A framework and toolkit for secure, efficient and standards-based access to remote imaging data has the potential to enhance multi-institutional collaborations in biomedical imaging studies, according to the developers of an open-source application, VirtualPACS.

Precision Orthopedics in Salinas, Calif., has selected Viztek's Opal-Ortho PACS for digital image management.

GE Healthcare has implemented its Digital Imaging Repository to connect hospitals and medical centers throughout Southwestern Ontario Canada.

The Peine Clinic in Lower Saxony in Germany has interfaced its angiography systems with an image management and reporting system from Siemens Healthcare.

DR Systems has secured four new RIS/PACS contracts, including two data migrations from PACS, totaling almost $1.57 million.

Two Canadian facilities have installed NovaRad PACS and RIS technologies for reading, workflow, patient scheduling and procedures tracking.

Monroe Clinic of Monroe, Wis., is the first customer of Amicas to implement a standards-based framework that allows Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems' Radiant RIS to integrate with Amicas PACS.

Barco revealed an upgraded version of the Nio Color 3MP diagnostic display system, featuring a high-bright LCD panel, at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this week in Vienna, Austria.