StorageTek participates in high-speed electronic transfer of medical images from Houston to Chicago -- Network Systems Group ATM security system controls access to patient data.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1996--Storage Technology Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :STK), the world leader in tape automation, today announced that it is participating in a demonstration of high-speed electronic transfer of medical image data. The images will be transferred at 155 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the Texas Medical Center complex to the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago. The Network Systems Group of StorageTek contributes the capability to control access to the network used to transfer the images. Its ATLAS system (ATM Line Access & Security) protects the data from deliberate or accidental change by unauthorized users. Without this network control an X-ray, for example, could be altered and a diagnosis made in error. The demonstration coincides with the 82nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), founded in 1915, has the purpose to "promote and develop the highest standards of radiology and related sciences through education and research". in Chicago. The theme this year is "Communications services for the 21st century: An information exchange." More than 30,000 radiologists, IS managers, administrators and health-care professionals from around the world attend this meeting. The network required to transfer the images was originally developed to shorten the oil exploration process and promote oil company cooperation. ARIES Aries (âr`ēz) [Lat.,=the ram], constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Pisces; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It contains the bright star Hamal (Alpha Arietis). , ATM Research and Industrial Enterprise Study, as the network is known, was pressed into service on Feb. 26, 1996, in a medical emergency when an employee on a seismic-data acquisition vessel in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east was taken ill. Vital signs, live video and other data were sent electronically through the ATM network to an on-shore hospital for diagnosis. ATLAS system from Network Systems Group currently is installed in beta sites An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. and other testing situations. Storage Technology Corp., with headquarters in Louisville, Colo., designs, manufactures, markets and services, worldwide, information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of subsystems for enterprisewide computer systems and networks. The company reported revenue of $1.93 billion in its fiscal year ended Dec. 29, 1995. Information on StorageTek is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.stortek.com Information on Network Systems Group is available at http://www.network.com CONTACT: Network Systems Group Tom Gau, 612/391-1198 tom.gau@network.com or StorageTek David Reid David Reid may refer to:
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