Review of aycan Medical Systems’ PACS Solution

While there are various PACS solutions on the market, aycan Medical Systems’ (aycan) claims to be the fastest and one of the least expensive. A combination of aycan Store™, a DICOM archiving and distribution system, and aycan Osirix PRO, a post-processing workstation, the aycan solution is designed to seamlessly integrate into any workflow environment. aycan Store™ is an aycan developed system, which is a threat to a number of vendors. Also, aycan has a very active R&D department and claims that where there is a need the company can provide software customization in a timely manner.

The company aycan was founded in 1995 by German radiologists and engineers with the introduction of aycan x-ray-print, a DICOM paper print solution. As the company grew, aycan developed and added other products, like aycan Store ™, and OsiriX PRO to their product line.

Half the customers are small to large hospitals and the other half are imaging centers.

•    In terms of flexibility, the aycan PACS solution can run multiple archives in different departments or a temporary thin slice archives.
•    The aycan PACS solution is also scalable and upgradeable.
•    Other key functions are provided by OsiriX PRO, which has more to offer than the open source it derived from with added features, plug-ins, FDA clearance, and assured stability and service and support.
•    Software like OsiriXPRO in the market place can go as high as $100,000 but aycan sells it for under $4,000 and may be downloaded for free for a 30 day trial.
•    Often over looked but of more importance than product functions are the aycan PACS solution demonstration of strong integration and service and support

•    Aside from the standard PACS features, such as storing DICOM files, automatic re-routing and query retrieval aycan’s PACS distinguishes itself with speed, flexibility and custom integration into vendor neutral environments.
•    The aycan PACS solution has an open source derived viewing system, Osirix PRO and has more to offer with added features and plugins. Software like this in the market place would probably go for$50,000 to $150,000, but aycan Medical Systems sells it for under $4,000.
•    Customers can start with a minimum low terabyte version. As their business grows, aycan’s PACS solution can be made as large as needed.

There is an open source system available called DCM4CEE that anyone can download and use. OsirixPRO can be downloaded for free for 30 days. OsirixPRO only works on an Apple platform. If the customer wants a stand alone system, they need to buy an Apple. There exists still some resistance to use of MacIntosh which represents about only 6% of computer users worldwide, but the acceptance of MacIntosh is estimated by some sources to be growing. Customers can download an Osirix open source DICOM viewer onto their computer today and run it for free. Open sources need FDA clearance to make clinical decisions. The aycan OsirixPRO is FDA cleared. Customers assume that a product that is open source should be free, so the greatest competitor is the sense of entitlement from customers that open source open sourced derived should be free even when the price point is very competitive. Aside from speed and low cost, the aycan PACS solution’s ability to integrate their PACS solution into any vendor environment provides an advantage over the many vendor specific solutions on the market.

The aycan PACS solution is all about speed, low cost, integration and live service and support. The company aycan offers integration and support with all its products, often overlooked but of equal importance to features, which are often all the same. The aycan PACS solution’s speed was confirmed in a recent study where it performed the fastest amongst other leading solutions. The test parameter came from Apple and aycan used the identical test set to measure their new OsiriX PRO version together with aycan Store™ and the results came out as shown in the graphics below or visit this website for more details.