Visbion and Sybermedica agree partnership

UK imaging technology companies Sybermedica and Visbion have partnered to create a new pay-per-use network that allows veterinary practices to access remote radiology reporting expertise via the Internet.

Veterinary practices of all sizes are replacing their older x-ray film processors with digital (CR or DR) systems, which eliminate the need for chemical development of film. The new system uses Sybermedica's PACSMail service to enable transmission of digital x-rays from the vet practice to any Visbion imaging network in place, allowing radiologists to view images and create reports via a web-interface. Reports are then sent back on-line to the referring vet.

Visbion is UK leader in veterinary image archive and display solutions and works in partnership with a number of leading imaging equipment vendors and resellers.

Visbion CEO Stefan Claesen said 'Visbion VPACS solutions have been installed by most of the large veterinary centres in the UK, including veterinary schools and specialist referral centres, but also some smaller veterinary practices. Linking these sites to Sybermedica's PACSMail service provides our customers with a simple and cost-effective means of building a 'virtual' clinical practice to sell their expertise to colleagues around the UK'.

Sybermedica's PACSMail service is already in widespread use in the medical
arena, especially in sports medicine, where radiologists, physiotherapists and
sports club doctors use the service to share images and reports on injured players. The service has been used to provide diagnostic services to many of the UK's leading sporting organisations including Premier League football and rugby clubs, the RFU,UKA and English Cricket Board.

Sybermedica's CEO Stephen Gatley said 'the key to PACSMail's success has
been its ease of use. It takes just a few minutes to set up an account and you can then share images with any other user, anywhere, anytime. Linking to Visbion's technology means that vets with CR systems can now send images directly to any centre with a Visbion PACS, allowing their specialists to view and report images using the system's dedicated veterinary image viewer. The new network enables veterinary practices to provide their clients with access to world-class diagnostic and treatment support services irrespective of practice size or location'.