Products
Visbion offers following products within the IPACS solution:
Image Archive
Image Archive is Visbion's local hardware solution. Image Archive is flexible and scalable to ensure that it meets your needs for a state-of-the-art radiology PACS system. Image Archive is available as three options:
1. Entry Level
Image Archive - Entry Level is suitable for a small radiology unit that:¨ Is a single site
¨ Has between 3 and 5 users, with a maximum of 5 logged in at one time
¨ Acquires around 3,000 X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 2 modalities that will be connected to IPACS
¨ Requires a single Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstation to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage for up to 100,000 X-rays/images
IPACS is installed on an Image Archive standard 1U rack server with dual Xeon processors and 2GB of RAM. The system has mirrored SATA hard disks for redundancy and a fast 1Gbps network connection. Additional disk space or processing power can be added if required.
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image Archive, but is an additional option.
2. Mid Range
Image Archive - Mid Range is suitable for a radiology department that:¨ Is a single site, or has a couple of additional networked sites
¨ Has up to 20 users, with a maximum of 15 logged in at one time
¨ Acquires around 30,000 X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 5 modalities that will be connected to IPACS
¨ Requires up to 3 Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstations to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage for up to 200,000 X-rays/images
IPACS is installed on an Image Archive server that is a standard Dell dual quad-core Xeon server with 2GB RAM and RAID-5 1TB hard disks. Additional disk space or processing power can be added if required.
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image Archive, but is an additional option.
3. Enterprise
Image Archive - Enterprise is suitable for a large, busy radiology department that:¨ Is a single site or multi-site practice
¨ Has more than 20 users
¨ Acquires around 30,000+ X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 8 modalities that will be connected to IPACS, although more connections can be accommodated for larger sites
¨ Requires more than 3 Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstations to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage to suit the practice's needs
IPACS Image Archive - Enterprise provides the foundation for a highly scalable image management system with built-in web review capability, integrated electronic medical records and full DICOM 3.0 and HL7 connectivity to imaging devices and hospital information systems respectively. Image Archive - Enterprise is based on high-redundancy, high-availability IBM hardware to provide the solid platform for future expansion.
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image Archive, but is an additional option.
Image World
Image World is Visbion's hosted solution. Image Archive is flexible and scalable to ensure that it meets your needs for a state-of-the-art radiology PACS system. Image World is available as three options:1. Entry Level
Image World - Entry Level is suitable for a small radiology unit that:¨ Is a single site
¨ Has between 3 and 5 users, with a maximum of 5 logged in at one time
¨ Acquires around 3,000 X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 2 modalities that will be connected to IPACS
¨ Requires a single Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstation to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage for up to 100,000 X-rays/images
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image World, but is an additional option.
2. Mid Range
Image World - Mid Range is suitable for a radiology department that:¨ Is a single site, or has a couple of additional sites
¨ Has up to 20 users, with a maximum of 15 logged in at one time
¨ Acquires around 30,000 X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 5 modalities that will be connected to IPACS
¨ Requires up to 3 Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstations to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage for up to 200,000 X-rays/images
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image World, but is an additional option.
3. Enterprise
Image World - Enterprise is suitable for a large, busy radiology department that:¨ Is a single site or multi-site practice
¨ Has more than 20 users
¨ Acquires around 30,000+ X-rays/images annually
¨ Has up to 8 modalities that will be connected to IPACS, although more connections can be accommodated for larger sites
¨ Requires more than 3 Image Viewer Diagnostic Workstations to be connected to IPACS*
¨ Requires storage to suit the practice's needs
* Please note that Image Viewer is not included as part of Image Archive, but is an additional option.
Image Cube
Image Cube is a proprietary box developed by Visbion to enable a fully hosted solution to be provided to our customers. The Image Cube is supplied as part of Image World. One Image Cube is required per modality that is to be connected to IPACS. Additional Image Cubes can be added to the Image World solution as your practice expands. The Image Cube ensures that all modiality images are transmitted in a heavily encrypted, DICOM-compliant format, thereby ensuring the security and privacy of the clinical data.
Image Viewer
Image Viewer enables diagnostic quality images, to be viewed, manipulated and annotated on a specified diagnostic workstation. Image Viewer includes a comprehensive toolset for image manipulation, including window leveling, image orientation and magnifying. In addition, work lists for radiologists and through clinical workflow have been included to maximize the efficiency and accuracy of reporting. Simultaneous viewing of patient studies is also possible. Transcription and voice recognition components are available to further facilitate flexible and efficient reporting.
Image Importer
Image Importer enables the conversion of analogue and digital video images captured from any modality to DICOM format. Multiple device and multiple image formats can be set to communicate with one single workstation.
