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Eye Imaging PACS Technology Supports DICOM Optical Coherence Tomography Standard

By MedImaging International staff writers
Posted on 21 Nov 2012
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As a standalone application integrated with an electronic health record (EHR), an eye care picture archiving and communication system (PACS) incorporates all diagnostic devices and clinical applications utilized in an ophthalmic practice into one end-to-end system, giving physicians the ability to review all of their patient’s images and diagnostic reports side-by-side at 24/7, via a web browser or web-enabled device.

Merge Healthcare, Inc. (Chicago, IL, USA), a provider of clinical systems, recently released an update to the Merge Eye Care PACS that includes support for the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) OPT (ophthalmic tomography, also known as optical coherence tomography [OCT]) standard as well as support for video.

“Merge is proud to be one of the first vendors to support the OCT standard, as this standard is becoming an increasingly indispensable modality at eye care facilities to obtain valuable images and data,” said Jeff Surges, CEO of Merge Healthcare. “Eye Care is a critical segment for Merge and it’s important that we continue to evolve our market-leading solution.”

“We’ve been using solutions from Merge for several years as the backbone for our digital imaging strategy,” said Dr. Joel A. Miller, MD, from Retina Consultants of Michigan (Southfield, USA). “This new support for OCT data in the same viewer as all of our modalities is exciting and will improve our workflow. Our efficiency as healthcare providers improves as we offer more services to our patients without additional cost.”

Merge Eye Care PACS, by supporting the OCT standard, can be used as a single viewer, delivering multiple eye care modalities, in a vendor-neutral viewing environment. Similar to other review application in Merge Eye Care PACS, the controls for viewing and manipulating OCT images enable users to view images side-by-side, scan through frames, and slices, and perform detailed measurements. Moreover, as the industry OCT standard continues to develop, Merge Eye Care PACS will become adapt as well.

In addition to OCT image viewing, Merge Eye Care PACS 4.0 allows for full HD video viewing and web-based SD/HD video upload and remote management.

Merges enterprise and cloud-based solutions for image intensive specialties provide access to any image, anywhere, any time. Merge also provides clinical trials software, health stations, and other health data and analytics solutions that engage consumers in their personal health.

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