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PET on PACS
Does anyone read PET/CT’s on standard PACS? Have demo’d a couple of systems that seem clunky (Ambra, Phillips Carestream). Currently using GE UV, which has its own problems, but am happy with PET. I am told GE UV is not migrating away from IE despite it being end of service in 2021, and the latter poses an issue for our zealous IT security team.
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We’ve been reading them on PACS for a couple of years (Philips iSite). Yes, it is more clunky than our prior dedicated workstation. However, the ability to have multiple people read at once and not have to physically go to another workstation has been a big benefit. Overall it has worked out well for us.
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Mim works very well. Prefer it to our dedicated workstation. It may seem overly complex at first, but once you learn it, its great. I believe it is expensive and you must pay for each individual user license.
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You can use TeraRecon, but it is nowhere as good as dedicated vendor software. The reason facilities do not want to use vendor software is the upfront cost and ongoing license fees.
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Intelerad has a nice PET reader. It isn’t quite as quick as MIM, or syngo.via, but it’s in the package if you get that option, and lots of groups use it happily. It also iterates quickly so it’s improving fast.
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I like Mim as well. You need to pay for each concurrent license, but the software is good.
When our diagnostic monitors move to color in 2021, I plan to install MIM on the PACS workstation. It will be another app that runs, not integrated into PowerScribe or Epic, but should cut down on specialty workstations, and take advantage of the latest display capabilities. Same for Breast MR CAD.
We use Change Healthcare PACS, and they offer a Segami plugin to read Nuc and PET on PACS, but we haven’t looked at that for several years. Our rads like MIM too much.-
If your PACS is integrated to you VR and MIM lives on the same station it works fine.
You just drive workflow from the PACS/VR and view from the MIM.
MIM also can do some integration into PACS. We got a little side tracked on working that due to a PACS overhaul.-
Have used MIM for maybe 15(?) years. Superb software, wonderful support, highly productive design. Completely configurable (hot keys, shortcuts, pop-up radial menu).
I particularly like using a programmable mouse (Razer Naga) with side mounted numeric keyboard for hot-keys.
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