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The legal-clinical conflict of image compression

March 5th, 2010
Dr Claes Lundström, Director of Radiology IT, Sectra

An interesting session on image compression was held at ECR Thursday March 4:
“Image compression: Acceptable? Unacceptable? Any decision yet?”.
Dr David Koff presented results from the impressively thorough national Canadian evaluation*. Seen as a summary of the Radiology community’s view on image compression, the session reflected a refreshingly pragmatic view on how to use image …

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Ready for the data explosion?

May 26th, 2009

In this video, you will meet Dr. Anders Persson, Senior radiology physician and head of Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV) explaining his views on the challenges facing today’s radiology.

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Consequences of the data explosion

May 10th, 2009
Claes Lundström, PhD, Director of Product Management & Research, Sectra Medical

The data explosion involves two major issues. One is the limitations of the hardware and network components. Enhancements in the performance of the IT infrastructure is by far outpaced by the rapid increase in data volumes.
The second issue is the limitations of the human mind. The image data sizes are now at a level at …

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The future life cycle of image data

March 26th, 2009
Claes Lundström, PhD, Director of Product Management and research, Sectra Medical

The steadily increasing size of image stacks is generally agreed to be one of the most important issues of the future for radiology. The development is, of course, driven by the desire to improve diagnostics and the quality of care. The advantages of thin slices and advanced examinations are great in many situations, so it …

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