PACS Designed with DICOM Interface Implementation Toolkit

A picture archiving and communications system (PACS) now has a toolkit with the latest Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard supplements.

Merge Healthcare (Milwaukee, WI, USA) announced the release of MergeCOM-3 Version 4.1, with the latest standard supplements to its industry-leading DICOM interface implementation toolkit. As a member of the DICOM Standards Committee, Merge has maintained a policy of incorporating all significant changes to the DICOM standard within three months of adoption by the Committee.

"This release of MergeCOM-3 further demonstrates the investment we are making into standards-based interoperability and health information exchange,” said Justin Dearborn, CEO of Merge Healthcare. "Driving early adoption of standards in specialized areas such as ultrasound CAD [computer-aided detection] is a critical first step in delivering a cost-effective and relevant IT infrastructure for healthcare providers.”

Version 4.1 adds support for the following DICOM standard supplements: Supplement 43--storage of three-dimensional 3D ultrasound images; Supplement 119--instance and frame level retrieve SOP [standard operating procedure] classes; Supplement 126-- colon computer-aided detection SR SOP Class.

Additionally, the MergeCOM-3 HL [Health Level] 7 Toolkit now provides full dictionary support for all v2 releases of the standard, giving customers the ability to implement interfaces for any HL7-enabled medical device or information system.

Because of its dedication to the advancement of open standards software development, MergeCOM-3 is widely used in medical devices and systems today. Earlier in 2009, Merge added support for the HL7 standard as well, making the MergeCOM-3 toolkits the only source for DICOM/HL7 development. MergeCOM-3 is available for a variety of operating systems and programming platforms, including Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux and Unix operating systems; C/C++, C#/.Net, and Java programming platforms; supporting both 32- and 64-bit run-time environments. The most recent version of MergeCOM-3 toolkit and related documentation is available for download at www.mergecom3.com.

Merge Healthcare develops software systems that automate healthcare data and diagnostic workflow to create a more comprehensive electronic record of the patient experience.

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