Kodak's medical imaging technology to be used at summer Olympic games

Technology from Eastman Kodak Co.'s Health Imaging Group will be used during next month's Olympic Games in Athens to send digital images and accompanying reports to Attiko University Hospital in Athens, which will assist in serving Olympic athletes and officials.

The technology includes a Kodak picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and a Kodak radiology information system (RIS) at the Polyclinic and a Kodak PACS/RIS workstation at the University Hospital.

In addition to its PACS/RIS, Kodak's Health Imaging Group will equip the Polyclinic with systems that capture x-rays digitally. Kodak said it has also installed its DirectView DR 9000 System at KAT Hospital, one of the largest trauma treatment hospitals in Greece, which also will assist in serving individuals associated with the Olympic Games.

The Polyclinic is expected to perform medical imaging studies for up to 140 patients a day and to complete more than 2,000 imaging exams over the course of the Games.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup