RAD-X PACS
What is PACS ?
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)
PACS is a digital archiving and communication system used in medical imaging. Widely implemented in hospitals, clinics, and medical imaging centers, it facilitates the digital storage, retrieval, and sharing of X-Rays, MRIs, CT scans, Ultrasounds, and other medical images.
Standards and Protocols Related to PACS
🔹 DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine): The most widely used protocol for storing and transmitting medical images.
🔹 HL7 (Health Level Seven): Enables seamless integration with hospital information systems (HIS).
Benefits of PACS
✅ Reduces Paper and Film Usage – Eliminates the need for physical film by enabling digital archiving.
✅ Fast and Easy Access – Patient data is instantly accessible over the internet.
✅ Minimizes Data Loss – Prevents the risk of losing or damaging physical films.
✅ Remote Access – Doctors and specialists can securely access patient images from any location.
✅ Enhanced Patient Tracking – Stores patients’ medical images and reports in a single, centralized system.
Systems Integrated with PACS
🔹 RIS (Radiology Information System): Manages patient appointments, reports, and radiology workflows.
🔹 HIS (Hospital Information System): Consolidates patient records, laboratory results, and financial data within the hospital.
🔹 EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical Record / Electronic Health Record): Seamlessly integrates with electronic medical record systems, enabling comprehensive access to patient health data.
Film Usage: Eliminates the need for physical film by enabling digital archiving.
✅ Fast and Easy Access: Patient data becomes instantly accessible over the internet.
✅ Minimizes Data Loss: Eliminates the risk of physical films being lost or damaged.
✅ Remote Access: Doctors and specialists can access patient images from different locations.
✅ Facilitates Patient Tracking: Stores patients’ past medical images and reports in a single system.
Systems Integrated with PACS
- RIS (Radiology Information System): Manages patient appointments, reports, and radiology processes.
- HIS (Hospital Information System): Contains all patient records, laboratory results, and financial data within the hospital.
- EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical Record / Electronic Health Record): Works in integration with electronic medical record systems, allowing access to patients’ overall health data.
RAD-X PACS
RAD-X: A Modular PACS Solution for Radiology Departments
RAD-X is a PACS-based modular system designed to meet the comprehensive needs of hospital radiology departments, from image archiving to workflow management.
Built with cutting-edge web technologies, the RAD-X web interface delivers desktop-level performance within a web-based application. All DICOM images are transmitted to the client with zero data loss, ensuring high-quality imaging.
RAD-X combines the advanced functionality of traditional workstations with the flexibility of web access. With RAD-X, everything from scheduling to reporting can be managed seamlessly through a single, integrated web application.
What Can You Do with RAD-X?
RAD-X: Comprehensive Archiving and Reporting Across All Modalities
RAD-X offers advanced archiving and reporting capabilities for a wide range of medical imaging modalities, including radiology, cardiology, pathology, and oncology.
Flexible Workflow & Customization
🔹 Fully Customizable Workflow Engine – Seamlessly adapts to your existing workflows with structured reporting and effortless integrations.
🔹 Personalized User Experience – Customize views, shortcuts, screen layouts, and worklist queries to match your workflow needs.
AI Integration & Advanced Analysis
🔹 Seamless AI Integration – Easily connects with third-party AI applications to enhance diagnostics.
🔹 Structured DICOM Reporting – Efficiently access annotations and structured data.
🔹 AI Model Development – Leverage advanced segmentation and classification tools to develop and integrate custom AI models into RAD-X.
🔹 One-Click AI Application – Instantly apply AI models to medical images within the RAD-X platform.
With its powerful capabilities, RAD-X streamlines workflows, enhances reporting efficiency, and drives AI-powered innovations in medical imaging.
Key Features of RAD-X
Access to All Patient Data from a Single Interface
All the Patient Data You Need is at Your Hand
Simple and Functional Interface Design
RAD-X Web Interface: High-Performance, Web-Based Solution
The RAD-X web interface is built with the latest web technologies, delivering desktop-level performance through a web-based application.
