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1 the weekly source for radiology professionals << vol. 20, no December 10, 2007 >> Would you like to submit a data sheet for publication? NOTE: "-" signifies an entry not completed by the vendor. General Information Company Name AMICAS Product Name Web Site Vision Series Web-Based Main Phone Number City, State (Corporate Office) Product Availability DICOM-Compliant Boston, MA Available now Standards-based, including DICOM 3.0 System Architecture Servers (Operating System) Servers (Hardware) Web-based Windows 2003 Standard off-the-shelf servers from Dell, IBM, HP/Compaq; software-only & turnkey available Administration Security System Failure Alert Remote Monitoring Database Management Storage (maximum 20 words) Active Directory, VPN, SSL, LDAP Vision Watch Web-based toolset includes: Proactive System Monitoring, Robust Reporting, Study Tracking/Audit Daily backups, database maintenance/upgrades handled remotely by AMICAS Technical Services Forever Priors architecture holds a copy of all studies online for instantaneous access, regardless of when the exam was done Images?!+4!@

2 Web-Based Access Web-based, from top to bottom 3-D Capabilities Embedded 3-D on all Web-based diagnostic workstations; additional integration to Voxar, TeraRecon & Vital Images available Key Image Selection Simple mechanism for radiologist to flag key images & include them on the report Image Compression Standard JPEG 2000 compression Manipulation Tools Selection Tools Easy-to-use interface provides: W/L, zoom, pan, rotate, sharpen, measure, 3D cursor, cross reference, view series with multiple presets; advanced features: easy-to-create hanging protocols, spine labeling, MIP/MPR/CVolume/Targeted Review, CT skim mode Drag-and-drop, hotkeys for layout, advanced intuitive hanging protocols Services Support Training Telephone Support Warranty Software Upgrade Software is 100% remotely supportable; proactive system monitoring provided with Vision Watch Mixture of on-site, off-site and remote training (WebEx) 24/7/365 - central call center 1 year Comprehensive maintenance agreement includes all upgrades & enhancements Miscellaneous Specialty Market Voice Recognition Electronic Patient Record IHE Conformance Other Features Medical centers, community hospitals, imaging centers, radiology practices Integration with all major VR vendors, such as PowerScribe, TalkStation, Commissure, etc. Embedded Web links to images; integrated with more than 20 different EMR products Standards based/actively working on support for all relevant IHE profiles Vision Reach proactively notifies clinician that result is available; RadStream A!+4!@

3 improves radiology report turnaround by 40% and reduces interruptions to radiologists by nearly 25%; end-to-end RIS//billing/document management solutions General Information Company Name Eastman Kodak Company Product Name Web Site Kodak Carestream Main Phone Number - City, State (Corporate Office) Product Availability DICOM-Compliant Rochester, NY Available now System Architecture Servers (Operating System) Servers (Hardware) Distributed or centralized server, active-active cluster recommended Sun Solaris 8, Microsoft Windows Sun, Dell (Web), Wintel (image, database) Administration Security System Failure Alert Remote Monitoring Database Management Storage (maximum 20 words) VPN, SSL, HTTPS, LDAP, 128-bit SSL, RC 4 algorithm Optional Oracle Long-term media: LTO and 9840; spinning disk, DVD jukes, tape jukes, remote storage services; EMC Centera and enterprise; IBM enterprise storage, others with integration assessment; archiving is scalable to an enterprise information management level Images Web-Based Access 3-D Capabilities, native to application & can be launched via display protocols Key Image Selection C!+4!@

4 Image Compression Manipulation Tools Selection Tools User-selectable compression ratio, full lossless & wavelet lossy; each image in a series is analyzed for best compression with the ability to convert total study to lossless with a single mouse click; supports JPEG2000 DICOM standards Study navigation & smart caching, Window/level zoom, pan, magnify; 3-D (optional) Thumbnails, key images, series level, study level & image level searches, patient study Services Support Training Telephone Support Warranty Software Upgrade Hardware: Kodak; Software: Kodak, on-site, off-site 1 year on most software & hardware Two software upgrades per year are planned Miscellaneous Specialty Market Voice Recognition Electronic Patient Record IHE Conformance Other Features Imaging centers, orthopedic practices, mammography clinics, oncology Optional, via URL activation Standards-based year 4 selected profiles (for details click here) Standards-based interfaces for DICOM, HL7, URL & LDAP, with additional integration capabilities available through Kodak; Kodak s VIParchive software platform allows archive to extend into a true enterprise archive for intelligent management General Information Company Name McKesson Product Name Web Site Horizon Medical Imaging Main Phone Number City, State (Corporate Office) Product Availability Alpharetta, GA Available now H!+4!@

