Using Mobile Technology to Aid Clinical Analysis
A Single Source for All Information
Client Profile
A prominent medical organization in the United States, comprised of over 2,000 associated physicians, offers a wide range of medical specialties. This non-profit group annually provides healthcare to over a million patients, and a significant number of its doctors also hold teaching positions in one of the country’s top medical institutions.
Category
Healthcare
Project Overview
Each day, the university’s medical professionals and support team handle intricate medical conditions. They utilize various clinical systems to produce essential images for analysis and treatment. The client aimed to resolve issues linked to scattered image storage by creating a single central repository. This repository would allow doctors to access these images remotely using their mobile devices.
Business Requirements
Experience a groundbreaking healthcare transformation with our advanced medical imaging technology solution, featuring a centralized repository of medical images! This state-of-the-art system empowers physicians to securely access these images remotely, allowing them to refine their diagnoses and treatment plans based on specialization, disease types, or patient-specific data.
THE MAVA PARTNERS’ SOLUTION
Streamlining Medical Imaging with a PACS-Based Platform for Connectivity, Comparison, and Cooperation
- Solution Description:
Our offering revolves around the utilization of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), a cutting-edge medical imaging technology. - Imaging Data Transmission:
Every imaging device sends DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) data to a central PACS repository. - Data Handling and Storage:
A centralized server processes and archives DICOM content originating from diverse imaging devices. - Access via Web and iPad Applications:
Our web and iPad applications seamlessly access server-hosted data through web-based services. - Collaboration and Interactivity:
Empowering medical imaging connectivity, comparison, and cooperative tools.
Technologies
Login authentication with server or backend LDAP/RADIUS
PACS architecture
DICOM image storage protocol
HL7 data transfer protocol
iOS
Django
Positive Outcomes for Business
- Effortless transition from desktop setups to mobile devices enables immediate access.
- Physicians have the flexibility to capture and examine data while on the go.
- Enhanced coordination between different departments fosters better collaboration.
- Minimized operational costs through enhanced data administration.
Key Features
- Streamlined Search and Filtering: Easily locate patient records by searching and filtering through patient ID, Doctor ID, machine, or clinic name.
- Comprehensive Patient Data: Access patient diagnoses, treatment recommendations, medical images, and frames, all in one place.
- Multi-frame Comparative Study: The image viewer allows simultaneous display of 2 to 4 frames, facilitating detailed comparative analysis of image series.
- Image Playback Control: Enjoy an infinite loop for viewing images with customizable playback speed, ensuring precise examination.
- Doctor’s Image Tools: Empower doctors to zoom, pan, measure, edit, and annotate images.
- Efficient Communication: Share snapshots of measurements and doctors’ comments via email for seamless collaboration.
- Enhanced Security: Enable both manual and automatic timed logouts to maintain data security.
- Image Processing Excellence: Employ raw image processing and lossless JPEG compression techniques for the highest image quality.
- Fine-tuned Image Enhancement: Apply brightness and contrast filters tailored to pixel window dimensions according to the DICOM protocol.
- Accurate Area Calculation: Utilize pixel density extrapolation in the DICOM protocol to calculate areas precisely.