CT simulation workstation.AcQ[Sim (1) (Society for Information Management, Chicago, IL, www.simnet.org) Founded in 1968 as the Society for MIS, it is a membership organization made up of corporate and division heads of IT organizations. .sup.3] combines the CT simulation features of the AcQSim workstation with the Pinnacle radiation therapy planning system See spreadsheet and financial planning system. to create a sing shared platform designed to offer users an efficient integrated workflow solution. It enables patient data to be shared within a common database, giving immediate data access to interfaced oncology oncology /on·col·o·gy/ (ong-kol´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors. on·col·o·gy n. workstations on a health system network. Features include absolute patient marking, which allows users to scan patients without fiducial fi·du·cial adj. 1. Based on or relating to faith or trust. 2. Relating to or characteristic of a legal trust; fiduciary. 3. Regarded or employed as a standard of reference, as in surveying. markers by marking the actual treatment isocenter at the time of scan acquisition: the creation of dig tally reconstructed radiographs utilizing digital pixel ray tracing A rendering method that simulates light reflections, refractions and shadows. It follows a light path from a specific source and computes each pixel in the image to simulate the effect of the light. It is a very process-intensive operation. See reflection mapping and radiosity. so users can look at 3-D CT data from any angle; and enabling the rendering of partial volumes of data so users can eliminate unwanted tissue from final images. Next year, AcQ[Sim.sup.3] will offer digital composite radiographs that simultaneously display vascular, soft tissue, bony and abnormal structures. Philips Medical Systems, Andover, Mass. www.rsleads.com/311ht-176 |
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