5 DICOM-Compliant DICOM 3.0-compliant: DICOM conformance statements can be found online at System Architecture Servers (Operating System) Servers (Hardware) Windows-based client/server architecture with distributed database & application servers Microsoft Windows 2003 HP, IBM & Dell Administration Security System Failure Alert Remote Monitoring Database Management Storage (maximum 20 words) Standard Windows security; application-level, rules-based user rights Hardware monitoring with HP s System Insight Manager, IBM s Director Management or DELL s OpenManage; native software monitoring service providing self-healing & alert capabilities Alerts & other information from vendor-specific hardware monitoring & native software monitoring relayed to McKesson customer support Automated full daily backups & incremental hourly transaction backups enable rapid recovery No practical limit to amount of image storage; easily scalable; two tiers online & 3rd archive tier for disaster recovery. Images Web-Based Access McKesson's Web distribution client, Horizon Rad Station Distributed, provides the same diagnostic quality, user interface & functionality as the dedicated Horizon Rad Station Advanced workstation client 3-D Capabilities Built-in MPR series reformatting; integration with Vitrea & Voxar advanced 3-D tool solutions Key Image Selection Image Compression Manipulation Tools Selection Tools User selection of clinically significant images or automatic selection upon annotation Multiple compression levels available - site configurable; lossless for LAN/WAN client use, various lossy formats (DICOM JPEG lossy, DICOM JPEG2000 lossy and Pegasus wavelet lossy) for remote clients Many display options available including: annotations, Window/level (with presets), zoom/pan, flip/rotate, magnifying glass, display protocols (default/custom), edge smoothing and enhancement, animate, linking (unlinking/re-linking) Patient/study selection using user-customizable study lists that include filter and sorting capabilities; drag-and-drop series/image selection, quick slice locator, user-definable display protocols D!+4!@

6 Services Support Training Telephone Support Warranty Software Upgrade Personalized service based on assignment of each service technician to a small number of customer sites so customers always talk to someone who knows their service history Radiologists receive individualized training sessions customized to their workflow; McKesson also provides advanced on-site training for super-users and administrators & additional follow-up training prior to the go-live date Remote telephone support for software via one central McKesson support number, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week; proven track record of in-person response to calls within 15 seconds during call center hours or within 15 minutes evenings/weekends 12-month warranty for software & hardware maintenance with purchase of the Horizon Medical Imaging system; maintenance service agreements available following the warranty period During the warranty and maintenance service agreement periods, software updates/upgrades are included at no additional software cost; where possible, McKesson provides software updates remotely online to minimize expenses Miscellaneous Specialty Market Voice Recognition Electronic Patient Record New Hospitals of all sizes - Enterprise hospitals, regional and community hospitals, diagnostic imaging center & specialty clinics (orthopedics, cardiology, women s health), Optical Imaging Integration with PowerScribe, TalkTechnologies, SpeechQ, Trinity Fusion, Commissure & other voice recognition reporting products Public API provided for EPR vendors to access images through Horizon Medical Imaging IHE Conformance Participation since IHE's inception in 1999 (Year 1); participation on IHE committees; McKesson's products are IHE-ready; IHE Integration statement for Horizon Medical Imaging available at Other Features A fully integrated RIS/ solution provides radiologists with a full clinical solution & access to complete information for each patient; the radiology workstation can display procedures acquired on modalities from different vendors Copyright 2007, Valley Forge Publishing Group 2570 Boulevard of the Generals, Ste 220, Norristown, PA p f e. info@rt-image.com I!+4!@

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