Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

bob lehner — Sun, 27 May 2012 12:16:03 GMT

Phew - read the thread title and thought this was some new H & S scare I'd missed.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Thomas Johnson — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:17:37 GMT

We don't have digital xray, but when Vets Now have sent us digital xrays they've taken of our clients' pets I have attached jpegs to their records in Voyager (Jupiter).

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Robert Wilson — Sun, 27 May 2012 01:08:20 GMT

Yes, we have a digital processor (AGFA CR30X) and the associated software can export a JPEG directly to our Teleos PMS. This can then attach the images to the animal's history so the Xrays are available in the consulting room.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Acrobat77 — Sat, 26 May 2012 17:30:12 GMT

[quote user="Mark Hedberg"]Your premvet does that?

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Yep, no problem. It needs to be saved to a specific folder on the network that Premvet can access (called, imaginatively, Image Dump) then is attahced to the animal's record. When you access it gives an option to e-mail (useful for referrals) or view and then just uses the generic Windows Image Viewer.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Mark Hedberg — Sat, 26 May 2012 06:54:39 GMT

Your premvet does that?

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Acrobat77 — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:27:43 GMT

We have an Idexx system that uses cassettes to create a digital image. These save on the PC in the x-ray room as Dicom.

We then save them as JPEG (on that computer) and save them as attachments to the clients file through our PMS (still Premvet - old but effective!).

When we open them in the consult they open in Image Viewer or some such integrated image viewing software.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Alan Tevendale — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:55:04 GMT

We save our images onto the clients file as a JPEG image although stored on main system as a DICOM. We use Evolution as our PMS. It seems to be extremely quick for showing images and for a quick review although with lower resolution monitors in our consult rooms (high res monitor in xray room) they seem to be the limiting factor for detail rather than the image itself so I've no problem with JPEG over DICOM on that front.

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Bob Russell — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:44:11 GMT

In the last 5 minutes I have found 'ImageJ'. Really simple, uncomplicated and free! I will be removing the dicom software from all the other machines and putting this on!! (For windows operating systems)

http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/download.html

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

David Mills — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:25 GMT

Jupiter Voyager can view digital files, instantly attached to patient's file.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:30:17 GMT

[quote user="Mike Martin"]

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Umm....... you don't actually have to link the radiographs to any computerised PMS to show them to your client on your screen in the consulting room.[/quote]

So how do you do it?

Do you need suitable software to handle the DICOM files in your consult room PC? Or how...?

Thanks

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You need some sort of application in your consult room PC that can open a DICOM. I'll lay there are several free ones available. I use Osirix but if you're a Windows person that's not for you. But if you start by looking up Osirix it will probably direct you to the Windows equivalent.

Or the easy (cheating?) way would be to save your beautiful image as a jpeg. Then you can surely fetch it with any networked computer and do pretty well what you like with it.

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Mike Martin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:20 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Umm....... you don't actually have to link the radiographs to any computerised PMS to show them to your client on your screen in the consulting room.[/quote]

So how do you do it?

Do you need suitable software to handle the DICOM files in your consult room PC? Or how...?

Thanks

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

James Laidlaw — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:12:42 GMT

All our computers are linked on a network, can save images from the digital system and show them to clients on any computer or print them off even.

We have direct digital - it's the dogs proverbials...!

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Bob Russell — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:22 GMT

The main problem with our system is that as an ex-hospital one it cannot easily be networked (or Photon don't know how!). We load the dicom files onto a memory stick and add to the PMS as an attached file. A bit of a pain but does not take that long.

Sadly the wonderful Fuji software on the PC attached to the X-ray unit does not appear to have a stand-alone version so we have to use free software on the practice PC's (Sante Free viewer) which is far more involved and complicated than we need!

Re: Which digital x-rays systems link to PMS?

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:01 GMT

Umm....... you don't actually have to link the radiographs to any computerised PMS to show them to your client on your screen in the consulting room.