The next time your doctor reviews your X-rays don't be alarmed if he looks at his hand instead of a wall-mounted display. Chances are he is just using a new system that gives him the ability to see your images on his smartphone or PDA instead of a standard radiography display.

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ICIS PocketPACS is an advanced viewing application that can take images from virtually any Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and send it to a handheld device or mobile smartphone via wireless Internet or high-speed cell phone network. The system displays and manipulates chest X-rays, bone X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, and most other medical imaging modalities.

Offering a number of advanced viewing functions, ICIS PocketPACS includes zoom, pan, multi-slice scrolling, Cine mode, window-level contrast adjustments, and Image inversion and rotation. The system will display all PACS images at the maximum screen size and image resolution of which the handheld device is capable. In most situations ICIS PocketPACS displays diagnostic quality images suitable for assessment and patient triaging.

ICIS PocketPACS can also be used as part of the complete ICIS Mobile solution that provides real time access to electronic medical records, bedside monitoring equipment, physician's notes, labs and more. ICIS PocketPACS will be available in October 2006.

1. Posted by GSMDude	Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:35 am
i dont see how this could be useful in viewing x-rays. sounds like just a more convenient way to carry them around than lugging film from office to office.
2. Posted by mgoblue	Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:52 am
useless. xrays are going to be stored on servers. they're already doing it. nobody is going to be carrying around film. whats happening is when you take your xray, doctors from around the world will be able to login and view them. in a matter of a week you can get 5-6 opinions from all around the world.

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