🔹 Lossless DICOM Image Transmission – All DICOM images are transmitted to the client without data loss.
🔹 Workstation-Level Functionality – Enjoy the full functionality of dedicated workstations with the convenience of web access.
🔹 End-to-End Workflow Management – Manage everything from scheduling to reporting within a single web application.
With RAD-X, radiology professionals can experience seamless, high-performance medical imaging anytime, anywhere.
User-Friendly Design
RAD-X: Optimized Workflow for Different User Categories
RAD-X provides a variety of functions to accelerate workflows for different user categories.
🔹 Customizable User Interface – From toolbars to shortcuts, screen layouts, and worklist options, every component can be tailored to user preferences.
🔹 Multi-Language Support – RAD-X comes with built-in support for Turkish, English, Russian, and Arabic. Additional languages can be quickly added upon request.
With RAD-X, users enjoy an efficient, personalized experience that adapts to their needs and language preferences.
Flexible Architecture for Integration from Imaging Centers to National Health Systems
RAD-X is designed to meet the needs of hospitals of all sizes, from standalone imaging centers to integrated networks of multiple hospitals.
🔹 Customizable Workflow – RAD-X solutions are structured to provide the most efficient workflow tailored to your specific requirements.
🔹 VNA Architecture – With its Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) architecture, RAD-X integrates seamlessly with other systems, regardless of the vendor.
🔹 International Standards Compliance – RAD-X adheres to global standards, ensuring compatibility and smooth operation with various external systems.
🔹 Advanced Synchronization & Integration – RAD-X can effortlessly integrate with external systems, offering advanced synchronization to ensure data consistency across all platforms.
RAD-X’s flexible architecture allows it to integrate seamlessly into any healthcare environment, whether local or national.
Seamless Integration with Other Systems
RAD-X is fully compatible with IHE-based systems and supports multiple source and destination combinations.
🔹 HL7, DICOM, and KOS Operations – These operations can be monitored and managed through the Admin Panel, offering full control and visibility.
🔹 Data Filtering & Label Transformation – RAD-X enables defining business rules such as data filtering and label transformation for both HL7 and DICOM transfers.
🔹 Automated Data Mapping & Transfer – RAD-X ensures automatic data transfer and updates from one source to another by managing the desired data mappings.
This seamless integration with external systems allows for efficient data exchange and automated updates, streamlining healthcare workflows.
Integration with Third-Party AI Systems
RAD-X seamlessly integrates bidirectionally with third-party AI systems, enhancing diagnostic capabilities and automating workflows.
🔹 Automated Image Transfer – Set rules to automatically send specific images to an AI system, such as routing all mammography images to a dedicated AI system for analysis.
🔹 AI Findings Integration – All findings from third-party AI systems can be received and displayed as DICOM Structured Reports or Secondary Captures, including annotations and labels directly on the images.
🔹 User Control Over AI Findings – Users can control the visibility of AI findings via the RAD-X interface, providing flexibility in how AI results are presented.
🔹 Annotation & Overlay Tools for Researchers – RAD-X provides tools for researchers to create annotations and overlays on existing images, which can be exported and used to develop or improve AI applications.
RAD-X’s integration with AI systems enhances diagnostic workflows, facilitates automation, and provides valuable tools for research and AI model development.
Advanced Image Processing Tools
Advanced 3D Imaging
RAD-X supports a wide range of advanced imaging techniques, offering enhanced functionality for 3D medical imaging analysis.
🔹 VRT, MIP, and SSD Techniques – These techniques can be easily applied to 3D CT, PET, and MRI images, enabling advanced visualization and analysis.
🔹 Free-Hand Cutting & Automatic Zooming – Users can remove irrelevant parts from the volume using free-hand cutting and automatically zoom in on areas of interest for detailed examination.
