patient and physician instruction, Arizona Heart has been fully integrated with Apple iPod technology. For a year the hospital has used iPods loaded with video programs directed toward patient education. 2. Cabrini Medical Center (New York City, NY)
Tech Check
Author’s Note: For this inaugural article I begin with an insider’s look on the “health” of drug-eluting stents and what lies ahead for this much-debated device.
It’s a Wide Wired World
Predictive Power Minus Radiation’s Punch
Heart Hospital: Not Skipping a Beat
Give Me a Break
PACS That Won’t Crack Under Pressure
There has been a big buzz circling around the medical community of late about the viability and value of placing PACS into operating rooms (OR) and intensive care units (ICU). Numerous studies have been published in recent years about many of the benefits associated with this newest wave of technology application.