Desktop echocardiography

A complete component-based echo department information system has been developed. This system integrates network data acquisition, database management of images and result data and report generation. The data communication, storage, retrieval and viewing of the images are conducted using the commercial CURAD software. This software provides facilities for DICOM network communication with echocardiography devices of almost all major ultrasound companies. Storage, reporting and retrieval of the echo result data is realized with a custom-built web-based system. The archive of images and the archive of result data have been integrated. Our medical workstation Patient 98 facilitates the simultaneous presentation of the images and the resulting results on two screens This offers hospital-wide access to echo images and results (and all other patient oriented data) without the necessity of proprietary hardware or software solutions. Every clinician is capable to review echocardiographic images and reports on the PC screen on his desk (desktop Echocardiography).