Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology Selects Nexsan for State-of-the-Art Digital Image Storage.MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. replaces EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Clariion Arrays with SATABeasts; Realizes five times the performance at one-third the cost WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology (MDR), one of the most acclaimed diagnostic radiology groups in the country, has selected Nexsan's cost-correct, highly scalable and high-availability SATABeast as primary storage for their busy radiology practice. Nexsan SATABeasts have been installed to support imaging technologies and to store a total of 90,000 studies and 25 million images such as PET/CT PET/CT Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography (Positron Emission Tomography positron emission tomography: see PET scan. positron emission tomography (PET) Imaging technique used in diagnosis and biomedical research. ), Magnetic Resonance Imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures. (MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. ), Computed Tomography (CT), Nuclear Medicine, Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , Bone Densitometry and Cardiovascular diagnostic imaging. With this state-of-the-art installation, the physicians and staff of MDR have set a new standard in diagnostic expertise, advanced imaging technology and referring physician relations. IT Director Joseph Gomez was challenged to support the busy practice, which generates an average of one hundred gigabytes of data per week. MDR also uses several custom applications to access diagnostic studies, made up of hundreds of images each that are extremely transaction-intensive. The program processes standardized 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. images using a buffer system and read-ahead processes that are particularly demanding on the storage arrays. In addition to the SATABeast supporting ongoing business demands, MDR is also simultaneously migrating 200,000 images per day onto the SATABeast from legacy DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. systems. MDR selected the SATABeast systems to cost effectively replace their existing EMC Clariion arrays, which are being phased out of primary storage and into a backup role. "With the EMC systems, access time to imaging studies was between four and five minutes, but with SATABeast, access is now almost instantaneous. We're getting at least a performance improvement factor of about five, at one-third the cost of EMC storage," Gomez said. "The SATABeasts have met or exceeded all expectations thanks to excellent pre-sales and terrific technical support." MDR is in the process of expanding their facilities to include a new dedicated PET/CT and Nuclear Medicine Division, and will be purchasing additional SATABeasts as dedicated systems to support their Cardiovascular Diagnostic Imaging Division, specializing in 64 Detector CT Angiography angiography or arteriography X-ray examination of arteries and veins with a contrast medium to differentiate them from surrounding organs. The contrast medium is introduced through a catheter to show the blood vessels and the structures they supply, including , and their Referring Physicians Reference archive. The purchases have been facilitated by RADirect, a value-added reseller specializing in networking access equipment and storage networking solutions based in Mahwah, N.J. "MDR is an excellent example of getting more without settling for less," said Brendan Kinkade, Vice President of Marketing at Nexsan. "MDR is continually seeking out tools and technologies that deliver exceptional service to their patients, while finding new ways to improve the day-to-day operations of the practice. Nexsan is honored that SATABeast is now part of their patient care operation." SATABeast's innovative combination of technologies delivers unsurpassed performance, reliability and cost savings for primary and near-line storage, disk-to-disk backup, secondary storage and fixed content archive applications. The SATABeast's unique design extends individual drive life and provides significant savings year over year, while its AutoMAID[TM] (Massive Array of Idle Disks In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line data storage. MAID is designed for Write Once, Read Occasionally (WORO) applications. ) function allows SATABeast to place its disk drives into an idle state to conserve energy, yet provide near-instantaneous access to data. About Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology Long recognized as one of the premier diagnostic radiology centers in the U.S., the physicians of Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology have set a new standard in diagnostic expertise, advanced imaging technology, patient care and referring physician relations. MDR's mission is to provide the very best in definitive diagnostic imaging utilizing the latest technology, in an environment designed with patient care, comfort and privacy in mind. With three locations conveniently located on Manhattan's Upper Eastside, the physicians of MDR are among the first in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to utilize the GE 16 Slice Discovery ST, the most advanced PET/CT system available in modern radiology, and are among the very few full-service radiology practices to specialize in MRI, CT, Nuclear Medicine, General Diagnostics, Breast Imaging, Ultrasound, and Outpatient CT and Ultrasound Guided Biopsy. At the forefront of radiological technology, Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology was also among the first practices to introduce Breast MRI in an outpatient setting, and is one of the only practices to routinely conduct complex MR Defecography studies in the entire Tri-State Area. Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology is proud to be accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by 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. , a national organization that awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards. For more information, please see http://www.mdrny.com. About RADirect, Inc. RADirect, Inc., headquartered in Mahwah, N.J., is a value-added reseller specializing in networking access, security and data storage solutions. RADirect's commitment is to provide our customers with quality solutions and services in a convenient, accurate and swift manner. For more information about RADirect, please see the company's website at www.rad-direct.com. About Nexsan Technologies Nexsan Technologies, headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has changed the way IT managers are storing and protecting corporate data. From the outset, Nexsan has moved to the forefront because it recognized the need for corporate managers to ado more with less.' Nexsan was the first to deliver award-winning storage solutions that provide correct-cost pricing, without sacrificing features and performance - attributes that make good business sense for virtually every size company. Every Nexsan product is a total solution, with unprecedented ease of use, features, performance and reliability, all priced to fit the requirements of IT managers worldwide. For more information, please see the company's website at www.nexsan.com. Nexsan and SATABeast are trademarks of Nexsan Technologies. |
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