🔹 Curved MPR with Stretching & Projection – Curved MPR techniques simplify the examination of complex structures, such as coronary arteries and the spine.
🔹 AI-Powered Segmentation – AI masks can be applied to 3D images for automatic segmentation of regions, improving accuracy and reducing manual workload.
These features streamline the process of analyzing complex 3D images, improving diagnostic accuracy and workflow efficiency.
AI-Powered Lung Analysis
RAD-X leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the analysis of axial CT images, providing rapid, precise measurements of lung volume and nodule characteristics.
🔹 Lung Volume & Nodule Measurement – AI enables the accurate measurement of both right and left lung volumes, along with nodule detection and detailed analysis.
🔹 Temporal Volume Changes – The system tracks changes in lung volume over time, aiding in the monitoring of lung condition progression or regression.
🔹 Histogram Analysis – RAD-X supports histogram analysis to evaluate nodule characteristics and monitor their development or reduction in subsequent scans.
With AI support, RAD-X significantly improves lung analysis, ensuring high accuracy and efficiency in both initial diagnosis and ongoing follow-up monitoring
AI-Powered Liver Segmentation Tool
RAD-X features an advanced liver segmentation tool that provides automatic, highly accurate measurements of the 8 distinct lobes of the liver in axial CT images.
🔹 Automatic Liver Segmentation – The tool automatically segments the liver into its 8 lobes, providing precise volume measurements for each lobe.
🔹 High Accuracy – Ensures exceptional accuracy in segmenting and measuring liver lobes, making it a reliable tool for liver analysis.
🔹 Efficient Workflow – This automated process eliminates the need for manual intervention, saving time and reducing the potential for errors.
The AI-based liver segmentation tool is essential for detailed liver analysis, enhancing diagnostic capabilities and supporting clinical decision-making.
AI-Powered Cardiac Segmentation Tool
RAD-X offers an advanced cardiac segmentation tool that enables automatic segmentation of the heart from axial CT images.
🔹 Automatic Heart Segmentation – The tool automatically segments the heart from axial CT images, delivering accurate and efficient results without the need for manual intervention.
🔹 3D Volumetric Imaging – The segmented images can be used to generate 3D volumetric models of the heart, facilitating detailed analysis and visualization.
🔹 No Manual Cropping Required – Unlike traditional methods, manual cropping tools are not needed, streamlining the segmentation process and improving workflow efficiency.
This AI-powered cardiac segmentation tool enhances diagnostic accuracy and provides 3D visualization of the heart, enabling better understanding and more informed decision-making.
RAD-X Mammography Module: Advanced Features and Capabilities
The RAD-X Mammography Module is specifically designed to meet the requirements of the IHE Mammography Profile, providing enhanced functionality for mammography imaging and reporting.
🔹 Advanced Hanging Protocols – Supports multiple monitors with sophisticated hanging protocols for optimized image display.
🔹 High-Speed Image Processing – Processes high-resolution images at exceptional speeds without compromising quality, ensuring timely, high-quality results.
🔹 Cine Mode Playback – Tomosynthesis images can be played back in Cine mode at up to 30 frames per second, enabling detailed viewing and analysis.
🔹 DICOM SR (Structured Report) Integration – CAD results generated by third-party AI applications are retrieved in DICOM SR format and seamlessly integrated into the system for easy interpretation and viewing.
🔹 Mammography-Specific Features – Features such as synchronization, scaling, and automatic breast area detection streamline the reporting process, enhancing both speed and safety for clinicians.
The RAD-X Mammography Module guarantees efficient and accurate mammography reporting, integrating AI tools and optimizing the workflow for clinicians and radiologists.
Connect with Hundreds of Experts Worldwide via MEDEX
MEDEX is a question-and-answer platform specifically designed for radiologists and their assistants. It hosts a wide range of questions and answers related to various radiological cases, helping professionals expand their knowledge and refine their skills.
