INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH SCAN IMAGING is equipped with a wide array of sophisticated and highly integrated information technology devices.   While visiting our facility, you will probably notice little more than a comfortable ambiance and our soothing tropical decor.  This is because most of our hardware and networking devices are thoughtfully concealed around the perimeter support areas or in our climate-controlled computer room. These space-age devices have been selected in order to expedite and optimize information transfer.  Ultimately, you, the patient and your physicians,  are of course the beneficiaries of the work flow efficiency enabled by the following devices:





PICTURE ARCHIVAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (PACS)

Our multi-component, modular computer system designed for medical image management and presentation is made by DR Systems, a leader in the PACS industry.  This robust system employs proprietary software and innovative hardware integration to facilitate input, display, archival, transmittal and printing of medical images, while managing associated demographic,  scheduling and reporting information, including digital audio.  A set of large format high resolution display screens are used in our consultation and resource centers to share key images and diagnostic content with patients and reporting physicians.  

WORK STATION DISPLAY

HEALTH SCAN IMAGING utilizes several proprietary workstation display systems, including AccuImage, Philips and Viatronix, repersenting the industry's most advanced visualization workstation. These devices provide lightening-quick image processing, analysis, manipulation, display, filming, storage, and retrieval of images from all of our imaging modalities.  Functions such as automated cardiac calcification scoring software, volume rendering virtual endoscopy, functional imaging, shaded surface display, and maximum intensity projection tools provide a fascinating menu of image presentation options and information transfer capabilities.

For instance, virtual endoscopy is a real-time software tool that enables virtual colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, angioscopy and much more.  The result is as if you are taking a “fantastic voyage” through the body, with the option to stop and carefully inspect any anatomy that deviates from expected patterns of normality.   Shaded surface display options enable three dimensional projection of up to 15 different tissues or organs, greatly simplifying presentation of complex anatomical interfaces.  

All of these sophisticated display capabilities greatly expedite swift efficient presentation and accurate review of the torrent of digital information produced by our MRI and CT scanners.

REDUNDANT OPTICAL DISC ARCHIVES

The original digital data pertinent to your CT or MRI examination is always retained, permanently,  for optional retrieval at any time in the future.  This safeguard enables us to regenerate, almost instantaneously, the original content of any imaging study previously accomplished at HEALTH SCAN IMAGING.

 

CD-R MEDIA BURNER

This device enables us to record your entire imaging examination on a CD.  The recording also includes a digital player, enabling you to review the results of your examination at home on your PC, or transfer the results conveniently to either your family physician or specialist.

DIGITAL COLOR IMAGE PROJECTOR

Our resource center includes a high resolution 2000 Lumen digital image projector.  This device is interfaced with our PACS system and work station display,  enabling us to show life-size images of your body, projected onto a 6 foot by 8 foot screen during your post-examination consultation.

LASER FILM RECORDER

If your examination deals with a potential surgical condition or for any other reason your physician requests traditional large format transparency films containing images of your examination, we can easily accommodate that need.

THERMAL COLOR IMAGE RECORDER

Newer display capabilities are best utilized in conjunction with color print devices that allow for color-coded segmentation of anatomical boundaries generated by the shaded surface display, volume rendering and virtual endoscopy techniques.  These post-processed digital images are then printed in high-resolution color onto glossy sheets of 8 ½ x 11 inch paper that is appended to the narrative report of your examination results.

LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)

HEALTH SCAN IMAGING was designed with a highly structured hard-wired computer network in place.   This network includes a variety of ports that integrate all of our computer systems, including a radiology information system that allows virtual instantaneous retrieval and transmittal (autofaxing) of your reports.

WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

HEALTH SCAN IMAGING is connected electronically via a high-speed telecommunications network using SDSL transmission to other affiliated centers.  The WAN enables our physicians to rapidly review and interpret images sent to and  from our affiliated facilities.              

INTRANET/INTERNET

Both our LAN/WAN are interconnected to affiliated sites through an internet backbone that includes “firewall” digital encryption to ensure privacy of any individual patient’s medical information.