Cardiac imaging management & archival system

Overview

The Opticor system is a digital image acquisition and storage system that provides the capability to perform dynamic acquisition, review, exchange and archive multimodality images at full diagnostic image resolution. It is fully compatible with the ACC/NEMA DICOM standard.

Acquisition/archival highlights

Connectivity to all cardiac and other image modalities such as mammography.

Multi-vendor connectivity per site and multi-location networking.

DICOM compressed images.

Review with post processing capabilities.

Expendable short-term and long-term storage supporting different technologies.

Fail-safe redundant system with multiple image copies.

Local and wide area network for hospital and multi-office connectivity.

Open architecture, Windows based, standard PCs.

Image review

High resolution real-time images.

'Click and play' with post processing.

Diagnostic features (QCA and LVA -post processing manipulation including measurements).

Procedure report capability.

Pre-fetch and different screen formats allowing comparison.

Images can be easily transferred to Windows application such as PowerPoint.

Universal review station

The universal review station includes all of the necessary hardware and software for review of patient images of different modalities (e.g., XA, US, MR, CT, NM, etc.) in real-time. Universal review station includes speed control, image processing, pre-fetch, side-by-side comparison and other clinical and diagnostic functions.

The universal review station is connected to the network, which provides access to the other stations and to a storage device within the system. When combined with DICOM Server images from hospital central storage (e.g., PACS, NAS) can be viewed on the universal review station.

Study/procedure report generation during image review. Review study, complete report in one sitting, quickly and efficiently.

Post-processing manipulation, such as Echo measurements and calculations, and nuclear cardiology post processing and analysis software.

Quick, intuitive reporting interface allows report generation during image review. The reporting interface eliminates transcription costs and delays. Upon completion of image review and report generation, the procedure/study reports are saved, electronically signed and automatically distributed.

The universal review station includes the following components: 

PC with Windows 2000/XP operating system.

Two high-resolution monitors (flat screen).

Multi-modality side by side viewing.

Processing functions, playback control.

Window & level, zoom & roam, speed control.

Capacity of hundreds of studies.

DICOM CD-ROM reader (player and software).

Network interface.

Database (SQL).

Software only solution for any standard PC is also available.

Interfaces

HIS, RIS and DICOM work list and custom interfaces

In order to share information OptiMed provides interfaces to the different information systems in the hospital. OptiMed has developed interfaces to hospital information systems, radiology information systems, database systems and can exchange data with other systems using DICOM modality worklist.
OptiMed's system can share and exchange data with hospital repository for comprehensive patient record. The interfaces are usually based on standard protocols (e.g., HL7, DICOM, SQL, ASCII) however OptiMed can design and customize specific interfaces for systems that do not support standard protocols.

These interfaces allow exchange (i.e., HL7, DICOM worklist) and sharing of data (for example demographics, history, log, results) between the different systems and vendors.
With existing systems not providing standard communication, OptiMed may develop custom interfaces. Examples are: automatic report population of ultrasound measurements generated at the ultrasound unit and auto population of cath reports with data generated at the cath lab hemodynamic system.

Highlights

Supports standard medical interfaces (e.g., HL7, DICOM).

OptiMed's information broker can exchange data using DICOM modality work list.

Interfaces to any medical information system in the hospital.

Exchange of data with hospital information system and repository (orders and results).

Interfaces to standard database systems (e.g., DICOM, SQL, Oracle).

Gateway

Today's medical market provides many hospitals with different modalities, PACS, information systems, specific viewers and data repositories without the capability to interface or share the data.
OptiMed's Gateway was designed to help interfacing between the different systems allowing the exchange of data between different locations using standard interfaces (e.g., HL7, DICOM, SQL, ASCII, others) for that purpose.

It allows the transfer of data from one station to another (of a different vendor) with a high level of security (HIPAA). It also allows to send images and data from different departments to any long-term storage (e.g., Jukebox, NAS, RAID, PACS, etc.) located inside or outside the hospital.
The Gateway also provides a mechanism for images and data to be retrieved from any department on any station and when combined with other OptiMed's system components it can provide an enterprise solution.

Highlights

Connect different modalities and systems in the hospital (e.g., DICOM, HL7, SQL, ASCII, others).

Connect different departments in the hospital (e.g: cardiology, radiology, mammography, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, others).

Share information between departments, information systems and hospital repositories.

Exchange images and data between different systems.

Provides an enterprise solution when combined with other OptiMed's system components.

Access data over the internet via the web server.

DICOM

DICOM server (the enterprise solution)

OptiMed's DICOM server provides the archive and review capabilities of different DICOM modalities such as Echo, cath, vascular, MRI, nuclear, ultrasound, CT and others.

The DICOM server can connect to other archival systems and PACS for exchange and review of images stored in these systems.

Highlights

Review all image modalities at one review station.

No need to go from department to department to view the patient's studies.

Pre-fetch all studies on a patient.

Compare studies of different modalities, such as IVUS/cath or cath/echocardiograph.

Cost savings.

One server can access all DICOM modalities.

OptiMed's archival can store all modalities.

Reduce redundancy of equipment.

One viewer can usually reproduce all modalities, eliminating the need to have multiple stations.

Web server

Web server - internet fast access

The web server, physically located within the hospital, provides secure access to patient records over the Internet for users outside the hospital, while using the hospital's intranet to provide access for local users.

The web server communicates with all imaging modalities within the hospital, including cardiology, ultrasound, radiology and oncology using DICOM interface.

The hospital's IT department can control access, security (HIPAA), and privileges for all users. The web server can be accessed by simple web player or OptiMed's provided client application.

Highlights

By using a standard web browser, such as Internet Explorer, physicians may review images from their offices, homes, affiliated hospitals, or any location with Internet access.

Multi-modality viewing: cath, Echo, MRI, CT, nuclear and other modalities may be viewed as well as procedure and study reports.

OptiMed's patient security software conforms to HIPAA regulations.

The web server is a stand-alone product that can be connected to any DICOM network.

The web server can be integrated into OptiMed's image management and archival system.

Rapid access to patient images by referring physicians and other remote users.

Communication among departments in different geographical locations.

Interventional cath lab physicians can review diagnostic images from any referring hospital.

Diagnostic labs may be viewed post intervention results.

Standard and simple format for universal viewing of patient files without requiring proprietary software or hardware.

Export of images for reporting or presentation programs such as PowerPoint as well as full e-mail capabilities.

Krypton reporting system

Highlights

Eliminates transcription costs.

Eliminates waiting time associated with transcription. Once the report is finalized, the report may be automatically signed electronically, printed, faxed, without any additional computer interaction.

Generates image dependent reports as well as non-image dependent study reports.

For image related reporting, it may be integrated with the imaging system, or as an independent reporting interface.

Fully customizable data entry interfaces and report templates.

Image insertion on the report.

Image play while reviewing a report (such as cath, Echo clips).

Image annotation.

Store and review multi-modality reports from one database.