Imaging

The Journal of Surgical Radiology: a peer-reviewed journal of interest to medical technologists

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For those of our readers not familiar with the Journal of Surgical Radiology (www.jsurgrad.com) we encourage them to put on their radar this online & print journal that explores the intersection of surgery and radiology. One reason is that the publisher has seen the impact of the internet on traditional journals and is aiming to be ahead of the curve, instead of trying to react. Another is that the articles will likely be of interest to the technologically oriented medical professionals [Read more]

ResolutionMD demonstrates how highly advanced CT & MRI manipulation can be done on a smartphone

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The ability to review patients’ imaging studies on smartphones is a natural progression for mobile physicians. Most hospital PACS (Picture archiving and communication system) now allow viewing not only on any hospital computer but often from home PCs. The ability to view the same images from your iPhone would be a great boon for many physicians and several contenders are already en route to market or have arrived. In addition the extremely dense pixel resolution of the iPhone 4 Retina [Read more]

Upcoming Medical App to Offer Extremely High Resolution Imaging in the Palm of Your Hand

MacVideo has an excellent article on an imaging technology that is in the works for the iPhone. It’s called ViSUS and being developed by the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah, now a hotbed for mobile imagining applications. They’ve also developed the ImageVis3D Mobile app and the now famous AnatomyLab App. This improvement in technology should benefit radiologists the most. We’ve reviewed other mobile radiology app viewers, such as OsiriX, but this app promises to offer [Read more]