DesAcc, Inc. Use New dotDICOM Technology for ACR Conversion Services.Business/Technology Editors & Health/Medical Writers CHICAGO--(BW HealthWire)--June 2, 2000 DesAcc Inc, announce today that it will be using its newly developed dotDICOM(TM) technology to provide the American College of Radiology The American College of Radiology (ACR), founded in 1923, is a non-profit professional medical organization composed of diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. with data standardization for the Magnetic Resonance magnetic resonance, in physics and chemistry, phenomenon produced by simultaneously applying a steady magnetic field and electromagnetic radiation (usually radio waves) to a sample of atoms and then adjusting the frequency of the radiation and the strength of the installations that the College accredits in the United States. DesAcc provides the ACR See riser card. with a conversion service for digital data from most major MR vendors including GE, Hitachi, Philips, Siemens and Toshiba. This allows the ACR to accredit data stored in a large variety of file and media formats, including DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. , Optical Disk and tape. The use of dotDICOM also allows DesAcc to provide cost effective and efficient data migration services to hospitals and vendors who are seeking to standardize and upgrade their image archives to the DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. format. The ACR has been using DesAcc's service throughout 1999 and 2000. MR centers seeking accreditation send DesAcc disks or tapes containing their data. They receive in return a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). containing fully standardized DICOM data within an ACR-approved Web based format built around the company's dotDICOM portal technology. This CD is then forwarded to the ACR's MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. Accreditation Program for evaluation. All services DesAcc performs for the ACR's data standardization requirements, for both legacy and DICOM MR installations, will now be based on the new technology. About DesAcc, Inc. DesAcc, Inc. is a privately owned medical imaging software company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 1993 by medical imaging specialists from Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Indiana University School of Medicine The Indiana University School of Medicine is the medical school of Indiana University, part of the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Established in 1903, the school had an initial class of 25 students. and the Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan. The company has three core areas of business. It produces desktop and network DICOM medical imaging software for the global healthcare industry. It provides clinical services and products to pharmaceutical and research organizations, legacy medical imaging data migration services and professional accreditation services to healthcare centers and organizations throughout the US. The company has a worldwide distribution channel and clients in over 40 countries worldwide. About the American College of Radiology (ACR) The American College of Radiology (ACR) is a national organization serving more than 31,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, and medical physicists, with programs focusing on the practice of radiology and the delivery of quality care to patients. |
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