Neurostar Virtual Radiology Network at cardiology center

Cardiovascular Surgical Specialists (CSS) based in Tulsa, Okla., a multi-site cardiology center, plans to install Neurostar's Virtual Radiology Network (VRN) for viewing, managing and archiving images from its 64-slice CT. CSS requires a scalable storage and communications system to manage its large cardiac CT datasets, which include up to 3,000 images for each study, according to a release.

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