This platform allows users to engage with challenging cases, share insights, and access answers to both common and complex radiology questions, fostering continuous learning and collaboration within the global medical community.
Fully Customizable Workflow with RAD-X
RAD-X simplifies every aspect of your workflow, from reporting to quality control.
🔹 Custom Workflow Creation – The unique workflow engine lets you design and implement tailored workflows for different processes.
🔹 Easy Distribution – Once custom workflows are created, they can be easily distributed and implemented throughout the system.
🔹 Streamlined Operations – RAD-X enhances operational efficiency by adapting to your specific needs, ensuring smooth transitions between tasks and departments.
With RAD-X, you can create workflows that perfectly align with your organization’s needs, boosting productivity and ensuring accuracy across all processes.
Radiology Reporting
Quality Assurance
AI Labeling
Teleconsultation
Structured Reports
Pathology Reporting
AI Verification
Scheduling
Advanced Reporting and Structured Reporting with RAD-X
RAD-X offers advanced reporting capabilities that allow for customized report generation using special templates or voice recognition.
🔹 Voice Recognition Support – Create long reports quickly and efficiently using voice recognition, significantly reducing the time required for report generation.
🔹 Customizable Templates – Design and use custom templates to ensure consistency and efficiency in reporting across various modalities and examinations.
🔹 Structured Reporting – RAD-X provides fully customizable structured reports, enabling fast, easy, and standardized reporting for any modality or exam type.
🔹 Streamlined Workflow – The system simplifies the reporting process, making it easier to create, manage, and share reports seamlessly.
RAD-X enhances reporting efficiency, ensuring healthcare professionals can produce accurate, standardized reports in a timely manner.
Access All Patient Data from a Single Interface
With RAD-X, you can access all patient images and lab results from multiple hospitals through a single interface.
🔹 Unified Patient Data Access – View and manage radiology images, pathology reports, and laboratory results in one place, regardless of the hospital.
🔹 File Attachments & Sharing – Enhance patient files by attaching additional documents in supported formats, which can be easily shared with other users.
🔹 Seamless Collaboration – Share patient data across departments or hospitals, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration between healthcare providers.
RAD-X simplifies healthcare workflows by providing centralized access to all patient information, improving efficiency and enabling better patient care.
Ready-to-Use Digital Pathology Module
RAD-X: Advanced Pathology Imaging and Archiving
RAD-X allows for the archiving and viewing of high-resolution pathology images (>10,000 Megapixels) alongside radiology images.
🔹 Effortless Image Archiving – Easily archive images from various scanners on RAD-X and associate them with patient files, ensuring streamlined data management.
🔹 Deep Zoom Technology – The Pathology Imaging Module uses Deep Zoom technology, enabling rapid viewing of high-resolution pathology images, even with slow connection speeds.
🔹 Measurement Tools – RAD-X provides various tools for highlighting pathological findings, automatic counting, and geometric measurements, assisting pathologists in their analysis.
🔹 Worklist Creation & Reporting – Pathologists can create worklists and generate pathology reports through RAD-X, just like radiologists. Final reports are automatically transmitted to the Hospital Information System (HIS).
🔹 Unified Access to All Image Types – Unlike other PACS systems, RAD-X offers single-interface access to a patient’s radiology images, pathology images, videos, visuals, and documents, simplifying data retrieval.
RAD-X’s robust pathology integration enhances workflow efficiency, boosts collaboration, and provides pathologists with a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for imaging and reporting.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Does RAD-X work with other systems?
Yes. RAD-X is fully compatible with IHE-compliant systems. It supports multiple source and destination combinations. HL7, DICOM, and KOS operations can be monitored and managed through the Admin Panel
Can RAD-X be used as a Hospital Management System?
No. RAD-X is a flexible archiving, image analysis, and reporting system specifically developed to meet the workflow needs of departments such as radiology, pathology, and cardiology. It is not designed as a hospital management system.
Is RAD-X compatible with mobile devices?