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Medical Imaging Thought Leader Shares Insight on PACS’ Future

Allan Noordvyk

For Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), the future looks very bright. Medical Imaging PACS is quickly becoming the standard for healthcare organizations across the country. In fact, thousands of healthcare enterprises have already upgraded to PACS technology – with more organizations joining the list every day.

Earlier this month, Imaging Economics sat down with Allan Noordvyk, director of radiology/product management for the McKesson Medical Imaging Group – along with Tim Kulbago of Merge Healthcare and Michael Green of Agfa HealthCare North America – to discuss the future for PACS.

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Deep Roots: The History of Medical Imaging

Tree RootsHow well do you know your medical imaging history?

Modern Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) provide seamless integration between Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and digital mammography, and allow for immediate access to patient images. But advanced medical imaging technology wasn’t perfected overnight—or even over the course of several years.

Four decades ago, early digital radiology pioneers began paving the road to PACS, according to an Imaging Economics article on medical imaging history.

Take a look back on the history of medical imaging and PACS as we know it today:

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